NASCAR: Harvick hands out a whooping at Martinsville speedway

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Kevin Harvick put an old school whippin on the field in Saturday's Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

After winning the pole Harvick would only relinquish the lead for two laps during pit stops, and see the checkers fly with a .953 second lead over second place finisher TY Dillon.

"Nine times out of 10, when you have trucks like this, or cars, and you have a day like that where you think you're by far the fastest, usually they never work out," Harvick said, "so today was a special day to win the pole, lead the most laps and win the race.

Harvick was so dominant that, shortly after a restart on lap 165, he asked his spotter to relay a message to Dillon's team. Harvick wanted Dillon to know that he was running at about 80 percent of his truck's potential. "Tell him not to burn his stuff up [trying to catch us]," Harvick said.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 2
Unofficial Race Results for the 14Th Annual Kroger 250 - Saturday, March 31, 2012
Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA - .526 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 250 Laps - 131.5 Miles - Purse: $481,165

1 2 Kevin Harvick $33,300
2 3 Ty Dillon
3 31 James Buescher
4 6 Justin Lofton
5 17 Timothy Peters
6 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
7 08 Ross Chastain
8 18 Jason Leffler D
9 7 John King
10 23 Jason White
11 29 Parker Kligerman Coo
12 60 JR Fitzpatrick
13 27 Jeb Burton
14 81 David Starr
15 33 Cale Gale
16 9 Ron Hornaday Jr.
17 32 Miguel Paludo
18 07 Jake Crum
19 24 Max Gresham
20 92 David Reutimann
21 98 Dakoda Armstrong
22 5 Paulie Harraka
23 09 John Wes Townley
24 88 Matt Crafton
25 11 Todd Bodine
26 99 Bryan Silas
27 93 Chris Cockrum
28 14 Brennan Newberry
29 13 Johnny Sauter
30 22 Joey Coulter
31 68 Clay Greenfield
32 39 Ryan Sieg
33 15 Dusty Davis
34 8 Jennifer Jo Cobb
35 70 Jeff Agnew
36 74 Rick Crawford $7,495