Justin Lofton holds off Keselowski for first Trucks win
May 18, 2012 (EDITORS: Will be updated)
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
CONCORD,
N.C. -- With Brad Keselowski dogging him to the finish line, Justin
Lofton held off Brad Keselowski to win Friday night's North Carolina
Education Lottery 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The
victory was the first in the series for Lofton, who arrived at the
finish line .261 seconds ahead of owner/driver Keselowski, who was
trying to score his first NCWTS win. Lofton took over the series lead by
one point over Timothy Peters.
Todd
Bodine ran third, followed by Jason Leffler and Ron Hornaday Jr. After
the race Keselowski had a heated exchange with Hornaday, stemming from
contact between their trucks on the next-to-last restart with nine laps
left.
Keselowski
had just cleared Lofton for the lead entering Turn 1 on Lap 119 when
Nelson Piquet Jr. caused caution for the second straight time when he
pancaked his No. 30 Chevrolet against the Turn 1 wall.
Lofton
regained the top spot on the subsequent restart on Lap 125, and as
Keselowski pursued the No. 6 Chevy, caution flew for the eighth time for
debris in the form of a bumper bar in the racing groove.
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