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  • Tyler Ankrum scores first career win at Kentucky

    Tyler Ankrum scores first career win at Kentucky

    Former NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series champion Tyler Ankrum earned his first career Gander Outdoors Truck Series win at Kentucky Speedway after passing Brett Moffitt with two laps to go.

    “I can’t even describe it,” Ankrum explained to MRN Radio in his post-race interview about the last laps. “I don’t know if anything was going through my head honestly, I was just trying to drive as hard as I could. This DGR-Crosley Railblaza/Academy Toyota, it was on fire. I just can’t believe that we did this!

    Coming into the Buckle Up in Your Truck 225, Grant Enfinger won the pole earlier in the day, his second of the season. Stages were broken up into 35/35/80 laps to make up the 150-lap race.

    It was clean and green without any major incidents in the first stage. As a matter of fact, the stage would remain caution free. There were some notable incidents, however, as Austin Hill came down pit road on Lap 28 with possible engine issues. Just a few laps later on Lap 33, he went behind the wall for the rest of the night and wound up with a disappointing 31st place finish.

    Sheldon Creed and the No.2 GMS Racing team took home the first stage after leading all 35 laps.

    The action picked up, especially on pit road when Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton were each caught with a commitment line violation and had to serve a penalty.

    Stage 2 began on Lap 41 and saw a lot of incidents ramp up. The first incident took place right after the restart when Spencer Boyd and Natalie Decker made contact with each other and were sent viciously into the wall, destroying both trucks. The incident also collected Jordan Anderson and a little bit of Sauter’s truck as well.

    On Lap 56, the third caution was brought out for the No. 42 of Chad Finley, when his truck just snapped loose and wound up hitting the wall off Turn 4. Finley would wind up 26th after starting 12th.

    More action occurred under caution when the No. 4 of Todd Gilliland come down pit road with the hood up. It appeared there were engine issues, possibly a plug wire or it was down a cylinder. But there was no confirmation from the team on the issues for the No. 4 truck.

    The next caution flew on Lap 60 when Harrison Burton got loose in Turns 1 and 2, eventually going sideways. Burton brought two other trucks with him in the incident, Gus Dean and Josh Bilicki. Sauter once again barely escaped the wreck without any major damage.

    Five laps later, the No. 98 of Grant Enfinger hit a bump in Turn 4 with Brandon Jones to his outside. The two would make hard contact with each other, slamming Jones in the wall with his truck eventually catching on fire. Both Jones and Enfinger would be done for the night.

    With the wreck taking place so close to the end of Stage 2, the second stage ended under caution and with the No. 88 of Matt Crafton taking the stage win and earning 10 Playoff points.

    The third and final stage began on Lap 76 and saw a long green flag run toward the finish line.

    A few notable incidents occurred in the stage as well. Stage 1 winner, Sheldon Creed, wound up having a flat right front tire shortly after the stage restarted.

    Later on, as the stage began to wind down, Tyler Ankrum took the lead on Lap 73. Despite a hard-charge from Ben Rhodes, he could not take the lead from Ankrum and Chicago winner Brett Moffitt took second place.

    Pit stops began to take place shortly after lap 100. Even with the pit stops, it appeared most drivers did not have enough to make it on fuel to the end, which saw the race become a fuel mileage game.

    Moffitt tried outsmarting Ankrum on his pit stop, while Ankrum had a somewhat longer stop. Moffitt would still be the leader after his final round of pit stops.

    With about 20 to go, Rhodes and Brennan Poole made contact with each other. This left Rhodes with a left rear tire to go down, while Pool had a right front tire go down late in the going.

    Just 10 laps later with 10 to go, the race leaders, including Moffitt, were told to start saving a little bit of fuel in case of caution. During that run, other drivers like Matt Crafton and Todd Gilliland fell short and ran out of gas. Moffitt continued running thinking he had enough to make it on fuel. Unfortunately, he ran out of gas just half a lap away from taking the white flag. Ankrum, who just turned 18-years-old, went on by to take the lead and eventually his first ever career win.

    “I accidentally put a ice bag down my chest, ripped my right side ear mold out,” Ankrum told MRN Radio. “So half the time, all I could understand was inside or outside. I honestly did not hear a whole lot, so I’m so proud. Man, that’s all I got, I don’t know. This goes to show that youngsters and underdogs can still win. You know, I don’t think DGR has been viewed as a GMS, KBM, or ThorSport team but they will be now. I’m honestly so proud of that, that’s what I’ve been wanting to do. I’m all about improvement, improving every single week trying to get better and that’s what we did, we finished it!”

    It was Ankrum’s first Truck Series win in just 12 starts. His previous best finish was third at Texas in June. Ankrum led three times for 40 laps and has currently earned a spot in the Playoffs.

    There were five cautions for 33 laps, with 10 lead changes among seven drivers.

    Playoff Watch
    1. Brett Moffitt, Two wins
    2. Ross Chastain, One win, Clinched playoff spot
    3. Johnny Sauter, One win
    4. Austin Hill, One win
    5. Tyler Ankrum, One win
    6. Grant Enfinger, +73
    7. Stewart Friesen, +61
    8. Matt Crafton, +40
    Below the cut line
    9. Harrison Burton, -40
    10. Ben Rhodes, -60
    11. Todd Gilliland, -110

    Up Next: The Truck Series will take another week off before heading to “The Tricky Triangle” of Pocono Raceway on Saturday, July 27.

  • Haley wins the rain shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

    Haley wins the rain shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

    Justin Haley inherited the lead under caution when Kurt Busch made his final pit stop after NASCAR initially declared they would go back to green the next lap.  NASCAR then red flagged the race with 33 laps to go due to more lightning strikes within an eight-mile radius of the Daytona International Speedway and then later declared official due to rain.

    Haley was declared the winner of the rain delayed and rain shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.  The 20-year-old Indiana native driving for first-year team Spire Motorsports in the No. 77 Fraternal Order of Eagles Camaro ZL1 led only one lap and captured his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win in only three starts. Haley becomes the fourth driver in the modern-era to win within their first three starts in the cup series.

    “It’s absolutely a blessing. Its pretty incredible that I have so many great people around me that have given me this opportunity to come here to this level and stage that we are performing on. Obviously Todd and my family have done a great job, but the Fraternal Order of Eagles has given me this opportunity with Spire Motorsports and its truly a blessing. I never even saw myself running a Cup race until I got a call a few months ago to do Talladega. It’s just unreal and I don’t know how to put it. I don’t know how to feel.” Haley said.

    William Byron finished second, Jimmie Johnson third, Ty Dillon fourth and Ryan Newman finished fifth.

    “It took us a little while to get to the front from the back and finish second. So that was good.” Byron said. “I would have liked to go back racing and win it the way I wanted to, but our team did a great job this week managing all the chaos and finishing second with a back-up car is pretty good.”

    Joey Logano won stage one and Austin Dillon won stage two.

    Kevin Harvick got a run in the tri-oval on Brad Keselowski with 18 laps to go in Stage 2. Harvick turned Keselowski into the outside wall, eliminating Keselowski and Daniel Suarez from the race.

    “I know we got to three-wide at the top of three and it looks like Kevin gave me a real straight push. I don’t know. It just took off on me.” Keselowski said.

    The bad weather headed in during the third and final stage of the race and the intensity also picked up.

    While running in the outside line, Clint Bowyer pulled down to pass Austin Dillon for the race lead. Dillon followed and Bowyer got into the back of him causing him to spin, collecting the front runners on lap 118.

    “I guess he didn’t want me to pass him. I don’t know. I got under him and he blocked, and we got together, I got off of him, moved down and got off of him and here he comes back down even more and just finally wrecked us all. That’s just part of racing like this.” Bowyer said.

    “Originally, off of turn four, I thought me and the 9 would be able to get by the 11. But the 9 wasn’t clear. I really thought it was urgent with the lighting and the rain coming. So I jumped up there and had a good push from the 14 and my plan as soon as I cleared the 11 was to cut left and get down again to get with my Chevy teammates. It’s really unfortunate because I had a really fast American Ethanol Chevy.” Dillon said.

    The series heads to Kentucky Speedway next Saturday July 13th for the Quaker State 400 at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

    Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 18
    Race Results for the 61st Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Sunday, July 7, 2019
    Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 160 Laps – 400. Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos Stage3Pos Pts Status
    1 34 77 Justin Haley(i) Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 0 Running
    2 12 24 William Byron Axalta Patriotic Chevrolet 127 0 3 0 43 Running
    3 14 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 127 0 7 0 38 Running
    4 23 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Military Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 33 Running
    5 18 6 Ryan Newman Roush Performance Ford 127 0 0 0 32 Running
    6 30 32 Corey LaJoie Shine Armor Ford 127 0 0 0 31 Running
    7 11 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Anytime Favorites Ford 127 0 0 0 30 Running
    8 25 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Toyota 127 0 0 0 29 Running
    9 31 36 Matt Tifft # Ron Jon Surf Shop Ford 127 0 0 0 28 Running
    10 8 1 Kurt Busch Global Poker Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 27 Running
    11 33 0 Landon Cassill(i) Jacob Companies Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 0 Running
    12 37 52 JJ Yeley DriveSmartWarranty.com Ford 127 0 0 0 25 Running
    13 28 34 Michael McDowell Long John Silver’s Ford 127 0 0 0 24 Running
    14 2 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 127 0 0 0 23 Running
    15 29 43 Bubba Wallace United States Air Force Chevrolet 127 0 9 0 24 Running
    16 20 21 Paul Menard Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 127 0 0 0 21 Running
    17 22 37 Chris Buescher Scott Comfort Plus Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 20 Running
    18 24 8 Daniel Hemric # Cessna Chevrolet 127 0 0 0 19 Running
    19 39 62 * Brendan Gaughan(i) Beard Oil Distributing/South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 126 0 0 0 0 Running
    20 13 42 Kyle Larson Credit One Bank Chevrolet 126 0 6 0 22 Running
    21 9 88 Alex Bowman Valvoline Patriotic Chevrolet 126 0 2 0 25 Running
    22 5 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER ATVs & Boats/USO Toyota 126 10 0 0 16 Running
    23 17 20 Erik Jones Sport Clips Toyota 125 0 0 0 14 Running
    24 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fifth Third Bank Ford 125 2 8 0 25 Running
    25 1 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 125 1 10 0 23 Running
    26 6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 125 8 0 0 14 Running
    27 40 53 * Joey Gase Connected Claim Services/Action Restoration Chevrolet 125 0 0 0 0 Running
    28 35 51 BJ McLeod(i) Jacob Companies Ford 124 0 0 0 0 Running
    29 4 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Ford 124 4 0 0 15 Running
    30 38 27 * Ross Chastain(i) Xchange of America Chevrolet 122 0 0 0 0 Running
    31 36 96 * Parker Kligerman(i) TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota 121 0 0 0 0 Accident
    32 26 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 119 0 0 0 5 Accident
    33 21 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol Chevrolet 118 0 1 0 14 Accident
    34 16 14 Clint Bowyer Mobil 1/Rush Truck Centers Ford 118 7 5 0 13 Accident
    35 7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Batteries Chevrolet 118 5 4 0 15 Accident
    36 10 12 Ryan Blaney BodyArmor Ford 118 3 0 0 9 Accident
    37 32 15 Quin Houff The Elease Project Chevrolet 108 0 0 0 1 Running
    38 27 38 David Ragan MDS Transport Ford 86 0 0 0 1 Accident
    39 3 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 85 9 0 0 3 Accident
    40 15 41 Daniel Suarez Haas Automation Ford 83 6 0 0 6 Accident
  • Ross Chastain captures first win for Kaulig Racing at Daytona

    Ross Chastain captures first win for Kaulig Racing at Daytona

    Ross Chastain won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Circle K Firecracker 250 Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, earning Kaulig Racing their first NASCAR victory.

    Chastain’s teammates Justin Haley and AJ Allmendinger followed his lead in what appeared to be a 1-2-3 finish for Kaulig Racing. However, Allmendinger’s car failed the post-race inspection and, as a result, he was officially scored in last place.

    Wayne Auton, Xfinity Series managing director, explained the inspection process, saying, “Post-race teardown at all of our races we check a vacuum test on the cars and the engine would not hold a vacuum. So looking at parts on the car we found a discrepancy in one area of the car.”

    Allmendinger’s disqualification moved Christopher Bell up to third, with Austin Cindric in fourth place as Stephen Leicht rounded out the top five. Brandon Brown, Jeff Green, Gray Gaulding, Jeremy Clements, and Matt Mills rounded out the top 10 finishers.

    It was a hard-fought victory for Chastain in a tumultuous race that included five multi-car wrecks. He was competitive from the start, winning Stage 1 and finishing third in Stage 2. After the final caution of the night, he took the lead on Lap 93, passing Tyler Reddick, and holding off his teammates to claim the checkered flag.

    As Chastain climbed from his car and faced the cheering fans, he told NBCSN, “Oh my gosh, we did it! I sat here as a kid. I watched these races as a kid every Fourth of July, never could come in the spring because we were growing watermelons. These guys right here gave me a race car that, oh my gosh, could win a race at Daytona!”

    He celebrated by taking a watermelon to the start-finish line and smashing it on the pavement, a nod to his family, watermelon growers in Florida.

    More importantly, the win was also a testament to Chastain’s determination. He lost his Xfinity Series ride with Chip Ganassi Racing when sponsorship issues arose after the end of the 2018 season. Although he declared to run for Xfinity Series points at the beginning of the year, he decided to switch mid-season to make a run for the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship instead. Things did not go as planned when his win at Iowa was disqualified after he failed post race inspection. But Chastain persevered and won the following race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

    And now, he’s in victory again.  

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    Xfinity Series Race Number 16
    Race Results for the 18th Annual Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona Powered by Coca – Cola – Friday, July 5, 2019
    Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 100 Laps – 250. Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos S3Pos Pts Status
    1 4 16 Ross Chastain(i) Ellsworth Advisors Chevrolet 100 1 2 0 0 Running
    2 7 11 Justin Haley # LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 100 0 3 0 43 Running
    3 8 20 Christopher Bell Ruud-Ferguson Toyota 100 8 5 0 43 Running
    4 19 22 Austin Cindric Pirtek Ford 100 0 9 0 35 Running
    5 25 1 Stephen Leicht Flex Glue Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 32 Running
    6 33 86 Brandon Brown # BMSraceteam.com Chevrolet 100 9 0 0 33 Running
    7 20 38 Jeff Green Larry’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 30 Running
    8 5 8 Gray Gaulding WorldWide Safety Consulting Services Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 29 Running
    9 37 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 28 Running
    10 28 5 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Toyota 100 0 0 0 27 Running
    11 27 78 Vinnie Miller Pit Viper Toyota 100 0 0 0 26 Running
    12 29 99 Stefan Parsons Jacob Companies Toyota 100 0 0 0 25 Running
    13 36 7 Ray Black II ISOKERN Fireplaces & Chimneys Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 24 Running
    14 35 0 Garrett Smithley Flex Tape Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 23 Running
    15 16 9 Noah Gragson # Switch Chevrolet 99 4 6 0 34 Running
    16 1 2 Tyler Reddick Gimme Country Chevrolet 99 7 0 0 25 Running
    17 12 7 Justin Allgaier Vannoy Construction Chevrolet 99 6 4 0 32 Running
    18 11 18 Riley Herbst(i) Monster Energy Toyota 98 3 8 0 0 Running
    19 22 25 Chris Cockrum Advanced Communications Group Chevrolet 97 0 0 0 18 Running
    20 18 66 Timmy Hill VSI Racing/Overkill Motorsports Toyota 97 5 0 0 23 Running
    21 32 28 Shane Lee Circuit City Toyota 97 0 0 0 16 Running
    22 21 23 John Hunter Nemechek # Digital Ally Chevrolet 93 0 0 0 15 Accident
    23 6 21 Joe Graf Jr. Eat Sleep Race Chevrolet 92 0 0 0 14 Accident
    24 14 39 Ryan Sieg CMR Roofing Chevrolet 89 2 10 0 23 Accident
    25 3 1 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 86 0 1 0 22 Accident
    26 15 0 Cole Custer Jacob Companies Ford 86 0 7 0 15 Accident
    27 31 42 Chad Finchum Amana Heating & Air Conditioning Toyota 86 0 0 0 10 Accident
    28 26 36 Josh Williams Sleep Well/Star Tron Chevrolet 86 0 0 0 9 Accident
    29 13 90 Caesar Bacarella Fisher House Foundation/Alpha Prime Chevrolet 86 0 0 0 8 Accident
    30 17 19 Brandon Jones Menards/ORCA Toyota 76 0 0 0 7 Chassis
    31 23 93 Scott Lagasse Jr. Chevrolet 73 0 0 0 6 Accident
    32 34 52 David Starr Starr Mechanical/Tomi Aircraft Chevrolet 72 0 0 0 5 Accident
    33 30 15 BJ McLeod Flex Shot Chevrolet 72 0 0 0 4 Accident
    34 9 8 Sheldon Creed(i) Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 71 0 0 0 0 Accident
    35 10 98 Chase Briscoe # Ford Performance Ford 44 10 0 0 3 Accident
    36 38 13 Joe Nemechek(i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 39 0 0 0 0 Steering
    37 24 4 Landon Cassill Flex Seal/Contec Chevrolet 12 0 0 0 1 Accident
    38 2 10 AJ Allmendinger Cornerstone Produce Group Chevrolet 100 0 0 0 1 Running
  • Custer dominates at Chicagoland

    Custer dominates at Chicagoland

    Cole Custer held off Joey Logano in Saturday’s Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway and captured his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season.

    Custer led 151 of the 200 laps in route to his sixth career victory.

    “At these low grip race tracks it is a little bit of everything and that is a testament to our whole team and everyone at the shop that set up the car. When you go to these low grip race tracks and can be good through a whole run it isn’t easy to do. I want to thank everyone at Haas Automation and Stewart-Haas Racing because we are going to be taking it to ‘em in the summertime,” Custer said in victory lane.

    Polesitter Logano finished second, Christopher Bell finished third, Michael Annett fourth and Brandon Jones rounded out the top five. However, Bell’s car failed post-race inspection (car was too low) and NASCAR disqualified his third-place finish. Bell will receive one point for last place.

    “We just weren’t quite good enough. Cole and that whole Stewart-Haas team just beat us. They were faster in every department. We just weren’t quite good enough overall. After practice, I was able to look at Cole’s times and it was obvious that he was the fastest car,” Logano said.

    The series heads next to Daytona International Speedway on Friday, July 5 for the Circle K Firecracker 250.

    Xfinity Series Race Number 15
    Race Results for the 19th Annual Camping World 300 – Saturday, June 29, 2019
    Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, IL – 1.5 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300. Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos S3Pos Pts Status
    1 2 0 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 200 1 2 0 59 Running
    2 1 12 Joey Logano(i) Snap On Ford 200 4 1 0 0 Running
    3 16 1 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 200 7 10 0 39 Running
    4 6 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Bali Toyota 200 3 3 0 49 Running
    5 7 22 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 200 6 6 0 42 Running
    6 10 9 Noah Gragson # MagnaFlow Chevrolet 200 0 0 0 31 Running
    7 14 11 Justin Haley # LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 200 0 7 0 34 Running
    8 3 10 Ross Chastain(i) Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet 200 9 9 0 0 Running
    9 9 2 Tyler Reddick KC Motorgroup Chevrolet 200 2 4 0 44 Running
    10 8 18 Riley Herbst(i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 10 0 0 0 Running
    11 15 23 John Hunter Nemechek # Chevrolet 200 0 0 0 26 Running
    12 12 39 Ryan Sieg Big Green Egg Chevrolet 200 0 0 0 25 Running
    13 19 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 200 0 0 0 24 Running
    14 17 8 Gray Gaulding WorldWide Safety Consulting Chevrolet 200 0 0 0 23 Running
    15 11 98 Chase Briscoe # Ford Performance Ford 199 8 0 0 25 Running
    16 21 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt Comcast NBCUniversal Salute to Service Toyota 199 0 0 0 21 Running
    17 13 8 Zane Smith Canadamark Diamond/BN3TH Chevrolet 199 0 5 0 26 Running
    18 22 28 Shane Lee Titan Mining Rigs Toyota 199 0 0 0 19 Running
    19 20 4 Landon Cassill Gerber Collision and Glass Chevrolet 199 0 0 0 18 Running
    20 25 7 Ray Black II ISOKERNFrplcs&Chmnys/ScbaLfe Chev 199 0 0 0 17 Running
    21 30 1 Stephen Leicht Gerber Collision Chevrolet 199 0 0 0 16 Running
    22 31 86 Brandon Brown # BMSRaceTeam.com Chevrolet 198 0 0 0 15 Running
    23 18 15 BJ McLeod teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 196 0 0 0 14 Running
    24 26 42 Chad Finchum NLBHtng&Clng/Ryn’sCllsnSrvce Toyota 195 0 0 0 13 Running
    25 35 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 195 0 0 0 12 Running
    26 34 36 Josh Williams Starbrite Star Tron/Simcraft Chevrolet 195 0 0 0 11 Running
    27 24 5 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 195 0 0 0 10 Running
    28 28 99 Tommy Joe Martins Diamond Gusset Jeans/The Podgoats Toyota 194 0 0 0 9 Running
    29 37 78 Vinnie Miller JW Transport Chevrolet 194 0 0 0 8 Running
    30 33 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr Bassett Gutters and More Chevrolet 193 0 0 0 7 Running
    31 29 74 Camden Murphy(i) RonaldHouseChicago.org Chevrolet 192 0 0 0 0 Running
    32 4 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 127 5 8 0 14 Accident
    33 27 35 Joey Gase GiftofHopeOrgan&TsseDnrNtwrk Toyota 111 0 0 0 4 Engine
    34 32 66 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Toyota 71 0 0 0 3 Electrical
    35 23 17 Josh Bilicki RWR Chevrolet 55 0 0 0 2 Vibration
    36 36 52 David Starr Dealer Associates Inc/FLURRY Chevrolet 52 0 0 0 1 Engine
    37 38 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 11 0 0 0 1 Electrical
    38 5 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 200 0 0 0 1 Running
  • Martin Truex Jr. Holds Off Kyle Busch to Win Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma

    Martin Truex Jr. Holds Off Kyle Busch to Win Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma

    SONOMA, Calif. ⁠— In a technical caution-free race, Martin Truex Jr holds off Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series.

    “What a season we’ve turned this into,” Truex said in Victory Lane after tying Kyle Busch with the most victories in the current season. “This group, they’re unbelievable. Hopefully we can keep this going.”

    Truex claimed his third career victory at the California road course, second in a row and the first with the returning Carrousel. The race was caution-free besides the stage ending yellow flags.

    “With the Carousel, the big left-hand corner, it really changed things up,” he explained not knowing exactly how the weekend was going to go for the No. 19 Toyota team. “Took a while to figure that out in practice. But luckily, we were able to just make the right tweaks. I had confidence that when the track got hot and slick on the long runs, we had what we needed.

    “Just a matter if we had enough speed to get there, and we did today.”

    Truex didn’t place in the top 10 in Stage 1 with the varying pit strategies. Many teams elected to come to pit road before the two-to-go mark, signifying the close of pit road. Roughly the top 15 positions could pit without going a lap down, and when some leaders came down pit road, that gave more openings deeper in the pack to come down pit road. He placed seventh in Stage 2.

    Kyle Busch closes the gap on teammate and leader Truex after front end damage from contact with Ryan Blaney. Photo courtesy of Patrick Sue-Chan for Speedway Media.
    Kyle Busch closes the gap on teammate and leader Truex after front end damage from contact with Ryan Blaney. Photo courtesy of Patrick Sue-Chan for Speedway Media.

    With 20 laps to go, Kyle Busch had a different strategy in mind by manipulating the cycle to have fresher tires on the final run. At times, he ran a full second faster than his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, but fell 1.861 seconds short of the win.

    “Yeah, any time I had to lean on the left rear, I just didn’t have the drive that I needed,” Busch said. “Actually tried to hold on to it, trying to save it. I knew that was going to be our problem — that had been our problem all day long. You get closer, you’re like, ‘OK, I can get him, I better go, pounce on him fast, so then he doesn’t have the time to pick up the pace.’

    “But it didn’t work. He was obviously saving a lot. I knew he was going to be saving a lot, have enough to be able to most likely hold us off. I was right. I still tried everything I could to get there and ran real hard. Sucks to finish second to a teammate, but it’s good for the company. Overall Martin is really, really good here. I’m just pumped that I actually ran good here.”

    Ryan Blaney was the top finishing Ford in third, and Matt DiBenedetto fights for his best career finish of fourth. Stage 2 winner, Denny Hamlin, rounds out the top five. Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Erik Jones, Aric Almirola and pole sitter Kyle Larson finish in the top 10. Larson now holds three consecutive poles as the home track native, and claimed his best career finish.

    Other notables across the field include Daniel Hemric, Austin Dillon and Ryan Preece who all ran toward the front of the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series race. They finished 15th, 24th and 29th respectively. William Byron led all of Stage 1, including winning the first stage, but finished in the 19th position. Saturday night’s NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series winner Ross Chastaine made the overnight flight to start today’s race and finished 33rd. Chase Elliott was battling for a top five position, but a loss of oil pressure eliminated him after 60 laps, finishing 37th. Cody Ware pulled into the garage during the final stage, where he was treated in the infield care center for carbon monoxide poisoning. He was released after treatments.

    The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series will compete next at Chicagoland Speedway on June 30.

    FinSt#DriverSponsor / OwnerCarLapsStatus
    1819Martin Truex, Jr.Bass Pro Shops (Joe Gibbs)Toyota90running
    2718Kyle BuschM&M’s Hazelnut (Joe Gibbs)Toyota90running
    3912Ryan BlaneyPPG (Roger Penske)Ford90running
    41995Matt DiBenedettoProcore Thanks DW Throwback (Leavine Family Racing)Toyota90running
    5611Denny HamlinFedEx Ground   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota90running
    6234Kevin HarvickMobil 1 (Stewart Haas Racing)Ford90running
    7216Ryan NewmanWyndham Rewards (Jack Roush)Ford90running
    83220Erik JonesCraftsman (Joe Gibbs)Toyota90running
    91510Aric AlmirolaSmithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)Ford90running
    10142Kyle LarsonCredit One Bank (Chip Ganassi)Chevrolet90running
    111414Clint BowyerRush Truck Centers (Stewart Haas Racing)Ford90running
    121148Jimmie JohnsonAlly (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet90running
    13161Kurt BuschMonster Energy (Chip Ganassi)Chevrolet90running
    141288Alex BowmanAxalta (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet90running
    15258Daniel HemricPoppy Bank (Richard Childress)Chevrolet90running
    161037Chris BuescherHellmann’s (JTG-Daugherty Racing)Chevrolet90running
    17541Daniel SuarezRuckus (Stewart Haas Racing)Ford90running
    18222Brad KeselowskiAmerica’s Tire (Roger Penske)Ford90running
    19224William ByronHertz (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet90running
    201838David Ragan#ThanksDW (Bob Jenkins)Ford90running
    211717Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Performance / Thanks DW (Jack Roush)Ford90running
    222421Paul MenardMenards / Richmond (Wood Brothers)Ford90running
    23322Joey LoganoShell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)Ford90running
    24263Austin DillonDow Coatings (Richard Childress)Chevrolet90running
    251334Michael McDowellLove’s Travel Stops (Bob Jenkins)Ford89running
    263043Bubba WallaceWorld Wide Technology (Richard Petty Motorsports)Chevrolet89running
    273113Ty DillonGEICO Military (Germain Racing)Chevrolet89running
    282836Matt TifftAcquire Investments (Bob Jenkins)Ford89running
    292047Ryan PreeceKroger (JTG-Daugherty Racing)Chevrolet89running
    302996Parker KligermanTRD 40th Anniversary (Gaunt Brothers)Toyota89running
    313500Landon CassillShare (StarCom Racing)Chevrolet89running
    322732Corey LaJoieGMN (Archie St. Hilaire)Ford89running
    333715Ross ChastainLow-T Centers (Jay Robinson)Chevrolet89running
    343377Justin HaleyFormula One Imports (Spire Motorsports)Chevrolet88running
    353827Reed SorensonVIPRacingExperience.com (Jay Robinson)Chevrolet88running
    363452Cody WareSBC Contractors (Rick Ware)Chevrolet64fatigue
    3749Chase ElliottNAPA Auto Parts (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet60engine
    383651J.J. YeleyJacob Companies (Rick Ware)Ford53fuel pump


  • Ross Chastain gets big win and redemption at Gateway

    Ross Chastain gets big win and redemption at Gateway

    After a whirlwind of a week, Chastain and his No. 45 Niece Motorsports team found redemption in Madison, Illinois Saturday night with a victory at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

    Chastain and his pit crew took a late race gamble by taking gas only with no tires, while everyone else took tires. He was able to cycle back out as the leader, but an unfortunate caution came out with 15 to go. This would set up a late race restart with seven to go. However, Chastain was able to hold everyone off and proved that, in the end, track position mattered most, to earn a big win at Gateway.

    “Of course, we thought we could,” Chastain said in his post-race interview with MRN Radio about his chances of winning. “If you don’t come to a racetrack expecting to win with an operation like this and people like this…man, you don’t need to be coming here. This is what racecar drivers live for with opportunities like this, you can’t let them slip away.”

    “We’re very fortunate tonight,” he added. “We did not have the fastest truck at times, we executed, Phil (Gould, Crew Chief), (Shannon) Rush and the whole brain trust behind me, Al Niece (Team Owner) he’s not here, ah he missed another one, but look at that splitter. That thing is off the ground tonight.”

    In what started as a gloomy and rainy day for the Truck Series, with rain showers being persistent across the St. Louis area, qualifying was once again canceled and set by owner points. The teams, however, were given one practice session to get their trucks ready for the race once the rain cleared away.

    It was a caution free race for the most part with barely any incidents.

    Stewart Friesen broke away early and Led for 19 laps until championship points leader Grant Enfinger took over the lead on Lap 22 in the first stage and never looked back. Enfinger would go on to win Stages 1 and 2, having a dominant truck early on in the race.

    There were a couple of minor incidents, as the No. 0 of Gregory Rayl brushed the wall and the No. 1 of Cody McMahan hit the wall off the backstretch on the final lap of Stage 1.

    Friesen somehow received back bumper damage to his truck after the restart for Stage 2. Last week’s winner Brett Moffitt experienced issues with his engine but got it fixed in the long run.

    After a couple of quiet stages, the intensity and action picked up for the third and final stage that began with 83 to go. It was where Chastain would first be seen battling up front for the lead along with, Harrison Burton and Enfinger as well.

    Chastain really began reeling in the race leader and pole sitter Christian Eckes for the top spot with 45 to go, although, everyone had to stop one more time to make it the rest of the way.

    The No. 45 crew placed their bet after a short-lived battle with Burton, pitting with 28 to go Eckes also pitted. Then, Chastain recycled back into the race lead with 20 laps to go hoping for no caution, as the team did not take tires, while everyone else did.

    However, an unfortunate caution came with 15 to go for Burton and Sheldon Creed who made contact with each other in Turn 4. This would eventually set up a late race restart with seven to go.

    Despite all the circumstances and challenges, Chastain and his fan favorite No. 45 Niece Motorsports team earned a popular victory tonight at the 1.250-mile paved track located near St. Louis, Missouri.

    “Yeah, I mean, less tires and less fuel, screaming at me to save fuel while I’m out running away from the leaders,” the Florida native described to MRN Radio. “When it’s your time, it’s your time, everything happens for a reason. If last weekend happened for a reason, I’m okay with it, the good Lord is good I believe and he came through for us tonight. My dad is here, came with my girlfriend, my Aunt and Uncle. We normally don’t have much family here. Got my late model crew chief here, man, we came a long way since those days, loving every minute.”

    This is Chastain’s second win of the season, his first since Kansas back in May. He also picks up the winning bonus from The Triple Truck Challenge of $50,000.

    Chastain led three times for 21 laps and currently sits 38 points outside the top 20. There were five cautions for 30 laps along with eight leaders among 14 lead changes.

    Grant Enfinger still holds the championship points standings over Stewart Friesen by 54 points.

    Up Next: The NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series will head north to Chicagoland Speedway on Friday, June 28.

  • Kyle Larson will lead the field into the carousel at Sonoma

    Kyle Larson will lead the field into the carousel at Sonoma

    SONOMA, Calif. – Kyle Larson sweeps both qualifying sessions and will start on pole for the third straight year for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway with a time of 94.784 seconds at 95.712 mph.

    “I guess the trend with my three poles is winning a pole and then struggling in the race,” said Larson who claimed his first Busch Pole Award of the season. “Hopefully, we’ll have something different for tomorrow. I feel good.”

    Larson bested the improving Hendrick driver of William Byron (95.669 mph) in his No. 24 Hertz Chevrolet.

    “We did a mock (qualifying) run yesterday in practice and ran a good lap,” said Larson who ran the fastest time in Friday’s practice session. “I kind of over-drove the first session and then the next session I said, ‘I’m going to calm down and not make any mistakes,’ and I probably under-drove just a little. In the carousel, I think I gave up a little speed, but I feel like I made up some time in other areas, too. It’s cool to get a third pole in a row here at my home track.”

    Joey Logano qualified third at 95.618 mph, but believes he knows exactly where he lost the time he needed for a pole speed run.

    “I feel like my lap was pretty good,” Logano shared as his team was less than a tenth behind Larson’s pole-setting speed. “I was just a little loose. I feel like I got through it mainly pretty decent. I got a little loose off of (Turn) 10. If I could find one spot, I got too loose off 10 trying to throttle up too aggressively and stuck half my left sides up in the dirt and got loose and knocked a few mile an hour off on the exit, compared to what I would have been.

    Larson claims his first Busch Pole Award for the 2019 season at his home track at Sonoma Raceway. Photo courtesy of Rachel Schuoler for Speedway Media.
    Larson claims his first Busch Pole Award for the 2019 season at his home track at Sonoma Raceway. Photo courtesy of Rachel Schuoler for Speedway Media.

    “Maybe that’s a tenth (of a second), maybe a half a tenth. I don’t know. I have to go back and look. All I needed was nine-hundredths, so that’s probably the spot I’m looking at.”

    Chase Elliott qualified fourth, ahead of Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez. Denny Hamlin was the top Toyota in the qualifying order, ahead of Kyle Busch who spun off Turn 4 multiple times in Friday’s practice sessions. Defending race winner Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Jimmie Johnson and Alex Bowman also made the second qualifying round and will start Sunday’s race eighth through 12th, respectively.

    The first road course race of the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series at Sonoma Raceway will start coverage at 3 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

    RankDriverNumberMakeTimeSpeed 
    1   Kyle Larson42Chevrolet1:34.784   95.712    
    2   William Byron24Chevrolet1:34.827   95.669    
    3   Joey Logano22Ford1:34.878   95.618    
    4   Chase Elliott9Chevrolet1:34.898   95.597    
    5   Daniel Suarez41Ford1:35.260   95.234    
    6   Denny Hamlin11Toyota1:35.287   95.207    
    7   Kyle Busch18Toyota1:35.367   95.127    
    8   Martin Truex Jr.19Toyota1:35.399   95.095    
    9   Ryan Blaney12Ford1:35.507   94.988    
    10   Chris Buescher37Chevrolet1:35.668   94.828    
    11   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet1:36.156   94.347    
    12   Alex Bowman88Chevrolet1:36.374   94.133    
    13   Michael McDowell34Ford1:35.449   95.046    
    14   Clint Bowyer14Ford1:35.485   95.010    
    15   Aric Almirola10Ford1:35.624   94.872    
    16   Kurt Busch1Chevrolet1:35.746   94.751    
    17   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.17Ford1:35.749   94.748    
    18   David Ragan38Ford1:35.821   94.677    
    19   Matt DiBenedetto95Toyota1:35.926   94.573    
    20   Ryan Preece47Chevrolet1:36.070   94.431    
    21   Ryan Newman6Ford1:36.106   94.396    
    22   Brad Keselowski2Ford1:36.118   94.384    
    23   Kevin Harvick4Ford1:36.130   94.372    
    24   Paul Menard21Ford1:36.281   94.224    
    25   Daniel Hemric8Chevrolet1:36.294   94.211    
    26   Austin Dillon3Chevrolet1:36.457   94.052    
    27   Corey LaJoie32Ford1:36.484   94.026    
    28   Matt Tifft36Ford1:36.781   93.737    
    29   Parker Kligerman96Toyota1:37.006   93.520   *
    30   Bubba Wallace43Chevrolet1:37.020   93.506    
    31   Ty Dillon13Chevrolet1:37.040   93.487    
    32   Erik Jones20Toyota1:37.530   93.018    
    33   Justin Haley77Chevrolet1:37.911   92.656    
    34   Cody Ware52Chevrolet1:38.432   92.165    
    35   Landon Cassill00Chevrolet1:38.719   91.897    
    36   J.J. Yeley51Chevrolet1:39.161   91.488    
    37   Kyle Weatherman15Chevrolet1:42.283   88.695    
    38   Reed Sorenson27Chevrolet     *

    * – had to qualify on time

  • Bell wins the CircuitCity.com 250 at Iowa

    Bell wins the CircuitCity.com 250 at Iowa

    Christopher Bell led 186 of 250 laps on Sunday to win the NASCAR Xfinity series Circuitcity.com at Iowa Speedway. This was his fourth victory of the season and his second straight win at Iowa.

    It was his 12th victory in 55 Xfinity Series races.

    “Man, I got to win at Dover on Mother’s Day weekend, or, I guess it was the week before with my mom there,” Bell said. “Now I just won on Father’s Day with my dad here, so it was pretty special.”

    Bell dominated the race in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, sweeping all the stages.

    Pole-sitter Cole Custer led the first 51 laps before Bell was able to pass him for the lead during the first stage and Custer ultimately finished second.

    When asked about the contact with Bell which led to him losing the lead, Custer said, “I think it was racing. I think every driver will agree that this place puts on the best racing that we go to, so it was fun. Christopher (Bell) and them had the best car all day. I feel like we caught up to them a good amount. We just need a little more time to work on it.”

    Justin Allgaier earned third place in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet followed by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Harrison Burton in fourth while Zane Smith finished fifth in the JRM No. 8. Noah Gragson finished sixth and was the highest finishing rookie.

    Tyler Reddick had a flat tire right before the finish of Stage 1, putting him two laps down. He finished 15th and holds the series points lead by 51 points over Bell.

    Xfinity Series Race Number 14
    Race Results for the 9th Annual CircuitCity.com 250 presented by Tamron – Sunday, June 16, 2019
    Iowa Speedway – Newton, IA – 0.875 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 250 Laps – 218.75 Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos Pts Status
    1 2 20 Christopher Bell Ruud Toyota 250 1 1 60 Running
    2 1 0 Cole Custer FIELDS Ford 250 2 2 53 Running
    3 14 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 250 3 5 48 Running
    4 10 18 Harrison Burton(i) Dex Imaging Toyota 250 5 3 0 Running
    5 3 8 Zane Smith LaPaz Margarita Mix Chevrolet 250 6 6 42 Running
    6 4 9 Noah Gragson # Switch Chevrolet 250 4 0 38 Running
    7 9 98 Chase Briscoe # Nutri Chomps/Bomgaars Ford 250 0 0 30 Running
    8 6 23 John Hunter Nemechek # Allegiant Chevrolet 250 8 9 34 Running
    9 12 1 Michael Annett TMC Transportation Chevrolet 250 10 7 33 Running
    10 7 22 Austin Cindric Menards/Richmond Ford 250 9 4 36 Running
    11 11 19 Brandon Jones 1st Foundation Toyota 250 0 8 29 Running
    12 13 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 250 0 0 25 Running
    13 8 11 Justin Haley # LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 250 7 10 29 Running
    14 18 8 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 250 0 0 23 Running
    15 5 2 Tyler Reddick TAME the BEAST Chevrolet 249 0 0 22 Running
    16 19 7 Ray Black II ISOKERN Fireplaces & Chimneys Scuba Life Chevrolet 249 0 0 21 Running
    17 23 36 Josh Williams Starbrite Star Tron/Simcraft Chevrolet 249 0 0 20 Running
    18 17 28 Shane Lee Circuit City Toyota 248 0 0 19 Running
    19 21 21 Joe Graf Jr. Eat Sleep Race Chevrolet 247 0 0 18 Running
    20 33 15 Tyler Matthews Line Tec Services Chevrolet 247 0 0 17 Running
    21 20 42 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 246 0 0 16 Running
    22 32 1 Ryan Repko The McLain Group Chevrolet 245 0 0 15 Running
    23 28 99 Ryan Ellis The Wes Cook Band Toyota 244 0 0 14 Running
    24 27 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr. Bassett Gutters and More Chevrolet 244 0 0 13 Running
    25 22 4 Stephen Leicht SEM Chevrolet 204 0 0 12 Brakes
    26 26 5 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 123 0 0 11 Electrical
    27 34 74 Mike Harmon The Journey Home Project/Charlie Daniels Chevrolet 120 0 0 10 Brakes
    28 37 66 Stan Mullis LasVegas.net Toyota 109 0 0 9 Power Steering
    29 25 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 106 0 0 8 Hub
    30 16 39 Ryan Sieg C2 Freight Resources Chevrolet 78 0 0 7 Fuel Pressure
    31 15 86 Brandon Brown # Vero True Social Chevrolet 76 0 0 6 Engine
    32 31 78 Vinnie Miller Pit Viper/Koolbox Chevrolet 48 0 0 5 Accident
    33 30 35 Joey Gase Iowa Donor Network Toyota 46 0 0 4 Accident
    34 24 52 David Starr Franklin Signs & Graphics Chevrolet 30 0 0 3 Engine
    35 29 89 Morgan Shepherd Visone RV Chevrolet 23 0 0 2 Brakes
    36 38 13 Timmy Hill CrashClaimsR.US Toyota 21 0 0 1 Electrical
    37 35 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 0 0 1 Electrical
    38 36 93 Josh Bilicki Ziegler Auto Group Chevrolet 10 0 0 1 Electrical
  • Moffitt Wins at Iowa after Chastain fails post-race inspection

    Moffitt Wins at Iowa after Chastain fails post-race inspection

    When racing fans watched the 11th Annual M&M’S® 200 presented by Casey’s General Store live, they saw Florida native Ross Chastain take the checkered flag at Iowa Speedway for his second win of the season. However, about an hour after the race concluded, NASCAR officials made the announcement that race winner Chastain failed post-race inspection after finding the ride heights being too low.

    With that said, Grimes, Iowa native Brett Moffitt was declared the winner instead after previously finishing second when Chastain crossed the line first originally.

    “I’ll take a win anyway I can get,” Moffit said in his post race press conference. “I would rather take the checkered flag first and inspection penalties like this, are good for the integrity of the sport.”

    This is Moffitt’s eighth victory in 46 Gander Outdoors Truck Series and his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2019.

    Moffitt started his day in the sixth position after qualifying was rained out. He was quiet for most of the day, but shined in the final stage where he followed Chastain closely behind in second. When the original race was over, Moffitt crossed the second but later declared the winner after inspection.

    Even if Moffitt was declared the winner, he described track position was important when he originally finished second.

    “Track position, really,” the Grimes, Iowa native told in his post race interview with MRN Radio. “Really tough to pass and we kept getting stuck on the bottom on restarts, and tough to get your momentum going down there. All in all, we had a good day but it’s my home track and wins are all that matters here. We had a good Chevy Silverado, just needed a little more.”

    It is Moffitt’s first win of the 2019 season, his first since winning the championship last season at Homestead. Moffitt is awarded ten points and a spot in the playoffs should he stay in the top eight.

    The Niece Motorsports team, however, are allowed until noon eastern Monday to appeal the decision.

    Chastain, on the other hand, was relegated to a 32nd place finish and his two stage wins were taken away. He will only earn five points for the race.

    Johnny Sauter was parked by NASCAR after an incident with Austin Hill and is credited with only completing 137 laps. He wound up finishing 28th. The altercation began when Hill got into the back of Sauter’s truck on Lap 137. Sauter slid into the outside wall and during the caution, he ran into the rear of Hill’s truck in retaliation.

    Update: It is determined that Niece Motorsports will appeal NASCAR’s decision. Niece Motorsports originally had until noon eastern on Monday to appeal the penalty.

    Stay tuned with Speedway Media throughout the week following Niece’s appeal.

    Up Next: The NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series continue their Midwest swing by visiting World Wide Technology Raceway, formerly known as Gateway Motorsports Park on Saturday, June 22.

    Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 10
    Race Results for the 11th Annual M&M’S® 200 presented by Casey’s General Store – Sunday, June 16, Iowa Speedway – Newton, IA – 0.875 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 175. Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos Pts Status
    1 6 24 Brett Moffitt Destiny Homes Smart Series Chevrolet 200 6 2 54 Running
    2 7 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 200 4 1 52 Running
    3 10 18 Harrison Burton # Morton Buildings Toyota 200 8 5 43 Running
    4 2 98 Grant Enfinger ProtectTheHarvest.com Ford 200 2 3 50 Running
    5 3 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 200 10 6 38 Running
    6 12 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 200 5 9 39 Running
    7 4 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Conagra Ford 200 1 7 44 Running
    8 1 51 Chandler Smith Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 200 0 4 36 Running
    9 13 17 Raphael Lessard ReseauDynamique.com/FRLExpress Toyota 200 0 0 28 Running
    10 11 4 Todd Gilliland JBL/SiriusXM Toyota 200 0 0 27 Running
    11 15 30 Brennan Poole Bad Boy Mowers Toyota 200 0 0 26 Running
    12 9 16 Austin Hill ARCO National Construction Toyota 200 7 8 32 Running
    13 5 45 Kyle Benjamin Kanga Chevrolet 199 0 0 24 Running
    14 16 22 Austin Wayne Self GOTEXAN/ICEBOX HelmetCoolers Chevrolet 199 0 0 23 Running
    15 26 46 Riley Herbst Monster Energy/Advance Auto Parts Toyota 199 0 0 22 Running
    16 18 20 Spencer Boyd TRQ Auto Parts Chevrolet 198 0 0 21 Running
    17 23 54 Natalie Decker # N29 Technologies LLC Toyota 198 0 0 20 Running
    18 17 3 Jordan Anderson Lucas Oil Chevrolet 198 0 0 19 Running
    19 14 2 Tyler Dippel # Jersry Filmmaker Chevrolet 197 0 0 18 Running
    20 22 12 Gus Dean # OverkillRV.com Chevrolet 197 0 0 17 Running
    21 24 34 Mason Massey Hicklin Garage Doors Chevrolet 196 0 0 16 Running
    22 25 97 Jesse Little Skuttle Tight Ford 194 9 0 17 Running
    23 21 33 CJ McLaughlin Sci Aps Chevrolet 189 0 0 14 Running
    24 29 6 Norm Benning H & H Transport Chevrolet 186 0 0 13 Running
    25 32 0 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 183 0 0 12 Running
    26 30 56 Tyler Hill Southern Freight Services Chevrolet 179 0 0 11 Running
    27 8 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Products Ford 137 3 10 19 Parked
    28 27 42 Chad Finley AutoValue/Strutmasters/XLTEngineering Chevrolet 68 0 0 9 Rear End
    29 20 8 Trey Hutchens III Chevrolet 61 0 0 8 Brakes
    30 28 10 Juan Ma Gonzalez Illux Chevrolet 40 0 0 7 Accident
    31 31 87 Tyler Ankrum Nemco Chevrolet 17 0 0 6 Brakes
    32 19 44 Ross Chastain TruNorth/Paul Jr Designs Chevrolet 200 0 0 5 Running
  • Breaking News: M&M’s 200 winner disqualified after failing post-race inspection

    Breaking News: M&M’s 200 winner disqualified after failing post-race inspection

    Ross Chastain, driver the No. 44 Niece Motorsports truck and former winner of the M&M’s 200, failed post-race inspection.

    As a result, Chastain’s win was taken away and Brett Moffitt is the new winner of Sunday’s Truck Series race at Iowa. The Niece Motorsports team can appeal the decision.

    Updated post-race news to follow!

    Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 10
    Race Results for the 11th Annual M&M’S® 200 presented by Casey’s General Store – Sunday, June 16, Iowa Speedway – Newton, IA – 0.875 – Mile Paved
    Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 175. Miles

    Fin Str No Driver Team Laps S1Pos S2Pos Pts Status
    1 6 24 Brett Moffitt Destiny Homes Smart Series Chevrolet 200 6 2 54 Running
    2 7 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 200 4 1 52 Running
    3 10 18 Harrison Burton # Morton Buildings Toyota 200 8 5 43 Running
    4 2 98 Grant Enfinger ProtectTheHarvest.com Ford 200 2 3 50 Running
    5 3 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 200 10 6 38 Running
    6 12 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 200 5 9 39 Running
    7 4 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Conagra Ford 200 1 7 44 Running
    8 1 51 Chandler Smith Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 200 0 4 36 Running
    9 13 17 Raphael Lessard ReseauDynamique.com/FRLExpress Toyota 200 0 0 28 Running
    10 11 4 Todd Gilliland JBL/SiriusXM Toyota 200 0 0 27 Running
    11 15 30 Brennan Poole Bad Boy Mowers Toyota 200 0 0 26 Running
    12 9 16 Austin Hill ARCO National Construction Toyota 200 7 8 32 Running
    13 5 45 Kyle Benjamin Kanga Chevrolet 199 0 0 24 Running
    14 16 22 Austin Wayne Self GOTEXAN/ICEBOX HelmetCoolers Chevrolet 199 0 0 23 Running
    15 26 46 Riley Herbst Monster Energy/Advance Auto Parts Toyota 199 0 0 22 Running
    16 18 20 Spencer Boyd TRQ Auto Parts Chevrolet 198 0 0 21 Running
    17 23 54 Natalie Decker # N29 Technologies LLC Toyota 198 0 0 20 Running
    18 17 3 Jordan Anderson Lucas Oil Chevrolet 198 0 0 19 Running
    19 14 2 Tyler Dippel # Jersry Filmmaker Chevrolet 197 0 0 18 Running
    20 22 12 Gus Dean # OverkillRV.com Chevrolet 197 0 0 17 Running
    21 24 34 Mason Massey Hicklin Garage Doors Chevrolet 196 0 0 16 Running
    22 25 97 Jesse Little Skuttle Tight Ford 194 9 0 17 Running
    23 21 33 CJ McLaughlin Sci Aps Chevrolet 189 0 0 14 Running
    24 29 6 Norm Benning H & H Transport Chevrolet 186 0 0 13 Running
    25 32 0 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 183 0 0 12 Running
    26 30 56 Tyler Hill Southern Freight Services Chevrolet 179 0 0 11 Running
    27 8 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Products Ford 137 3 10 19 Parked
    28 27 42 Chad Finley AutoValue/Strutmasters/XLTEngineering Chevrolet 68 0 0 9 Rear End
    29 20 8 Trey Hutchens III Chevrolet 61 0 0 8 Brakes
    30 28 10 Juan Ma Gonzalez Illux Chevrolet 40 0 0 7 Accident
    31 31 87 Tyler Ankrum Nemco Chevrolet 17 0 0 6 Brakes
    32 19 44 Ross Chastain TruNorth/Paul Jr Designs Chevrolet 200 0 0 5 Running