Starting from 4th place Truck 19 Christian Eckes Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet won the Buckle Up South Carolina 200, his 3rd race in 77 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 2nd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Darlington Raceway. 2nd Place Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Truck 15 Tanner Gray Black’s Tire Toyota, started from 11th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 5 races at Darlington Raceway.
4th Place Truck 51 William Byron HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 5th place Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Worldwide Express Chevrolet, started from 18th place. 6th Place Truck 24 Rajah Caruth Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet, started from 13th place was the highest finishing rookie. 7th Place Truck 1 Bubba Wallace Annie Bosko Toyota, started from 15th place followed by 8th place Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota, started from pole. 9th Place Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, started from 25th place & lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 20 Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 24th place. Zane Smith leads the point standings by 9 points over Ty Majeski.
The race had 8 Cautions for 37 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 102 for No. 9, 4, 38, 88 Crash on the Frontstretch. 4th Caution on lap 115 for No, 42, 24 Crash in Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 129 for No. 45 Spin Frontstretch. 6th Caution on lap 147 for No. 56 Spin Turn 4. 7th Caution on lap 152 for No. 35 Crash on the Backstretch. 8th Caution on lap 158 for No. 23 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 10 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; C. Heim 1-26; C. Eckes 27-52; C. Heim 53-87; W. Byron(i) 88-94; C. Heim 95-97; C. Eckes 98-115; C. Heim 116-117; T. Gray # 118; C. Eckes 119-129; H. Deegan 130-131; C. Eckes 132-158.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 19, 11, 25, 51, 23, 42, 52, 1, 2, 4
Stage 2 Top 10: 51, 11, 19, 42, 1, 35, 52, 23, 56, 17
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Friday, 5/12/2023 @ 10:05 PM Eastern
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 – Friday, May 12, 2023
Darlington Raceway – Darlington, SC – 1.366 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 158 Laps – 215.828 Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 4. Truck 19 Christian Eckes Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 158 Running 2. 6. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 158 Running – Canadian 3. 11. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Black’s Tire Toyota 158 Running 4. 8. Truck 51 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 158 Running 5. 18. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Worldwide Express Chevrolet 158 Running 6. 13. Truck 24 Rajah Caruth # Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet 158 Running 7. 15. Truck 1 Bubba Wallace(i) Annie Bosko Toyota 158 Running 8. 1. Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 158 Running 9. 25. Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 158 Running 10. 24. Truck 20 Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet 158 Running 11. 3. Truck 2 Nick Sanchez # Gainbridge Chevrolet 158 Running 12. 19. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 158 Running 13. 16. Truck 41 Ross Chastain(i) Worldwide Express Chevrolet 158 Running 14. 2. Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 158 Running 15. 17. Truck 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota 158 Running 16. 29. Truck 7 Corey LaJoie(i) Schluter Systems Chevrolet 158 Running 17. 36. Truck 9 Colby Howard Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 158 Running 18. 14. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford 158 Running 19. 20. Truck 43 Daniel Dye # Race to stop Suicide Chevrolet 158 Running 20. 26. Truck 13 Hailie Deegan Ford Performance Ford 158 Running 21. 12. Truck 17 Taylor Gray # Dead On Tools Toyota 158 Running 22. 22. Truck 38 Zane Smith RTA rtatel.com Ford 158 Running 23. 34. Truck 32 Bret Holmes # Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 158 Running 24. 23. Truck 56 Timmy Hill UNITS Storage Toyota 157 Running 25. 7. Truck 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 157 Running 26. 5. Truck 35 Jake Garcia # Crown Fiber Chevrolet 157 Running 27. 32. Truck 30 Ryan Vargas KSDT CPA Toyota 156 Running 28. 27. Truck 04 Johnny Sauter CarQuest/Roper Racing Ford 156 Running 29. 35. Truck 02 Kris Wright WrightCars.com Chevrolet 155 Running 30. 30. Truck 45 Lawless Alan AUTOParkit Chevrolet 126 Accident 31. 9. Truck 98 Ty Majeski Tenda/Curb Records Ford 123 Running 32. 10. Truck 4 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 100 Accident 33. 33. Truck 12 Spencer Boyd Sad Daddy Hunting Blinds Chevrolet 78 Fuel Pump 34. 21. Truck 75 Parker Kligerman(i) Haagen-Dazs Chevrolet 48 Oil Leak 35. 31. Truck 47 Dawson Cram(i) G2G Racing Toyota 36 Mechanical 36. 28. Truck 46 Brennan Poole(i) G2G Racing Toyota 20 Engine
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: No. 02 (unapproved adjustments) Failed to Qualify: (1) 33 Josh Reaume. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 2 Mins, 42 Secs. Average Speed: 105.539 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 8 for 37 laps. Lead Changes: 10 among 5 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 20, 2023 – North Wilkesboro Speedway
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