Brett Winningham - Results from #160

Derek Kraus will start on pole for Saturday’s NAPA ENEOS 150 at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, CA. Kraus, piloting the No. 16 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, earned his eighth career K&N West pole at the half-mile paved oval.

The driver from Wisconsin enters the night leading the K&N West driver standings by 40 points over second-place qualifier Trevor Huddleston. Huddleston sat 0.064 seconds behind Kraus on the leaderboard

Kraus enters the penultimate race of 2019 with four victories, nine top fives and 11 top 10 finishes.

Hailie Deegan rounded out the top three qualifiers in the No. 19 NAPA Power Premium / Monster Toyota. Deegan posted an 18.363 and sat 0.081 seconds behind the pole winner.

Deegan enters Kern County Raceway with six top five and nine top 10 finishes along with two wins.

Brittney Zamora and Jagger Jones rounded out the top five in qualifying.

The NAPA ENEOS 150 will air live on FansChoice.TV at 10:00 p.m. ET.

Todd Gilliland left Martinsville Speedway on Saturday with his first career NASCAR National Series victory in a thrilling finish on the last lap. Gilliland, piloting the No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports, started the afternoon 11^th and finished stage one in 11^th and stage two in 12^th.

“It feels amazing. This place is really hard to win at. This Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra is not as pretty as we hoped it would be when we crossed the start-finish line, but man, it looks even better with water and Gatorade on it,” said Gilliland after the race. “Can’t thank JBL, Toyota, all the fans enough. Thank you guys for sitting around. I think that was a good finish. I don’t really know. Luckily we were out front. Just wish we could’ve been a little bit faster all weekend, but as a driver that’s what you always hope for and this thing was fast enough today.”

Jordan Anderson, Gus Dean and Natalie Decker tangled in turn two with four circuits remaining to send the event into NASCAR overtime. Gilliland later held off Ross Chastain on the restart to win the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 at the historic track. Chastain, looking to advance into the Round of 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finished second.

Gilliland will go into ISM Raceway with six top five and 13 top 10 finishes.

“I’d say we didn’t have quite the speed just overall. To start the race, I was really tight. We made one pit stop and made it a lot, a lot better where I could contend for probably top five and then we were in a wreck, knocked the nose in, knocked the whole right-side in,” Gilliland later added. “We were going to stay out, but we decided that the tires were probably rubbed, so we came in and got four fresh tires and made even more adjustments. Man, I think we made our truck a ton better throughout the race, played the pace of the whole race really well. After we got that last set of tires, just picked people off kind of methodically. Forty laps is a long time here. Even at the end when we were up in like fourth or fifth. It was just about controlling it from there and just being smart.”

Chastain will leave the 0.526-mile oval with his ninth top five and 17^th top 10 finish of 2019. The driver of the No. 45 CarShield Chevrolet finished stage one in 10^th and fourth in stage two and led 68 of the 201 circuits.

Johnny Sauter sat third when the checkered flag waved on Saturday. The Wisconsin native started sixth and led one circuit in his No. 13 Tenda Heal Ford – earning his fourth top five of the season.

Grant Enfinger and Timmy Hill rounded out the top five.

Stewart Friesen, John Hunter Nemechek, Danny Bohn, Jeb Burton and Codie Rohrbaugh took home finishes inside the top 10.

Several NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoff drivers found themselves caught in calamity or technical issues in the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200. Matt Crafton suffered a battery issue that put the No. 88 Menards Ford eight laps down. The two-time champion in the series went on to finish 23^rd.

Playoff driver Brett Moffitt, winner of stage one and reigning series champion, led 80 laps before his day ended on lap 122. Moffitt tangled with eight other vehicles in turn two that ended the day for the No. 24 Chevrolet team. Tyler Dippel and Sam Mayer had their days end as a result of the incident.

Johnny Sauter and Stewart Friesen later tangled on lap 150 in turn two. Both drivers continued and later finished third and sixth on the leaderboard.

The series will have another off weekend before they return at ISM Raceway on November 8. The Lucas Oil 150 will air live on FS1 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Kaulig Racing and Ross Chastain announced a deal last Tuesday that will put Chastain behind the wheel of the No. 10 Chevrolet full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 2020. The deal means that the small XFINITY team will field two full-time entries next season with Justin Haley in its No. 11 Chevrolet.

The deal comes while Chastain seeks a driver championship in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series – piloting the No. 45 Chevrolet with Niece Motorsports. Chastain spoke at Kansas Speedway on how the deal in 2020 with Kaulig Racing will help him confidence wise while racing for a championship in the truck series.

"This is the most confidence I’ve ever had- I sleep better at night. I still don’t sleep great, but better at night than I ever had. Just hearing the confidence in my guys and Chris and everyone at Nutrien Ag Solution, as we’re here for the long haul. Short term, more races in the 10 car here at Texas and those truck races; we have to go execute. And we feel like the confidence at Niece Motorsports is high. The parts and pieces, just like Chris and Matt; what Al Niece have given my group, with the No. 45 and 44, what they’ve given us to go race is everything we need."

Four of the five last Gander Outdoors Truck Series races have ended in a top-five finish for the Florida native – including a trip to victory lane at Michigan International Speedway. Chastain later took home two runner-up finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway along with a third-place finish at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.

Chastain’s day was cut short the last time out because of an accident at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 45 Chevrolet started 17^th and finished 22^nd due to an incident involving nine other trucks in turn four.

“I love racing at Martinsville,” said Chastain on the upcoming race at Martinsville. “This is a tough, fun track and I’m really looking forward to this weekend’s race.  We have a little bit of ground to make up after what happened at Talladega, so I’m going to do everything I can to put this CarShield Chevrolet in Victory Lane and lock these Niece Motorsports boys and girls into the final round of the playoffs.”

In addition to the No. 45 Chevrolet in the truck series, the driver competed in numerous starts across the NASCAR XFINITY and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series this season with Kaulig Racing and JD Motorsports; along with Premium Motorsports in the cup series.

In 18 races behind the wheel of a NASCAR XFINITY Series car, Chastain made a trip to victory lane at Daytona International Speedway in July with Kaulig Racing, along with four top 10 finishes.

Chris Rice, co-owner of Kaulig Racing, spoke where the team stands as they close 2019 and look ahead to 2020 with two full-time XFINITY Series entries.

“We hired AJ Allmendinger to come in. I know our race team is not ready to win at certain racetracks, so we need help to do that,” said Rice. “Justin Haley, somebody that can be so good at making points and doing things, and we get into the playoffs and we kind of failed him. And I have to pick the guys up"

Kaulig Racing, in 2019, goes into Texas Motor Speedway next week having two wins across the organization. The team, between five drivers and 46 individual starts this year, has eight top five and 27 top 10s.

“Chris Rice and Matt Kaulig, they’re investing into this team, they came into this series; I don’t think a lot of people knew what to think, but they’re here and they’re investing,” said Chastain. “And the stuff like, the terrible thing that happened a few days ago, doesn’t slow them down.”

Chastain ended the afternoon at Kansas Speedway 10^th in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300. The No. 10 crew faced adversity going into the weekend as the hauler was involved in a wreck en route to Kansas Speedway that destroyed both the primary and backup cars. The crew quickly pulled the necessary resources together with help from Richard Childress Racing to field the teams second entry.

Kaulig Racing will field two full-time entries with Haley and Chastain in 2020 – along with an occasional third entry.

Chastain sits sixth in points going into this weekend’s truck series race at Martinsville Speedway. He is one of several drivers looking to advance into the Round of 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Denny Hamlin won a wild Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday by surviving two NASCAR Overtime attempts en route to his second Kansas victory. Hamlin, the 23^rd-place starter, sat eighth in stage one and claimed stage two in his No. 11 FedEx Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing and led 51 circuits.

The win comes one week ahead of Martinsville Speedway – a track where Hamlin holds five career victories at.

“Yeah, I love where we are at, no doubt about it,” said Hamlin. “I cannot wait to get to Martinsville. This week was just supposed to be a fun week for us, kind of check things out and make sure that we are good once we get down the road as we get to other tracks and I’m pretty happy about where we are at.”

The win did not come easy for the Virginia driver as he survived two overtime attempts with pressure from Chase Elliott and teammate Kyle Busch right on his back bumper.

With two laps remaining, Bubba Wallace and Matt Tifft tangled in turn two, drawing the sixth caution flag of the day. Tifft continued and finished 25^th while Wallace was done for the day in 35^th.

Just before Hamlin took the white flag as the leader, a five-car incident involved Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez and Daniel Hemric on the frontstretch. Suarez and Hemric days were done while the other three continued.

“It’s step-by-step, week-by-week,” Hamlin continued. “We are not getting too far ahead of ourselves. We concentrate every week as if it’s the most important one, and this win here shows that.”

Hamlin, who led 153 of the 277 laps, will leave the 1.5-mile Kansas oval with five wins, 17 top five and 21 top 10 finishes in 32 completed events.

Chase Elliott took the checkered flag in second after starting the afternoon in 14^th. The No. 9 Chevrolet led the field for four circuits and sat 0.128 seconds behind the race winner.

The Georgia native will leave the track with his 11^th top five and 15^th top 10 finish in 2019.

Kyle Busch, piloting the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota, will leave with the third spot. Busch, a native of Las Vegas, finished fifth in stage one and 10^th in stage two and entered the afternoon looking to score his fifth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Kurt Busch and William Byron rounded out the top five.

Martin Truex Jr., Erik Jones, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Alex Bowman and Clint Bowyer were eliminated from the Playoffs.

Moving on into the Round of Eight will be Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and Chase Elliott.

The next race for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be October 27^th at Martinsville Speedway. The First Data 500 will air live on NBCSN at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Brandon Jones scored his first career NASCAR National Series victory on Saturday at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. Jones, piloting the No. 19 Flow Toyota, started second on the leaderboard for the Kansas Lottery 300 and led only 10 laps of the event.

“This is incredible. I knew this was going to happen – that we were going to come here and have an amazing run like we did today,” said Jones after the race. It’s only because of those guys here. They have fought with me for a long time, and this feels way better because it has been tough to get to this point. I don’t think I could have done this without the manufacturer. I wish my parents were here. They have been through a bunch of wins with me. All-in-all, I cannot wait to celebrate with these guys.”

The win did not come easy for the Georgia native as he survived a late-race restart with five laps to go. Jones previously took the lead on a restart with 10 laps left after a wad of cars raced for the second position that allowed the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to advance the gap even further.

“I’m not going to lie about this. My foot was literally shaking on the accelerator on that last lap,” said Jones regarding the final laps of the race. “I’m not even sure if I was wide open at the time, when I was doing it. There was a lot of nerves. A lot of emotion going through my mind, but I saw it coming and got pretty pumped.”

Noah Gragson and Joey Gase had incidents in turn one that brought out the yellow flag with seven circuits to go. Gragson went on to finish 13^th while Gase took home the 32^nd spot.

Jones will leave Kansas with five top five and 14 top 10 finishes through 30 completed races.

Tyler Reddick sat second when the checkered flag waved while in the process of catching race winner Brandon Jones. Reddick, finishing stage one in fourth and stage two in third, was involved in a post-race scuffle with 11^th place finisher and stage two winner Cole Custer after the race because of a move made on the track. The two exchanged words while putting hands on each other after the event on pit road.

The second-place finish in the Kansas Lottery 300 marks Reddick’s 22^nd top five and 25^th top 10 finish of 2019.

Chase Briscoe, leading 33 of the 200 circuits on Saturday, crossed the line in third. The driver of the No. 98 Ford sat seventh in stage one and fifth in stage two.

Michael Annett, who started 38^th on the leaderboard, and Justin Allgaier, who started seventh, rounded out the top five.

Jeremy Clements, Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Sieg and Ross Chastain rounded out the top 10.

Several contenders were involved in incidents throughout the 200-lap event. The second yellow flag of the afternoon involved Austin Cindric and Harrison Burton in turn four. The incident ended the day for Burton while Cindric continued to a 25^th-place finish.

On lap 164, John Hunter Nemechek ran into an issue in turn two. The No. 23 Chevrolet, after starting 15^th on the leaderboard, went on to an eighth-place run.

On lap 185, with 15 laps remaining, leaders Chase Briscoe and Christopher Bell were involved in an incident with a lap car of Garrett Smithley on the frontstretch. Bell, winner of stage one, and Briscoe continued while Smithley went behind the wall following the three-car incident. Briscoe finished third while Bell finished the afternoon in 12^th.

The series will take another weekend off before returning at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2^nd. The O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 will take place at 8:30 p.m. ET. live on NBCSN.

Christian Eckes took home the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway on Friday and the 2019 ARCA Menards Series championship. Eckes, piloting the No. 15 JBL Audio Toyota for Venturini Motorsports, started 11^th and led the field for 43 of the 100 laps.

The series points battle coming into the 1.5-mile oval was between Michael Self and Eckes. Self, piloting the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports, finished second and led the most circuits of any driver in the Kansas ARCA 150.

Eckes will finish the championship season with four victories, 13 top five and 17 top 10 finishes in the 20-race season. As for Michael Self, he’ll finish the year with four victories, 14 top five and 15 top 10 finishes.

2020 plans for Christian Eckes and Michael Self have not been officially announced. It is expected that Eckes will move up into the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series in 2020.

Ty Majeski will leave the Kansas oval with a third-place finish in the No. 22 Ford. Majeski, starting the night in third, came into the evening with three victories in 19 starts in 2019.

Bret Holmes and Travis Braden rounded out the top five finishers.

Taking home top 10 finishes were Tanner Gray, Drew Dollar, Hailie Deegan, Joe Graf Jr. and Gus Dean.

The next race for the ARCA Menards Series will be at Daytona International Speedway on February 8^th.

The ARCA Menards Series strolls into Kansas Speedway for the season-finale event at the 1.5-mile oval. A total of 22 cars are scheduled to participate in the championship deciding event on Friday.

The entry list for the 100-lap, 150-mile race features Drew Dollar, Christian Eckes, Riley Herbst, Harrison Burton, Ty Majeski, Bret Holmes, Michael Self, Sheldon Creed, Gus Dean, Hailie Deegan and Joe Graf Jr.

Two drivers enter the weekend with a shot at winning the 2019 ARCA Menards Series championship. Christian Eckes and Michael Self enter the weekend separated by 15 points in the championship standings, which means fans will see a close point battle to decide the series title.

The championship could be decided by two-three positions or end in a tie. If Self and Eckes tie in points, the title will then be decided by wins in 2019, which Eckes has three while Self has four.

Bret Holmes enters the weekend third in points and is looking to score his first career ARCA Menards Series victory. Holmes, through 19 starts this year in the No. 23 Chevrolet, has seven top five and 17 top 10 finishes. The Alabama driver tied his season-best finish of third three times.

Travis Braden and Joe Graf Jr. round out the top five in points entering Kansas. Braden holds two top five finishes along with 15 top 10s while Graf Jr. has one top five at Chicagoland Speedway and 12 top 10s.

The championship deciding event will air live on MAVTV and NASCAR.com at 8:30 p.m. ET. The event was originally scheduled for FOX Sports 2.

Austin Hill survived a weird night of racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to score his third NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory of the season. Hill, piloting the No. 16 Toyota for Hattori Racing, traded drivers Ross Chastain and Brett Moffitt for the lead all evening long, leading 29 of the 134 laps.

“This is the hardest one I’ve had to win. We were going to stay out that last caution and we stayed out and everybody else pitted. We decided we needed to pit or we were going to be screwed. We came down pit road, restarted at the tailend of the longest line and it stayed green,” said Hill. “I had to drive all the way through the field and this truck was unbelievable. Scott (Zipadelli, crew chief) and the boys gave me a heck of a piece tonight. We wouldn’t have won this race with them. We’re two-for-two with this truck so we’re going to try to go three-for-three with it. Can’t thank all the boys enough.”

Ross Chastain finished the night 2.116 seconds behind race-winner Austin Hill and led the most laps of the evening. The driver of the No. 45 CarShield Chevrolet won both stages of the race and will leave the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway with his eighth top five and 16^th top 10 finish.

Hill heads into the next round of the playoffs and the next race at Talladega Superspeedway with six top five and 11 top 10 finishes. The Georgia native chasing the series championship holds an average finish of 12.8.

“It means a lot. Coming into tonight, our number one goal was getting stage points and we did that, we got stage points in stage one and stage two. Got through that and after the second stage and we knew that some of the Playoff drivers had some issues, my only concern was going for the win,” Hill said later. “That’s all I really cared about. I didn’t think we were going to be able to catch them under green, but we did. It’s even more of a statement win because we had a little bit of an issue during practice and lost our truck chief. I know he was up watching us in the stands, but this is so special.”

Christian Eckes rounded out the top three finishers at Las Vegas. Eckes, piloting the No. 51 SiriusXM Toyota, started on the pole and led four circuits in his sixth career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series start.

Eckes leaves the track with two top five and three top 10 finishes this season.

Sheldon Creed and Todd Gilliland rounded out the top five.

Taking home top 10 finishes included Brennan Poole, Brett Moffitt, Ben Rhodes, Harrison Burton and Dylan Lupton.

Several Gander Outdoors Truck Series contenders had problems with their engines throughout the night that impacted their chances at winning this year’s championship. The issues impacted Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger and Stewart Friesen.

The No. 52 team of Stewart Friesen quickly diagnosed their engine issue and went on to a 19^th-place finish. Sauter, Crafton and Enfinger weren’t as lucky as they finished 29^th, 30^th and 31^st on the leaderboard.

Playoff driver Tyler Ankrum reported a cylinder down with around 40 laps to go. The driver of the No. 17 B/X Custom Designs Toyota finished 11^th to squeak into the next round of the playoffs.

Advancing into the Round of 6 will be reigning series champion Brett Moffitt, Ross Chastain, Austin Hill, Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton and Tyler Ankrum. Grant Enfinger and Johnny Sauter were eliminated from the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs.

The next race for the series will be at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday, October 12^th. The Sugarland Shines 250 will air live on FS1 and MRN Radio at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Brett Moffitt took home the checkered flag on Thursday at Bristol Motor Speedway after holding off Chandler Smith on a restart with three laps to go. Moffitt, piloting the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet, started on the pole and led 65 of the 200 circuits.

The driver from Iowa will leave the 0.533-mile concrete oval with his third victory of the season and clinching a spot into round two of the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs.

The reigning series champion will head to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Canada with 10 top five and 12 top 10 finishes.

Chandler Smith will leave the Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday with the runner-up spot. Smith, piloting the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, started the night in seventh and finished stage one in fifth and stage two in third.

The Georgia native, holding four wins in the ARCA Menards Series in 2019, made his third career start in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series on Thursday. Smith earned his second top five finish – besting his fourth-place finish at Gateway Motorsports Park in June.

Ross Chastain had an up and down night behind the wheel of his No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet. The winner of stage one was popped for a safety violation while pitting in the middle of Thursday’s UNOH 200 and had to restart at the tail of the field.

The Florida native battled eventual race winner Brett Moffitt for the stage two victory – which Moffitt just barely got around Chastain for the spot on lap 110. The championship favorite led 78 of the 200 laps and will leave the track with a third-place finish.

Stewart Friesen and Grant Enfinger rounded out the top five.

Sheldon Creed, Matt Crafton, Ben Rhodes, Todd Gilliland and Austin Hill rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Race winner Brett Moffitt leads the Playoff points by 16 points over Ross Chastain. Stewart Friesen, Grant Enfinger, Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter, Austin Hill and Tyler Ankrum are the top eight in the Playoff standings.

The series will travel north of the border to the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 on August 25^th. The event will air live on FS1 and MRN Radio at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Ron Silk came out as the surprise victor in Friday’s Stafford 150 at Stafford Speedway in Connecticut. Silk, making his 48^th start at the half-mile paved oval, scored his second career win there in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour after passing leader Justin Bonsignore in a NASCAR Overtime finish.

Silk made it back-to-back wins as the series veteran went to victory lane the last time out at New Hampshire Motor Speedway just two weeks ago.

The driver of the No. 85 Chevrolet started the evening in sixth.

Jon McKennedy ended the night in the runner-up spot looking 0.290 seconds behind the race winner. McKennedy started third on the leaderboard and hung around the third position all night long – trying to keep Silk behind in the fourth position.

The driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet will leave the night with three top five and top 10 finishes in six starts this year. His best finish of the season came in the season opener at Myrtle Beach with a second-place finish.

Doug Coby walked away frustrated after dominating the 150-lap event at Stafford Speedway. Coby started on the pole and held around a seven-second lead before the one and only caution came out with inside five laps to go.

“I don’t get heartbroken … I get f**king pissed off,” Coby told the track pit reporter after the race.

The driver from Connecticut, who led 147 of the 159 laps and finished third, will leave with his seventh top five finish of the season.

Matt Swanson and Craig Lutz rounded out the top five finishers.

Justin Bonsignore, Jimmy Blewett, Bobby Santos III, Sam Rameau and Patrick Emerling took home top 10s.

Coby will continue leading the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver standings by 28 points over tonight’s winner Ron Silk. Justin Bonsignore, who finished the night in sixth at Stafford Speedway, sits third behind the series points leader. Craig Lutz and Eric Goodale, who spun from contact via another car on the final lap, round out the top five.

The series will return at Thompson Speedway on August 14^th. The Bud King of Beers 150 will air live on FansChoice.TV.