Event statistics following the 11th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the Overton’s 225 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.
Brett Moffitt passed John Hunter Nemechek on the final lap of the race to score his third victory of the season. It was Moffitt’s second win this season in which he picked up the lead for the final time in the final two laps (led only the final two laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway in February; overall, he led 17 laps at Chicagoland). Ben Rhodes finished a season-best second, ahead of points leader Johnny Sauter, polesitter Noah Gragson and Gragson’s Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate, Brandon Jones, who advanced a race-high 11 positions . Nemechek slipped to seventh at the checkered flag after leading a race-high 64 laps.
Race Statistics
Overton’s 225
Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, Illinois
- Winner (starting position): Brett Moffitt (6th)
- Top Five: Brett Moffitt, Ben Rhodes, Johnny Sauter, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones
- Full Results: Brett Moffitt, Ben Rhodes, Johnny Sauter, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones, Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Grant Enfinger, Austin Hill, Myatt Snider, Matt Crafton, Cody Coughlin, Austin Wayne Self, Justin Fontaine, Bo LeMastus, Todd Gilliland, Jordan Anderson, Korbin Forrister, Stewart Friesen, Dalton Sargeant, Josh Reaume, Wendell Chavous, Max Tullman, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Brian Kaltreider, Ross Chastain, Bayley Currey, Joe Nemechek, J.J. Yeley, Camden Murphy, Norm Benning, Mike Harmon
- Laps Completed: 150
- Laps Led: John Hunter Nemechek (64), Noah Gragson (42), Dalton Sargeant (24), Brett Moffitt (17), Korbin Forrister (2), Jennifer Jo Cobb (1)
- Pole Position: Noah Gragson (175.131 mph; 30.834 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Brandon Jones (+11; 16th to 5th)
- Margin of Victory: 5.092 seconds
- Truck Count: 32
- Trucks Entered: 33
- Trucks Running at Finish: 24 (of 32; or 75 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 9
- Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
- Average Speed: 119.346 mph
- Lead Changes: 17
- Stage Winners: John Hunter Nemechek (1), Noah Gragson (2)
- Manufacturer Breakdown: Chevrolet (22); Toyota (6); Ford (4)
- Weather at Start of Race: 87 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, winds N 4 mph
- Weather at End of Race: 84 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, winds S 4 mph
Notes of Interest – Race Recap
- This was the 11th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
- This is Brett Moffitt’s third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season and the fourth of his career. Moffitt also won earlier this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway.
- This is Moffitt’s second victory of the month, as he also won at Iowa Speedway on June 16.
- Moffitt’s third victory is one shy of Johnny Sauter’s season-best four victories. In addition to Sauter and Moffitt, four other drivers have won races this season – Kyle Busch, John Hunter Nemechek, Noah Gragson and Justin Haley, who earned his first career win June 23 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
- Moffitt’s three victories are the most he’s had in a season. Overall, he’s won four races in 24 career Truck Series starts (all four wins in a 19-race span).
- All four of Moffitt’s victories have come at different tracks. This marks Moffitt’s second victory on a mile-and-a-half track (Atlanta, 2018).
- Three of Moffitt’s wins have come with truck owner Shigeaki Hattori.
- Moffitt led 17 laps, and has now led six races this season for a total of 168 laps. Of those 168 laps led, 111 of them have come in the last three races.
- Moffitt started from the sixth position. It marks the first time this season a driver has won from the sixth starting position and first time ever at Chicagoland Speedway. Ben Rhodes was the last driver to start from sixth and win a Truck Series race, having done so at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in September 2017.
- This is the second time Moffitt has won a Truck Series race from the sixth position. His first series victory at Michigan International Speedway in 2016 also came from the sixth starting spot.
- All four of Moffitt’s victories have come in a Toyota.
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