2020 Strat 200

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2020 Strat 200
Race details
Race 2 of 23 in the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season
2019-20 Strat 200 logo.png
DateFebruary 21, 2020
Official name Strat 200
Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323.476 km)
Scheduled Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323.476 km)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 30.365
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 108
Winner
No. 51 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Vince Welch, Michael Waltrip, Erik Jones

The 2020 Strat 200 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on February 21, 2020 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Kyle Busch, driving for his own team Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the event leading 108 laps, his first of the season and his 57th overall in the NASCAR Gander RV and Outdoors Truck Series. Johnny Sauter of ThorSport Racing and Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises would take 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Las Vegas Motor Speedway diagram.svg
The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

35 trucks would enter the race, meaning that three would not qualify for the race.

Entry list
# [1] DriverTeamMakeSponsor
00 Angela Ruch Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota DWF Flooring & Carpets, COREtec "The Original"
2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Accessories, Trench Shoring Company
02 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Solid Rock Carriers
3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Bommarito Automotive Group
4 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Mobil 1
04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford Carquest Auto Parts
7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota All Out Motorsports
9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet Grant County Mulch, CR7 Motorsports
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org
11 Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota Hearn Industrial Services
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford Tenda Heal
15 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford Ford Performance
16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota United Rentals
18 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Safelite Auto Glass
19 Derek Kraus Bill McAnally Racing Toyota Eneos
20 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet American Pavement Specialists
21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet JB Henderson Construction, GO TEXAN.
23 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
26 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet LiUNA!
30 Brennan Poole On Point Motorsports Toyota Remember Everyone Deployed
33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota Motorsports Safety Group
34 Josh Bilicki Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota Reaume Brothers Racing
38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Speedco
40 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Niece Motorsports
44 Natalie Decker Niece Motorsports Chevrolet REMarkable Pillow
45 Ty Majeski Niece Motorsports Chevrolet IRacing
49 Bayley Currey CMI Motorsports Chevrolet Springrates
51 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Cessna, Beechcraft
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota Halmar
56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet Hill Motorsports
83 Stefan Parsons CMI Motorsports Chevrolet Springrates
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford Menards, Hormel Black Label Bacon
98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford Curb Records, Protect the Harvest
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford The Carolina Nut Co.
Official entry list

Practice

The first and final practice took place on February 21, 2020. Christian Eckes would set the fastest time with a 30.363.

Final practice results

Top 3 results
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
118 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.363177.848
213 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 30.396177.655
323 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.418177.526
Full practice results

Qualifying

Johnny Sauter of ThorSport Racing would win the pole with a 30.365 with an average speed of 177.836 miles per hour (286.199 km/h). The drivers of Josh Reaume, Natalie Decker, Spencer Boyd, Angela Ruch, and Josh Bilicki would all qualify by owner's points, with notable examples of Bilicki being almost 5 seconds slower than the slowest non-quaiflier, and Ruch being 3 seconds slower. Bayley Currey, Korbin Forrister, and Jennifer Jo Cobb would all not qualify for the race.

Angela Ruch and Parker Kilgerman argument on Twitter

Controversy would occur after qualifying, when Angela Ruch, driving for Reaume Brothers Racing, spun on the apron while going onto the track for her warmup lap. Driver and commentator Parker Kligerman would react to the spin on Twitter, saying "Let's raise the qualification standards for the top 3 series. Side note: I can't wait till a woman driver absolutely laps the field one day. Truly, we are the only sport men and women can compete on equal grounds. Can't wait till super talented women are throughout the field." In response, Angela would say on Twitter that she blew a tire during her lap in a swear-word fueled tirade, while also insulting Kilgerman by saying "Dip shit! I blew a tire! The deference between me and u little b:;$&&$ is I make my own path !! In fact if u do not shut your trap I will slap your little ass! Sad little fellas that no one dated in high school !" After harsh criticism to the tweet, Angela would say that the comment made on her Twitter was made by her husband, Mike Ruch, saying "Mike always has my back and I'm thankful for that! However I’ve decided to get him his own twitter so he can feel free to speak his mind 😳😂 Have fun everyone it's @mf_ruch @Twitter will never be the same! I'll keep my head down and keep digging! Thanks everyone!" [2]

The original tweet Mike Ruch made is now deleted.

Full qualifying results

Pos. [3] #DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
113 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 30.365177.836
22 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.398177.643
351 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.460177.282
418 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.476177.189
545 Ty Majeski Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.476177.189
616 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 30.545176.788
726 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.634176.275
84 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.672176.056
998 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 30.680176.010
1023 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.701175.890
1156 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 30.736175.690
1240 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.739175.673
1388 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 30.790175.382
1415 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford 30.794175.359
1521 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.804175.302
1619 Derek Kraus Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 30.817175.228
1752 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 30.852175.029
1899 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 30.863174.967
1904 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 30.888174.825
203 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 30.895174.786
2111 Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota 30.931174.582
2202 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 30.952174.464
2330 Brennan Poole On Point Motorsports Toyota 30.959174.424
2483 Stefan Parsons CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 30.965174.390
2538 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.977174.323
2622 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 30.990174.250
279 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 30.993174.233
Qualified by Owner's Points
2833 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 31.738170.143
2944 Natalie Decker Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 31.912169.215
3020 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 32.777164.750
3100 Angela Ruch Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 35.257153.161
3234 Josh Bilicki Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 37.301144.768
Failed to qualify
3349 Bayley Currey CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 31.556171.124
347 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 31.675170.481
3510 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.413166.600
Official starting lineup

Race

Pre-race ceremonies

For pre-race ceremonies, the Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard would present the nation's colors. Billy Maudin, chaplain from the Christian racing ministry Motor Racing Outreach would give out the invocation. Bridgette Foster would sing the national anthem. Kaui Kalahiki, Director of Facilities at The Strat, would give the starting command.

Race recap

Post-race driver comments

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
151 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
218 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
313 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 8
426 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet 7
516 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 6
64 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 5
740 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 0
823 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 3
999 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 2
102 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
151 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
218 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
340 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 0
498 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 7
588 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 6
699 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 5
723 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
84 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
938 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 2
1013 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 1

Stage 3 Laps: 74

Fin [4] [5] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1351 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134108running0
2113 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 1347running34
3616 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 1340running40
41388 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 1340running29
51899 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 1340running39
61521 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 1340running31
72538 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1340running32
81415 Tanner Gray DGR-Crosley Ford 1340running29
91752 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 1340running28
1022 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 1348running28
11726 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet 1340running23
122111 Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota 1340running25
13545 Ty Majeski Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 1340running24
141240 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 1340running0
152330 Brennan Poole On Point Motorsports Toyota 1340running0
161023 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 1340running28
172622 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 1340running20
18279 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 1340running19
192202 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 1330running18
20203 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 1321running17
212944 Natalie Decker Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 1320running16
221619 Derek Kraus Bill McAnally Racing Toyota 1310running15
23418 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 13010running32
243100 Angela Ruch Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 1300running13
253020 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 1290running12
261904 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 1280running11
272833 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 1260running10
281156 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 1130overheating9
292483 Stefan Parsons CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 1120running8
3084 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 900crash15
31998 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 890crash3
323234 Josh Bilicki Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 30handling0
Failed to qualify
3349 Bayley Currey CMI Motorsports Chevrolet
347 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota
3510 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

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