Die hard NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series fans fill the grand stand under gray skies at Mansfield Motorsports Park. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)

Call the Ohio 250 the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' longest day. Persistent rain showers halted the race three times for a total stoppage of five hours 37 seconds.

A race that began on Fox at 1:16 p.m. ended on SPEED shortly before 8:30 p.m. The total time from green flag to checker was seven hours, 12 minutes 28 seconds. It required 6-1/2 hours just to reach the mid-point of the 250-lap race - which avoided further weather delays when the field rolled off pit road for the fourth time.

Four jet driers consumed as much as 2,500 gallons of fuel. Pace truck driver Randy Kiser circled the .5-mile oval nearly 200 times - his laps nearly twice the record, 103 circuits consumed by yellow.

Many among an estimated crowd of 15,000 stayed until conclusion and were rewarded with a dramatic finish that saw three different leaders over the final 29 laps.