Seven different winners to begin the 2012 season and counting. And that’s a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series record. Sauter’s Texas Motor Speedway victory eclipsed 2004 as the most competitive beginning of 17 previous campaigns. Sauter is the third driver to win both this year and last, joining Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne. The 2012 season has produced three first-time winners — James Buescher, John King and Justin Lofton. Dover winner Todd Bodine broke a winless drought dating to 2010. Among last year’s winners yet to visit Victory Lane are Crafton, four-time series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. and Timothy Peters. Poised to possibly score breakthrough wins are Sunoco Rookie of the Year leader Ty Dillon, Parker Kligerman, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Joey Coulter. Dillon, Kligerman and Piquet all have posted second-place finishes. Coulter’s third place — a virtual photo finish with Crafton in Texas — was a career best for the 2011 Sunoco Rookie of the Year.(NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) [More NASCAR News & Notes are posted on the Kentucky Race page.](6-12-2012)
