NASCAR - Camping World - Nashville 200 Preview

Date: Friday, April 2nd

Start Time: 8:19 p.m. (et)

Site: Nashville Superspeedway (2001) -- Lebanon, Tennessee

Track: 1.333-mile concrete-surfaced oval

Laps: 150

Miles: 200

Capacity: 50,000

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Year: 1st

On TV: Speed Channel

Announcers: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Ray Dunlap, Adam Alexander

On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS XM Satellite

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Last race

Race: Kroger 250 (March 27th)

Site: Martinsville Speedway -- Martinsville, Virginia

Miles: 131.5

Laps: 250

Finish line order: Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday Jr., Brian Ickler, Timothy Peters, Johnny Benson

Time of Race: 2 hours, 5 minutes, 39 seconds

Average speed: 62.793 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 1.552 seconds

Caution flags: 11 for 66 laps

Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers

Lap leaders: K. Harvick 1-80; R. Hornaday Jr. 81-89; K. Harvick 90-135; MK. Harvick 1-80; R. Hornaday Jr. 81-89; K. Harvick 90-135; MSkinner 136-150; T. Peters 151-189; K. Harvick 190-250.

Entry list

#01 Dillon Oliver (Bowling Green, KY) Chevrolet/Komadrinks.com

#2 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield) Chevrolet/Charter Communications

#3 Austin Dillon (Lewisville, NC) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/Tracker

#4 Ricky Carmichael (Clearwater, FL) Chevrolet/Monster Energy

#5 Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA) Toyota/Int'l Trucks/Monaco RV

#6 DJ Kennington (Ontario, Canada) Chevrolet/NPPL

#07 Donny Lia (Jericho, NY) Chevrolet/TBA

#7 Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) Toyota/visitpit.com

#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) Ford/driverboutique.com

#12 Mario Gosselin (St.Marie, Canada) Chevrolet/TireMonkey.com

#13 Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) Chevrolet/TBA

#14 Rick Crawford (Mobile, AL) Ford/TBA

#15 Steve Wallace (Mooresville, NC) Toyota/Red Top Collector Car Auction

#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/Red Horse Racing

#18 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Dollar General

#21 Chris Eggleston (Erie, CO) Chevrolet/H20 Fire Protection

#23 Jason White (Powhatan, VA) Dodge/GunBroker.com

#29 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) Dodge/Brad Keselowski Racing

#30 Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) Toyota/TBA

#33 Ron Hornaday Jr (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Longhorn

#39 Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) Chevrolet/S&W Services

#46 Dennis Setzer (Newton, NC) Dodge/Team Gill Racing

#47 Brett Butler (Lilburn, GA) Chevrolet/FuelDoctorUSA.com

#48 Tim Bainey Jr. (Philipsburg, PA) Chevrolet/Delgrosso

#50 GR Smith (Folsom, NJ) Dodge/Ronald McDonald House/Nash.

#51 Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL) Toyota/Graceway Pharmaceuticals

#56 Tayler Malsam (Seattle, WA) Toyota/TBA

#57 Norm Benning (Pittsburgh, PA) Chevrolet/Norm Benning Racing

#60 Stacy Compton (Hurt, VA) Chevrolet/Safe Auto Insurance

#76 Brian Johnson Jr (Machesney, IL) Ford/Superseal

#81 David Starr (Houston, TX) Toyota/TBA

#84 Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) Chevrolet/Glenden Enterprises

#85 Brent Raymer (Concord, NC) Ford/Drive One

#88 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Chevrolet/Menards

#89 Chris Lafferty (Concord, NC) Ford/Blue-Ox Lafferty

#90 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Toyota/Great Clips

#93 Shane Sieg (Tucker, GA) Chevrolet/S&W Services

#95 Lance Fenton (Tyler, TX) Dodge/Team Gill Racing

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Notes

For the first time in Camping World Truck Series history, a second raceof the season will be held at Nashville Superspeedway for the inauguralNashville 200. Nashville Superspeedway is celebrating its 10th season and twodrivers have appeared in the previous nine, Matt Crafton and Rick Crawford.Both drivers will be vying for the Sam Bass signature Gibson guitar reservedfor the winner.Ron Hornaday Jr captured last fall's race in Nashville after starting fourthon the grid. The pole sitter, although a winner twice in the previous nineraces, has not taken the checkered flag since 2002, when Mike Bliss finishedfirst.Several drivers will doing double-duty this week, as they race both in theNashville 200 and the Nationwide Series, Nashville 300. Kyle Busch, KevinHarvick, James Buescher, Brad Keselowski and Steve Wallace will get the extrawork. Busch, Harvick and Keselowski have all tasted victory on the NationwideSeries in Nashville.Nashville Superspeedway is one of three tracks to host two NASCAR CampingWorld Truck Series races in 2010. The others are Martinsville and Texas MotorSpeedway. The Nashville 200 is the season's fourth race and the final timethat the top 25 starting positions will be locked in based upon 2009 owners'championship points.The May 2nd O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway is the next CampingWorld Truck Series event. Mike Skinner won last year's rain-shortened race.03/30 18:13:21 ET

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