RCR Post Race Report — Chicagoland Speedway
 
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series   
RACE: American Ethanol 225  
TRACK: Chicagoland Speedway   
DATE: July 21, 2012  
 
Race Highlights:       
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Brendan Gaughan), 12th (Ty Dillon) and 15th (Joey Coulter).
Dillon ranks second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings, trailing leader Timothy Peters by 23 points, while Coulter ranks eighth in the standings.
The No. 3 Chevrolet team is second in the Camping World Truck Series owner championship point standings, 23 points shy of the No. 17 truck’s lead, with the No. 2 team seventh in the standings and the No. 22 team ninth.
Dillon leads the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings ahead of Cale Gale.
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Gaughan earned the highest Driver Rating (140.9), Dillon earned a rating of 110.0 ranking him fourth, and Coulter scored a 98.6 placing him seventh amongst the competitors.
Dillon and Gaughan spent 100 percent of the 150-lap affair running in the top 15, while Coulter spent 76.0 percent running in the top 15.
Gaughan earned the series’ best Average Running Position (1.887), while Dillon and Coulter maintained the third (5.380) and seventh (7.789) Average Running Position, respectively.
Combined, the three RCR entries posted the fastest lap of the race for 44 laps, Gaughan earned 24 of those laps, Coulter with 16 laps and Dillon with four laps.
Coulter made 70 Green Flag Passes during the 150-lap event ranking him fourth overall.
James Buescher won the American Ethanol 225 and was followed to the finish line by Gaughan, Timothy Peters, Matt Crafton and Parker Kligerman.
The next scheduled Camping World Truck Series race is Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 4. The 11th race of the 2012 season is scheduled to be televised live on SPEED beginning at 12:30p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on Motor Racing Network beginning at 1 p.m.