|| *Comments on the 2012 Kroger 250:* View the most recent comment <#66> | Post a comment <#post> 1. NazRacePhan posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) oh. boy. Quite possibly the most exciting race EVER! *end sarcastic tone* 2. ii posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick leads the most laps ever in a single race in the history of the Truck Series. 3. beau posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) one of the worst excuses for a "race" i have ever seen. 4. Ryan posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cup guy in cup level equipment= shitty race 5. Kyle posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) that was ridiculous. even people who like cup drivers in lower series have to be having doubts after that "race". congrats to the "REAL" winner ty dillon on his first career win in his 5th ever start. 6. Rusty posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Harvick didn't allow Ty Dillon to lead those 2 laps for the bonus point, he would've led all 250 laps. 7. Kyle posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) the only lead change in the race was because the leader pulled over and allowed the second place truck to pass. thank GOD harvick is only running two more truck races this year (dover and martinsville in the fall). 8. Anonymous posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Disgraceful display by RCR, Ty Dillon running protection and blocking on every restart while Harvick runs away with it from the front. 9. H8R posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick had an average running position of 1.008 and Ty Dillon had an average running position of around 2 (if he was in 2nd every lap besides the 2 he led then it was 1.992, but I wasn't really watching closely enough to see if he held 2nd the whole race). I think that says enough about the quality of that race. 10. 18fan posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is why Cup drivers shouldn't run Truck races. 11. Kyle posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) this is why cup drivers shouldn't run any races besides the cup races. 12. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dominating run by Kevin Busch (oh yeah, my new go to insult for Cup guys dominating a lower level race, and no Cup driver who dominates an NWide or Truck race will be immune to it, there will be a "congrats to Brad Busch" at some point. Anyone else think Ty will be better than Austin? 13. 18fan posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) H8R, at one point Timothy Peters passed Ty Dillon for 2nd place, so I don't know what his average running position was. 14. Kyle posted: 03.31.2012 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) i think ty and austin are about even talent wise. when austin started running trucks in late 2009 to 2010, the #3 truck was a brand new team, and like any new team went through growing pains. now, after two years with austin, and the fact that they have harvick to help with setups and are running superior RCR / KHI equipment, it shouldn't come as a surprise that ty will have similar results to austin right off the bat. 15. RaceFanX posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeb Burton makes his Truck series debut with a top-10 start and finishes in the top-15 despite running into some trouble. 16. RaceFanX posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) John Wes Townley also makes his first start since running into legal troubles before the season started. This was his first race in the Truck series since 2008. 17. Schroeder51 posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brennan Newberry's first Truck start as well. 18. Alex posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm a huge Harvick fan, but he really doesn't need go be running truck or 15 Nationwide races, unless 1 win will boost his confidence enough to get a Cup title that he's been so close to. 19. Eric posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think there is no way to tell what Dillon brother is more talented at this point. It goes to the fact Austin got his start for a brand new Truck team. The best way to tell is when Ty is in his 2 cup season. 20. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good point Kyle. Alex, if that were the case, Kevin Busch would have walked off with the '06 Cup. 21. murb posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Definitely not an exciting race, and I'm a Harvick fan, so that's saying something. Congrats to him and those guys though. When you consider that Ty is only a rookie, you would think he is way better than Austin. But just like Kyle said in post 14, Austin's rookie year was RCR's first time back in Trucks since like 1999. So they were off up until about midway through the year. In the talent department, it really is hard to compare them. They seem to have almost completely different driving styles. From what I've seen, Austin is more of a hard charger, whereas Ty has more of that laid back Terry Labonte-esque style. So as far as talent goes, I think they are about even. It will be fun in a few years when they are both full time in Cup. Then we could really be able to pick apart which one is better. So far, I think Turner Motorsports is looking really good as far as Truck series regular teams go. Personally, I think Thorsport's move to Toyota was a big mistake. So I think I'm gonna go with James Buescher as my early championship pick. 22. Justin Utherkupper posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Guess who won! That's right, me: Justin Utherkupper! And I overcame a lot of adversity today, but I still beat the odds and grabbed the checkers first! Woooo! Considering I had the best truck and I was facing mostly lesser-experienced drivers driving mostly in lesser-funded equipment, it was was quite the struggle! I can't say for sure, but this victory may very well ensure that I will forever be remembered as the best racer there ever was, ever is, and ever will be! Aww yeah! 23. joey2448 posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The race really wasn't that bad, but I just hated that Ty Dillon was allowing Harvick to take the lead on restarts and stuff like that... Even with 6 laps to go, Dillon just let Harvick go. For petes sake, at least try and win the race! I was cheering for James Buescher at the end to just knock Ty out of the way or something. This was like the short track equivalent of tandem drafting. 24. Anonymous posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Joey, it was the short track equivalent of F1 racing. At least in the tandem drafting you get random leaders and winners. 25. 10andJoe posted: 03.31.2012 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz... #17 sponsor: NTB/Service Central #9 sponsor: AM FM Energy #14 sponsor: NTS/Ironclad Performance Wear 26. Anonymous posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did Rick Crawford S&P? If he did thats a shame. 27. Jason B. posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I was the third place truck I would have wrecked both the top two for being in bed with each other. This is supposed to be a race, not a country club. 28. Cooper posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NASCAR sucks right now.....Seriously. Entertain me. Somehow. 29. ii posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Tomorrow should be a good race. If it isn't...we'll have to wait until Talladega. 30. BradKeselowski2Fan posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I was Buescher, I would push Ty into Turn 1 and hopefully collect Harvick in the mix. 31. irony posted: 03.31.2012 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's go ahead and congratulate Kandy Kahne on winning the inaugural Truck race at the Rock. It will be a huge accomplishment. I hope Ty doesn't win the title. Who really is his competition? Johnny (I have a worse attitude than Kyle Busch) Sauter? Is Buescher running the full season? 32. Eric posted: 03.31.2012 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) irony, James Buescher is running the full season for trucks. 33. 10andJoe posted: 03.31.2012 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #31: I actually don't have any objection to Kahne - or anyone else, for that matter - running the Rock. Stand-alones are where they SHOULD be able to run as they can, it's the companion events where they swamp things. 34. OldSchoolNascarDude1 posted: 03.31.2012 - 11:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was anyone else embarrassed by Ward Burton's comments on David Starr and Ron Hornaday after the race was over? It was the equivalent of something that Tom Logano would do. 35. Anonymous posted: 03.31.2012 - 11:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) still dont know why they havent at least limited cup drivers in lower sports. its always the same result. what a disgusting and sad truck race. 36. dUDE gUY posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was an excruciatingly boring race. I'm normally a fan of Martinsville Truck series racing (well, all Truck series racing actually), but this one just stunk. It would have stunk substantially less if Kevin Harvick wasn't in it. However, Ty Dillon pretty much had a stranglehold on second place for most of the race, so it wouldn't have been much less of a stinker. Oh well. Looking forward to Rockingham in a couple of weeks. I don't think I've seen a race run there yet, as I wasn't a steady fan until early-mid 2004. It will be awesome to see what kind of racing the storied track has in store for us Truck series fans. 37. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Would have been so much better without the Cup guy. He's the only active Cup guy (in Cup equipment) in that race. How can you take any joy from that? 38. RCR/Penske posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, Waaaaah!!! 39. irony posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rockingham may play out a lot like this race, but I would love to go and won't be able to. I'll definitely make plans for next year though. Out of curiosity, what did Ward say? Jeb was fast but it looked like he was over driving a lot. Maybe just because he was getting run into a lot. 40. myothercarisanM535i posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Joey, it was the short track equivalent of F1 racing." Except for the fact that last weeks F1 race was an awesome race start to finish. It was certainly more exciting than this Truck race and both of the races at California last week (although the Nationwide race was better than average, I thought). 41. RCR/Penske posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Might I add, Jason Leffler was driving the same truck that Shrub was always winning in, and he only finished 8th. Why? Because he sucks! And if you guys are already predicting outcomes of Truck series races that only have one Cup series driver in them, you might as well not even bother watching if you are going to complain so much afterwards. Problem solved. 42. OldSchoolNascarDude1 posted: 04.01.2012 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Irony, Ward was basically talking about how both Hornaday and Starr showed no respect for Jeb on the track. Then, Jeb said something similar to the tune that he would spin them out next time. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a driver standing their ground, but not in this case. You have to earn respect, and making statements like that after your first race doesn't earn you anything. It hurts your credibility even more when your dad is the one who brought the entire topic up. 43. 10andJoe posted: 04.01.2012 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Might I add, Jason Leffler was driving the same truck that Shrub was always winning in, and he only finished 8th. Why? Because he sucks!" So...if you run 8th, a top ten finish, you suck. Good to know, good to know. 44. Kyle posted: 04.01.2012 - 1:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) so, 8th place sucks huh? does that mean the guys that finish 8-43 every week suck? KBM's trucks have never been that great, just look at the results of everybody except kyle in his trucks. it's just that kyle is such a good driver and he has no competition from anybody in the truck series, he could get in one of jennifer jo cobb's trucks and win. 45. Mr X posted: 04.01.2012 - 1:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would put Jason Leffler in the Danica Patrick catagory, in general he is an underachiever, he has been around as long as Kevin Harvick, he has a decent amount of experience in each of NASCAR's top 3 series, and he has 3 total wins, 1362 laps led across all three divisons. IMO he is one of drivers I can't figure out why or how he is still here. He really isn't that competitive, he still makes stupid mistakes,(see the wreck he caused at the glen in the 2010 n'wide race, and his interview.) and finishing 8th against drivers far less experienced in a truck in which Kyle Busch probably would've contended for the win in isn't that impressive. Jason's career stats are frankly pathetic for someone who has been in the sport since 1999. Calling out a professional driver for sucking is kind of a case of the pot calling the kettle black however, in his respective circles he IMO is one of the worst there is, along with Casey Mears, Danica Patrick, Michael Waltrip, and a few others. 46. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.01.2012 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good points Mr X. I too had wondered how he kept hanging around. I knew he hadn't achieved hardly anything, but seeing those numbers you put up, that really puts it in perspective. Most damning of all is the way he sucked so bad in the #11 car in Cup, even DNQing. Denny took over and IMMEDIATELY made that car into a contender, getting, many top 10s and a pole in just 7 races. And he has made the postseason every single season since and won at least once every year since. 47. irony posted: 04.01.2012 - 2:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well if you're racing with Hornaday and Starr on a short track, you're probably going to get roughed up a little. It's nothing personal, Jeb. It's just what makes the Truck Series what it is. I must say though, I thought Sauter's double bump-n-run on Bodine was a bit cheap. If you can't pass someone the first time you hit them, you don't deserve to pass them. On Leffler: Comparing a Cup driver to a Truck regular who hasn't raced Martinsville in years is kind of apples/oranges. Leffler was the highest finishing NW only driver in points one year. Even without a win that's a nice accomplishment. Not the best or most likable driver though. 48. 10andJoe posted: 04.01.2012 - 4:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #8 owner: Jennifer Jo Cobb 49. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.01.2012 - 4:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) OldSchoolNascar, I was a little bit thrown off by Ward's comment. I like Ward, but he needs to stay out of minor on-track incidents his son gets into. That doesn't make him look very good after his first time out. "Might I add, Jason Leffler was driving the same truck that Shrub was always winning in, and he only finished 8th. Why? Because he sucks!" We already knew this, especially when you compare his performance to other drivers who had the same rides he did. He couldn't even cut it in Cup with a team that Denny Hamlin had a spectacular rookie year and won multiple times with. Over the hill Terry Labonte got in the car for a while before Denny and managed a top 10 at Richmond too. Jason just doesn't have what it takes to be competitive on the best level although he can remain somewhat competitive in the lower series. 50. dUDE gUY posted: 04.01.2012 - 4:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) RCR/Penske (post 41), why should I miss a truck race because a cupper or seventeen is in it? Racing isn't predictable. Anything can happen. The unpredictability is WHY I watch races, and I assume it's the same for you. And even if I did miss the race, and a cupper won, I'd probably complain anyways. I would think that most others who complained would probably still have complained even if they missed the race as well. So your point is probably moot. Speaking of complaining, complaining about people complaining isn't going to stop the complaining. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's only going to breed more complaining. Case in point: this post. Well, since you don't like the complaints, here's some advice using your own logic: if you don't want to deal with the massive amounts of complaints that a boring race will inevitably attract, you might as well not even bother reading the comments for that race. Problem solved. Anyhoo, I (usually) enjoy Truck series races at M'ville, but this was more of a Truck series follow-the-cupper-in-a-parade-of-tedium than anything resembling a race. I was hoping a Truck guy had a piece to challenge the cupper, or would pull some nifty strategy to give the cupper a run for his money. But alas, it was not to be. No one had a truck and/or experience to challenge him on even ground, and no one up front even bothered to try strategy to mix things up. From what I've seen in previous Truck races at Martinsville, there's usually someone trying something during pit stops. Ross Chastain, in his 7th Truck series start, showed it to be a wery viable strategy. He took two tires to sneak into the top 10, and held on for the last 80+ laps to finish 7th in an underfunded truck! Imagine if a non-cupper front runner had done something similar on the last stop. Imagine if multiple guys had done so. Especially considering at least a few Truck races at Martinsville were won in part by pit strategy. David Starr in 2006 and Dennis Setzer in 2008 come to mind. A cupper having the dominant truck is frustrating, but seeing no front runners rolling the dice on strategy to at least try and beat the cupper is just as, if not more frustrating. It's only the second race of the season Truck series competitors! No need to be conservative this early in the season! The championship trophy isn't being handed out after this race! In fact, I???m pretty sure you still have 20 more races to recover if the strategy were to blow up in your face! Sometimes in racing you have to take risks to win! So take risks! Nobody said winning was easy! 51. dUDE gUY posted: 04.01.2012 - 4:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey, another thing to complain about: Why is my previous post (#50) full of question marks where apostrophe's should be? It makes it awkward to read... RCR/Penske, I guess I should just give up commenting then, right? 52. Gordon24 posted: 04.01.2012 - 7:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3rd Caution should be #09, #60, #70 accident turn 4 53. RCR/Penske posted: 04.01.2012 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #50, I was referring to the earlier post where someone said that since Kasey Kahne will be the only Cupper at the Rock, he will automatically win. The same thing you were saying about the sport's unpredictability could just as well be said for the point I was making in my post. Read a person's comments thoroughly before you mock them, please. 54. 10andJoe posted: 04.01.2012 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I like Ward, but he needs to stay out of minor on-track incidents his son gets into. That doesn't make him look very good after his first time out." Unfortunatly this seems to be a pattern for Ward and Jeb - Jeb was suspended and fined (all of $250) and Ward put on probation, after a kerfuffle at South Boston Speedway last August. 55. 10andJoe posted: 04.02.2012 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #9 sponsor: Anderson's Maple Syrup/AM FM Energy (truck did have Anderson's logos, as it turned out) #11 sponsor: Toyota Tundra #22 sponsor: Steak-umm (No noticable Kroger logos) #68 sponsor: Clay Greenfield Motorsports #92 sponsor: fleetHQ.com/BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors #93 sponsor: Advanced Communications Group 56. The Ost posted: 04.02.2012 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet" 57. Talon64 posted: 04.04.2012 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnny Sauter's championship hopes might already be over. 46 points out with 20 races to go, since the schedule's down from 25 the last number of years to 22. The championship will likely go down to Ty, Buescher or Peters. And I find it interesting that both Dillon brothers, Austin in NNS and Ty in Trucks, have legitimate chances at being the first rookie champions in NASCAR's top 3 divisions. 58. Daniel posted: 04.12.2012 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rockingham entry list -Johnny Chapman in the #07 -#8 not entered. This will lock Norm Benning's #57 in. -Tim George Jr. in Richard Childress' #2 -Brian Weber in Mike Harmon's #74 59. Daniel posted: 04.13.2012 - 12:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -J.R. Fitzpatrick out of the #60, Grant Enfinger in. 60. Daniel posted: 04.14.2012 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Out using the fastest 36: #8 Jennifer Jo Cobb, #93 Chris Cockrum, #99 Bryan Silas In using the fastest 36: #38 B.J. McLeod, #57 Norm Benning, #65 Tyler Tanner 61. jr88fan posted: 08.01.2012 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain's best finish as of 8/1/12. 62. Biscuits In A Red Bull posted: 02.23.2013 - 3:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) John King, after taking the shocker victory at Daytona, takes his 2nd and final top 10 of the 2012 season in 9th in this 'race'. 63. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 08.22.2014 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Update #8 Jennifer Jo Cobb Crew Chief: Steve Kuykendall There where just using Sharp number 64. Tex55 posted: 12.09.2019 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) In the 2012 Kroger 250 Matt Crafton's truck was a Toyota not a Chevrolet. 65. TTaylor944 posted: 06.07.2020 - 12:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On August 9, 1997 Ron Hornaday, Jr. picked up his 17th win in the #16 truck, which moved the #16 into a tie with the #3 for winningest number in Truck Series history. In this race Kevin Harvick picked up the 36th win for the #2, breaking a tie with the #16 for winningest number in series history. It would be the first time in nearly 15 years that the #16 was not at least tied for this distinction. 66. Rich posted: 01.05.2021 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip were the commentators. Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: