2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250

April 2022 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2012_NextEra_Energy_Resources_250/C/ 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 February 24, 2012 1 22 Daytona International Speedway.svg Map of Speedway 2012 02 24 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida Tri-oval 1.5 4.023 109 273 439.351 100 250 402.336 119.169 mph km/h on 57,000 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports 49.583 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports 56 7 John King Red Horse Racing Speed Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip The 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 the 1st race of the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 13th annual running of this event. The event was held on Saturday, February 24, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The event featured a surprise winner as John King won his first and only race in his NASCAR career as this race became known as a wreckfest.https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a1967516/nascar-say-who-john-king-wins-truck-series-race-daytona/ NASCAR: Say who? John King wins Truck Series race at Daytona February 24, 2012 Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points #DriverTeamMake 0 Jake Crum Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram 2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 Paulie Harraka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 07 T. J. Duke SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota 08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford 11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 15 Dusty Davis Arrington Racing Ram 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23 Jason White GB Racing Ford 24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet 28 Wes Burton FDNY Racing Chevrolet 29 Parker Kligerman Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet 63 Caleb Roark MB Motorsports Ford 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 74 Wheeler Boys Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 76 Derek White Ray Hackett Racing Ford 81 David Starr Arrington Racing Toyota 82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 92 David Reutimann RBR Enterprises Chevrolet 93 Chris Cockrum RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports FordOfficial Entry List Qualifying Miguel Paludo won the pole for the event with a time of 49.583 and a speed of 181.514 mph. Surprisingly, all 3 of the Turner Motorsports trucks qualified in the top 3 with Paludo winning the pole, Nelson Piquet Jr. in second, and James Buescher in third Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.583 181.514 2 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.606 181.430 3 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.736 180.955 4 3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.032 179.885 5 19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 50.043 179.845 6 18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 50.188 179.326 7 33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.204 179.269 8 23 Jason White GB Racing Ford 50.209 179.251 9 22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.414 178.522 10 11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.424 178.486 11 2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.426 178.479 12 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Dennete Motorsports Chevrolet 50.427 178.476 13 8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.432 178.458 14 5 Paulie Harraka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford 50.488 178.260 15 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.547 178.052 16 15 Dusty Davis Arrington Racing Ram 50.565 177.989 17 81 David Starr* Arrington Racing Toyota 50.606 177.845 18 98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 50.663 177.644 19 09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota 50.720 177.445 20 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 50.732 177.403 21 82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford 50.746 177.354 22 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 50.750 177.340 23 7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.854 176.977 24 08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 50.858 176.963 25 27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet 50.869 176.925 26 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 50.909 176.786 27 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.916 176.762 28 29 Parker Kligerman* Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 50.946 176.658 29 24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Dennetee Motorsports Chevrolet 50.955 176.626 30 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 51.074 176.215 31 60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet 51.212 175.740 32 99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports Ford 51.416 175.043 33 39 Ryan Sieg** RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.777 173.822 34 07 T. J. Duke** SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 51.943 173.267 35 93 Chris Cockrum** RSS Racing Chevrolet 52.611 171.067 36 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 51.568 174.527Failed to Qualify 37 0 Jake Crum Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram 51.613 174.375 38 92 David Reutimann RBR Enterprises Chevrolet 51.721 174.011 39 76 Derek White Ryan Hackett Racing Ford 51.758 173.886 40 63 Caleb Roark MB Motorsports Ford 51.859 173.548 41 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford 51.968 173.183 42 28 Wes Burton FDNY Racing Chevrolet 52.281 172.147 43 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 52.315 172.035 44 74 Wheeler Boys Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 52.490 171.461Official Qualifying results * – David Starr and Parker Kligerman had to start at the rear of the field. Starr pitted before the green flag and Kligerman had adjustments outside impound ** – Ryan Sieg originally qualified 37th, T. J. Duke originally qualified 39th, and Chris Cockrum originally qualified in 44th. All 3 still made the field via Owners Points. Race Pole sitter Miguel Paludo led the first lap and the first 20 laps of the race. The first caution flew on lap 18 for a 4 truck crash off of turn 4. The pack caught up to a slow truck in Chris Cockrum and Cockrum went to the bottom of the track so everyone else could pass him on the high side. Rookie Paulie Harraka got loose off of 4 and spun into Cockrum and went back up the race track into Jason Leffler pinning Leffler into the wall. Daokda Armstrong also spun trying the avoid the crash. Miguel Paludo won the race off of pit road to keep his race lead. After the longest green flag run of 19 laps, the second caution flew on lap 42 for debris on the race track. Paludo once again won the race off of pit road to keep his lead. On the restart, Paludo's teammate James Buescher passed him to take the lead. On lap 50, the third caution flew for a piece of debris that came off of rookie Dakoda Armstrong's truck. On the restart on lap 55, Paludo took the lead from Buescher with a push by Brad Keselowski. On lap 62, the fourth caution flew for a 5 truck accident in the tri-oval after John King made contact with Cale Gale turning Gale around and collecting T. J Duke, Mike Skinner, and Matt Crafton. James Buescher was the new race leader. On the restart with 32 to go, Nelson Piquet Jr. took the lead from Buescher. Final laps With 17 laps to go, Jason White attempted to pass Piquet Jr. for the lead. On the same lap out of turn 4, one of the hardest and scariest crashes in NASCAR history occurred bringing out the 5th caution. Out of turn 4, Miguel Paludo was running right behind Piquet when he lost control of his truck. His truck turned left and smashed into the inside wall head on at nearly full speed. The impact along with the SAFER barrier flexing in and shooting Paludo's truck back out made his truck fly through the air and spin it around like a top even catching fire. Paludo's crash was eerily similar to Danica Patrick's crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 Duel race the previous day except Patrick hit the inside wall on the backstretch instead of the frontstretch. Fortunately, Paludo walked away from the crash uninjured as crews checked the SAFER barrier where Paludo hit.https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/2/24/2822893/miguel-paludo-crash-nascar-daytona-truck-race-2012 VIDEO: Miguel Paludo Unhurt After Massive Crash In Daytona Truck Race February 24, 2012 Jason White got out in front of Nelson Piquet Jr. when the caution flew which made him the leader of the race. On the restart with 10 to go, Jason White held onto his lead from Piquet. White was able to hold off a charge for the lead by James Buescher with 8 laps to go. But on the next lap with 7 to go, the 6th caution flew for a 5 truck crash in turn 4. Parker Kligerman and David Starr both had a run racing side by side with each other in a 3 wide pack. Dusty Davis, who was on the top lane, tried to come down in front of either Kligerman or Starr but turned down late and ended up squeezing Kligerman in between him and Starr. Both Kligerman and Starr both spun off of turn 4 collecting rookies Ross Chastain and Bryan Silas. As a result, the race would have three attempts of a green-white-checker finish. On the first attempt, Johnny Sauter took the lead from Jason White with a big push by Ron Hornaday. But in turn 4, the first big one would occur taking out 7 trucks and bringing out the 7th caution. Brad Keselowski got bumped from behind by Clay Greenfield and spun out collecting Ty Dillon, Dusty Davis, Max Gresham, Ryan Sieg, and Rick Crawford. On the second attempt, Sauter kept the lead with John King right behind him. It looked like Sauter was gonna be able to hold off everyone and take the win. But coming to the white flag, King turned Sauter before they reached the tri-oval triggering an 11 truck crash and bringing out the 8th caution just before the white flag flew. The trucks involved were Sauter, King, David Starr, Brendan Gaughan, Grant Enfinger, Matt Crafton, Nelson Piquet Jr., Parker Kligerman, Chris Fontaine, Ryan Sieg, and Ty Dillon. The race was red flagged for a short period to clean up the mess from the wreck in the tri-oval. As soon as the red flag was lifted, John King was the new race leader. King also looked like he was gonna have help to get the win since King's teammates at Red Horse Racing in Todd Bodine and Timothy Peters were gonna restart in 2nd and 3rd. On the restart, King got out in front with a push by Peters. Todd Bodine, meanwhile, fell back on the restart going back from 2nd to battling for the top 10 with Joey Coulter trying to push Bodine to get him up to speed. John King took the white flag as the leader. As soon as the trucks took the white flag, James Buescher got turned by Ron Hornaday in the tri-oval. Buescher turned left into Joey Coulter's right rear. Coulter hit the outside wall, caught air, got hit again by Buescher, and hit the catch fence with the rear of the truck spinning around and landing on his wheels. The wreck also collected Hornaday. This brought out the 9th and final caution of the race. John King was out in front when the caution flew and King scored his first and only NASCAR win of his entire career. Coutler walked away uninjured from the crash while 2 spectators were injured by debris that came out of Coulter's truck and went through the catchfence. Thankfully, there were no deaths and the catchfence got repaired in time for the Nationwide Series race the following day. Timothy Peters, Justin Lofton, Travis Kvapil, and Jason White rounded out the top 5 while Todd Bodine, Chris Fontaine, Ward Burton, Ty Dillon, and Clay Greenfield rounded out the top 10.https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/joey-coulter-wild-daytona-flip-grandstand-043805991.html Joey Coulter's wild Daytona flip from the grandstand February 24, 2012https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/keepingpace/2012/feb/25/john-king-wins-daytona-truck-race-three-overtimes/ John King wins Daytona truck race in three overtimes February 25, 2012 Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 6 running 47 2 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 0 running 42 3 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 41 4 09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota 109 0 running 0 5 23 Jason White GB Racing Ford 109 16 running 40 6 11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 0 running 38 7 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 109 0 running 37 8 27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 36 9 3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 35 10 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 109 0 running 34 11 29 Parker Kligerman Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 109 0 running 33 12 82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford 109 0 running 32 13 15 Dusty David Arrington Racing Ram 109 0 running 31 14 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Dennette Motorsports Chevrolet 109 0 running 30 15 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 29 16 93 Chris Cockrum RSS Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 28 17 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 109 10 running 28 18 22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 108 0 crash 26 19 5 Paulie Harrakka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford 105 0 running 25 20 2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 104 0 crash 0 21 81 David Starr Arrington Racing Toyota 104 0 crash 23 22 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 104 15 crash 23 23 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 104 0 crash 21 24 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 104 4 crash 21 25 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 101 0 crash 19 26 24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 crash 18 27 19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 99 0 crash 0 28 08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 94 1 crash 17 29 99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports Ford 93 1 crash 16 30 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 83 56 crash 16 31 07 T. J. Duke SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 62 0 crash 13 32 33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 12 33 8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 11 34 60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 10 35 98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 33 0 crash 9 36 18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 17 0 crash 8Official Race results References 2011 Ford 200 2012 Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2012 Category:2012 in sports in Florida Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway Category:February 2012 sports events in the United States