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Brendan Gaughan:
May 17, 11:18PM: Brendan Gaughan...
Brendan Gaughan won the Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race award at Charlotte. The award is given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal. He earned the award for his second place finish in the N.C. Education Lottery 200 after leading 15 laps. The driver of the No. 62 Chevrolet Silverado moved up three spots to fourth in the 2013 NCWTS point standings.
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Kyle Busch:
May 17, 10:50PM: Kyle Busch won...
Sprint Cup regular (No. 18) Kyle Busch won the 11th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200, his 31st victory in 107 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. This is the No. 51 Toyota Tundra driver's his first series victory and second top-10 finish in 2013. It was his first truck win since Sept. 24, 2011 at New Hampshire. This is Busch's fifth victory and seventh top-10 finish in eight NCWTS races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He has more wins at Charlotte than any other track in the series.
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Martin Truex Jr.:
May 17, 8:40PM: Martin Truex Jr....
Martin Truex Jr. is on the pole for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Showdown race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 56 Toyota Camry driver will lead the field of 23 drivers attempting to race their way into the NASCAR non-points Sprint All-Star race which follows the Showdown. Only the top two finishers and one driver chosen by a fan vote will transfer from the Showdown to the All-Star main event.
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Kurt Busch:
May 17, 8:28PM: Kurt Busch best...
Kurt Busch had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the final practice for the Sprint All-Star race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. His average speed of 185.133 mph in the No. 78 Chevrolet was best of the 12 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 48 Jimmie Johnson, No. 2 Brad Keselowksi, No. 55 Mark Martin and No. 5 Kasey Kahne are the rest of the top five on this list.
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Norm Benning:
May 17, 8:09PM: Norm Benning does...
Norm Benning does not qualify for the Camping World Truck Series N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. One of the `go-or-go-homers' required to qualify on speed, he ran a 37th fastest lap in the No. 57 truck. This was not good enough to make the 36-truck field.
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Jamie McMurray:
May 17, 1:53PM: McMurray best...
Jamie McMurray had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the final practice for the Sprint Showdown race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. His average speed of 183.381 mph in the No. 1 Chevrolet was best of the three cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 47 Bobby Labonte (180.178 mph) and No. 93 Travis Kvapil (178.910 mph) were the other two drivers on this list.
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr.:
May 17, 1:49PM: Stenhouse tops...
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the lone practice for the NASCAR Sprint Showdown race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Stenhouse's lap of 188.811 mph in the No. 17 Ford Fusion was the quickest of the 23 cars out on the track for the final practice leading to Saturday night's pre-All-Star race. No. 1 Jamie McMurray, No. 31 Jeff Burton, No. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 19 Mike Bliss were the rest of the top five on the speed chart. No. 52 Brian Keselowski, at 174.735 mph, was the slowest.
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