2018 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208

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2018 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208
Race details [1]
Race 12 of 14 in the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season
NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 logo.jpg
Date September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)
Location Meridian Speedway in Meridian, Idaho
Course Permanent racing facility
.250 mi (0.402336 km)
Distance 208 laps, 52 mi (83.68 km)
Average speed 48.916 miles per hour (78.723 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Bill McAnally Racing
Time 13.244
Most laps led
DriverDerek KrausBill McAnally Racing
Laps 189
Winner
No. 19 Hailie Deegan Bill McAnally Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Dave Burns and Brandon McReynolds

The 2018 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 was a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race held at Meridan Speedway in Meridian, Idaho. Hailie Deegan won the race, the first ever victory by a female in K&N Pro Series history. Her Bill McAnally Racing teammates Cole Rouse and Derek Kraus finished second and third respectively. Kraus won the pole and led the most laps, leading the first 189 of 208.

Contents

Report

Race

Kraus scored his fifth K&N West pole of the season and led the first 189 of 208 laps. Kraus Meridian 2018.jpg
Kraus scored his fifth K&N West pole of the season and led the first 189 of 208 laps.
Deegan's last lap bump on Rouse to score her first K&N West victory, becoming the first female to win a NASCAR touring race since Shawna Robinson in 1989. Deegan Bump On Rouse at Meridian 2018.jpg
Deegan's last lap bump on Rouse to score her first K&N West victory, becoming the first female to win a NASCAR touring race since Shawna Robinson in 1989.

Derek Kraus took the pole and led the first 189 laps. With 20 laps to go, Taylor Canfield, who was making his series debut, spun in front of Kraus and blocked the racetrack. Kraus tried to avoid him but hit the outside wall and lost the lead to his Bill McAnally Racing teammate Cole Rouse. After the ensuing caution, Rouse held the lead until the final lap of the race, when Hailie Deegan tapped his left-rear quarter panel in turn one, making a last-lap pass. [3] Deegan went on to score the win, the first of her career, while Rouse and Kraus finished second and third to complete a podium sweep for BMR. Deegan led only the final lap. [4]

Post-race

"I was in bed last night thinking, 'If it comes down, last lap, I'm in second, I'm a car length off of him, what am I going to do?' And I found that Turn 1 spot. I knew what exactly I had to do there. I was doing it to some other people just getting right under them to get them a little light to get them, not wrecking loose, nothing crazy, but enough to just get a little under them....we executed, and we made it happen."

Deegan, speaking after the race. [5]

Deegan's victory was her first career win and the first win by a female in history at the K&N Pro Series West level of NASCAR. [5] Deegan was ecstatic after the win, explaining, "This has to be the best day of my life right here. It doesn't get any better than this. People don't understand how many days, how many hours I've put into this. How much work I've done to get to this moment. It’s just amazing … this is the happiest day of my life." [5]

Immediately following the race, Rouse expressed displeasure with Deegan's bump and run-style pass on the final lap, saying, "We were going into Turn 1...and she doesn't lift and drives into me, gets me completely sideways. We were going to win that race if it was run clean, but unfortunately it wasn't." [5] He continued by saying he would race Deegan hard the last two races of the season: "I'm just going to go into the next two races, not give her any slack and we're going to win both of those. It was a good night, but I don't really care about second, honestly." [5] The next day, however, Rouse tweeted that he "got over it quick" and called Deegan "an amazing girl and amazing talent," adding, "I'm happy for her! She made history and I'm a part of it." [6] Kraus, meanwhile, was unhappy due to the incident with Canfield (Canfield's third of the night). [2] "We led 190+ laps, then a lapped car spun again. I was predicting he was going to roll down because he didn't have his brakes on yet. But he stayed there, and I was already committed [to the top]...and I guess NASCAR ruled me third. I don't know, I guess we'll go onto Roseville and Kern and win them two." [5]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying results
GridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
116 Derek Kraus Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 13.24467.955
29 Ryan Partridge Sunrise Ford Racing Ford 13.25767.889
399 Cole Rouse Bill McAnally RacingToyota13.34467.446
419 Hailie Deegan Bill McAnally RacingToyota13.35367.401
56 Derek Thorn Sunrise Ford RacingFord13.41867.074
627 Jeff Jefferson Jefferson Pitts Racing Ford13.43167.009
722 Trevor Huddleston Sunrise Ford RacingFord13.48166.761
810 Matt Levin Levin Racing Chevrolet 13.52466.548
943 Kody Vanderwal Patriot Motorsports Group Ford13.54466.450
1091 Kyle Tellstrom Patriot Motorsports GroupToyota13.75265.445
1177 Andrew Koens Performance P-1 Motorsports Toyota13.75765.421
1211 Takuma Koga John Krebs Racing Chevrolet13.80265.208
1308 Travis Milburn Patriot Motorsports GroupChevrolet13.88164.837
1436 Sting Ray Robb Patriot Motorsports GroupChevrolet14.07263.957
1532 Taylor Canfield Patriot Motorsports GroupToyota14.44762.168
Source: [7]

Race results

Race results
PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsLedStatusPoints
1419Hailie DeeganBill McAnally RacingToyota2081Running4713
2399Cole RouseBill McAnally RacingToyota20818Running431
3116Derek KrausBill McAnally RacingToyota208189Running432
456Derek ThornSunrise Ford RacingFord2080Running40
529Ryan PartridgeSunrise Ford RacingFord2080Running39
6722Trevor HuddlestonSunrise Ford RacingFord2070Running38
7810Matt LevinLevin RacingChevrolet2070Running37
8627Jeff JeffersonJefferson Pitts RacingFord2070Running36
9943Kody VanderwalPatriot Motorsports GroupFord2070Running35
101436Sting Ray RobbPatriot Motorsports GroupChevrolet2060Running34
111177Andrew KoensPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyota2050Running33
121532Taylor CanfieldPatriot Motorsports GroupToyota1820Running32
131308Travis MilburnPatriot Motorsports GroupChevrolet1510Oil line31
141211Takuma KogaJohn Krebs RacingChevrolet470Drive shaft30
151091Kyle TellstromPatriot Motorsports GroupChevrolet140Engine29
Source: [8]
1 Includes one bonus point for leading a lap
2 Includes two bonus points for leading the most laps
3 Includes three bonus points for winning the race

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Rank+/–DriverPoints
1 1rightarrow blue.svg Derek Thorn505
2 1rightarrow blue.svg Ryan Partridge473 (–32)
3 1rightarrow blue.svg Cole Rouse473 (–32)
4 1rightarrow blue.svg Derek Kraus466 (–39)
5 1uparrow green.svg 1Hailie Deegan438 (–67)
6 1downarrow red.svg 1Trevor Huddleston430 (–75)
7 1rightarrow blue.svg Kody Vanderwal412 (–93)
8 1rightarrow blue.svg Matt Levin354 (–151)
9 1rightarrow blue.svg Takuma Koga333 (–172)
10 1rightarrow blue.svg Todd Souza 237 (–268)
Source: [8]

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