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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Zane Smith spent nearly half of Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race sitting idle in the Talladega Superspeedway garage while the field whisked by, lap after lap. He sat in his No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford, which showed the battle scars of a scary pit-road incident and the underneath scattering of parts from a slipping clutch.

Smith’s title defense took a severe hit in Saturday’s Love’s RV Stop 250 with a 32nd-place finish on a day where multiple playoff drivers found conflict. Smith’s trouble was the most dramatic, as his truck skidded sideways on the entry to his pit stall during the Stage 1 break, sliding into the team’s tire carrier, Charlie Plank.

RELATED: Race results | Weekend schedule

“I watched in my mirror, and I saw Charles running, and I was just in a slide, and I couldn’t do anything about it,” said Smith, who said he had checked his brakes before making his stop. “Obviously hit him, and my heart just sunk. I felt terrible. … That’s one of a driver’s probably biggest fears.”

The contact sent Plank and the two Goodyear tires he had in hand flying, but the crew member was reported OK by the team before the race went back green. Plank conducted an interview with FS1 and said he intended to finish the race.

“When I looked and I saw him standing out there, I’m like, ‘Man, I hope he jumps,’ and luckily he did,” No. 38 crew chief Chris Lawson told NASCAR.com. “So it just, it lets your body take a lot more of the energy, and luckily, like I said, it kept him from getting hurt. So, honestly, I think he was tougher than the truck. Like, look at him. He doesn’t have nothing on him, and the truck’s tore all to pieces. So yeah, tough dude, and just thankful, honestly, that nobody did get hurt on that one, too.”

Smith failed to keep pace upon his return to the race, not because of the slight right-rear damage but because his truck was unable to stay in gear. He didn’t head back to the track until 21 laps remained in regulation.

The repairs and his return helped Smith gain three points, but his deficit stands at 36 points below the provisional elimination line with just the Oct. 21 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway remaining in the Round of 8. Four drivers will be trimmed from championship eligibility, and the other four will race for the Craftsman Trucks title in the Nov. 3 finale at Phoenix Raceway.

Smith could conceivably advance on the basis of points, but the most realistic route likely rests with winning at the 1.5-mile South Florida track.

“I’m gonna do everything I possibly can to go win the race,” said Smith, who is headed to the Cup Series next season. “My last two truck races, so I’ll give it my all, lay it all on the line and see what happens.”

Said Lawson: “We’re gonna go to Homestead and do what we were gonna go to do there anyway. We weren’t going there not to win, so now it’s just gonna mean a little more. So yeah, I don’t feel any different than I did coming into this one. I feel like we just got to go there and execute and no mistakes, and I feel like we’re gonna have a shot at it. So we’ll see.”

If there’s a silver lining, Brett Moffitt took a Front Row Motorsports truck to Victory Lane in a one-off start, denying other postseason contenders from locking in their Championship 4 spot. Tops among those was former series champ Ben Rhodes, who was unable to make a winning move down the stretch and was the Talladega runner-up by 0.089 seconds.

The next best bet among the remaining playoff drivers was Christian Eckes, who led the field under the white flag in his No. 19 Chevrolet. His victory hopes unraveled in the final lap of overtime when he scooted too far out front and was unable to block the onrushing pack through the second turn. He was shuffled out of line and faded to a 19th-place finish, last on the lead lap.

Eckes entered the race with a 29-point cushion but now sits just plus-9 headed to Homestead.

“I didn’t really want to do that, but I was told to do that,” Eckes told NASCAR.com as he walked back to the garage. “So, not going to point fingers or do anything else, but we lost another one and killed our cushion, so less than thrilled.”

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Brushy Mountain Powersports 150

North Wilkesboro Speedway

  • Qualifying results
Pos Car No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed
1 64 Austin Beers AP Marquadt & Sons/Lumiere Electrical/Andrew James Interiors 18.318 122.83
2 60 Matt Hirschman PeeDee Motorsports/Coyler Trucking 18.468 121.832
3 14 Patrick Emerling Advantage Trucks/Anastasi Trucking 18.502 121.608
4 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 18.549 121.3
5 82 Craig Lutz Horton Avenue Materials 18.569 121.17
6 3 Jake Johnson* Propane Plus/Lin’s Propane Trucks 18.598 120.981
7 7 Doug Coby Mayhew Tools 18.599 120.974
8 23 Carson Loftin* L&R Transmissions/Lebleu Bottled Water 18.601 120.961
9 38 Bobby Labonte Pace-O-Matic/Cook Out/Units/Coca-Cola 18.628 120.786
10 32 Tyler Rypkema Northeast Driling/MUSCO Lighting 18.637 120.728
11 39 Ryan Newman Pace-O-Matic/Aggressive Hydraulics/Montrose Molders 18.649 120.65
12 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine & Future Homes 18.666 120.54
13 70 Andy Seuss Rockingham Boat 18.668 120.527
14 19 Anthony Sesely Wanick Construction Inc. 18.67 120.514
15 36 Dave Sapienza Sapienza Enterprises/Eastport Feeds 18.703 120.302
16 21 Jacob Perry* The Royal Screw Machine Co. 18.736 120.09
17 92 Anthony Nocella Nocella Paving/K and D Associates/Airgas 18.739 120.07
18 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating, Inc. 18.752 119.987
19 1 Burt Myers Citrusafe Cleaners 18.764 119.91
20 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 18.783 119.789
21 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 18.79 119.745
22 20 Edward McCarthy Jr. McCarthy’s Marine Sales 18.827 119.509
23 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprera 18.831 119.484
24 04 Brandon Ward KevinSaysYes.com/Kevin Powell’s Foothill Ford 18.838 119.439
25 34 JB Fortin A&R Materials/John’s Fuel Oil 18.839 119.433
26 28 John-Michael Shenette * Eighty-Two Services/Heinz Performance 18.841 119.42
27 44 Bobby Santos III Harshaw Paving/Olivas Market 18.844 119.401
28 17 Chase Dowling Start Finish Production/S&S Paving 18.866 119.262
29 06 Sam Rameau Quality Fleet Services/Dennison Lubricants 18.9 119.048
30 59 Brett Meservey* BNP Machine 18.902 119.035
31 4 Tim Connolly Connolly Companies LLC 19.032 118.222
32 24 Andrew Krause Supreme Manufacturing Co. 19.05 118.11
33 77 Gary Putnam Curb Records/Mowhawk Northeast 19.132 117.604
34 09 Chris Hatton* Generac/HTR Racing/Race Radios Direct 19.272 116.75
35 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood Market & Restaurant 19.273 116.744
36 99 Jamie Tomaino Tony’s Competition Engines 19.809 113.585
37 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Ave Landscape Supply/L.I. Wood Heat 19.919 112.957
38 01 Melissa Fifield Pine Knoll Auto Sales 20.101 111.935
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Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton were involved in a post-race altercation in the garage following Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, showed Sanchez and numerous others on the ground in the garage area following the event. Sanchez’s face was bloodied after the incident, which he said began after a tap from behind after the race.

MORE: Moffitt captures ‘Dega in OT | Photos from the race

“I was walking back to the hauler, got a tap on my back, got punched in the face,” Sanchez told reporters after being treated and released from the infield care center. “Cheap shot, but is what it is I guess. I’m all for fighting, but no cheap shots, and I got a cheap shot. Never really had a chance to get him back, but it is what it is. It’s part of racing.”

The two drivers’ trucks made contact at Lap 93 of Saturday’s race exiting Turn 4, a collision that triggered a significant multitruck wreck before the race’s nearing conclusion. Sanchez dove to Crafton’s left exiting the corner, putting his truck in the middle of a three-wide scenario. While making the move, Sanchez contacted the left-rear corner of Crafton’s truck, tipping him into traffic and initiating the pileup.

Crafton’s pit stall sat directly next to Sanchez’s, and following the crash, the 47-year-old and three-time series champion parked his No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford between the two pit boxes. Upon exiting his truck, Crafton was seen exchanging words with crew members of Sanchez’s No. 2 Rev Racing Chevrolet.

“I heard a little bit about it but not a lot,” Sanchez said of the pit-road exchange. “It’s Talladega. It’s plate racing. I mean yeah, it was an aggressive move I made, but I held my line, right? It is what it is and it happens every year.”

Asked if he needed stitches, Sanchez replied: “No, I think they just glued my face and a slight break over here, I don’t know,” gesturing to the tip of his nose. “But I’m fine.”

NASCAR.com has reached out to ThorSport Racing for further comment on the incident. Crafton posted a thread on X Sunday afternoon explaining his side of the incident.

Sanchez leaves Talladega three points above the elimination line in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs standings. One race remains in the Round of 8, which will conclude at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 21 (12 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Crafton qualified for the playoffs but was one of two drivers eliminated from title contention following the Round of 10 conclusion at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 8.

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Harrison Burton will return as the driver of Wood Brothers Racing’s No. 21 Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2024, he confirmed Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

The 22-year-old driver currently ranks 31st in the Cup Series standings. He confirmed the news to The Athletic.

RELATED: Harrison Burton driver page

Burton has four top-10 finishes in the last two seasons, with a best result of third place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in his rookie year. He had acknowledged in August that he had been a topic of rumors in recent weeks but that he preferred to stay with the Wood Brothers as his career progressed.

“At the end of the day, it’s fairly easy for me because I am happy where I’m at, and I hope to continue to race where I’m at,” Burton said. “You know, it’s fairly easy for me to kind of just go to work with the guys that I’ve worked with for the last year and a half or so, and yeah, it’s not super distracting at this point.”

The Wood Brothers recently made a change at crew chief, bringing back Jeremy Bullins atop the No. 21 pit box for the final 10 races of this season and for next year’s schedule. Bullins traded places with fellow crew chief Brian Wilson, who moved to the No. 2 Ford of the affiliated Team Penske operation.

RELATED: Catch up on latest Silly Season moves

The Wood Brothers have been fielding Cup Series entries since 1953. The team’s next victory in NASCAR’s top division will be its 100th.

Burton joined the No. 21 team for the 2022 campaign after two full seasons in the Xfinity Series. The next-generation driver won four times during his tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing, and his move to the Cup Series also meant a transition from Toyota to a Ford allegiance.

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Three NASCAR Cup Series cars failed pre-race technical inspection twice at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon.

The No. 2 Team Penske Ford, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford and No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford each needed a third trip through the inspection line ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Yellawood 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

MORE: Talladega schedule | At-track photos: Talladega

Each of the teams had its car chief ejected from the event: Cody Sauls from the No. 2 Ford driven by Austin Cindric; Lucas Tucker from the No. 38 Ford driven by Todd Gilliland; and Anthony Cardamone from the No. 41 Ford driven by Ryan Preece.

In addition, those three teams also lost their respective ability to choose their pit stalls for Sunday’s race, which marks the second event in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. – Brett Moffitt made it a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start to remember, pulling off an amazing three-wide move to the front during an overtime restart to claim the victory in Saturday’s Love’s RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway – the former series champion’s first series race of the 2023 season ending in his first superspeedway victory.

It was a typically dramatic day on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks, taking an overtime restart to settle the busy day of competition. Moffitt restarted on the front row alongside Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs driver Christian Eckes following a 10-truck accident with two laps remaining in regulation that forced the OT finish.

Eckes moved up the track to block Moffitt from a run, but the veteran Moffitt deftly dropped his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford to the middle of the track and pulled away to a 0.089-second victory over playoff driver Ben Rhodes while Eckes lost momentum, drifted backward and ended up 19th.

MORE: Race results | At-track photos: Talladega

All eight Talladega truck playoff races have now been won by non-playoff drivers.

“It’s pretty awesome,’’ said the 31-year-old Moffitt, the 2018 series champion. “I’ve notably struggled on the superspeedways in the past and dreaded coming to them. But this was an all-pressure-off situation that Front Row gave me to go out there and try to help a teammate. Obviously, that didn’t work out for that group. But to come here and have a shot at a win and to do it, is just amazing.

“Reminds me of the good ole days and I want to get back to doing this on a regular basis so we’ll see what happens.’’

It was an especially dramatic day for the eight playoff drivers still vying for one of the four championship-eligible positions in the Nov. 3 finale. Among them, Rhodes was the top finishing driver – even though he did not lead a lap Saturday.

“This style of racing, you never know what to expect,’’ said Rhodes, driver of the No. 99 ThorSport Ford. “Just all in all, really happy we were able to finish second. We needed this for a points day. I think last year we were seven points out coming to Homestead and we made it to the Championship 4. We’re eight out now so we did what we needed to do just one spot short. It would have been a real luxury to lock ourselves in today.”

Tricon Garage driver Dean Thompson finished third with Rackley W.A.R. Racing’s Chandler Smith and Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim, the championship leader rounding out the top five.

There were only three playoff drivers in the top 10 and that was a true effort for seventh-place finisher Nick Sanchez. Although the Rev Racing driver dominated a lot of the afternoon, winning a stage and leading a race-best 25 laps on the day, he received a pass-through penalty for laying back on a restart with 32 laps remaining that set him back in the field. He made his way forward again in the No. 2 Chevrolet only to be involved in the final multitruck accident that forced an overtime restart.

He still finished seventh and having earned 19 stage points on the day while so many other playoff driers also involved in incidents, he improved his position in the standings and will go into the next race – on Oct. 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He’s ranked fourth, three points ahead of fifth place Grant Enfinger. The top four ranked drivers following the Homestead race advance to the Championship round, on Nov. 3 at Phoenix Raceway.

The GMS Racing driver Enfinger was also among those playoff competitors caught up in multiple accidents on the afternoon. He finished 13th. Niece Motorsport’s Carson Hocevar was 11th.  ThorSport’s Ty Majeski was 21st.

Reigning series champion Zane Smith — race winner Moffitt’s teammate — had a rough afternoon from an incident on pit road to mechanical problems that set him back early. His truck hit his crew member Charles Plank coming into the team’s pit stall on the first stop of the day.  Plank, a tire carrier, was okay and even finished out the race.

A lap later, however, Smith’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford suffered clutch problems and made multiple stops on pit road before going behind the wall for more extensive repairs.

RELATED: FRM’s Plank: ‘I’m great to go’

He returned to the track in the closing laps and moved up two finishing positions in the race standings to salvage some points. He drops to last place in the championship standings, however, 36 points behind Sanchez on the cutoff line and needing to win at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“I feel terrible about that, so that wasn’t a great start,’’ Smith said of the pit road incident with his crew member.

“And then after that rolled off pit road down the backstretch, my clutch started slipping and it got worse and worse and worse. So fighting that and changing the clutch to get back out there.

“Just such a bummer. It’s a tough situation here.”

Heim is the only playoff driver who has already secured a position in the Championship 4 thanks to his win at Bristol. Hocevar leads the points standings – up 23 points in fifth place. Eckes is third and Sanchez fourth.

Enfinger (-3) is ranked fifth, followed by Rhodes (-5), Majeski (-19) and Smith (-36).

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs continue on Oct. 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the top four drivers in the standings after the race set to decide the Championship in the Nov. 3 season finale at Phoenix. Majeski is the defending Homestead-Miami race winner.

Following the race, there was an incident in the garage area between the 47-year-old former series champion Matt Crafton and the 22-year-old Rookie of the Year Sanchez that left Sanchez’s face bloodied. NASCAR is investigating the situation and will announce its findings and any penalties next week.

MORE: Details on post-race altercation with Sanchez, Crafton

Note: Inspection in the Truck Series garage at Talladega concluded without issue, confirming Moffitt as the race winner. The Nos. 20 and 52 trucks, driven by Greg Van Alst and Stewart Friesen, respectively, will be taken back to the NASCAR Research & Development Center for safety inspections.

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Brushy Mountain Powersports 150

North Wilkesboro Speedway

  • Practice results
Pos Car No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 64 Austin Beers AP Marquadt & Sons/Lumiere Electrical/Andrew James Interiors 18.426 122.11 1 48
2 60 Matt Hirschman PeeDee Motorsports/Coyler Trucking 18.439 122.024 17 28 0.013
3 14 Patrick Emerling Advantage Trucks/Anastasi Trucking 18.537 121.379 21 40 0.111
4 82 Craig Lutz Horton Avenue Materials 18.539 121.366 6 25 0.113
5 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 18.601 120.961 2 38 0.175
6 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating, Inc. 18.701 120.314 8 52 0.275
7 32 Tyler Rypkema Northeast Driling/MUSCO Lighting 18.702 120.308 2 38 0.276
8 36 Dave Sapienza Sapienza Enterprises/Eastport Feeds 18.707 120.276 2 33 0.281
9 17 Chase Dowling Start Finish Production/S&S Paving 18.711 120.25 10 10 0.285
10 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 18.721 120.186 2 16 0.295
11 19 Anthony Sesely Wanick Construction Inc. 18.737 120.083 2 6 0.311
12 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine & Future Homes 18.74 120.064 6 45 0.314
13 3 Jake Johnson* Propane Plus/Lin’s Propane Trucks 18.76 119.936 2 30 0.334
14 38 Bobby Labonte Pace-O-Matic/Cook Out/Units/Coca-Cola 18.76 119.936 1 35 0.334
15 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprera 18.781 119.802 1 2 0.355
16 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 18.798 119.694 9 27 0.372
17 7 Doug Coby Mayhew Tools 18.813 119.598 1 47 0.387
18 70 Andy Seuss Rockingham Boat 18.823 119.535 1 22 0.397
19 23 Carson Loftin* L&R Transmissions/Lebleu Bottled Water 18.85 119.363 2 49 0.424
20 4 Tim Connolly Connolly Companies LLC 18.856 119.325 1 31 0.43
21 92 Anthony Nocella Nocella Paving/K and D Associates/Airgas 18.893 119.092 5 50 0.467
22 39 Ryan Newman Pace-O-Matic/Aggressive Hydraulics/Montrose Molders 18.895 119.079 2 34 0.469
23 44 Bobby Santos III Harshaw Paving/Olivas Market 18.941 118.79 2 28 0.515
24 24 Andrew Krause Supreme Manufacturing Co. 18.983 118.527 2 29 0.557
25 1 Burt Myers Citrusafe Cleaners 18.995 118.452 10 29 0.569
26 06 Sam Rameau Quality Fleet Services/Dennison Lubricants 19.001 118.415 5 22 0.575
27 04 Brandon Ward KevinSaysYes.com/Kevin Powell’s Foothill Ford 19.046 118.135 6 29 0.62
28 20 Edward McCarthy Jr. McCarthy’s Marine Sales 19.054 118.085 6 38 0.628
29 21 Jacob Perry* The Royal Screw Machine Co. 19.054 118.085 2 20 0.628
30 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood Market & Restaurant 19.139 117.561 2 6 0.713
31 28 John-Michael Shenette * Eighty-Two Services/Heinz Performance 19.194 117.224 14 39 0.768
32 34 JB Fortin A&R Materials/John’s Fuel Oil 19.223 117.047 9 26 0.797
33 59 Brett Meservey* BNP Machine 19.247 116.901 2 30 0.821
34 77 Gary Putnam Curb Records/Mowhawk Northeast 19.334 116.375 14 14 0.908
35 99 Jamie Tomaino Tony’s Competition Engines 19.908 113.02 2 7 1.482
36 09 Chris Hatton* Generac/HTR Racing/Race Radios Direct 20.136 111.74 4 13 1.71
37 01 Melissa Fifield Pine Knoll Auto Sales 20.187 111.458 4 33 1.761
38 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Ave Landscape Supply/L.I. Wood Heat 20.484 109.842 10 31 2.058
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Stewart Friesen and Greg Van Alst were both transported to a local hospital for further evaluation after separate crashes during Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs Round of 8 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Friesen and postseason contender Christian Eckes collided on entry to Turn 3 during the contest’s 39th lap, with Eckes’ right-front fender tipping Friesen’s truck in the left rear. The nose of Friesen’s Toyota bounced off the right side of Tyler Ankrum’s truck, sending both vehicles into the retaining SAFER barrier.

RELATED: Race results | Weekend schedule

Friesen exited his truck under his own power but appeared shaken after the impact. The AMR Safety Team assisted Friesen to the ambulance, which first transported him to the infield care center before he was later transported to a local hospital. An update posted to Friesen’s social media account early Sunday morning confirmed Friesen was “treated, evaluated and released” from the hospital as of 12:25 a.m. ET.

Van Alst was collected in a significant multitruck accident at Lap 93 just before the race’s conclusion. His No. 20 Chevrolet veered right as numerous others crashed ahead of him, sending his truck nose-first into the outside SAFER barrier entering the frontstretch’s tri-oval. All four tires lifted off the ground in the impact before the vehicle settled back onto the race track and slid to a halt.

Van Alst, winner of the ARCA Menards Series opener at Daytona in February, also climbed from the machine under his own power and was transported for further evaluation.

According to his social media account, Van Alst was diagnosed with a fractured vertebrae and also released from the hospital early Sunday morning.

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Brushy Mountain Powersports 150

North Wilkesboro Speedway

  • Practice results
Pos Car No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 14 Patrick Emerling Advantage Trucks/Anastasi Trucking 18.687 120.405 25 26  —
2 44 Bobby Santos III Harshaw Paving/Olivas Market 18.748 120.013 24 25 0.061
3 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 18.854 119.338 2 29 0.167
4 82 Craig Lutz Horton Avenue Materials 18.87 119.237 2 34 0.183
5 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 18.896 119.073 32 51 0.209
6 60 Matt Hirschman PeeDee Motorsports/Coyler Trucking 18.934 118.834 9 15 0.247
7 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine & Future Homes 18.936 118.821 4 43 0.249
8 23 Carson Loftin* L&R Transmissions/Lebleu Bottled Water 18.959 118.677 45 46 0.272
9 7 Doug Coby Mayhew Tools 18.962 118.658 6 36 0.275
10 17 Chase Dowling Start Finish Production/S&S Paving 18.972 118.596 2 21 0.285
11 36 Dave Sapienza Sapienza Enterprises/Eastport Feeds 19.003 118.402 3 34 0.316
12 1 Burt Myers Citrusafe Cleaners 19.015 118.328 6 28 0.328
13 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 19.015 118.328 9 29 0.328
14 70 Andy Seuss Rockingham Boat 19.062 118.036 3 29 0.375
15 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating, Inc. 19.083 117.906 3 34 0.396
16 34 JB Fortin A&R Materials/John’s Fuel Oil 19.104 117.776 11 25 0.417
17 59 Brett Meservey* BNP Machine 19.112 117.727 12 48 0.425
18 64 Austin Beers AP Marquadt & Sons/Lumiere Electrical/Andrew James Interiors 19.123 117.659 3 51 0.436
19 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprera 19.139 117.561 3 63 0.452
20 19 Anthony Sesely Wanick Construction Inc. 19.148 117.506 5 38 0.461
21 32 Tyler Rypkema Northeast Driling/MUSCO Lighting 19.162 117.42 3 47 0.475
22 3 Jake Johnson* Propane Plus/Lin’s Propane Trucks 19.167 117.389 3 31 0.48
23 92 Anthony Nocella Nocella Paving/K and D Associates/Airgas 19.209 117.133 3 31 0.522
24 24 Andrew Krause Supreme Manufacturing Co. 19.255 116.853 4 32 0.568
25 39 Ryan Newman Pace-O-Matic/Aggressive Hydraulics/Montrose Molders 19.256 116.847 2 25 0.569
26 04 Brandon Ward KevinSaysYes.com/Kevin Powell’s Foothill Ford 19.281 116.695 11 14 0.594
27 38 Bobby Labonte Pace-O-Matic/Cook Out/Units/Coca-Cola 19.322 116.448 3 40 0.635
28 06 Sam Rameau Quality Fleet Services/Dennison Lubricants 19.343 116.321 3 41 0.656
29 4 Tim Connolly Connolly Companies LLC 19.352 116.267 20 22 0.665
30 20 Edward McCarthy Jr. McCarthy’s Marine Sales 19.421 115.854 4 30 0.734
31 21 Jacob Perry* The Royal Screw Machine Co. 19.566 114.995 3 32 0.879
32 77 Gary Putnam Curb Records/Mowhawk Northeast 19.64 114.562 2 28 0.953
33 99 Jamie Tomaino Tony’s Competition Engines 19.681 114.323 11 12 0.994
34 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood Market & Restaurant 19.772 113.797 3 25 1.085
35 28 John-Michael Shenette * Eighty-Two Services/Heinz Performance 19.819 113.527 5 35 1.132
36 09 Chris Hatton* Generac/HTR Racing/Race Radios Direct 19.981 112.607 13 22 1.294
37 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Ave Landscape Supply/L.I. Wood Heat 20.063 112.147 3 16 1.376
38 01 Melissa Fifield Pine Knoll Auto Sales 21.471 104.793 17 37 2.784
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Following the incident at Martinsville Speedway after qualifying race #2 of the Late Model Stock Car race, the below penalties were assessed.

Pursuant to rules:

9-4 Driver Responsibilities

B. At all Events, the driver assumes responsibility for the following:

1. Actions of his/her Car Owner and team members and may be subject to disciplinary action as a result.

12-6.1 Member Conduct Guidelines

C. 2. Member-to Member confrontation(s) with physical violence and other violent manifestations such as significant threat(s), abuse and/or endangerment.

  • Driver of No. 97W Magnum Tate is assessed a $500 fine and is suspended from NASCAR-sanctioned events until the fine is paid.
  • Driver of the No. 77B Connor Hall is assessed a $500 fine and is suspended from NASCAR-sanctioned events until the fine is paid.

Pursuant to 12-6.1 Member Conduct Guidelines

C. 2. Member-to-member confrontation(s) with physical violence and other violent manifestations such as significant threat(s), abuse and/or endangerment.

  • Crew member of the No. 77B Zachary Bruenger is fined $1,000; suspended from NASCAR-sanctioned events until the fine is paid; suspended from all NASCAR-sanctioned events until successful completion of Anger Management Training, as determined by NASCAR; and will be placed on probation for one year upon completion of Anger Management Training.