Trucks: Reddick Holds Off Hemric to Win at Las Vegas

In race two of the Round of 8 for the Truck Series Chase, it was a non-chaser in Tyler Reddick paying a visit to victory lane in Sin City on Saturday night.

In the Chase for a championship, the pressure really ratchets up in the second race of round one. Chances to move forward are won and lost on track, and sometimes a driver can ever play spoiler to the field. That’s exactly what happened on Saturday night in Las Vegas, where Tyler Reddick upset the Chase field for a victory.

If you saw how Reddick was racing, it was certainly no upset with the performance he put on track. The driver for Brad Keselowski Racing led 70 of the 146 laps in the DC Solar 350, by far the best in the field. He pulled away from Cole Custer on the final restart of the night, and held off teammate Daniel Hemric to win.

Coming home in third on the night was Custer, followed by Ben Kennedy and William Byron rounding out the top five. All the Chase drivers would finish in the top nine on the night, except John Hunter Nemechek in sixteenth.

Of course, the win would be a bit bittersweet for Reddick and BKR, as Hemric could have been locked into the Round of 6 with a win in Sin City. Instead, he and John Hunter Nemechek enter the final race of the Round of 8 in the cut-off spots, fifteen points out of moving on. While William Byron has a secure spot moving forward, the other seven will hope to survive and advance at the Chase’s biggest wild card.

Here are the full results from the DC Solar 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

1. Tyler Reddick, Ford, Brad Keselowski Racing
2. Daniel Hemric, Ford, Brad Keselowski Racing
3. Cole Custer, Chevrolet, JR Motorsports
4. Ben Kennedy, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
5. William Byron, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
6. Christopher Bell, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
7. Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
8. Matt Crafton, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
9. Timothy Peters, Toyota, Red Horse Racing
10. Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
11. Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
12. Ben Rhodes, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
13. John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, Athenian Motorsports
14. Parker Kligerman, Ford, Ricky Benton Racing
15. Matt Tifft, Toyota, Red Horse Racing
16. John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, NEMCO Motorsports
17. Cody Coughlin, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
18. Cameron Hayley, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
19. Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, Friesen Racing
20. Rico Abreu, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
21. Austin Wayne Self, Toyota, AM Win-Tron Racing
22. Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, Martins Family Racing
23. Tyler Young, Chevrolet, Young’s Motorsports
24. Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, MAKE Motorsports
25. Todd Peck, Chevrolet, SS Green Light Racing
26. Norm Benning, Chevrolet, MB Motorsports
27. Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, MAKE Motorsports
28. Wayne Edwards, Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports
29. Timothy Viens, Chevrolet, Bolen Motorsports
30. Carlos Contreras, Chevrolet, Contreras Motorsports
31. Caleb Roark, Chevrolet, JJC Racing

Heading into the final race of the Round of 8, only six drivers will survive the Chase at Talladega Superspeedway. Here is how the Chase grid will look heading to Alabama:

1. William Byron – Advanced
2. Christopher Bell
3. Matt Crafton
4. Ben Kennedy
5. Timothy Peters
6. Johnny Sauter
7. Daniel Hemric -15 points
8. John Hunter Nemechek -15 points

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