Kansas Speedway held the Kubota Tractor 200 Friday night at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway – race three in round one of the truck series playoffs. A total of 34 teams entered the race with no drivers not making the race.
Nick Sanchez started the day leading practice with a quick time of 31.133 seconds – 173.449 mph. Ty Majeski, Bristol winner Layne Riggs, Ben Rhodes, and Jake Garcia rounded out the top five.
The series qualified not long after with Ty Majeski winning the pole with a time of 30.853 seconds – 175.023 mph. Sitting behind Majeski in the top five were Connor Mosack, Christian Eckes, Ben Rhodes, and Dawson Sutton. Corey Heim and Jennifer Jo Cobb did not post times in the session.
At 8:50 p.m. ET, the green flag waved.
Eckes and Majeski traded the lead back and forth in the first handful of laps before Majeski cleared to lead the next 25 circuits. He went on to win stage one with Eckes, Corey Heim, Kaden Honeycutt, and Riggs in tow. The No. 02 of Nathan Byrd received the free pass. Eckes, piloting the No. 19 Chevrolet, moved to the lead after pit stops.
The field returned to green flag racing with 23 laps remaining in stage two.
Eckes led the next 11 circuits before Corey Heim took over the lead with 17 laps left in the stage. Heim cruised to the stage victory over Riggs, Eckes, Majeski, and Taylor Gray. Timmy Hill received the free pass under the stage two caution.
Heim restarted the final stage as the leader with 66 to go.
The race remained green until lap 77 when Corey Day and Matt Mills spun in turn three drawing just the third yellow flag. Conor Daly received the free pass.
Heim led as the field returned to green with 51 laps to go.
The top spot traded hands more as green flag pit stops cycled with 27 laps to go with Eckes leading a pair of laps followed by Majeski taking over. Majeski and the No. 98 Ford team played the fuel strategy game to the end. Will they have enough fuel to make it?
Majeski led the field through the white flag lap until running out in the tri-oval of Kansas Speedway. It allowed Heim to pass for the lead to win Friday’s Kubota Tractor 200 – his 11th career truck series victory.
Rounding out the top five included Riggs, Eckes, Kaden Honeycutt, and Dawson Sutton.
Sutton scored his first career top-five finish in the truck series in just his third start.
Tanner Gray, Rajah Caruth, Bayley Currey, Grant Enfinger, and Connor Mosack finished top 10.
The series travels to Talladega Superspeedway next for the Love’s RV Stop 250 – airing live on FOX Sports 1 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Friday.
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