Johnny Sauter celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Photo by NASCAR Via Getty Images
His truck intact and headed in a straight line as most of the rest of the lead-lap trucks wrecked behind him, Johnny Sauter crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s Fred’s 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Behind Sauter—chaos. Coming to the checkered flag with a huge run through the tri-oval, Jeb Burton spun off the bumper of Miguel Paludo and flashed up the track into the Toyota of Kyle Busch, who was pushing Dakoda Armstrong toward the finish.
Paludo’s truck flipped over and slid on its roof down the frontstretch, spraying sparks as the metal scraped the asphalt. In the aftermath of the melee, Kyle Busch sat dazed—the wind knocked out of him—with his back against the concrete wall in the tri-oval.
Sauter was the clear winner, having escaped the last-lap crash to win for the third time this season and the ninth time in his career. When NASCAR sorted out the rest of the finishing order, David Starr took second place, followed by Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, Dakoda Armstrong and Timmy Hill.
Off the final corner, series leader Matt Crafton was pushing ThorSport Racing teammate Sauter, Busch was shoving Armstrong, and Kligerman was pushing Chastain. Those three tandems appeared ready to settle the issue between them, before Paludo and Burton entered the fray and tried to force their way through the trucks ahead of them.
Paludo and Burton, however, ran out of room, and every other potential winner but Sauter ran out of luck.
“When we just crested the tri-oval there coming to the start/finish line, I saw smoke and trucks spinning everywhere,” Sauter said. “I saw Matt was gone, and I was like, ‘Uh, oh, this isn’t good.’ It’s unfortunate. It would have been pretty cool to have a 1-2 finish, but what a great day for everybody at ThorSport.”
After exiting the infield care center, Busch talked ruefully about a great superspeedway truck that left the track on a wrecker.
“It’s all done for,” he said. “It’s unfortunate. The (truck) was really awesome. I don’t know what happened. Somebody just came up from underneath me and hit me, turned me left, and then the wreck was on.
“When you see the checkered flag, and you see things going in front of you, you just keep your foot on it. I drove it all the way to the start/finish. I guess I knocked the wall down there on pit road. That wasn’t very fun. There were a couple of really good licks that I took, so there’s no sense in sitting in a hot vehicle, you might as well get out and get some fresh air.”
Crafton, who finished ninth after spinning short of the stripe, expanded his series lead to 57 points over 14th-place finisher Ty Dillon.
Justin Lofton, who was involved in the last lap crashed was examined in the infield care center and transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL
Fred’s 250 – October 19, 2013
1. (24) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 94, $55685.
2. (25) David Starr, Toyota, 94, $42625.
3. (7) Ross Chastain, Ford, 94, $34270.
4. (18) Parker Kligerman(i), Toyota, 94, $20185.
5. (14) Dakoda Armstrong, Chevrolet, 94, $16860.
6. (27) Timmy Hill(i), Chevrolet, 94, $13085.
7. (19) John Wes Townley, Toyota, 94, $14785.
8. (2) Max Gresham, Chevrolet, 94, $14285.
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10. (3) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 94, $13110.
11. (8) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 94, $13985.
12. (33) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 94, $13810.
13. (21) Clay Greenfield, RAM, 94, $11460.
14. (5) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 94, $13610.
15. (17) Chris Fontaine, Toyota, 94, $12335.
16. (26) Bryan Silas, Ford, 94, $13410.
17. (10) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Toyota, 94, $14310.
18. (1) Jeb Burton #, Chevrolet, 93, $15510.
19. (11) Miguel Paludo, Chevrolet, 93, $13085.
20. (16) Justin Lofton, Chevrolet, 93, $13610.
21. (13) Ryan Blaney #, Ford, 92, $12885.
22. (35) Mike Harmon(i), Chevrolet, 91, $12785.
23. (29) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, Accident, 87, $12685.
24. (6) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 87, $11335.
25. (36) Scott Stenzel, Ford, Accident, 87, $10385.
26. (4) James Buescher, Chevrolet, Accident, 79, $12135.
27. (9) Joey Coulter, Toyota, Accident, 79, $10035.
28. (32) Jeff Agnew, Chevrolet, Accident, 79, $9935.
29. (31) Timothy Peters, Toyota, Accident, 65, $9835.
30. (28) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, Accident, 65, $10235.
31. (20) German Quiroga #, Toyota, Accident, 65, $9610.
32. (15) Brennan Newberry #, Chevrolet, Accident, 65, $9510.
33. (22) Sean Corr, Ford, Accident, 65, $9410.
34. (34) Chris Cockrum, Toyota, Accident, 65, $9360.
35. (30) Chris Jones, Chevrolet, Overheating, 27, $9315.
36. (12) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, Oil Leak, 5, $9258.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 122.819 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 02 Mins, 09 Secs. Margin of Victory: Caution.
Caution Flags: 7 for 29 laps.
Lead Changes: 29 among 13 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Burton # 1; J. Buescher 2-14; C. Fontaine 15-17; J. Buescher 18-20; C. Jones 21; M. Crafton 22; K. Busch(i) 23-24; T. Dillon 25-30; R. Chastain 31; T. Dillon 32-34; J. Coulter 35; T. Dillon 36-37; P. Kligerman(i) 38-41; T. Dillon 42-52; P. Kligerman(i) 53-54; J. Sauter 55-56; K. Busch(i) 57-59; D. Wallace Jr. # 60-63; T. Dillon 64-65; P. Kligerman(i) 66-73; R. Blaney # 74; P. Kligerman(i) 75; T. Dillon 76-77; J. Sauter 78; R. Chastain 79-83; P. Kligerman(i) 84; R. Chastain 85-91; J. Sauter 92; R. Chastain 93; J. Sauter 94;.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): T. Dillon 6 times for 26 laps; J. Buescher 2 times for 16 laps; P. Kligerman(i) 5 times for 16 laps; R. Chastain 4 times for 14 laps; K. Busch(i) 2 times for 5 laps; J. Sauter 4 times for 5 laps; D. Wallace Jr. # 1 time for 4 laps; C. Fontaine 1 time for 3 laps; M. Crafton 1 time for 1 lap; C. Jones 1 time for 1 lap; J. Coulter 1 time for 1 lap; R. Blaney # 1 time for 1 lap; J. Burton # 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 680; T. Dillon – 623; J. Buescher – 622; J. Burton # – 598; M. Paludo – 592; J. Sauter – 588; R. Blaney # – 576; T. Peters – 574; D. Wallace Jr. # – 566; B. Gaughan – 553.
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