Sheldon Creed & Crew Chief Jeff Stankiewicz had nothing to lose on the final caution so they threw fresh tires on the truck for the last re-start. On the re-start Creed got a great jump after the line & even went 5 wide to get in front, once in front there was no stopping him. Starting from 3rd place Truck 2 Sheldon Creed Chevy Accessories/Trench Shoring Chevrolet won the 26th Annual Lucas Oil 150, his 5th win in 54 Gander NASCAR Outdoors Truck Series races. This win gave Sheldon Creed the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship, his 1st series title. This is his 5th win & 13th Top 10 finish in 2020. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Phoenix Raceway.
2nd Place Truck 21 Zane Smith MRC Construction Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 1st top-10 finish in his series debut at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2020. Zane Smith was the highest finishing rookie & won the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year. 3rd Place Truck 51 Chandler Smith JBL Toyota, started from 21st place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2 races at Phoenix Raceway.
4th Place Truck 18 Christian Eckes Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, started from 7th place followed by 5th place Canadian Truck 4 Raphael Lessard Mobil 1 Toyota, started from 13th place. 6th Place Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing To Beat Hunger Toyota, started from 9th place followed by 7th place Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Tenda Heal Ford, started from 6th place. 8th Place Truck 26 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet, started from 10th place followed by 9th place Truck 38 Todd Gilliland Frontline Enterprises Inc Ford, started from 22nd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 23 Brett Moffitt Plan B Sales Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 4th place.
The race had 4 Cautions for 28 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 105 for #42 Crash in Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 149 for #41 Crash in Turn 3.
The race had 8 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; Z. Smith # (P) 1-48; G. Enfinger (P) 49; S. Creed (P) 50-74; B. Moffitt (P) 75-93; B. Rhodes 94; B. Moffitt (P) 95-153; G. Enfinger (P) 154; S. Creed (P) 155-156.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 21, 2, 23, 98, 88, 99, 26, 18, 52, 19
Stage 2 Top 10: 23, 21, 2, 99, 98, 52, 26, 4, 18, 24
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 23
Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, AZ – 1. – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 156 Laps – 156. Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
| 1. 3. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed (P) Chevy Accessories/Trench Shoring Chevrolet 156 Running – Champion |
| 2. 2. Truck 21 Zane Smith # (P) MRC Construction Chevrolet 156 Running – Rookie of the Year |
| 3. 21. Truck 51 Chandler Smith JBL Toyota 156 Running |
| 4. 7. Truck 18 Christian Eckes # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 156 Running |
| 5. 13. Truck 4 Raphael Lessard # Mobil 1 Toyota 156 Running – Canadian |
| 6. 9. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing To Beat Hunger Toyota 156 Running – Canadian |
| 7. 6. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Tenda Heal Ford 156 Running |
| 8. 10. Truck 26 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 9. 22. Truck 38 Todd Gilliland Frontline Enterprises Inc Ford 156 Running |
| 10. 4. Truck 23 Brett Moffitt (P) Plan B Sales Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 11. 16. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Vivitar Ford 156 Running |
| 12. 17. Truck 16 Austin Hill United Rentals Toyota 156 Running |
| 13. 1. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger (P) Champion/Curb Records Ford 156 Running |
| 14. 5. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 156 Running |
| 15. 23. Truck 15 Tanner Gray # Ford Performance Ford 156 Running |
| 16. 32. Truck 17 Dylan Lupton Crosley Ford 156 Running |
| 17. 15. Truck 24 Sam Mayer Armour Guard Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 18. 12. Truck 45 Trevor Bayne AirPower Foundation Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 19. 28. Truck 02 Tate Fogleman # Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 20. 14. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet 156 Running |
| 21. 25. Truck 40 Ryan Truex Marquis Chevrolet 155 Running |
| 22. 20. Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Bommarito.com/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 154 Running |
| 23. 27. Truck 11 Spencer Davis # Polar Bear Coolers Toyota 154 Running |
| 24. 8. Truck 19 Derek Kraus # Gates Hydraulics/NAPA Belts & Hoses Toyota 153 Running |
| 25. 26. Truck 56 Tyler Hill HairClub Chevrolet 153 Running |
| 26. 11. Truck 30 Danny Bohn North American Motor Car/Blue Buffalo Toyota 153 Running |
| 27. 18. Truck 20 Spencer Boyd HairClub Chevrolet 152 Running |
| 28. 24. Truck 41 Dawson Cram Magnum Contracting Inc Chevrolet 152 Running |
| 29. 33. Truck 97 Robby Lyons(i) SunWest Construction Chevrolet 152 Running |
| 30. 29. Truck 33 Akinori Ogata Shinano Pneumatic Tools Toyota 150 Running |
| 31. 30. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Fastener Supply Company Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 32. 19. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Scott’s/GMPartsNow Chevrolet 103 Accident |
| 33. 31. Truck 00 Josh Reaume LEVRACK Chevrolet 44 Brakes |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 34 Mins, 1 Secs. Average Speed: 99.557 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.617 Seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 28 laps. Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers. Cometic Gasket: Grant Enfinger, #98. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Sheldon Creed, #2. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Christian Eckes, #18.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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