NKNPSE: MacDonald Scores Win at Bristol

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Saturday, Mar 15 2461

Eddie MacDonald captured his seventh career NASCAR K&N Pro Series win this afternoon at the Bristol Motor Speedway by leading the final few laps. MacDonald broke a five year winless drought today and scored his first top-five finish of the 2014 racing season. He took the lead while Gray Gaulding battled with Ben Rhodes late in the running.

Gray Gaulding came home in the second spot after racing upfront for the entire day but just could not lead a lap. With today’s great run, Gaulding will finish inside the top-five for the first time his season. Out of two races ran this year, he has finished those inside the top-10. He lost the race by just 0.728 seconds.

Ben Rhodes nearly got his first career win once again this afternoon but came up just short. Rhodes suffered some fender damage late in the going that mostly cost him the race win. If Rhodes would’ve held onto the lead, he would have led the entire event wire-to-wire. By finishing in third, after starting from his first career pole, he finished inside the top-five for the fourth time in his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career. Rhodes finished 0.991 seconds behind MacDonald.

You can watch this race on March 22nd on FOX Sports 1.

The next race for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be at Greenfield Pickens Speedway on March 22nd. NASCAR Home Tracks site will offer the Race Central Live, powered by Speed51 application for live lap-by-lap coverage of the event. See below for the full race results.

PosNo.NameSponsorLapsDiff
1 71 Eddie MacDonald Grimm Const./National MS Society Chevrolet 132  
2 20 Gray Gaulding Krispy Kreme Chevrolet 132 0.728
3 41 Ben Rhodes * Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet 132 0.991
4 24 Brennan Newberry Qore24 Chevrolet 132 1.096
5 22 Austin Hill * A&D Welding/Don-Rich Ford Ford 132 1.248
6 99 Patrick Staropoli * PEAK Toyota 132 1.479
7 1 David Garbo, Jr. * Big Machine Records/Garbo Lobster Toyota 132 1.667
8 33 Brandon Jones Wolfpack Energy Services Chevrolet 132 1.750
9 52 Matt Tifft Federated Auto Parts Dodge 132 1.857
10 7 Michael McGuire * Woods Towing & Transportation 132 2.037
11 07 Clint King * King Oil Products/Warehouse Design Toyota 132 2.578
12 43 Brodie Kostecki * Arcoplate Toyota 132 2.816
13 97 Jesse Little NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet 132 3.009
14 00 Cole Custer NAPA Auto Parts/Haas Automation Chevrolet 132 3.641
15 42 Jay Beasley * Toyota Racing Development Toyota 132 3.880
16 12 Brandon Glover * Amer. Legion Post 772/Rinker Oil Dodge 132 4.286
17 98 Cameron Hayley Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet 132 4.814
18 18 Sam Hunt Drive Technology Toyota 132 5.027
19 77 Anderson Bowen * Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 132 5.185
20 31 Kaz Grala * OzLINK Chevrolet 125 7 Laps
21 21 Mackena Bell Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota 125 7 Laps
22 96 Kenzie Ruston Ben Kennedy Racing Chevrolet 121 11 Laps
23 04 Ronnie Bassett, Jr. * Butler Trailer Mfg. Toyota 116 16 Laps
24 4 Sergio Pena Toyota Racing Development Toyota 111 21 Laps
25 46 Brandon Gdovic American Messaging/Windstax.com Toyota 111 21 Laps
26 6 Daniel Suarez Toyota Racing Development Toyota 111 21 Laps
27 34 Scott Heckert Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 110 22 Laps
28 81 Jeremy Burns * Tomato Vine/BBR Chevrolet 109 23 Laps
29 15 Nick Drake * NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 101 31 Laps
30 47 Cale Conley PMC Chevrolet 52 80 Laps
31 11 Lee Pulliam * Don Valley North Toyota 51 81 Laps
32 55 Jerry Dawson * Alliance Lending/EXIT Realty Chevrolet 50 82 Laps
33 14 Trey Hutchens * Borla Exhaust Chevrolet 40 92 Laps
34 2 Ryan Gifford UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota 18 114 Laps
35 19 Chuck Buchanan, Jr. * Spring Drug Chevrolet 6 126 Laps

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Via: NASCAR Home Tracks

 

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