NextEra Energy Resources 250 Preview

John King, driver of the #7 Red Horse Racing Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb  23, 2012  Photo - Chris Graythen/Getty Images

John King, driver of the #7 Red Horse Racing Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 23, 2012
Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images

The Trucks will be back in action this Friday at the Daytona International Speedway when they hit the high banks for the NextEra Energy Resources 250. Many new and young faces are entered in the race and they will look to start their season off on a high note. A few returning drivers will also be back and looking to build on their 2012 performance. The Truck race this Friday is sure to be a wild one and it will be a great kick-off to the Truck Series season.

The NextEra Energy Resources 250 will go green on Friday February 22, 2013 at 7:30 PM EST. The race will feature 100 laps and 250 miles. Each lap will surely count this Friday because to be there at the end, you’ll need to remain in the pack on every lap. The weather forecast for Friday night looks mostly cloudy with a high of 82 F and a low of 62 F with a 10% chance of rain. The race will be broadcasted on SPEED and on the radio on MRN. This will be the first race of the 2013 season and everyone will look to get a head start on the chase for the championship.

The 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 featured some wild racing including multiple big wrecks and a lot of torn up trucks. John King won the race becoming the first of nine first time winners in the 2012 Truck Series season. King will be in Friday night’s race and he will be competing in the No.33 truck for Eddie Sharp Racing. Likely the most memorable moment from the 2012 race was when Joey Coulter’s truck got air-borne and slid against the catch fence before coming to a rest on the ground. Coulter will look to avoid doing that this season and attempt to end up in victory lane.

Many drivers have been entered in this race but, some won’t be competing for the full season. The Daytona Truck race is always a special one and therefore, it attracts a lot of racers. Notable drivers competing in this race that won’t be running for the championship this season include Tim George Jr. in the No.5 truck, Justin Lofton in the No.6 truck, Todd Bodine in the No.13 truck, Ryan Truex in the No.30 truck, Rick Crawford in the No.50 truck and Kyle Busch in the No.51 truck. Those drivers will look to upset the Truck regulars and take home the hardware. Another note worthy fact about the race is that this will be Darrell Wallace Jr.’s first race in a truck. He will be competing in the No.54 truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports. The field for Friday’s race is definitely a stacked one and all those drivers should put on a great show.

In my opinion, anyone will be able to win the race. With the drafting process that goes on at Daytona, anyone could get the right push and make it to the front when the checkered flag is in sight. Picking a driver that really hasn’t been super strong may not be a bad pick. Anyone will be able to win this race. The first Truck race of the season always happens to be the wildest one and Friday night’s race shouldn’t disappoint.

Event Schedule

12:10-1:00 PM EST (Thursday) Truck Series Practice, televised on SPEED

6:00-7:20 PM EST (Thursday) Truck Series Final Practice, televised on SPEED

1:40 PM EST (Friday) Truck Series Qualifying, televised on SPEED

7:30 PM EST (Friday) Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250, televised on SPEED

Next Race- 4/6 Kroger 250 at the Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia

Entry List via Jayski.com

Entry

Trk#

Driver

Sponsor

Manu

Owner

1 1 Dusty Davis Accell Construction 13 Chevy Rick Ware
2 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops-Tracker Boats 13 Chevy Richard Childress
3 4 Jeb Burton # Arrowhead 13 Chevy Harry Scott Jr
4 5 Tim George Jr. TBA 13 Ford Richard Wauters
5 6 Justin Lofton MadVapes 13 Chevy Eddie Sharp
6 7 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s 12 Toyota Tom Deloach
7 07 Chris Cockrum Accu-Tech/Advanced Communications Group 13 Toyota Ken Smith
8 8 Max Gresham Amwins 13 Chevy Eddie Sharp
9 9 Ron Hornaday Jr Smokey Mountain 13 Chevy Joe Denette
10 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink 13 Chevy Jennifer Jo Cobb
11 13 Todd Bodine Mattei Air Compressors 13 Toyota Duke Thorson
12 14 Brennan Newberry # Fight For Life 13 Chevy Bob Newberry
13 17 Timothy Peters Parts Plus 12 Toyota Tom Deloach
14 18 Joey Coulter GunBroker.com 13 Toyota Kyle Busch
15 19 Ross Chastain National Watermelon Assoc. 13 Ford Brad Keselowski
16 27 Jeff Agnew TBA 13 Chevy Michael Hillman
17 29 Ryan Blaney Cooper Standard Performance 13 Ford Brad Keselowski
18 30 Ryan Truex TBA 13 Chevy Steve Turner
19 31 James Buescher Rheem 13 Chevy Steve Turner
20 32 Miguel Paludo Duroline 13 Chevy Steve Turner
21 33 John King Eastern Coal Council 13 Chevy Eddie Sharp
22 39 Ryan Sieg Pull-A-Part LLC 13 Ford Pam Sieg
23 50 Rick Crawford Superseal-Menards 13 Chevy Mark Beaver
24 51 Kyle Busch (i) Toyota Care 13 Toyota Kyle Busch
25 54 Darrell Wallace Jr. DefyDiabetes.com 13 Toyota Kyle Busch
26 57 Norm Benning Stone Mountain-Tactical Machining 13 Chevy Norm Benning
27 60 Dakoda Armstrong Winfield 13 Chevy Vickie Compton
28 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point 13 Chevy Richard Childress
29 63 Scott Stenzel TBA 12 Ford Michael Mittler
30 168 Clay Greenfield US Pavement-1-800-Pavement 13 RAM Clay Greenfield
31 77 German Quiroga # Net 10 Wireless 13 Toyota Tom Deloach
32 81 David Starr BYF-Chasco Contractors 13 Toyota Bobby Dotter
33 182 Sean Corr Warriors In The Workplace-Roush Yates 12 Ford John Corr
34 84 Chris Fontaine Carport Empire-ProBuilt 09 Toyota Chris Fontaine
35 88 Matt Crafton Slim Jim-Menards 13 Toyota Rhonda Thorson
36 92 Scott Riggs FleetHQ.COM / BTS TIRE & WHEEL 12 Chevy Ricky Benton
37 93 Jason White RSS Racing 13 Ford Pam Sieg
38 98 Johnny Sauter Carolina Nut Co – Curb Records 13 Toyota Mike Curb
39 99 Bryan Silas Rockingham Speedway 13 Ford Chris Baluch
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