2017 Drivin’ for Linemen 200 Results – Nemechek Wins

John Hunter Nemechek took his first win of the 2017 Truck Series season on Saturday night at Gateway, bringing in an early Fathers Day present.

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The first standalone race of the 2017 NASCAR season belongs to the Camping World Truck Series, racing in the shadow of the Great Arch at Gateway Motorsports Park. A Saturday night special for the toughest truckers in America ended with young John Hunter Nemechek in victory lane in the Drivin’ for Linemen 200.

Nemechek, who started the night outside of the playoff grid for the Truck Series, earned his first win of the season after passing Matt Crafton on the final restart with less than 20 laps to go. It was the only caution for an incident on track all night that precipitated the caution, with Josh Reaume stalling out in the middle of pit road under green. Otherwise, the only cautions on the night were for the end of the stages.

A wide variety of strategies were employed by teams throughout the night, with little fall off from the Goodyear tires. On the final round of stops, a mix of no tires, two tires, and four tires were seen, with Matt Crafton and Chase Briscoe getting out front by not changing rubber. Briscoe would eventually pit again under yellow for four tires, and charge through the field to finish second.

The battle through the field for Briscoe, however, did have one casualty. On the final lap, the #29 truck made contact with Christopher Bell, cutting down one of this tires. This slid him from second to sixth in just one lap.

Here are the full race results from the Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park:

1. John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, NEMCO Motorsports
2. Chase Briscoe, Ford, Brad Keselowski Racing
3. Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
4. Matt Crafton, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
5. Grant Enfinger, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
6. Christopher Bell, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
7. Ryan Truex, Toyota, Hattori Racing Enterprises
8. Ben Rhodes, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
9. Noah Gragson, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
10. Justin Haley, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
11. Austin Cindric, Ford, Brad Keselowski Racing
12. Cody Coughlin, Toyota, ThorSport Racing
13. Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, GMS Racing
14. Austin Hill, Ford, Young’s Motorsports
15. T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, Niece Motorsports
16. Kyle Donahue, Chevrolet, MB Motorsports
17. Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Beaver Motorsports
18. Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports
19. Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, Beaver Motorsports
20. Bryce Napier, Chevrolet, JJC Racing
21. Todd Gilliland, Toyota, Kyle Busch Motorsports
22. Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Norm Benning Racing
23. Camden Murphy, Chevrolet, Copp Motorsports
24. Clay Greenfield, Chevrolet, Greenfield Racing
25. Donnie Levister, Chevrolet, Martins Family Racing
26. Kevin Donahue, Chevrolet, MB Motorsports
27. Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, Bolen Motorsports
28. Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, NEMCO Motorsports
29. Tommy Regan, Chevrolet, Norm Benning Racing
30. Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, JJC Racing

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The next race for the Camping World Truck Series comes in just six days, moving north by just one state. The truckers take on the corn fields of Iowa, with racing from the Iowa Speedway on Friday, June 23rd live on FS1.