Harvick's Day at Martinsville

There was really one leader of the Kroger 250 race at Martinsville Speedway, and his name was Kevin Harvick. The owner of the No. 2 Chevrolet and the No. 33 Hornaday led the pack for 187 of 250 and clinched his second Camping Truck win this season in as many starts.

"It was a lot of fun for me, just for the fact that the thing was so dominant to drive," Harvick said according to NASCAR. "I didn't really have to do a whole lot different - I just drove my line every lap, and we were able to make our way through traffic when we needed to."

Harvick started the race from pole after the Friday qualifying was washed out by rain. Saturday's win was Harvick's eighth in the truck series and fourth in his past four starts, bringing his hopes high for the weekend ahead. Harvick was seconded by Ron Hornaday, with Brian Ickler, Timothy Peters and Johnny Benson completing the top five.

This brings sixth-place finisher in Saturday's race, Aric Almirola, 59 points behind series leader Timothy Peters. Hornaday, the defending series champion, climbed 12th in the standings.

Otherwise, an interesting first took place at Martinsville. Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian-born driver to enter NASCAR.  He was on the lead lap until Lap 200, when contact with Clay Greenfield rendered the No. 60 inoperable dropping him a lap. Karthikeyan was the benefactor of the free pass, returned to the lead lap and managed to finish the 13th.