the 5@5 with JOEY COULTER: Kentucky Recap / Las Vegas Preview

Last Friday at Kentucky, it was about as close to being an incredible night as it could be for JOEY COULTER.  The threatening weather held off, Joey was fastest qualifier and he had one of the strongest trucks on the 1.5 mile oval…until the last segment.  A late yellow pushed the his 3.5 second lead to a 2nd place restart, only to get freight-trained by JAMES BUESCHER, PARKER KLIGERMAN and teammate TY DILLON.

“I hate restarting in second spot because you cannot be in front of the leader and the guy behind you always has the advantage it seems like“, said a frustrated 4th place finisher.  However, 4th place, leading laps and qualifying on the pole gained much needed points towards the season championship as he flip-flopped into 5th place overall dropping MATT CRAFTON to 6th in the standings.

With only six races to go, Las Vegas is next up this Saturday followed by Talladega next Friday.  A few weeks later, the final stint includes runs at Martinsville, Texas, Phoenix and Homestead, all within the last four weeks of 2012.  Joey knows strong qualifying is just as important as finishing up front and this week we talked about grabbing as many points as possible “one weekend at a time”…

Join us for the “the 5 @ 5 with JOEY COULTER” on RaceFanRadio and the RaceFanNetwork as we speak with Joey every week throughout his second season driving the #22 RCR Chevy Silverado…PLUS we’ll talk about his Dirt Late Model car and his ARCA Chevy and his Super Late Model stock car and…

P.S. – Not sure if you know it, but, JOEY COULTER is the ONLY GUY in NASCAR to have his own weekly radio show…!

In 2012, Joey returns to the NASCAR Truck Series driving the #22 Chevy Silverado for Richard Childress Racing teaming up with TY DILLON.  Every Wednesday at 5pm Eastern, he checks in with his “5 @ 5 with JOEY COULTER”, exclusively on RaceFanRadio for the third season.

Joey’s season will be followed by RaceFanRadio every week and you can catch whatcha missed in the RFN Media Center…!