Credit: 309758Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/NASCAR via Getty Images. Cole Custer of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet collects the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park on June 13, 2015 in Madison, Illinois.
Starting from 2nd place Truck 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Chevrolet won the 2nd Annual Drivin’ for Linemen 200, his 2nd win in 12 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. This is Custer`s 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2015. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in two races at Gateway Motorsports Park. 2nd Place Truck 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Travel Chevrolet started from 14th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in one races at Gateway Motorsports Park. It is his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2015, and best overall finish of his career. Gallagher (second) was the highest finishing rookie. 3rd Place Truck 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records Toyota started from 4th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in four races at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Credit: 309759Photo by Jeff Curry/NASCAR via Getty Images. Cole Custer driver of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet celebrates after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park on June 13, 2015 in Madison, Illinois.
4th Place Truck 8 John H. Nemechek SWM/NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet started from 12th place followed by 5th place Truck 13 Cameron Hayley Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota started from 9th place. 6th Place Truck 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota started from 13th place followed by 7th place Truck 11 Ben Kennedy Local Motors Toyota started from 11th place. 8th Place Truck 19 Tyler Reddick BBR Music Group Ford started from 8th place followed by 9th placeTruck 14 Daniel Hemric California Clean Power Chevrolet started from 7th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 29 Austin Theriault Cooper Standard Ford in 10th place, started from 10th place. Matt Crafton leads the point standings by 12 points over Tyler Reddick.
The race had 6 Cautions for 35 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 54 for Truck 15 Mason Mingus 811 Call Before You Dig Chevrolet, Truck 54 Justin Boston ROKMobile.com Toyota crash in Turn 1. 2nd Caution on lap 81 for debris in Turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 93 for Truck 51 Matt Tifft ToytoaCare Toyota, Truck 13 Cameron Hayley # Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota crash in Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 118 for Truck 45 Tommy Regan Trijicon/Cope’s Distribution Chevrolet stalled in Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 145 for Truck 4 Erik Jones # Special Olympics World Games Toyota, Truck 1 Ryan Ellis Altec Chevrolet crash in Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 152 for Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota, Truck 8 John H. Nemechek SWM/NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet crash in Turn 3.
Credit: 309761Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/NASCAR via Getty Images. The green flag drops to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park on June 13, 2015 in Madison, Illinois.
The race had 9 Lead Changes among 5 drivers: Lap Leaders: E. Jones # 1-55; M. Crafton 56-62; E. Jones # 63-82; M. Crafton 83-93; J. Sauter 94-97; C. Custer 98-110; E. Jones # 111-119; M. Crafton 120-150; T. Reddick 151-154; C. Custer 155-160. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): E. Jones # 3 times for 84 laps; M. Crafton 3 times for 49 laps; C. Custer 2 times for 19 laps; T. Reddick 1 time for 4 laps; J. Sauter 1 time for 4 laps.
Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 329; T. Reddick – 317; J. Sauter – 299; E. Jones # – 296; J. Townley – 260; C. Hayley # – 254; S. Gallagher # – 251; D. Hemric # – 246; T. Peters – 245; B. Kennedy – 238.
Credit: 309760Photo by Jeff Curry/NASCAR via Getty Images. Cole Custer driver of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet poses for photos after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park on June 13, 2015 in Madison, Illinois.
Cole Custer took the lead on the final restart when Tyler Reddick missed his 2nd shift in the 2nd Annual Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park.
“I was just trying to tell myself ‘no excuses,'” said Custer, who won in his third start of the year. “I think we were a little bit better than the 19 (Reddick). We struggled a little bit all day. I don’t know, I’m just tired. I gotta thank Haas Automation, Gene Haas, Kelley (Earnhardt-Miller), Dale (Earnhardt Jr.) for giving me this opportunity and Hendrick engines, the pit crew for coming out.
“We put everything together, we didn’t have the best truck, but we ran a great race.”
“I always knew that we had trucks capable of winning,” Custer said. “We just had to put everything together for a race.”
Truck 13 Cameron Hayley Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota had a great 5th place finish for the young man from Calgary Alberta.
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Motorsports Park
Madison, Illinois
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Race Results
Gateway Motorsports Park
2nd Annual Drivin’ for Linemen 200
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Saturday, 6/13/2015 @ 11:58 PM Central UNOFFICIAL
Finishing Position Starting Position Truck # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 2. Truck 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Chevrolet 160 Running
2. 14. Truck 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 160 Running
3. 4. Truck 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records Toyota 160 Running
4. 12. Truck 8 John H. Nemechek # SWM/NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 160 Running
5. 9. Truck 13 Cameron Hayley # Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota 160 Running
6. 13. Truck 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 160 Running
7. 15. Truck 11 Ben Kennedy Local Motors Toyota 160 Running
8. 6. Truck 19 Tyler Reddick BBR Music Group Ford 160 Running
9. 7. Truck 14 Daniel Hemric # California Clean Power Chevrolet 160 Running
10. 10. Truck 29 Austin Theriault # Cooper Standard Ford 160 Running
11. 11. Truck 05 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Chevrolet 160 Running
12. 5. Truck 33 Brandon Jones # Master Force Chevrolet 160 Running
13. 18. Truck 07 Ray Black Jr. # ScubaLife.com Chevrolet 160 Running
14. 20. Truck 50 Travis Kvapil BurnieGrill.com Chevrolet 160 Running
15. 17. Truck 02 Tyler Young Randco/Young’s Building Supplies Chevrolet 160 Running
16. 21. Truck 63 Tyler Tanner Vatterott College/Mittler Bros. Chevrolet 159 Running
17. 28. Truck 1 Ryan Ellis Altec Chevrolet 157 Running
18. 23. Truck 94 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 157 Running
19. 27. Truck 74 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 156 Running
20. 25. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb POW-MIAFamilies.org Chevrolet 156 Running
21. 3. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota 151 Accident
22. 24. Truck 08 Korbin Forrister # Tilted Kilt Chevrolet 148 Running
23. 1. Truck 4 Erik Jones # Special Olympics World Games Toyota 145 Electrical
24. 26. Truck 45 Tommy Regan Trijicon/Cope’s Distribution Chevrolet 108 Electrical
25. 8. Truck 51 Matt Tifft ToytoaCare Toyota 92 Accident
26. 29. Truck 6 Norm Benning Boedeker Construction Chevrolet 56 Brakes
27. 19. Truck 54 Justin Boston # ROKMobile.com Toyota 51 Accident
28. 16. Truck 15 Mason Mingus 811 Call Before You Dig Chevrolet 51 Accident
29. 22. Truck 36 Justin Jennings Mittler Bros./Ski Soda Chevrolet 26 Brakes
30. 31. Truck 03 Michael Affarano(i) Michael Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet 13 Brakes
31. 30. Truck 0 Adam Edwards Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 6 Brakes
32. 32. Truck 57 Joey Gattina Truckworx Chevrolet 0 Engine
# = Rookie, Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led. (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Average Speed: 96.970 MPH Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 03 Mins, 45 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.871 Seconds. Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers & Cautions: 6 for 35 laps.
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