Event
statistics following the third race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race, the Stratosphere 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Hometown
driver Kyle Busch held off a strong charge by Johnny Sauter to score his first
victory in any of NASCAR’s national series this season, winning at his home
track. Sauter and Brett Moffitt rounded out the top three.
Stratosphere
200
Las
Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nevada
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Winner (starting position): Kyle Busch (1st)
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Top Five: Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, Brett Moffitt, Grant Enfinger, Stewart
Friesen
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Full Results: Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, Brett Moffitt, Grant Enfinger, Stewart
Friesen, Dalton Sargeant, Ben Rhodes, Cody Coughlin, Justin Fontaine, Austin
Hill, Justin Marks, Noah Gragson, Spencer Davis, Wendell Chavous, Myatt Snider,
Austin Wayne Self, Jordan Anderson, Robby Lyons, Michel Disdier, Bayley Currey,
John Hunter Nemechek, Mike Harmon, B.J. McLeod, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Josh Reaume,
Norm Benning, Tommy Regan, Justin Haley, Matt Crafton, Mike Senica, Joe
Nemechek, Scott Stenzel
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Laps Completed: 134
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Laps Led: Kyle Busch (55), Stewart Friesen (31), Brett Moffitt (27), Noah
Gragson (12), Grant Enfinger (4), Dalton Sargeant (3), Justin Fontaine (2)
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Pole Position: Kyle Busch (176.615 mph; 30.575 seconds)
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Hard Charger: Dalton Sargeant (+12; 18th to 6th)
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Margin of Victory: 0.437 seconds
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Truck Count: 32
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Trucks Entered: 32
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Trucks Running at Finish: 25 (of 32; or 78 percent of the field)
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Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 14
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Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
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Average Speed: 122.665 mph
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Lead Changes: 14
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Stage Winners: Noah Gragson (1), Stewart Friesen (2)
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Weather at Start of Race: 65 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, winds S 10 mph
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Weather at End of Race: 61 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, winds S 12 mph
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Manufacturer Breakdown: Chevrolet (22); Toyota (6); Ford (4)
Notes
of Interest – Race/Weekend Recap
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This was Kyle Busch’s first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the
season and the 50th of his career in 142 races (winning percentage of .352). It
marked his first victory at Las Vegas and his 26th on a mile-and-a-half.
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Busch’s 50th victory in the Camping World Truck Series makes him the second
driver to reach that milestone in the series. Ron Hornaday Jr. leads all
drivers with 51 in the Truck Series.
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Busch is the only driver in NASCAR history with at least 50 victories in two of
NASCAR’s three national series. He has 91 in the Xfinity Series and 43 in the
Cup Series, totaling 183 races. Mark Martin is the only driver with more than
40 wins in two national series (40 in Cup Series and 49 in Xfinity Series).
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Busch led a race-high 55 laps. It marked only the ninth time in 22 Truck Series
races at Las Vegas that the winning driver also led the most laps in the race.
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Each of the last 10 Truck Series races at Las Vegas have been won by a driver who
has never won a series race at the track.
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Of Busch’s 50 Truck Series pole positions, 14 of them have come from the pole
position. He earned his 20th career pole position earlier in the evening.
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This marks the eighth time in 22 Camping World Truck Series races at Las Vegas
that a driver has won from the pole position, and first time since Ron Hornaday
Jr. accomplished the feat in 2011.
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The victory was the second consecutive for Toyota, which also landed in victory
lane with Brett Moffitt at Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend. Toyota now has
seven Truck Series victories at Las Vegas.
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Busch has now won at least one Truck Series race in each of the last six
seasons and 13 of the last 14 (exception was 2012, when he only competed in
three races).
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Busch is now three top 10s away from 600 total in NASCAR’s three national
series (242 in Cup Series; 244 in Xfinity Series; 111 in Truck Series). He has
competed in 944 races combined in the three series.
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Busch’s victory ensures that no driver will win the Truck Series race and go on
to win the series championship, as Busch is ineligible to run for points in the
Truck Series.
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Johnny Sauter finished second, the highest-running Chevrolet. It marked his
third finish of first, second or third this year, as he extended his points
lead. It was Sauter’s fifth top-five finish at Las Vegas.
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Brett Moffitt finished third, his second consecutive top-three finish. He led a
career-high 27 laps.
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Grant Enfinger finished a season-best fourth in the highest-running Ford. He
led four laps. He has finished in the top 10 in each of the first three races.
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Stewart Friesen led 31 laps in finishing a season-best fifth, his first
top-five finish of 2018 and third in 28 career races.
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Dalton Sargeant finished a career-best sixth, and earned the hard charger
effort as the result, picking up 18 positions from his 24th starting position.
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Ben Rhodes finished seventh, notching his third consecutive top-10 finish to
start 2018.
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Cody Coughlin earned his first top-10 result in finishing eighth.
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Justin Fontaine finished a season-best ninth in earning his second top-10
finish in three races.
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Austin Hill rounded out the top 10 with a season-best finish and a third
consecutive season with at least one top-10 finish.
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Las Vegas native Noah Gragson, who finished 12th, led 12 laps, and is the only
driver to lead at least one lap in each of the first three races this season.
He also won the first stage, his second stage victory of the season.
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The following drivers competed in their first Truck Series race of the season:
Justin Marks (finished 11th); Michel Disdier (19th); Bayley Currey (20th); Mike
Harmon (22nd); B.J. McLeod (23rd); Tommy Regan (27th); and Mike Senica (30th).
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Korbin Forrister, Clay Greenfield, Parker Kligerman and Bo LeMastus missed
their first race of the season in Las Vegas.
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Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger, Spencer Davis and Dalton Sargeant
have all completed every lap this season.
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A total of 19 drivers improved on their starting position in the race.
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The next race will be Saturday, March 24, with the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville
Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.
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