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TRUCKS: Harvick Holds Off Busch
Kevin Harvick won from the pole at Pocono...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted August 07, 2011   Long Pond, PA
Kevin Harvick won the rain-delayed Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway.

Harvick nursed his No. 2 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet all race long, saving enough fuel to survive a green-white-checkered finish. Kyle Busch was second in the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, followed by James Buescher, points leader Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon.

Joey Coulter finished sixth, followed by Mark Martin, Matt Crafton, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Timothy Peters.

“It was a great day for the No. 2 truck,” said Harvick, who won his first Truck Series race of the year and the 10th of his career in 110 starts.

On Saturday, 17 laps were completed before heavy rains halted the action for the remainder of the day at the three-turn, 2.5-mile track.

The race restarted under caution on Lap 18 Sunday morning, with Parker Kligerman leading Coulter, Cole Whitt, Chad McCumbee and Ryan Sieg.

The green flew on Lap 22, but not before Sauter, Martin and Busch ducked into the pits for fuel.

Kligerman pulled out a lead, but it was pole-sitter Harvick who was on the charge, moving all the way into second place after one lap of green-flag racing.

Harvick took the lead on Lap 24, not leaving anything to chance, lest the rain returned.

At the halfway point, the order was Harvick, Kligerman, Buescher, Coulter and Hornaday.

Nelson Piquet Jr. lost a right-front tire, bringing out a caution flag on Lap 32.

Leader Harvick stayed out under caution, but most of the field pitted. The order after the stops was Harvick, Buescher, Hornaday, Todd Bodine and Crafton.

The race restarted on Lap 35, Harvick pulling out to a nice lead as teammate Hornaday went into second place.

On Lap 36, David Starr turned Brendan Gaughan in Turn 3, snaring Peyton Sellers with him.

The green flew on Lap 40, Harvick still out front as Buescher, Hornaday and Busch battled for second. Three laps later, Sellers stalled to bring out another yellow.

Harvick led the field to the green on Lap 46, Harvick, Buescher and Busch going three-wide into Turn 1 for the lead. Busch took second behind the KHI Chevrolet, a battle between archrivals setting up in the final laps.

Harvick pulled out to a big lead, but Bodine spun on the frontstretch with an assist from Austin Dillon, bringing out another caution on Lap 50 and setting up a green-white-checkered finish.

Harvick was outside of Busch when the race restarted on Lap 53, and he held the lead into Turn 1. Harvick took the white flag with a lead of 0.751 seconds and cruised to victory.

Sauter leads the points, with Dillon second, five points behind.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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