By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
April 21. 2012
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Simply put, it was James Buescher's day.
Buescher
pulled away in the closing laps for a convincing 5.320-second victory
over Timothy Peters, who passed Brad Keselowski for the runner-up spot
with three laps left in Saturday's SFP 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Buescher
earned his first win in the series, to go with his maiden Nationwide
Series victory at Daytona in February. It was the second straight
victory for Turner Motorsports, which sent Kasey Kahne to Victory Lane
last Saturday at Rockingham.
Keselowski ran third, followed by Nelson Piquet Jr. and Todd Bodine.
Driving
his own truck for the second time this season, Keselowski surged past
Buescher and into the lead shortly after a restart on Lap 105 of 167.
Buescher pursued patiently until Lap 122, when he cleared Keselowski
through Turn 4 to regain the top spot.
The
longer the run, the more Buescher's No. 31 Chevrolet flaunted its
superiority. By Lap 140, with green-flag pit stops imminent, Buescher
had opened an advantage of 5.4 seconds, with Peters closing in on
Keselowski for the second position.
As
the green-flag cycle began, Peters grabbed the No. 2 spot from
Keselowski before heading to the pits on Lap 146. Buescher followed on
Lap 150 and matched Peters with a four-tire stop. That left Keselowski,
who took right-side tires only, in the lead, but Buescher quickly
tracked down the No. 19 Ram and made the pass for the top spot on Lap
157.
The final 10 laps were a smooth cruise for the first-time Truck series winner.
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