Starting from 11th place Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Chevy Military Appreciation Chevrolet won the Heart Of America 200, his 8th win in 158 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 8th Top 10 finish in 10 races at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota, started from 12th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 6th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Truck 38 Zane Smith Love’s/Speedco Ford, started from 7th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 7 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota, started from 14th place followed by 5th place Truck 41 Ross Chastain Worldwide Express Chevrolet, started from 17th place. 6th Place Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet, started from 6th place was the highest finishing rookie. 7th Place Truck 51 Kyle Busch Zariz Transport Chevrolet, started from 2nd place followed by 8th place Truck 35 Jake Garcia # Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet, started from 4th place. 9th Place Truck 17 Taylor Gray # Dead On Tools Toyota, started from 19th place & lastly in the Top 10 Truck 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota, in 10th place, started from 23rd place. Zane Smith leads the point standings by 0 points over Ty Majeski.
The race had 7 Cautions for 40 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 22 for #20 Spin Backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 50 for #02 Spin Frontstretch. 4th Caution on lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 74 for #24, #98 Crash on the Frontstretch. 6th Caution on lap 80 for #4, #5, #19, #25, #42 Crash on the Frontstretch. 7th Caution on lap 93 for #02 Spin.
The race had 15 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; C. Eckes 1-6; B. Rhodes 7-23; K. Busch(i) 24; Z. Smith 25-29; K. Busch(i) 30-39; G. Enfinger 40-50; T. Majeski 51-55; C. Heim 56; T. Majeski 57-63; G. Enfinger 64-85; S. Friesen 86; C. Heim 87-94; T. Gray 95-97; Z. Smith 98; C. Heim 99-102; G. Enfinger 103-134.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 51, 99, 38, 23, 4, 24, 16, 11, 42, 13
Stage 2 Top 10: 98, 23, 11, 24, 38, 19, 16, 4, 52, 5
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 5/6/2023 @ 10:21 PM Eastern
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the Heart Of America 200 – Saturday, May 6, 2023
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 134 Laps – 201. Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 11. Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Chevy Military Appreciation Chevrolet 134 Running 2. 12. Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 134 Running 3. 7. Truck 38 Zane Smith Love’s/Speedco Ford 134 Running 4. 14. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 134 Running – Canadian 5. 17. Truck 41 Ross Chastain(i) Worldwide Express Chevrolet 134 Running 6. 6. Truck 2 Nick Sanchez # Gainbridge Chevrolet 134 Running 7. 2. Truck 51 Kyle Busch(i) Zariz Transport Chevrolet 134 Running 8. 4. Truck 35 Jake Garcia # Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 134 Running 9. 19. Truck 17 Taylor Gray # Dead On Tools Toyota 134 Running 10. 23. Truck 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota 134 Running 11. 21. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Black Label Bacon/Menards Ford 134 Running 12. 16. Truck 13 Hailie Deegan Dible Dough Ford 134 Running 13. 10. Truck 43 Daniel Dye # Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet 133 Running 14. 28. Truck 32 Bret Holmes # Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 133 Running 15. 24. Truck 1 Toni Breidinger Victoria’s Secret Toyota 133 Running 16. 5. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Bommarito Ford 133 Running 17. 34. Truck 45 Lawless Alan AUTOParkit Chevrolet 133 Running 18. 8. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Mobil 1 Toyota 133 Running 19. 27. Truck 04 Johnny Sauter CarQuest Ford 133 Running 20. 26. Truck 46 Brennan Poole(i) Toyota 133 Running 21. 31. Truck 20 Nick Leitz Precision Measurements Chevrolet 133 Running 22. 30. Truck 56 Tyler Hill HairClub Cares Toyota 132 Running 23. 32. Truck 90 Justin Carroll Carroll’s Automotive/Duratain Toyota 132 Running 24. 29. Truck 22 Josh Reaume JAG Metals LLC. Ford 132 Running 25. 9. Truck 98 Ty Majeski Road Ranger Ford 131 Running 26. 36. Truck 12 Spencer Boyd Burco Chevrolet 131 Running 27. 33. Truck 33 Mason Maggio Professional AG Services Ford 131 Running 28. 25. Truck 02 Kris Wright F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 91 Accident 29. 18. Truck 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet 81 DVP 30. 1. Truck 19 Christian Eckes Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet 78 Accident 31. 20. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Worldwide Express Chevrolet 78 Accident 32. 22. Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 78 Accident 33. 3. Truck 4 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 78 Accident 34. 13. Truck 24 Rajah Caruth # Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet 72 Accident 35. 15. Truck 9 Colby Howard Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 55 Accident 36. 35. Truck 47 Tim Viens Toyota 2 Transmission
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: 45, 41 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 59 Mins, 24 Secs. Average Speed: 101.005 MPH. Margin of Victory: 4.358 Seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 12, 2023 – Darlington Raceway
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