Starting from 15th place Truck 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet won the 2nd Annual Liftkits4less.com 200, his 6th win in 61 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2021. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. Sheldon Creed won the 1st race of the Triple Truck Challenge presented by Womply. 2nd Place Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Bombardier Toyota, started from 4th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2 races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 7th Top 10 finish in 2021. 3rd Place Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Scott’s/GMPartsNow Chevrolet, started from 14th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in his 1st race at Darlington Raceway. Carson Hocevar was the highest finishing rookie.
4th Place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota, started from 9th place followed by 5th place Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion/Curb Records Toyota, started from 17th place. 6th Place Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Vivitar/RealTree Toyota, started from 6th place followed by 7th place Truck 56 Timmy Hill LiftKits4Less.com Chevrolet, started from 26th place. 8th Place Truck 4 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota, started from pole followed by 9th place Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GOTEXAN/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, started from 12th place. Lastly in 10 was Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Rustys Off Road/Lunchtime Investments, in 10th place, started from 31st place. Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Intl/Folgers Throwback Toyota finished in 25th place.
The race had 12 Cautions & 1 Red Flag for 66 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 17 for Competition Caution. 2nd Caution on lap 27 for #9, 02 Crash in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 34 for #42, 52 Crash in Turn 1. 4th Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 82 for #23, 34 Crash in Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 7th Caution on lap 103 for #25 Spin Turn 4. 8th Caution on lap 112 for #15, 34, 40, 56 Crash on the Frontstretch. 9th Caution on lap 119 for #51, 16, 26, 21, 11, 33, 4, 17, 18, 98, 88, 1, 25, 30, 44, 41, 12 Big Crash on the Frontstretch [Red Flag 12:23]. 10th Caution on lap 132 for 52, 75 Crash in Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 142 for #30 Spin Turn 2. 12th Caution on lap 147 for #1 Crash on the Frontstretch.
The race had 20 Lead Changes among 12 drivers; J. Nemechek 1-6; A. Hill 7-17; R. Truex 18-21; B. Rhodes 22-32; T. Gilliland 33-48; A. Ogata 49; S. Friesen 50-51; T. Gilliland 52; J. Nemechek 53-85; T. Gray 86-87; T. Hill 88; J. Nemechek 89-94; C. Hocevar # 95; J. Nemechek 96-105; C. Heim 106; J. Nemechek 107-116; C. Heim 117; B. Rhodes 118-139; S. Creed 140-144; B. Rhodes 145; S. Creed 146-147.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 38, 4, 21, 16, 2, 88, 18, 51, 98, 26
Stage 2 Top 10: 4, 51, 42, 18, 52, 56, 38, 2, 16, 25
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the 2nd Annual Liftkits4less.com 200 – Friday, May 7, 2021. Darlington Raceway – Darlington, SC – 1.366 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 147 Laps – 200.802 Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
| 1. 15. Truck 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 2. 4. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Bombardier Toyota 147 Running |
| 3. 14. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar # Scott’s/GMPartsNow Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 4. 9. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota 147 Running |
| 5. 17. Truck 98 Grant Enfinger Champion/Curb Records Toyota 147 Running |
| 6. 6. Truck 13 Johnny Sauter Vivitar/RealTree Toyota 147 Running |
| 7. 26. Truck 56 Timmy Hill LiftKits4Less.com Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 8. 1. Truck 4 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 147 Running |
| 9. 12. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self GOTEXAN/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 10. 31. Truck 3 Jordan Anderson Rustys Off Road/Lunchtime Investments 147 Running |
| 11. 18. Truck 40 Ryan Truex Marquis Spas Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 12. 19. Truck 24 Ryan Reed Tandem Diabetes Care Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 13. 2. Truck 16 Austin Hill United Rentals Toyota 147 Running |
| 14. 16. Truck 26 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 15. 5. Truck 38 Todd Gilliland Black’s Tire Ford 147 Running |
| 16. 3. Truck 21 Zane Smith Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 17. 22. Truck 45 Erik Darnell Northern Tool + Equipment Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 18. 27. Truck 30 Danny Bohn North American Motor Car Toyota 147 Running |
| 19. 21. Truck 25 Timothy Peters Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 147 Running |
| 20. 10. Truck 1 Hailie Deegan # Ford Performance Ford 147 Running |
| 21. 38. Truck 44 Bayley Currey Hardcore Fish & Game Chevrolet 146 Running |
| 22. 34. Truck 20 Spencer Boyd Credit MRI Chevrolet 144 Running |
| 23. 13. Truck 51 Corey Heim JBL Toyota 142 DVP |
| 24. 37. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Fastener Supply Chevrolet 139 Overheating |
| 25. 7. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Intl/Folgers Throwback Toyota 131 DVP – Canadian |
| 26. 36. Truck 75 Parker Kligerman Food Country USA Chevrolet 130 Accident |
| 27. 8. Truck 18 Chandler Smith # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 126 Parked |
| 28. 35. Truck 17 David Gilliland Black’s Tire Ford 117 Accident |
| 29. 28. Truck 11 Spencer Davis Inox Supreme Lubricants Toyota 117 Accident |
| 30. 33. Truck 12 Tate Fogleman RANDCO Industries Chevrolet 117 Accident |
| 31. 32. Truck 41 Dawson Cram Camping World Chevrolet 117 Accident |
| 32. 39. Truck 33 BJ McLeod Camping World Chevrolet 117 Accident |
| 33. 11. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Ford Performance Ford 110 Accident |
| 34. 23. Truck 34 Akinori Ogata KYOWA Toyota 110 Accident |
| 35. 20. Truck 19 Derek Kraus NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota 109 Running |
| 36. 24. Truck 23 Chase Purdy # BamaBuggies.com Chevrolet 80 Accident |
| 37. 40. Truck 6 Norm Benning Camping World Chevrolet 61 Too Slow |
| 38. 25. Truck 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant Country Mulch Chevrolet 26 Accident |
| 39. 30. Truck 02 Kris Wright # WrightCars.com Chevrolet 25 Accident |
| 40. 29. Truck 04 Cory Roper TechNet Professional Ford 13 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following truck dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 34 (missing the rookie meeting). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 28 Mins, 40 Secs. Average Speed: 81.041 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 12 for 66 laps. Lead Changes: 20 among 12 drivers. Cometic Gasket John H. Nemechek, #4. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Sheldon Creed, #2. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Carson Hocevar, #42.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 22, 2021 – Circuit of The Americas
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