NASCAR Truck Series: Ross Chastain dominates 2019 Gander RV 150

Ross Chastain became the first NASCAR Truck Series driver to win three races in the 2019 season by winning the Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway.

Niece Motorsports’ Ross Chastain earned his third victory of the 23-race 2019 NASCAR Truck Series season in dominant fashion at Pocono Raceway, as he took the checkered flag in the Gander RV 150, the 14th race of the season. Only Cup Series regular Kyle Busch, who won all five of his Truck Series races this year, has more victories to his name this year.

This race is the fourth Truck Series race that the 26-year-old Alva, Florida native has won this season, but his dominant win at Iowa Speedway was stripped from him when his truck failed post-race inspection.

This victory is the second victory that counts toward his playoff total, as he won the race at Kansas Speedway earlier this season before he declared for Truck Series points after eight of the regular season’s 16 races. He also won the race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

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Chastain started this 60-lap race around the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway oval in Long Pond, Pennsylvania in second place in his #45 Chevrolet, and he won it by 1.007 seconds over DGR-Crosley’s Tyler Ankrum in second in his #17 Toyota.

Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Harrison Burton and Christian Eckes finished in third and fourth place in their #18 Toyota and #51 Toyota, respectively. GMS Racing’s Brett Moffitt finished in fifth in his #24 Chevrolet.

ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton was the highest finishing Ford driver of this race. He finished in sixth place in his #88 Ford. Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Todd Gilliland finished in seventh in his #4 Toyota, giving the team three drivers in the top seven.

ThorSport Racing teammates Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes and Grant Enfinger rounded out the top 10 by finishing in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #13 Ford, #99 Ford and #98 Ford, respectively.

This race featured only two lead changes among two drivers. Chastain led 54 laps while Burton led the other six. Chastain won stage one while Burton won stage two. Race polesitter Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises didn’t lead any laps and was forced to retire from the race on lap 22 with a mechanical issue. He finished in 30th place in his #16 Toyota.

The race also featured only two incident-related caution flag periods in addition to the two planned caution flag periods for the endings of stages one and two. A total of 32 drivers entered the race, and 25 finished it. Of these 25 drivers, 18 finished on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Gander RV 150 at Pocono Raceway.

Race Results
1st – Ross Chastain
2nd – Tyler Ankrum
3rd – Harrison Burton
4th – Christian Eckes
5th – Brett Moffitt
6th – Matt Crafton
7th – Todd Gilliland
8th – Johnny Sauter
9th – Ben Rhodes
10th – Grant Enfinger
11th – Tyler Dippel
12th – Anthony Mrakovich
13th – Jordan Anderson
14th – Gus Dean
15th – Austin Wayne Self
16th – Natalie Decker
17th – Mason Massey IV
18th – Spencer Boyd
19th – Ray Ciccarelli
20th – Josh Reaume
21st – Jennifer Jo Cobb
22nd – Norm Benning
23rd – Bayley Currey
24th – Bryan Dauzat
25th – Sheldon Creed
26th – T.J. Bell
27th – Bryant Barnhill
28th – Joe Nemechek
29th – Daniel Sasnett
30th – Austin Hill
31st – Anthony Alfredo
32nd – Stewart Friesen

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The next race on the 2019 NASCAR Truck Series schedule is the penultimate race of the regular season. This race, the Eldora Dirt Derby, is scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 1, and it is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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