Buescher claims pole for Talladega truck race

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10/21/2011 - Talladega, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Buescher earned his second career Camping World Truck Series pole by winning Friday's qualifying for the Coca- Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Buescher, who is presently third in points, turned a lap at 177.676 mph around the 2.66-mile superspeedway. His first pole came in June at Texas. Buescher has yet to win a race in the series.

Nelson Piquet Jr.'s lap at 176.845 mph secured him the outside pole. Austin Dillon, the current points leader, qualified third and Ricky Carmichael took the fourth spot.

Kevin Harvick Inc. teammates Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Wallace will start fifth and sixth, respectively. Hornaday has won the last two truck races. Wallace is driving KHI's No.33 truck in Saturday's race.

Joey Coulter, Johanna Long, Parker Kligerman and Cole Whitt completed the top-10.

Kyle Busch, who is the only Sprint Cup Series regular competing in this event, qualified 17th. Busch has won the truck race at Talladega the past two years.

Dillon holds a just a five-point advantage over Johnny Sauter, who will start 20th. Buescher is seven points out of the lead.

Jennifer Jo Cobb, Norm Benning, Mike Harmon and Clay Greenfield failed to qualify.

The 250-mile race at Talladega is scheduled to start just after 4:00 p.m. (et).

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.