Darlington, SC -- The CASCOR THL Truck Series returned to Darlington International Raceway on April 17th, 2012. Darlington Raceway has been on the Truck Series schedule the first two seasons in the THL Truck Series. In the last two seasons there has not been a repeat winner in the THL Truck Series at Darlington, but would the trend continue? Or could Frankie Stickley become the first two time winner at the famed track?
Frankie Stickley started off the night strong winning his first ever THL Truck Series pole position and started alongside Mike Husby as they led the field down to the green flag.
Caution flew for the first of 7 times for a spinning Austin LaPlante in turn one. But the final restart of the night came with 6 laps to go, with Frankie Stickley and Brent Sweet led the field down to the restart.
As the green flag flew, Frankie Stickley wouldn't get the greatest restart, allowing Brent Sweet to take the lead in turn 1. But the final caution of the night came out with 5 laps to go for contact made by Curtis James and Will Goshen.
Brent Sweet and the rest of the leaders raced back to the caution flag as Frankie Stickley and Mike Husby came up just short of the lead.
Sweet would go on to win the race, his first of the 2012 season. Frankie Stickley finished a close 2nd, Mike Husby 3rd, Aaron Levin 4th and Bertus De Jong rounded out the top 5. Robert Hill tied his best finish of the season in 6th, Will Goshen 7th, Curtis James 8th, rookie Brandon Wilkinson 9th and Kyle Young rounded out the top 10.
Next time the THL Truck Series hits the track will be at the Gateway International Raceway. Stay tuned to find out what happened this past week at Gateway.
