Continuing our media event that centers around the new Kobalt Mechanics Tools, we were invited to check out the NASCAR North Carolina Education Lottery 200 truck race from the deck of the official Lowe’s RV. The race was absolutely a cluster of a mess, with cautions about every 7-10 laps (there were 10 in all). After the first few cautions we were starting to wonder if anyone would ever get their tires hot enough to stay on the track. By the 7th, we thought they might want to consider adding bumpers to the vehicles, and by the 10th we were just wondering if the race would be over by midnight, and more importantly, if they’d end up ending on a yellow – which they almost did. It was still fun, however, even if Kyle Busch did, as usual, play it safe and then take the win. Bush’s #18 Toyota Tundra finally took the lead on Lap 128, just 6 from the finish and managed to keep car #3 Clint Bowyer from catching back up to him, beating him by about a 1/3 of a second. Clint had a few choice words to say as Kyle crossed the finished line (we were listening to his in-car radio in real-time) but we won’t repeat those here. We’ve got pics of the truck race on the Pro Tool Reviews Facebook page for those interested.
NASCAR N.C. Education Lottery 200 Truck Race Event
This win was the 28th of Busch’s career (and the 3rd in the truck series), giving him 97 wins across NASCAR’s top 3 series, tying Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip in total wins across all three national series (all three are in third). Somebody needs to put Darrell back in a truck!
Check out pics of the truck race on our Facebook Page. ‘Like’ us to see more when we post them this evening and through tomorrow.
This evening we’ll be attending the NASCAR All-Star Race thanks to Lowe’s and Kobalt Tools, and we’ll be sure to post pics on that as well. Let’s hope the All-Star Race doesn’t turn into a caution-fest, but allows some competitive driving. We know one thing: with no points on the line, this is going to be the perfect opportunity for some grudge-match racing – and that could be very interesting indeed!
