Starting from 4th place Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet won the 7th Annual Eldora Dirt Derby, his 1st win in 63 Gander Outdoors Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 10th Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 4 races at Eldora Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet, started from 10th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 4 races at Eldora Speedway. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2019. Sheldon Creed was the highest finishing rookie. 3rd Place Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford, started from 15th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Eldora Speedway.
4th Place Truck 33 Mike Marlar Smithbilt Homes Toyota, started from 23rd place followed by 5th place Truck 4 Todd Gilliland JBL/SiriusXM Toyota, started from 8th place. 6th Place Truck 51 Christian Eckes Mobil 1 Toyota, started from 17th place followed by 7th place Truck 27 Chase Briscoe DiaEdge Ford, started from pole. 8th Place Truck 02 Tyler Dippel Jersey Filmmaker Chevrolet, started from 7th place followed by 9th place Truck 17 Tyler Ankrum DGR-Crosley Driver Development Toyota, started from 26th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 88 Matt Crafton IdealDoor/Menards Ford, in 10th place, started from 2nd place. Grant Enfinger leads the point standings by 52 points over Matt Crafton.
The race had 12 Cautions for 68 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 14 for #20 Spin Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 25 for #03 Spin Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 42 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 57 for 18 Spin Backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 65 for #3, 03, 12, 20, 32, 22, 51, 8, 16, 13, 34, 44, 18, 24 Big Crash in Turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 78 for #34 Spin Turn 4. 7th Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 8th Caution on lap 96 for #45 Spin Turn 3. 9th Caution on lap 105 for #54 Spin Turn 4. 10th Caution on lap 121 for #6 Stopped On Track. 11th Caution on lap 134 for #51, 32 Crash in Turn 2. 12th Caution on lap 142 for #27, 99, 33 Crash in Turn 1.
The race had 1 Lead Changes 1 among 2 drivers; C. Briscoe(i) 1-93; S. Friesen 94-150.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 27, 4, 24, 2, 88, 52, 99, 3, 45, 54
Stage 2 Top 10: 27, 52, 88, 54, 98, 45, 4, 33, 02, 99
Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 15
Race Results for the 7th Annual Eldora Dirt Derby – Thursday, August 1, 2019. Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH – 0.5 – Mile Dirt
Total Race Length – 150 Laps – 75. Miles
Finish Start Truck Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 4. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 150 Running – Canadian |
| 2. 10. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 150 Running |
| 3. 15. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford 150 Running |
| 4. 23. Truck 33 Mike Marlar Smithbilt Homes Toyota 150 Running |
| 5. 8. Truck 4 Todd Gilliland JBL/SiriusXM Toyota 150 Running |
| 6. 17. Truck 51 Christian Eckes Mobil 1 Toyota 150 Running |
| 7. 1. Truck 27 Chase Briscoe(i) DiaEdge Ford 150 Running |
| 8. 7. Truck 02 Tyler Dippel # Jersey Filmmaker Chevrolet 150 Running |
| 9. 26. Truck 17 Tyler Ankrum # DGR-Crosley Driver Development Toyota 150 Running |
| 10. 2. Truck 88 Matt Crafton IdealDoor/Menards Ford 150 Running |
| 11. 14. Truck 80 Justin Shipley Rogers Ford 150 Running |
| 12. 12. Truck 45 Ross Chastain Niece/Jack Hewitt Tribute Chevrolet 150 Running |
| 13. 32. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet 150 Running |
| 14. 9. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Havoline Ford 150 Running |
| 15. 24. Truck 38 Mark Smith Selinsgrove Speedway/Mach 1 Chassis 150 Running |
| 16. 25. Truck 08 Tim Ward Country AF Radio Toyota 150 Running |
| 17. 30. Truck 74 Darwin Peters Jr. JR Peters Roadside Auto Chevrolet 150 Running |
| 18. 5. Truck 54 Kyle Strickler DGR-Crosley Driver Development Toyota 149 Running |
| 19. 29. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 149 Running |
| 20. 21. Truck 44 Jeffrey Abbey Niece Equipment Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 21. 6. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Heal Ford 145 Running |
| 22. 27. Truck 6 Norm Benning H&H Transport/KMO Racing Chevrolet 145 Running |
| 23. 28. Truck 34 Mason Massey IV The Challenge Book Chevrolet 144 Running |
| 24. 22. Truck 20 Landon Huffman K&L Ready Mix Chevrolet 144 Running |
| 25. 13. Truck 3 Carson Hocevar Scott’s/GMParts Now Chevrolet 143 Running |
| 26. 18. Truck 03 Jake Griffin ClayneCrawfordFoundation.org Chevrolet 143 Running |
| 27. 16. Truck 8 Colt Gilliam Business Machines Co/Hoopaugh Grading Chev 143 Running |
| 28. 20. Truck 12 Gus Dean # OverkillRV.com Chevrolet 142 Running |
| 29. 3. Truck 24 Brett Moffitt Arlon Graphics Chevrolet 141 Running |
| 30. 31. Truck 32 Devin Dodson Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 141 Running |
| 31. 11. Truck 18 Harrison Burton # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 127 Running |
| 32. 19. Truck 16 Austin Hill United Rentals Toyota 79 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 reason indicated: #17 (tire change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 49 Mins, 6 Secs. Average Speed: 41.247 MPH. Margin of Victory: .728 Seconds. Caution Flags: 12 for 68 laps. Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 10, 2019 – Michigan International Speedway
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