2019 Vankor 350

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2019 Vankor 350
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 5 of 23 in the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season
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Date March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
Location Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.5 miles (2.414 km)
Distance 147 laps, 220.5 mi (354.860 km)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 28.823
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 97
Winner
No. 51 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2019 Vankor 350 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on March 29, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 147 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 5th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.

Contents

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Kyle Busch took his 4th victory in as many starts in 2019, leading 97 of the 147 laps on his way to the win ahead of Stewart Friesen (Halmar Friesen Racing) and Johnny Sauter (ThorSport Racing).

Entry list

No.DriverTeamManufacturer
1 Bayley Currey Vizion Motorsports Toyota
02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet
3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet
04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford
4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota
8 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Racing Chevrolet
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford
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
22 Darrell Wallace Jr. (i) AM Racing Chevrolet
24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet
30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota
33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet
34 Jesse Iwuji Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet
42 Garrett Smithley (i) Chad Finley Racing Chevrolet
44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet
54 Anthony Alfredo DGR-Crosley Toyota
87 Timmy Hill (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford
97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Ford
98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford

Practice

First practice

Johnny Sauter was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.098 seconds and a speed of 185.580 mph (298.662 km/h). [5]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
113 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 29.098185.580
298 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 29.130185.376
399 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 29.270184.489

Final practice

Austin Hill was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.061 seconds and a speed of 185.816 mph (299.042 km/h). [6]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
116 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 29.061185.816
224 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.067185.778
330 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 29.118185.452

Qualifying

Grant Enfinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.823 seconds and a speed of 187.350 mph (301.511 km/h). [7]

Qualifying results

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerR1R2
198 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 28.94928.823
224 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 28.84028.855
32 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.02128.892
451 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.05728.902
516 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 28.87328.925
617 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 29.02728.941
713 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 28.89728.948
899 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 29.10128.969
952 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 28.98528.990
1018 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.04029.086
1145 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 29.05529.111
1288 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 29.11629.208
1330 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 29.123
1454 Anthony Alfredo DGR-Crosley Toyota 29.135
1522 Darrell Wallace Jr. (i) AM Racing Chevrolet 29.162
164 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.175
178 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29.283
183 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 29.320
199 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Racing Chevrolet 29.571
2097 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Ford 29.615
2120 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29.720
2287 Timmy Hill (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29.830
237 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 29.835
2402 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29.894
2542 Garrett Smithley (i) Chad Finley Racing Chevrolet 29.953
2612 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 30.025
2710 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 30.413
2849 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 30.490
2904 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 30.602
3034 Jesse Iwuji Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 31.001
3144 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 31.967
3233 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 40.708
Did not qualify
336 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 32.013
Withdrew
341 Bayley Currey [a] Vizion Motorsports Toyota

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 35

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord10
299Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord9
352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet8
42Sheldon Creed (R)GMS RacingChevrolet7
516Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6
624Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet5
717Tyler Ankrum (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota4
851Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0
913Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord2
103Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1

Stage TwoLaps: 35

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0
288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord9
399Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord8
445Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0
552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet6
624Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet5
798Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord4
822Darrell Wallace Jr. (i)AM RacingChevrolet0
930Brennan Poole (R)On Point MotorsportsToyota2
1017Tyler Ankrum (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota1

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 77

PosGridNoDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1451Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1470
2952Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet14749
3713Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord14736
4198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord14747
51288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord14741
6617Tyler Ankrum (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota14736
71145Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1470
82402Tyler Dippel (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet14729
91330Brennan Poole (R)On Point MotorsportsToyota14730
10899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord14744
112120Spencer Boyd (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet14726
122904Cory RoperRoper RacingFord14725
132097Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord14724
14164Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota14723
152542Garrett Smithley (i)Chad Finley RacingChevrolet1470
162849Ray CiccarelliCMI MotorsportsChevrolet14621
173034Jesse IwujiReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet14620
182710Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet14519
19224Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet14328
201522Darrell Wallace Jr. (i)AM RacingChevrolet1410
21183Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet14017
2232Sheldon Creed (R)GMS RacingChevrolet13322
23199Codie RohrbaughGrant County Mulch RacingChevrolet11614
24237Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota10113
25178Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet8912
262287Timmy Hill (i)NEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet750
27516Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota7516
281454Anthony Alfredo (R)DGR-CrosleyToyota489
292612Gus Dean (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet288
303144Angela RuchNiece MotorsportsChevrolet187
311018Harrison Burton (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota126
323233Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet05

Notes

  1. Currey's truck caught fire during the first practice session, and the team withdrew before qualifying.

References

  1. "2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Series Schedule". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. Fraley, Gerry (March 24, 2019). "5 things to watch this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway: A Kyle Busch triple? How will local driver Chris Buescher fare?" . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. Ballantoni, Anthony (March 24, 2019). "Wrap-up: Martinsville Speedway" . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. Cheek, Adam (March 26, 2019). "Entry List: Vankor 350" . Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. Lunkenheimer, Beth (March 28, 2019). "Johnny Sauter, Austin Hill Lead Truck Series Practices at Texas Motor Speedway" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  6. McFadin, Daniel (March 28, 2019). "Truck Series practice report from Texas Motor Speedway" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  7. Lunkenheimer, Beth (March 29, 2019). "Grant Enfinger Snags Texas Truck Series Pole" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.