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1 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 50.112 179.598
2 99 Carl Edwards Kellogg’s / Cheez-It Ford 50.317 178.866
3 27 Paul Menard Menards / Sylvania Chevrolet 50.397 178.582
4 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 50.399 178.575
5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 50.408 178.543
6 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 50.497 178.228
7 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 50.517 178.158
8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / Diet Mtn. Dew Chevrolet 50.579 177.939

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9 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 50.601 177.862
10 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 50.612 177.823

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Johnny Sauter finds redemption in trucks win at Texas

June 8, 2012

By John Sturbin
Special for NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Texas — One year removed from a black-flag penalty that cost him a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win here, Johnny Sauter belatedly pulled into Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

Sauter passed ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton on Lap 146 of 167 and rolled to victory by a margin of 2.101 seconds in the 16th annual WinStar World Casino 400K. Sauter, who hadn’t led a race since the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway in February, decisively snapped a string of three consecutive finishes of 24th or worse.

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Fast Laps Surpassed During Each Test Session

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 7, 2012) – Speed – and plenty of it – was the buzz word at Pocono Raceway during the second of two days of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series testing at the newly-paved 2.5-mile triangular-shaped track as teams prepare for Sunday’s Pocono 400 Presented by #NASCAR.

Kasey Kahne put down the overall fastest lap of the test at 179.490 mph during today’s afternoon session. A.J. Allmendinger set the pace in the morning session at 177.190 mph – well ahead of the 175.380 mph fast lap Mark Martin recorded on Wednesday. A total of 41 cars tested today; yesterday 36 cars were on track.

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