TRUCKS: Piquet Jr. Leads Rockingham Practice

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TRUCKS: Piquet Jr. Leads Rockingham Practice

Nelson Piquet Jr. posts top speed in second Truck practice at Rockingham Speedway...

Mike Hembree | Posted April 13, 2012 Rockingham, NC

Nelson Piquet Jr. scored his first career Truck Series win last weekend. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Nelson Piquet Jr., a newcomer to racing at Rockingham Speedway, led Friday’s second practice for Sunday’s Good Sam Road Assistance 200 Camping World Truck race.

Piquet turned a lap at 143.358 miles per hour to lead the second practice session of the day at the one-mile track, which is making a return to NASCAR racing this weekend.

Following Piquet were Matt Crafton, Miguel Paludo, John Wes Townley and Jeff Agnew.

Joey Coulter, who led the 90-minute practice earlier in the day, was eighth in the second session.

Rockingham last hosted a NASCAR race in 2004 when the Sprint Cup series raced at the track for the final time.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

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