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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(October 22, 2011)

TALLADEGA, Ala.—In his first Camping World Truck Series start since 2009, Mike Wallace won Saturday’s Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, as Kevin Harvick Inc. teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. pushed him across the finish line.

Hornaday ran second, followed by James Buescher, who made a dent in the series points lead of Austin Dillon. Dillon scrambled to a seventh-place finish after he was demoted to 18th for not maintaining pace under the final caution of the race. The recovery enabled Dillon to stay ahead of Buescher in the standings.

The victory was the fifth overall for Wallace, who was substituting for Elliott Sadler, whose wife, Amanda, is expecting the couple’s second child. Wallace won in the truck series for the first time since 2000. The victory was his first in any of NASCAR’s top three touring series since he won a Nationwide race at Daytona in July 2004.

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1 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 52.799 181.367
2 48 Jimmie Johnson mylowes Chevrolet 52.801 181.360
3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 100 Years Chevrolet 52.835 181.243
4 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 52.903 181.011
5 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 52.930 180.918
6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. DietMountainDewPaintthe88 Chevrolet 52.934 180.905
7 27 Paul Menard Serta/Menards Chevrolet 53.007 180.655
8 6 David Ragan UPS My Choice Ford 53.021 180.608

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9 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 53.138 180.210
10 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY Chevrolet 53.140 180.203

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1 31 James Buescher Bad Boy Mowers Chevrolet 53.896 SEC / 177.676
2 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. # tagg/Qualcomm Chevrolet 54.149 SEC / 176.845
3 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 54.232 SEC / 176.575
4 4 Ricky Carmichael Monster Energy Chevrolet 54.274 SEC / 176.438
5 2 Ron Hornaday Jr. Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet 54.368 SEC / 176.133
6 33 Mike Wallace(i) Anderson’s Maple Syrup Chevrolet 54.504 SEC / 175.694
7 22 Joey Coulter # Rip It Energy Fuel Chevrolet 54.508 SEC / 175.681
8 20 * Johanna Long # Panhandle Grading & Paving Toyota 54.598 SEC / 175.391
9 29 Parker Kligerman # Penske Truck Leasing Dodge 54.654 SEC / 175.211
10 60 Cole Whitt # Fuel Doctor/Red Bull Chevrolet 54.727 SEC / 174.978
11 32 Blake Feese AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 54.760 SEC / 174.872
12 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Certain Teed Chevrolet 54.769 SEC / 174.843
13 81 David Starr BuildYourFuture.org/Zachry Toyota 54.826 SEC / 174.662
14 84 * Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 54.848 SEC / 174.592
15 17 Timothy Peters NTB/Service Central Toyota 54.888 SEC / 174.464

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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Crew chiefs of two Michael Waltrip Racing teams and one affiliated program are facing penalties after NASCAR confiscated the front windshields from all three vehicles on Friday.

(from NASCAR.com)

The front windshields from David Reutimann’s No. 00 car, Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 56 car, and Bobby Labonte’s No. 47 car were all taken after they were found to have unapproved modifications, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said. The violations were discovered in opening inspection at Talladega Superspeedway, site of Sunday’s Sprint Cup event.

MWR fields the cars of Reutimann and Truex, and also builds the cars for Labonte, whose vehicle is owned by JTG Daugherty Racing. All three vehicles are Toyotas. Additional penalties for the infractions are expected early next week, Tharp said.

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Kyle Busch’s #18 machine pounded the wall from a blown tire, they go to a backup car.

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NASCAR will provide teams with a B-post decal in honor of Dan Wheldon for all the cars and trucks this weekend in Talladega.

As many of you know, the Lionheart Knight image is one that was included on the back of every one of Dan’s helmets. NASCAR also is producing helmet decals for any of the drivers who would like to run a version of the decal on their helmets. The decals will be delivered trackside on Friday. As always, the decals will be provided to the teams during the inspection process throughout the course of the weekend. Additionally, some of the drivers also have their own personal plans to recognize Dan this weekend.

As part of the NASCAR Pre Race run of show, we will include a moment of silence in Dan’s honor prior to the invocations Saturday and Sunday.