Townley Posts 24th-Place Finish at Bristol

John Wes Townley avoided the carnage typical of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway in Wednesday night's UNOH 200 to bring home a clean Zaxby's Toyota Tundra and a respectable 24th-place finish.   Townley completed both of the scheduled NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practices leading up to the 200-lap event, posting speeds fast enough for the ninth and 24th positions. In Wednesday afternoon's qualifying session, he drove the No. 09 Zaxby's Toyota Tundra to 25th on the starting grid.   From the drop of the green flag later that evening, Townley reported loose handling conditions were impeding his forward progress. The heat of the Tennessee morning that had his truck almost tight in practice had subsided and freed his RAB Racing-prepared Toyota Tundra up substantially. Though the Chris Rice-led team made adjustments to tighten Townley's truck, the handling conditions coupled with the new configuration of the race track made it nearly impossible to pass his compe...