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 Blaney recovered from an early race penalty for jumping a restart to
find himself closing on leader Matt Crafton with five laps
remaining. When Ty Dillon spun on Lap 196, it triggered the final
caution of the night and the opportunity for Blaney to steal
Crafton's thunder. On the final restart, Crafton's truck sputtered,
failing to come up to speed, allowing Blaney to take off and seal
his fourth career NCWTS victory.
"It feels really good," Blaney said. "I'm proud of everyone on this
No. 29 team. I've had a chance to drive this truck four times this
year and we've come really, really close every single time and to
finally get it to Victory Lane, my last start of the year for this
truck, it really means a lot to get Chad (Kendrick, crew chief) and
Brad (Keselowski, team owner) back to Victory Lane.
"To do that in that fashion coming from a lap down and being able to
drive through the field like that says a lot about our race team and
a lot about what as an organization we can do."
Keystone Light Pole Award winner Kyle Busch's slow start allowed
outside pole-sitter Blaney to steal the lead early by the exit of
Turn 1, controlling the field through the first caution on Lap 31
for a spin in Turn 2.
On the restart, Blaney roared away from the field, but a few laps
later, NASCAR black-flagged him on Lap 37 for jumping the restart,
forcing a pass-through penalty, giving the lead to Cole Custer.
Busch, who restarted fifth, methodically worked his way forward and
attempted to take the lead away from the young NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series winner, but Custer kept Busch at bay through the race's
second caution on Lap 79 for debris in Turn 1.
Busch and Johnny Sauter would trade the lead following the caution,
before Custer returned to the top spot on lap 90.
A more than 1.5-second lead for Custer would be erased when Ray
Black Jr. and Caleb Holman crashed in Turn 4 on lap 112.
With darkening skies overhead and the threat of rain approaching the
World's Fastest Half-Mile, a majority of the teams elected to stay
out. Despite his best efforts, Crafton tried to snatch the lead away
from the JR Motorsports driver, but to no avail.
Custer slowly saw Crafton become a diminishing factor in his
rear-view mirror until he hit heavy lap traffic with 50 laps
remaining. That's when Spencer Gallagher spun in Turns 3 and 4, and
Custer found himself trapped in the high-line and collided with
Gallagher.
Heavy front-end damage sent the No. 00 Chevrolet to pit road for
repairs, eliminating the NASCAR Next driver from competition. As the
accident happened, Crafton slipped by on the inside and took the
lead -- which he held until the green-white-checkered restart that
lost him the race.
While under yellow for the fourth time of the night, heavy rain
began to fall, causing a red flag for 45 minutes, 50 seconds while
the track was dried.
Next up for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is the Aug. 30
race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the third-annual Chevrolet
Silverado 250. Blaney is the defending champion.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race -- UNOH 200 presented by
ZLOOP
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
1. (2) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 202, $46349.
2. (1) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 202, $31811.
3. (7) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 202, $25409.
4. (17) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 202, $19358.
5. (3) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 202, $17800.
6. (4) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 202, $16114.
7. (6) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 202, $16948.
8. (19) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 202, $15892.
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9. (12) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 202, $15837.
10. (18) Dalton Sargeant, Toyota, 202, $14482.
11. (14) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 202, $15726.
12. (15) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 202, $15560.
13. (10) David Gilliland(i), Ford, 202, $13253.
14. (21) JJ Haley, Chevrolet, 202, $13198.
15. (11) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 202, $15965.
16. (5) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 202, $15282.
17. (24) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 201, $15221.
18. (9) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 201, $15143.
19. (26) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 199, $15088.
20. (22) Justin Jennings, Chevrolet, 199, $15532.
21. (20) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 198, $14977.
22. (13) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 195, $14949.
23. (23) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 194, $12672.
24. (31) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 190, $14894.
25. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 189, $13739.
26. (32) Wendell Chavous #, Chevrolet, 188, $13533.
27. (30) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 176, $12505.
28. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 176, $12258.
29. (25) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, Brakes, 158, $12202.
30. (16) Daniel Suarez(i), Toyota, Overheating, 154, $11202.
31. (8) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, Accident, 112, $10702.
32. (27) Tyler Tanner, Chevrolet, Brakes, 12, $9202.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 80.481 mph.
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 20 Mins, 16 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.512
Seconds.
Caution Flags: 5 for 41 laps.
Lead Changes: 9 among 6 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K. Busch(i) 0; R. Blaney(i) 1-37; C. Custer 38-78; K.
Busch(i) 79-82; J. Sauter 83-89; C. Custer 90-159; M. Crafton
160-174; B. Jones # 175; M. Crafton 176-199; R. Blaney(i) 200-202.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Custer 2 times
for 111 laps; R. Blaney(i) 2 times for 40 laps; M. Crafton 2 times
for 39 laps; J. Sauter 1 time for 7 laps; K. Busch(i) 1 time for 4
laps; B. Jones # 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: T. Reddick -- 550; M. Crafton -- 544; E. Jones #
-- 543; J. Sauter -- 497; D. Hemric # -- 460; C. Hayley # -- 451; T.
Peters -- 448; J. Townley -- 447; S. Gallagher # -- 416; B. Kennedy
-- 410.
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