2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200

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2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200
Race details [1] [2] [3]
Race 21 of 23 in the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season
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Martinsville Speedway
Date October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)
Location Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 200 laps, 105.2 mi (169.3 km)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 19.844
Most laps led
Driver Brett Moffitt GMS Racing
Laps 80
Winner
No. 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on October 26, 2019, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 21st race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, fifth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 6.

Contents

Background

Track

Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway, September 2011 overview.JPG
Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

No.DriverTeamManufacturer
0 Cody McMahan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet
3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet
4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford
15 Tanner Gray (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota
17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet
24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet
30 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota
33 Dawson Cram Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet
34 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota
44 Jeb Burton (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet
54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford
98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford

Practice

First practice

Christian Eckes was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.851 seconds and a speed of 95.391 mph (153.517 km/h). [4]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
151 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.85195.391
245 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.00494.661
32 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.04394.477

Final practice

Todd Gilliland was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.788 seconds and a speed of 95.694 mph (154.005 km/h). [4]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
14 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.78895.694
218 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.88195.247
324 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 19.89795.170

Qualifying

Christian Eckes scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.844 seconds and a speed of 95.424 mph (153.570 km/h). [5]

Qualifying results

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerTime
151 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.844
224 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 19.860
318 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.908
488 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 19.926
517 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 19.940
613 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 19.951
752 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 19.954
899 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 19.987
998 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 20.003
108 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20.007
114 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20.013
1245 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.059
1302 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.064
142 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.119
1515 Tanner Gray (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 20.137
1612 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.175
1716 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 20.183
189 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 20.226
1930 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 20.244
2022 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 20.245
2121 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.245
2256 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 20.267
2320 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.338
2444 Jeb Burton (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.489
253 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 20.527
2654 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 20.715
2733 Dawson Cram Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20.844
2849 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 20.990
2934 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 21.414
306 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 21.624
3110 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 22.116
320 Cody McMahan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.067

. – Playoffs driver

Race

Summary

Christian Eckes started on pole, but Brett Moffitt took the lead from him and held it until the end of Stage 1. One caution occurred during Stage 1 for Ray Ciccarelli spinning.

In Stage 2, Tanner Gray spun on lap 78 and brought out a caution. The leaders pitted, giving the lead to Grant Enfinger on lap 82, while Matt Crafton stalled out with engine issues. Sam Mayer took the lead on the restart and held it to the end of the second stage.

Stage 3 began with several wrecks; the first occurring when Natalie Decker collided with Jeb Burton and collected Moffitt, Dawson Cram, and Tyler Dippel. Another caution occurred immediately after the restart as Ross Chastain slipped past Mayer before Mayer was involved in a wreck that also involved Austin Hill, Tyler Ankrum, Enfinger, and Todd Gilliland, which brought out a lengthy red flag. The race afterwards had numerous cautions; Ciccarelli spun again, while Stewart Friesen was turned by Johnny Sauter. Eckes briefly took the lead away from Chastain but lost it soon after, while Spencer Boyd collided with Jordan Anderson, also collecting Norm Benning and Ben Rhodes.

With 20 laps remaining, Jennifer Jo Cobb's truck lost an axle, and Gilliland passed Chastain for the lead on the restart with 10 laps left. The final caution came on lap 194 when Decker and Anderson collided and collected Gus Dean, setting up an overtime.

Harrison Burton had contact with Chastain on the final lap, beginning a series of incidents. Gilliland survived the incidents and took the victory, with Chastain finishing second. Timmy Hill notably earned his best finish of 5th place in the race.

Similarly to the previous week's race, none of the playoffs drivers had locked themselves into the final round due to a non-playoffs driver winning the race. Crafton and Ankrum left the race below the cutoff line.

Fox Sports 1 was heavily criticized for cutting off the live feed of the race's final two laps in order to switch to the college football game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Iowa State Cyclones. As a result, NASCAR fans not in attendance missed Gilliland's win. [6]

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 50

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
124Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet10
251Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
399Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord8
488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord7
513Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord6
618Harrison Burton (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5
717Tyler Ankrum (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota4
852Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet3
998Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord2
1045Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage TwoLaps: 50

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet10
298Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord9
316Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota8
445Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet7
551Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6
602Tyler Dippel (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet5
724Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet4
813Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord3
930Danny Bohn (R)On Point MotorsportsToyota2
1052Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1

Final Stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 100

PosGridNoDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1114Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20140
21245Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet20143
3613Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord20143
4998Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord20144
52256Timmy Hill (i)Hill MotorsportsChevrolet2010
6752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet20135
7108John Hunter Nemechek (i)NEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet2010
81930Danny Bohn (R)On Point MotorsportsToyota20131
92444Jeb Burton (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet2010
10189Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet20127
11142Sheldon Creed (R)GMS RacingChevrolet20126
12253Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet20125
132733Dawson CramReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet20124
141612Gus Dean (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet20123
152320Spencer Boyd (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet20122
16899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord20129
17151Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20135
18318Harrison Burton (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20124
192022Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet20118
201515Tanner Gray (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota20117
212849Ray CiccarelliCMI MotorsportsChevrolet19916
222654Natalie Decker (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota19915
23488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord19321
24306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet16313
25517Tyler Ankrum (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota13316
261716Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota12719
273110Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet12710
282121Sam MayerGMS RacingChevrolet12219
29224Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet12222
301302Tyler Dippel (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet12112
312934Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota376
32320Cody McMahanJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet05

. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.

. – Playoffs driver

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