Last week, Ron Hornaday Jr.'s race ended early with crash damage, but he managed to retain the points' lead in the topsy-turvy Camping World Truck Series season. He should be able to put that disappointment behind him immediately, because he enters the weekend as the defending winner of this race. In fact, he swept both events on this track last year.
The second-place finisher in both of those events won't repeat, however; Kyle Busch is not making the long commute from Pocono Raceway this week and that opens the door for the driver who was third in both races. Yes—the first-, second- and third-place drivers had perfect symmetry as Johnny Benson stepped on the final step of the podium in the spring and again in the fall.
The perfection ends there—but not by much. Todd Bodine was fifth in this race last year and fourth in the fall.
Average finish, last five racesDriver Avg Finish 2008.2 2008.1 2007.2 2007.1 2006.2 Clint Bowyer 1.00 1 Mike Skinner 5.00 8 9 3 2 3 Ron Hornaday Jr 5.80 1 1 18 4 5 David Ragan 6.00 6 David Reutimann 7.00 7 Todd Bodine 8.00 4 5 16 1 14 Ken Schrader 8.00 8 Kyle Busch 8.75 2 2 29 2 Jason Leffler 9.00 9 Marcos Ambrose 10.00 10 Terry Cook 10.80 6 16 12 12 8 Jack Sprague 11.00 15 4 6 26 4 Matt Crafton 11.00 19 7 7 7 15 Aaron Fike 11.00 11 Marc Mitchell 12.00 12 Tim Sauter 12.00 10 14 Bobby Hamilton Jr 12.00 12 Ted Musgrave Sr 12.25 28 1 9 11 Travis Kvapil 13.00 7 26 6 Josh Wise 13.00 13 Colin Braun 13.50 5 22 Chad McCumbee 13.75 23 6 13 13 Brian Scott 14.33 9 13 21 Rick Crawford 14.60 11 21 5 3 33 Brendan Gaughan 14.80 16 15 2 24 17 Bobby East 15.00 8 22 Kraig Kinser 15.00 15 Mike Bliss 15.50 4 27 David Starr 15.80 12 27 19 5 16 Jon Wood 16.33 31 10 8 Donny Lia 16.50 14 19 Dennis Setzer 17.40 13 11 15 16 32 Scott Speed 18.00 10 26 Damon Lusk 18.00 18 Shelby Howard 18.50 17 20 Justin Marks 18.50 14 23 Aric Almirola 18.50 17 20 Johnny Benson Jr 18.60 3 3 27 29 31 Blake Bjorkland 19.00 19 Erik Darnell 19.40 18 24 14 32 9 Bill Lester 19.50 18 21 Willie Allen 19.50 11 28 Paul Tracy 20.00 20 Ryan Lawler 20.00 22 18 Stacy Compton 20.00 30 10 J R Norris 20.00 20 Eric Norris 20.00 20 Jack Smith (ASA) 21.00 21 Andy Lally 22.00 22 Chad Chaffin 22.67 25 24 19 P J Jones 23.00 23 Justin Labonte 23.00 23 Jeff Green 24.00 24 Michel Jourdain Jr 24.00 24 Joey Clanton 24.50 32 17 Jacques Villeneuve 25.00 25 John Mickel 25.00 25 T J Bell 25.75 32 31 17 23 Shane Huffman 26.00 26 Ryan Matthews 27.00 33 21 Joe Ruttman 27.00 27 Jason White 27.50 25 29 34 22 Norm Benning 28.00 28 Scott Lynch 28.00 28 Robert Richardson 28.00 28 Max Papis 29.00 29 Clay Rogers 29.00 33 25 Kerry Earnhardt 29.00 29 Butch Miller 29.50 27 32 J C Stout 30.00 26 34 Cale Gale 30.00 30 Chase Miller 30.00 30 Regan Smith 30.00 30 Peyton Sellers 31.00 31 Derrike Cope 31.00 31 Chris Wimmer 32.00 30 34 Nick Tucker 33.00 33 Kelly Sutton 33.00 33 Mike Harmon 34.00 34 Brandon Knupp 34.00 34 Larry Gunselman 35.00 35 Johnny Chapman 35.00 35 Kevin Lepage 35.00 35 Blake Mallory 35.00 35 Erin Crocker 36.00 36 Travis Kittleson 36.00 36 Wayne Edwards 37.00 37
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