NASCAR Truck Series Power Rankings after 2019 NC Education Lottery 200
By Mark Kristl
Kyle Busch finished his 2019 NASCAR Truck Series season with a perfect record. How did the NC Education Lottery 200 affect the power rankings?
Perfection described Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Truck Series season. He won the NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his fifth Truck Series victory in his five races this season.
He also won the Ultimate Tailgating 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the TruNorth Global 250 at Martinsville Speedway and the Vankor 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. The Cup Series star is restricted to only five Truck Series starts per season due to NASCAR regulations.
Busch dominated the NC Education Lottery 200 by leading 102 of the race’s 134 laps. He won the race by 1.115 seconds over Brennan Poole in a career-high second place. Although Busch had the best truck in the field, there was plenty of good racing behind him.
For much of the race, Poole dealt with a broken sway bar on his #30 On Point Motorsports Toyota. Nevertheless, he made an impressive challenge for the win on the final restart.
Anthony Alfredo made his fourth start of the season driving the #15 DGR-Crosley Toyota. He started the race in 15th place and gained seven positions to finish in seventh. Hopefully his performance gains him a few more starts this season.
Ross Chastain has been arguably the best Truck Series driver this season despite the fact that he is not competing for the championship. During the lap 128 caution flag period, he pitted for four fresh tires. He took advantage of these four fresh tires to finish in 10th place to add to his already remarkable Truck Series season.
Top 10, anyone??
— Ross Chastain (@RossChastain) May 18, 2019
Ross claims his eighth consecutive top-10 finish in the @NASCAR_Trucks series this season.
He is 8-for-8 in 2019. - PR
With all of the great racing action in the NC Education Lottery 200, how do the power rankings shape up? Before you delve into the power rankings, here are the 20 drivers who are in the top 30 in the championship standings who are not in this week’s power rankings.
NOTE: “LW” refers to last week and “NR” means not ranked.
- Tyler Dippel, #02, Young’s Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Spencer Boyd, #20, Young’s Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Brennan Poole, #30, On Point Motorsports, Toyota
- Jordan Anderson, #3, Jordan Anderson Racing, Chevrolet
- Gus Dean, #12, Young’s Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Tyler Ankrum, #17, DGR-Crosley, Toyota
- Austin Wayne Self, #22, AM Racing, Chevrolet
- Cory Roper, #04, Roper Racing, Ford
- Angela Ruch, #44, Niece Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Jesse Little, #97, JJL Motorsports, Ford
- Josh Reaume, #33, Reaume Brothers Racing, Chevrolet
- Timothy Peters, #92, Ricky Benton Racing Enterprises, Ford
- Korbin Forrister, #7, All Out Motorsports, Toyota
- Natalie Decker, #54, DGR-Crosley, Toyota
- Anthony Alfredo, #15, DGR-Crosley, Toyota
- Jennifer Jo Cobb, #10, Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing, Chevrolet
- Joe Nemechek, #87, NEMCO Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Myatt Snider, #27, ThorSport Racing, Ford
- David Gilliland, #54, DGR-Crosley, Toyota
- Ray Ciccarelli, #49, CMI Motorsports, Chevrolet