*Kevin Harvick won the WinStar World Casino 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, posting his 13th career win in his 116th series start. It was his first win at Texas and fourth victory of 2011, tied for second-most with teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. It was Harvick’s first win with crew chief Chris Carrier. Harvick has won with six different crew chiefs.
*Harvick led four times for 61 laps, including the final 45. Kevin Harvick Inc. posted its 43rd career win, second all time in the series, and its 10th win of 2011. KHI swept both Texas races this year. The #2 truck clinched KHI’s third owners’ championship.
*Chevrolet posted a series-leading 14th win of 2011 and 11th win at Texas, most of all makes. Chevrolet clinched the manufacturers’ championship for the seventh time but for the first time since 2005. It swept the top eight finishing positions.
*Austin Dillon (second) had his sixth top-two finish of 2011. He could clinch the 2011 series championship with a 16th-place finish or better at Homestead-Miami Speedway even if Johnny Sauter wins the race.
*Ty Dillon (third) had his first top-10 finish in his second series start.
*Nelson Piquet Jr. (fourth) had his ninth top-10 finish of 2011. It was his second top-10 finish in three Truck series starts at Texas.
*Matt Crafton (fifth) had his fifth top-5 finish of 2011. It was his fourth top-5 finish in the past six Texas Truck races.
*Joey Coulter (sixth) had his 12th top-10 finish of 2011 but only his second in the past eight races
. *Johnny Sauter (seventh) had his 15th top-10 finish of 2011. He moved up one position in points to second but still trails leader Austin Dillon by 20.
*Ricky Carmichael (eighth) had his seventh top-10 finish of 2011 and third in the past five races. He started the race at the rear of the field because of an engine change.
*James Buescher (19th) is now third, 28 points back, after running out of gas with fewer than five laps to go while running second.
*Kyle Busch (33rd) and Ron Hornaday Jr. (34th) were involved in a Lap 14 accident. Hornaday is fourth in points, 48 back.(ESPN.com)(11-7-2011)
