TRUCKS: Piquet Fastest In Happy Hour

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TRUCKS: Piquet Fastest In Happy Hour

Nelson Piquet paced NCWTS Happy Hour at Martinsville Speedway…

Tom Jensen | Posted March 30, 2012 Martinsville, VA

Nelson Piquet Jr. was quickest in the final practice for tomorrow’s Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Nelson Piquet Jr. led the final Happy Hour round of practice for tomorrow’s Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

Piquet lapped the 0.526-mile Martinsville oval at 19.928 seconds in his Turner Motorsports Chevrolet, just ahead of the Brad Keselowski-owned No. 29 Ram pickup driven by Parker Kligerman.

Piquet’s Turner Motorsports teammate Miguel Paludo was third, followed by defending race-winner Johnny Sauter in the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Chevrolet and Justin Lofton in the No. 6 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota.

The second five consisted of Todd Bodine, Cale Gale, Joey Coulter, Matt Crafton and Kevin Harvick.

SPEED will televise qualifying Saturday at 10 a.m., with race coverage beginning with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup with Krista Voda at 1 p.m., followed by the race at 1:30 p.m.

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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