*Nelson Piquet Jr. won the Camping World Truck Series VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, his first career win in his 42nd start. He is the second foreign-born driver to win in the series (Ron Fellows).
*Piquet is the fifth first-time winner of 2012 and the third first-time winner at Michigan overall. He is the 11th different winner at Michigan and the 10th different winner of 2012. Piquet led three times for 26 laps including the final 12. He pitted last on lap 57.
*Piquet’s victory was the fifth career win for Turner Motorsports, all in 2012. It was the team’s first win at Michigan.
*It was the eighth win of 2012 for Chevrolet and the manufacturer’s third at Michigan.
*Jason White (finished second) had his best career finish in his 140th start.
*Dakoda Armstrong (third) had his best career finish.
*Parker Kligerman (fourth) earned his second best finish of 2012 in his first race with Red Horse Racing.
*James Buescher (fifth) got his seventh top-5 of 2012, and is now just six points behind leader Timothy Peters.
*Brad Keselowski (eighth) is still winless in the series, and had finished in the top three in the past three starts.
*Ty Dillon (sixth) had his 13th career top-10 in his 15th start, and is tied for the points lead.
*Kurt Busch finished ninth in his first series start since 2001.
*Peters (13th) is still the points leader but tied in points with Dillon. His two worst finishes of 2012 were in the past two races.(ESPN.com)(8-20-2012)
