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By Jared Turner

Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(August 24, 2011)

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Kevin Harvick doesn’t make a ton of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series appearances. His competitors are probably glad.

Entered in a third straight truck race for the first time in 2011, Harvick notched his third straight victory with a convincing performance in Wednesday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Harvick, riding the momentum of wins at Pocono (Aug. 7) and last weekend at Michigan, pulled away on a final restart with 10 laps left to score a relatively comfortable win.

Continue reading “Kevin Harvick takes his 3rd straight Truck Series win”

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BRISTOL-SPECIFIC STATISTICS

Kurt Busch (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge)

· Five wins, six top fives, 13 top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 12.7
· Average Running Position of 12.2, fifth-best
· Driver Rating of 96.8, fifth-best
· 549 Green Flag Passes, fifth-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 114.416 mph, third-fastest
· 4,712 Laps in the Top 15 (72.3%), fourth-most
· 321 Quality Passes, second-most

Kyle Busch (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota)
· Five wins, seven top fives, 10 top 10s
· Average finish of 8.7
· Average Running Position of 11.7, fourth-best
· Series-best Driver Rating of 108.1
· Series-high 543 Fastest Laps Run
· 491 Green Flag Passes, 10th-most
· Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 114.563 mph
· 4,445 Laps in the Top 15 (68.2%), fifth-most
· 272 Quality Passes, seventh-most

Continue reading “Who does well at Bristol Motor Speedway? A couple of Busch’s”