Almirola surprise winner in Dover truck race

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05/14/2010 - Dover, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aric Almirola overcame a one-lap deficit and then had enough fuel to get him through a green-white-checkered finish to pull off a stunning victory in Friday's Dover 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway.

Kyle Busch put on a dominating performance by starting on pole and leading 172 of 204 laps. He ran in front when an incident involving Johnny Sauter forced a caution in the closing laps. Busch spun his tires on the restart, while second-place runner Johnny Benson did not come up to speed. But rookie Austin Dillon's truck blew an engine and dropped fluid on the track to bring out the caution flag and set up a green-white-checkered finish.

Busch was running third prior to the final restart, but he unexpectedly slowed on the track and pitted before the green flag was displayed. Several drivers ran out of fuel just after the restart, allowing Almirola to finish almost one second ahead of James Buescher and claim his first win in the series.

"It's such a long-time coming," said Almirola, whose first truck win came in his 55th start. "I've raced in a lot of NASCAR races, and to be here in victory lane, what a treat."

Almirola fell one lap behind when he suffered a flat tire during the mid- stages. He only led the final seven laps.

"It's about never giving up," he said. "You never know when things will come back your way."

Almirola also became the 11th different winner in as many truck races at Dover.

Buescher finished second, while rookie Justin Lofton and Ricky Carmichael took the third and fourth spots. The top-four drivers posted their career-best finishes in the series. Former truck champion Todd Bodine completed the top- five.

With the win, Almirola took over the points lead. He holds a 27-point advantage over Bodine. Timothy Peters crashed in the late going and wound up finishing 25th, dropping him from first to third in the standings (-72).

"I was a little bit impatient, and we still had a long way to go," Peters said. "We weren't really good at the start of the race."

David Starr finished sixth, followed by Matt Crafton, Mike Skinner, Ryan Sieg and Benson.

Busch suffered a fuel pump issue and ended up finishing 16th.

The race featured 10 cautions, including one for Max Papis' accident on lap 53. Papis slammed the wall hard.

"It was a very hard impact for sure," said Papis, who finished 29th. "I hurt my foot a little bit, but it's not going to be that bad. I'll put some ice on it."

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