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May 2019 CUST Race 24 of 25 in the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season WinStar World Casino 350K http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2011_Winstar_World_Casino_350k/C 2011 WinStar World Casino 350k Racing-Reference October 29, 2013 2011 11 4 2011 24 25 TexasMotorSpeedway.svg 200px Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 1.5 2.414 147 220.5 354.86 148 222 357.274 Temperatures reaching up to 63 F C; wind speeds up to 7 mph km/hWeather information for the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K at The Old Farmers' Almanac 121.275 mph km/h on James Buescher Turner Scott Motorsports 29.824 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Incorporated 61 2 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Incorporated Speed The 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event held on November 4, 2011, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 148 laps of the 1.5 mi km oval, it was the second-last race of the season, and was won by Kevin Harvick in a green–white–checkered finish. The race became notable for an incident on its fourteenth lap, where Kyle Busch deliberately spun out series regular (and championship contender) Ron Hornaday on a resulting caution after Hornaday caused Busch's truck to slide into a wall. Its aftermath affected the championship contentions of both drivers (in the Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series respectively), and NASCAR's response to the incident also led to the first ever parking of a driver across all three races of a race weekend involving all of the association's national series since the original establishment of the Truck Series in 1995. Report James Buescher won the pole position for the race, setting a lap speed of 181.062 mph on. Austin Dillon, Blake Feese, Kyle Busch and Ricky Carmichael started from the top five; Tim Andrews, Norm Benning and Derek White failed to qualify for the event.https://www.foxnews.com/sports/buescher-takes-pole-for-texas-truck-race/ Buescher takes pole for Texas truck race November 3, 2011 Fox News April 17, 2014 In the race, Kevin Harvick won his fourth event of the season; Austin Dillon finished second. James Buescher ran out of fuel on a green–white–checkered finish and dropped from third to 19th. The victory saw Harvick's No. 2 Chevrolet team clinch the series' Owners Championship.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2011-11-04/harvick-wins-at-texas-hornaday-knocked-out/51077304/1 Harvick wins at Texas after Hornaday knocked out November 4, 2011 USA Today Gannett Company April 17, 2014 McLean, VA Ron Hornaday and Kyle Busch conflict On Lap 13, Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday, who was in third in points 15 behind, were battling for second side by side when they approached a lapped truck in Johnny Chapman. Both Busch and Hornaday tried to go around the outside of Chapman while still side by side but Hornaday ended up getting loose and made contact with Busch and both trucks slid up into the wall in turn 2 bringing out the caution. This made Busch angry and Busch went to retaliate Hornaday by trying to turn him with Busch's spotter telling Busch to calm down and to get off of Hornaday. Unfortunately, it was too late as Busch deliberately turned Hornaday into the outside wall under caution, ending Hornaday's title hopes. NASCAR black-flagged Busch, parking him from the event. The next morning, NASCAR announced that Busch would remain parked for the remainder of the weekend, including the 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge and the 2011 AAA Texas 500.https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/7192453/kyle-busch-not-allowed-race-sprint-cup-nationwide-weekend-texas-motor-speedway Kyle Busch parked for weekend November 6, 2011 ESPN April 17, 2014 NASCAR took this action under rules that allow it to park a driver in order to ensure the "orderly conduct of the event," an action which is not appealable.http://www.nascar.com/news/111105/kybusch-parked-texas/index.html Busch out at Texas Rodman Dave November 5, 2011 NASCAR.com Turner Sports April 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120111200633/http://www.nascar.com/news/111105/kybusch-parked-texas/index.html January 11, 2012 dead Denny Hamlin and Michael McDowell stepped up to replace Busch in both the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup series races. It was the first time since the Truck Series was launched in 1995 that NASCAR had parked a driver across all three national series, and only the third cross-series sanction in NASCAR's 64-year history. NASCAR's action mathematically eliminated Busch from contention for the Sprint Cup, though any realistic chance of him winning it ended earlier in the Chase.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/bruce_martin/11/15/kyle.busch.biggest.troublemaker.nascar.history/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140417092545/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/bruce_martin/11/15/kyle.busch.biggest.troublemaker.nascar.history/ dead April 17, 2014 Is Kyle Busch the biggest troublemaker in NASCAR history? Martin Bruce November 15, 2011 Sports Illustrated April 17, 2014 Later that day, Busch issued an apology to his fans, sponsors and teammates, saying that the Texas incident was "certainly a step backward."http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2011-11-05/nascar-suspends-kyle-busch-after-intentional-wreck-of-hornaday/51082800/1 Kyle Busch apologizes after being parked for Texas weekend Ryan Nate November 5, 2011 USA Today Gannett Company April 17, 2014 McLean, VA On November 7, NASCAR fined Busch $50,000 for "actions detrimental to stock car racing." While the sanctioning body lifted the parking directive, it placed Busch on probation for the rest of the year, saying that he would be suspended indefinitely if he committed another action "detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR" or "disrupts the orderly conduct of an event".http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/11/nascar-kyle-busch-ron-hornaday-jr-texas-motor-speedway-phoenix.html NASCAR fines Kyle Busch $50,000, warns of indefinite suspension November 7, 2011 Los Angeles Times Tribune Company April 17, 2014 Race results Pos Finishing position Grid Starting position No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 110 2 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Incorporated Chevrolet 148 01 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 148 43 38 21 Ty Dillon Kevin Harvick Incorporated Chevrolet 148 41 47 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. # Kevin Harvick Incorporated Chevrolet 148 40 511 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Chevrolet 148 39 614 22 Joey Coulter # Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 148 38 712 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Chevrolet 148 38 85 4 Ricky Carmichael Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 148 36 917 7 Miguel Paludo # Red Horse Racing Toyota 148 35 106 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 148 35 1115 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 148 33 1223 23 Jason White Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet 148 32 1319 5 Todd Bodine Randy Moss Motorsports Toyota 148 31 1424 9 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 148 30 1526 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 148 29 1633 66 Ross Chastain Turn One Racing Chevrolet 148 28 1718 60 Cole Whitt # Turn One Racing Chevrolet 146 27 1820 20 Johanna Long # Panhandle Motorsports Toyota 146 26 191 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 146 26 2036 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb JJC Racing Dodge 144 01 2125 93 B. J. McLeod RSS Racing Chevrolet 144 23 2227 68 Clay Greenfield Alger Motorsports Dodge 143 22 2316 81 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 140 21 2428 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 101 20 2529 55 Jake Crum MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 96 01 2640 26 Jack Smith MB Motorsports Ford 96 18 273 32 Blake Feese Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 54 17 2813 29 Parker Kligerman # Brad Keselowski Racing Dodge 54 16 2922 07 Johnny Chapman SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 45 01 3032 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 27 01 3121 62 Brendan Gaughan Germain Racing Toyota 20 13 3231 0 T. J. Bell JJC Racing Ford 19 01 334 18 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 14 01 349 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Incorporated Chevrolet 13 10 3535 87 Chris Jones LCS Motorsports Chevrolet 10 02 3630 38 Mike Garvey RSS Racing Chevrolet 5 02# Rookie of the Year candidate / 1 Not eligible for series points / 2 Late entrySource: Standings after the race Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Dillon 854 2 Johnny Sauter 834 3 James Buescher 826 4 Ron Hornaday Jr. 806 5 Timothy Peters 796 6 Todd Bodine 775 7 Matt Crafton 759 8 Joey Coulter 757 9 Cole Whitt 742 10 Nelson Piquet Jr. 712 References 2 WinStar World Casino 350K WinStar World Casino 350K Category:2010s in Fort Worth, Texas Category:NASCAR races at Texas Motor Speedway Category:NASCAR controversies