Starting from 4th Truck 51 Kyle Busch Cessna Toyota won the 21st Annual Vankor 350, his 55th win in 149 Gander Outdoors Truck Series races. This is his 4th win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 4th win & 9th Top 10 finish in 13 races at Texas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet, dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 52 (engine change). Stewart Friesen posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Heal Ford, started from 7th place posted his 17th top-10 finish in 22 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment/Curb Records Ford, started from pole followed by 5th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton FlexSeal/Menards Ford, started from 12th place. 6th Place Truck 17 Tyler Ankrum May’s Hawaii Toyota, started from 6th place was the highest finishing rookie. 7th Place Truck 45 Ross Chastain TruNorth.Paul Jr Designs Chevrolet, started from 11th place followed by 8th place Truck 02 Tyler Dippel Randco Industries Chevrolet, started from 24th place. 9th place Truck 30 Brennan Poole Toyota, started from 13th place & lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford, in 10th place, started from 8th place. Stewart Friesen leads the point standings by 6 points over Grant Enfinger.
The race had lots of action with 9 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 5 for #4, 45, 30 Crash on the Frontstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 13 for #18 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 20 for #44, 12 Crash in Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 28 for #12 Crash in Turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 37 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 50 for #54 Crash in Turn 2 (Red 15:51). 7th Caution on lap 72 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 8th Caution on lap 104 for #7 Crash in Turn 2. 9th Caution on lap 118 for #9 Crash in Turn 2.
The race had 16 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; G. Enfinger 1-2; B. Moffitt 3-7; K. Busch(i) 8-9; B. Moffitt 10-17; K. Busch(i) 18; B. Moffitt 19-25; K. Busch(i) 26; B. Moffitt 27-31; G. Enfinger 32 -37; K. Busch(i) 38-73; J. Nemechek 74; J. Sauter 75-81; K. Busch(i) 82-98; B. Moffitt 99-106; K. Busch(i) 107-126; S. Friesen 127; K. Busch(i) 128-147.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 98, 99, 52, 2, 16, 24, 17, 51, 13, 3
Stage 2 Top 10: 51, 88, 99, 45, 52, 24, 98, 22, 30, 17
Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the 21st Annual Vankor 350 – Friday, March 29, 2019
Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, TX – 1.5 – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 147 Laps – 220.5 Miles
Finish Start Truck Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 4. Truck 51 Kyle Busch(i) Cessna Toyota 147 Running |
| 2. 9. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 147 Running – Canadaian |
| 3. 7. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Heal Ford 147 Running |
| 4. 1. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment/Curb Records Ford 147 Running |
| 5. 12. Truck 88 Matt Crafton FlexSeal/Menards Ford 147 Running |
| 6. 6. Truck 17 Tyler Ankrum # May’s Hawaii Toyota 147 Running |
| 7. 11. Truck 45 Ross Chastain(i) TruNorth.Paul Jr Designs Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 8. 24. Truck 02 Tyler Dippel # Randco Industries Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 9. 13. Truck 30 Brennan Poole Toyota 147 Running |
| 10. 8. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 147 Running |
| 11. 21. Truck 20 Spencer Boyd Texas Rig Equipment Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 12. 29. Truck 04 Cory Roper 2019 Preferred Industrial Contractors Inc. Ford 147 Running |
| 13. 20. Truck 97 Jesse Little Skuttle Tight Ford 147 Running |
| 14. 16. Truck 4 Todd Gilliland JBL/SiriusXM Toyota 147 Running |
| 15. 25. Truck 42 Garrett Smithley(i) SunwestConstruction/Crown Exteriors Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 16. 28. Truck 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 146 Running |
| 17. 30. Truck 34 Jesse Iwuji FlueTrax Chevrolet 146 Running |
| 18. 27. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 145 Running |
| 19. 2. Truck 24 Brett Moffitt Allegiant Chevrolet 143 Running |
| 20. 15. Truck 22 Bubba Wallace(i) Sorghum: The Smart Choice Chevrolet 141 Running |
| 21. 18. Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Sefton Steel Chevrolet 140 Running |
| 22. 3. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed # AM Ortega/United Rentals Chevrolet 133 Running |
| 23. 19. Truck 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 116 Accident |
| 24. 23. Truck 7 Korbin Forrister Sparrow Ranch Toyota 101 Accident |
| 25. 17. Truck 8 Joe Nemechek Romco Equipment Co. Chevrolet 89 Vibration |
| 26. 22. Truck 87 Timmy Hill(i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 75 Transmission |
| 27. 5. Truck 16 Austin Hill Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 75 Overheating |
| 28. 14. Truck 54 Anthony Alfredo # Ceco Building Systems/Friends of Jaclyn Toyota 48 Accident |
| 29. 26. Truck 12 Gus Dean # Basin Pump Down Services Chevrolet 28 Accident |
| 30. 31. Truck 44 Angela Ruch The Ruch Life Chevrolet 18 Accident |
| 31. 10. Truck 18 Harrison Burton # Hunt Brothers Pizza Toyota 12 Accident |
| 32. 32. Truck 33 Josh Reaume Colonial Countertops Chevrolet 0 Engine |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following truck(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 52 (engine change) and No. 33 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (1) 6 Norm Benning. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 3 Mins, 44 Secs. Average Speed: 106.923 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.269 Seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 3, 2019 – Dover International Speedway
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