Staring from 10th place Truck 16 Austin Hill CHIBA Toyopet Toyota won the 20th Annual NextEra Energy Resources 250, his 1st win in 52 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series races. This is his 1st win and 1st Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 1st win and 1st Top 10 finish in 4 races at Daytona International Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford, started from 5th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 6 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Truck 45 Ross Chastain TruNorth Chevrolet, started from 23rd place posted his first top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
4th Place Truck 20 Spencer Boyd 1A Auto Chevrolet, started from 14th place followed by 5th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford, started from 15th place. 6th Place Truck 33 Josh Reaume TheChallengesBook.com Chevrolet, started from 32nd place followed by 7th place Truck 44 Timothy Peters Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet, started from 28th place. 8th Place Truck 8 Angela Ruch JJ Resources Chevrolet, started from 30th place becomes just the second female in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series history to finish inside the top-10; joining series record holder Jennifer Jo Cobb (sixth-place finish, Daytona 2011). 9th Place Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN Chevrolet, started from 12th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 7th place. Gus Dean (15th) was the highest finishing rookie. Austin Hill leads the point standings by 3 points over Grant Enfinger.
The race was a crashfest with 11 Cautions for 55 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 4 for Fluid On The Track From #54. 2nd Caution on lap 22 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 29 for #02, 47, 49 Crash Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 42 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 55 for the Big One Crash #2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 22, 24, 27, 30, 51, 52, 98 Incident Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 65 for Fluid On The Track From #51. 7th Caution on lap 78 for #04 Crash Frontstretch. 8th Caution on lap 90 for #4, 18 Crash Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 95 for #44, 68 Crash Backstretch. 10th Caution on lap 100 for #52, 2, 99, 12, 88, 87, 16, 17, 45, 68 Crash Backstretch. 11th Caution on lap 107 for #63, 22, 52 Crash Turn 2. The race had more than a few fires including
Truck 54 Natalie Decker N29 Technologies LLC Toyota on lap 1. It was also busy in the pits as one of the crew were hit.
The race had 15 Lead Changes among 10 drivers; C. Eckes 1; S. Creed # 2-22; J. Sauter 23-26; B. Moffitt 27-33; J. Sauter 34-37; T. Gilliland 38; J. Sauter 39-42; D. Gilliland 43; J. Reaume 44; D. Gilliland 45-59; A. Ruch 60-61; A. Hill 62-86; B. Rhodes 87-96; A. Hill 97; B. Rhodes 98; A. Hill 99-111.
Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 1
Unofficial Race Results for the 20th Annual NextEra Energy Resources 250 – Friday, February 15, 2019 Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 111 Laps – 277.5 Miles
Finish Start Truck Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 10. Truck 16 Austin Hill CHIBA Toyopet Toyota 111 Running |
| 2. 5. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford 111 Running |
| 3. 23. Truck 45 Ross Chastain(i) TruNorth Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 4. 14. Truck 20 Spencer Boyd 1A Auto Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 5. 15. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 111 Running |
| 6. 32. Truck 33 Josh Reaume TheChallengesBook.com Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 7. 28. Truck 44 Timothy Peters Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 8. 30. Truck 8 Angela Ruch JJ Resources Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 9. 12. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN Chevrolet 111 Running |
| 10. 7. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 108 Accident |
| 11. 29. Truck 63 Bobby Gerhart Lucas Oil Chevrolet 105 Accident |
| 12. 9. Truck 68 Clay Greenfield Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 103 Accident |
| 13. 2. Truck 17 David Gilliland fred’s/Valvoline Toyota 100 Accident |
| 14. 22. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Company Ford 98 Accident |
| 15. 13. Truck 12 Gus Dean # LG Air Conditioning Technologies Chevrolet 98 Accident |
| 16. 19. Truck 87 Joe Nemechek Fleetwing Corp./D.A.B. Constructors Chevrolet 98 Accident |
| 17. 6. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed # United Rentals/A.M. Ortega Chevrolet 98 Accident |
| 18. 4. Truck 18 Harrison Burton # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 89 Accident |
| 19. 3. Truck 4 Todd Gilliland JBL Toyota 88 Accident |
| 20. 25. Truck 04 Cory Roper Preferred Industrial Contractors Inc. Ford 76 Accident |
| 21. 24. Truck 27 Myatt Snider Louisiana Hot Sauce Ford 62 Accident |
| 22. 1. Truck 51 Christian Eckes SiriusXM Toyota 61 Accident |
| 23. 17. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Heal Ford 60 Accident |
| 24. 26. Truck 30 Brennan Poole Bad Boy Mowers Toyota 55 Accident |
| 25. 27. Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Bommarito.com/FVP Parts Chevrolet 53 Accident |
| 26. 8. Truck 24 Brett Moffitt Plan B Sales Chevrolet 53 Accident |
| 27. 16. Truck 47 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 27 Accident |
| 28. 31. Truck 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Installations Chevrolet 27 Accident |
| 29. 18. Truck 02 Tyler Dippel # Danda Concrete/Lobas Productions Chevrolet 23 Accident |
| 30. 20. Truck 42 Robby Lyons II Sunwest Construction/Auto Value Chevrolet 16 Accident |
| 31. 21. Truck 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Chevrolet 2 Accident |
| 32. 11. Truck 54 Natalie Decker # N29 Technologies LLC Toyota 1 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following truck(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 18 (engine change), 42 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (7) 92 Austin Theriault, 7 Korbin Forrister, 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb, 9 Codie Rohrbaugh, 82 Spencer Davis, 6 Norm Benning, 34 Jason White. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 39 Mins, 20 Secs. Average Speed: 104.498 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.278 Seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 55 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 10.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: February 23, 2019 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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