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2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200

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2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 21 of 23 in the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway
Date October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)
Location Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 200 laps, 105.2 mi (169.3 km)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 19.844
Most laps led
Driver Brett Moffitt GMS Racing
Laps 80
Winner
No. 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on October 26, 2019, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 21st race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, fifth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 6.

Background

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Track

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Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

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No. Driver Team Manufacturer
0 Cody McMahan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet
3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet
4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford
15 Tanner Gray (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota
17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet
24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet
30 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota
33 Dawson Cram Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet
34 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota
44 Jeb Burton (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet
54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota
56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford
98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford

Practice

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First practice

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Christian Eckes was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.851 seconds and a speed of 95.391 mph (153.517 km/h).[4]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.851 95.391
2 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.004 94.661
3 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.043 94.477

Final practice

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Todd Gilliland was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.788 seconds and a speed of 95.694 mph (154.005 km/h).[4]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.788 95.694
2 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.881 95.247
3 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 19.897 95.170

Qualifying

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Christian Eckes scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.844 seconds and a speed of 95.424 mph (153.570 km/h).[5]

Qualifying results

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Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Time
1 51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.844
2 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 19.860
3 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 19.908
4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 19.926
5 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 19.940
6 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 19.951
7 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 19.954
8 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 19.987
9 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 20.003
10 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20.007
11 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20.013
12 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.059
13 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.064
14 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.119
15 15 Tanner Gray (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 20.137
16 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.175
17 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 20.183
18 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 20.226
19 30 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 20.244
20 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 20.245
21 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 20.245
22 56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 20.267
23 20 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.338
24 44 Jeb Burton (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.489
25 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 20.527
26 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 20.715
27 33 Dawson Cram Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20.844
28 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 20.990
29 34 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 21.414
30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 21.624
31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 22.116
32 0 Cody McMahan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.067

. – Playoffs driver

Race

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Summary

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Christian Eckes started on pole, but Brett Moffitt took the lead from him and held it until the end of Stage 1. One caution occurred during Stage 1 for Ray Ciccarelli spinning.

In Stage 2, Tanner Gray spun on lap 78 and brought out a caution. The leaders pitted, giving the lead to Grant Enfinger on lap 82, while Matt Crafton stalled out with engine issues. Sam Mayer took the lead on the restart and held it to the end of the second stage.

Stage 3 began with several wrecks; the first occurring when Natalie Decker collided with Jeb Burton and collected Moffitt, Dawson Cram, and Tyler Dippel. Another caution occurred immediately after the restart as Ross Chastain slipped past Mayer before Mayer was involved in a wreck that also involved Austin Hill, Tyler Ankrum, Enfinger, and Todd Gilliland, which brought out a lengthy red flag. The race afterwards had numerous cautions; Ciccarelli spun again, while Stewart Friesen was turned by Johnny Sauter. Eckes briefly took the lead away from Chastain but lost it soon after, while Spencer Boyd collided with Jordan Anderson, also collecting Norm Benning and Ben Rhodes.

With 20 laps remaining, Jennifer Jo Cobb's truck lost an axle, and Gilliland passed Chastain for the lead on the restart with 10 laps left. The final caution came on lap 194 when Decker and Anderson collided and collected Gus Dean, setting up an overtime.

Harrison Burton had contact with Chastain on the final lap, beginning a series of incidents. Gilliland survived the incidents and took the victory, with Chastain finishing second. Timmy Hill notably earned his best finish of 5th place in the race.

Similarly to the previous week's race, none of the playoffs drivers had locked themselves into the final round due to a non-playoffs driver winning the race. Crafton and Ankrum left the race below the cutoff line.

Fox Sports 1 was heavily criticized for cutting off the live feed of the race's final two laps in order to switch to the college football game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Iowa State Cyclones. As a result, NASCAR fans not in attendance missed Gilliland's win.[6]

Stage results

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Stage One Laps: 50

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 10
2 51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 8
4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 7
5 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 6
6 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 5
7 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 4
8 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 3
9 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 2
10 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage Two Laps: 50

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 10
2 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 9
3 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 8
4 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 6
6 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 3
9 30 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 2
10 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 1

Final Stage results

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Stage Three Laps: 100

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 11 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 201 40
2 12 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 201 43
3 6 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 201 43
4 9 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 201 44
5 22 56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 201 0
6 7 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 201 35
7 10 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 201 0
8 19 30 Danny Bohn (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 201 31
9 24 44 Jeb Burton (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 201 0
10 18 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 201 27
11 14 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 201 26
12 25 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 201 25
13 27 33 Dawson Cram Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 201 24
14 16 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 201 23
15 23 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 201 22
16 8 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 201 29
17 1 51 Christian Eckes Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 201 35
18 3 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 201 24
19 20 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 201 18
20 15 15 Tanner Gray (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 201 17
21 28 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Chevrolet 199 16
22 26 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 199 15
23 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 193 21
24 30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 163 13
25 5 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 133 16
26 17 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 127 19
27 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 127 10
28 21 21 Sam Mayer GMS Racing Chevrolet 122 19
29 2 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 122 22
30 13 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 121 12
31 29 34 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 37 6
32 32 0 Cody McMahan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 0 5

. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.

. – Playoffs driver

References

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  1. ^ "2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Series Schedule". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Martinsville Speedway". March 26, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Tomlinson, Joy (October 22, 2019). "Entry List: NASCAR Hall of Fame 200". Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Roller, Josh (October 25, 2019). "Christian Eckes, Todd Gilliland Top Martinsville Truck Practices". Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Coburn, Wesley (October 26, 2019). "Christian Eckes wins NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 Pole at Martinsville". Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Fair, Asher (October 27, 2019). "NASCAR: Fox Sports 1 robs fans of Todd Gilliland's first Truck win". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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