Starting from 3rd place Truck 51 Kyle Busch Cessna Toyota won the 3rd Annual Strat 200, his 57th win in 151 Gander Outdoors Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2020. This is his 3rd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 4 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Ford, started from pole posted his 10th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2020. 3rd Place Truck 16 Austin Hill United Rentals Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Damp Rid/Menards Ford, started from 13th place followed by 5th place Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford, started from 18th place. 6th Place Truck 21 Zane Smith The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Chevrolet, started from 15th place was the highest finishing rookie. 7th Place Truck 38 Todd Gilliland Speedco Ford, started from 25th place followed by 8th Place Truck 15 Tanner Gray Ford/Ford Performance Ford, started from 14th place. 9th Place Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International, started from 17th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 2 Sheldon Creed Chevy.com/Trench Shoring Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 2nd place. Johnny Sauter leads the point standings by 1 points over Austin Hill.
The race had 5 Cautions for 25 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for #19 Crash in Turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 75 for #18 Crash in Turn 1. 5th Caution on lap 91 for #4, 98 Crash in Turn 2.
The race had 15 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; J. Sauter 1-4; S. Creed 5-8; J. Sauter 9-11; K. Busch(i) 12-33; C. Eckes # 34-37; K. Busch(i) 38; C. Eckes # 39-44; K. Busch(i) 45-78; S. Creed 79; K. Busch(i) 80; S. Creed 81; K. Busch(i) 82-91; J. Anderson 92; K. Busch(i) 93-95; S. Creed 96-97; K. Busch(i) 98-134.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 51, 18, 13, 26, 16, 4, 40, 23, 99, 2
Stage 2 Top 10: 51, 18, 40, 98, 88, 99, 23, 4, 38, 13
Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 2
Race Results for the 3rd Annual Strat 200 – Friday, February 21, 2020
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 134 Laps – 201. Miles
Finish Start Truck Driver Team Laps Status
1. 3. Truck 51 Kyle Busch(i) Cessna Toyota 134 Running |
2. 1. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Ford 134 Running |
3. 6. Truck 16 Austin Hill United Rentals Toyota 134 Running |
4. 13. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Damp Rid/Menards Ford 134 Running |
5. 18. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 134 Running |
6. 15. Truck 21 Zane Smith # The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Chevrolet 134 Running |
7. 25. Truck 38 Todd Gilliland Speedco Ford 134 Running |
8. 14. Truck 15 Tanner Gray # Ford/Ford Performance Ford 134 Running |
9. 17. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 134 Running – Canadian |
10. 2. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed Chevy.com/Trench Shoring Chevrolet 134 Running |
11. 7. Truck 26 Tyler Ankrum Liuna! Chevrolet 134 Running |
12. 21. Truck 11 Spencer Davis # Hearn Industrial Toyota 134 Running |
13. 5. Truck 45 Ty Majeski # iRacing Chevrolet 134 Running |
14. 12. Truck 40 Ross Chastain(i) Niece Chevrolet 134 Running |
15. 23. Truck 30 Brennan Poole(i) RememberEveryoneDeployed.org Toyota 134 Running |
16. 10. Truck 23 Brett Moffitt Allegiant Chevrolet 134 Running |
17. 26. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self JB Henderson Construction Chevrolet 134 Running |
18. 27. Truck 9 Codie Rohrbaugh GCM/CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 134 Running |
19. 22. Truck 02 Tate Fogleman # Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet 133 Running |
20. 20. Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Bommarito.com/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 132 Running |
21. 29. Truck 44 Natalie Decker Remarkable Pillow Chevrolet 132 Running |
22. 16. Truck 19 Derek Kraus # ENEOS/NAPA FILTERS Toyota 131 Running |
23. 4. Truck 18 Christian Eckes # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 130 Running |
24. 31. Truck 00 Angela Ruch The Ruch Life Toyota 130 Running |
25. 30. Truck 20 Spencer Boyd American Pavement Specialists Chevrolet 129 Running |
26. 19. Truck 04 Cory Roper Car Quest Auto Parts Ford 128 Running |
27. 28. Truck 33 Josh Reaume Motorsports Safety Group Toyota 126 Running |
28. 11. Truck 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 113 Overheating |
29. 24. Truck 83 Stefan Parsons CMI Installers Chevrolet 112 Running |
30. 8. Truck 4 Raphael Lessard # Mobil 1 Toyota 90 Accident |
31. 9. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Protect the Harvest/Curb Records Ford 89 Accident |
32. 32. Truck 34 Josh Bilicki(i) Toyota 3 Handling |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: #04 (engine change), #00, 83, 88 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (3) 49 Bayley Currey, 7 Korbin Forrister, 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 39 Mins, 30 Secs. Average Speed: 121.206 MPH. Margin of Victory: 5.958 Seconds. Caution Flags: 5 for 25 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 5 drivers. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Johnny Sauter, #13.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 14, 2020 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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