James Buescher brought the heat on a steamy Kentucky Speedway night and scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at the facility by leading 119 of 150 laps while guiding his #31 Turner Motorsports machine to a 3.805-seconds UNOH 225 victory ahead of Brad Keselowski’s #19 Brad Keselowski Racing ride. Buescher posted the fourth-widest NCWTS margin of victory in Kentucky Speedway history and became the 12th different series race winner in the 14th all-time series event at the track. He earned his second career Kentucky Speedway victory after claiming a 150-mile ARCA Racing Series win on May 9, 2009. Buescher took the lead for the third and final time on Lap 108, survived a restart seven laps later and pulled away from an entertaining battle for position between Keselowski and third-place driver Ty Dillon in the #3 Richard Childress Racing truck. Keselowski picked up his first NCWTS Kentucky Speedway top-five finish in his third career series start at the venue and first since 2006. His posted his previous Kentucky-best 18th-place NCWTS finish on July 9, 2005. The leader in the NCWTS Rookie of the Year standings moved into contention for a victory by racing from 10th place on Lap 100 to second on Lap 110. UNOH 225 pole award winner Matt Crafton took fourth in the #88 ThorSport Racing machine and Timothy Peters completed the top five in the #17 Red Horse Racing truck. Peters takes over the series championship lead with his fifth top-five and seventh top-10 finish of the season. He will head to the series July 14 event at Iowa Speedway with a four-point advantage on former leader Justin Lofton and Dillon.(Kentucky Speedway PR)(6-29-2012)
