Pole sitter Ben Kennedy took the lead and led the first lap of the race. The first caution of the race flew on lap 21 for it being the competition caution. Ben Kennedy won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 25. On lap 51, the second caution flew when Jennifer Jo Cobb's truck stalled down the backstretch. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road after Ben Kennedy's truck struggled to fire and Busch led the field to the restart on lap 57. On lap 58, Timothy Peters took the lead and raced side by side with Busch for several laps as Busch took it back on lap 60 and Peters on lap 63 until lap 64 when Peters got in front of Busch.
Final laps
With 27 laps to go on lap 74, the big one struck in turn 1 bringing out the 3rd caution. It started when Ross Chastain bumped Parker Kligerman at the wrong angle and turned Kligerman down into Mason Mingus and Mingus spun and went head on into the outside wall at almost full speed triggering the crash. The wreck collected a total of 18 trucks. The trucks involved were Sean Corr, Bubba Wallace, John King, Ross Chastain, Brian Ickler, Parker Kligerman, John Wes Townley, Mason Mingus, Brennan Newberry, Ryan Sieg, Tyler Young, Chris Fontaine, Tyler Reddick, Ben Kennedy, Joey Coulter, Caleb Holman, Joe Nemechek, and Chris Cockrum. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart with 18 laps to go. With 15 laps to go, the 4th and final caution would fly when Travis Kvapil's engine blew. The race would restart with 11 laps to go. With 5 laps to go, Timothy Peters took the lead from Busch. Peters was looking for his second win at Daytona. With 4 to go, Ryan Truex attempted to take the lead but failed to get in front of Peters. He tried again with 3 to go but failed again. On the final lap, Peters held the lead until off of turn 4. Off of turn 4, Kyle Busch went to Peters' outside and was already there as Peters tried to block. Both Busch and Peters drag raced to the finish line and Busch beat Peters by .016 seconds in a very close finish and Busch would win the race, his first at Daytona in Trucks while Peters finished in second. Johnny Sauter, Ryan Truex, and Ron Hornaday rounded out the top 5 while Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, Jimmy Weller III, and Germán Quiroga rounded out the top 10. This would be Jimmy Weller III's first and only top 10 of his entire NASCAR career. [4]
