April 15, 2012 (EDITORS: Will be updated)
NASCAR Wire Service
ROCKINGHAM,
N.C. -- Kasey Kahne capped a successful weekend of triple-duty Sunday
afternoon, winning the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 to mark NASCAR's
return to Rockingham Speedway for the first time since 2004.
Kahne
-- who finished seventh in the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday and third
in the Nationwide Series on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway -- surged to
the front in the 155th lap of 200 to notch his fourth win in five starts
in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. James Buescher finished
second with Matt Crafton third.
Brad Sweet qualified the No. 4 truck fifth, but Kahne had to start at the rear of the field because of the driver change.
Pole-starter
Nelson Piquet Jr. dominated the early stages of the race, leading 85 of
the race's first 100 laps. But Piquet became mired in traffic after a
lengthy pit stop shuffled him back to fifth during the race's third
caution.
He
worked his way back to second place until incurring a pit-road speeding
penalty during the final caution period. He rallied to finish seventh.
John
King's grasp on the series' points lead fizzled early in the race, when
he spun and nosed into the inside wall on the backstretch on Lap 4 to
bring out the race's first caution. King returned to the track after
repairs, but wound up completing finishing 33rd.
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