NASCAR Truck Series: Todd Gilliland earns first win at 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200
By Asher Fair
Todd Gilliland secured the first victory of his NASCAR Truck Series career in the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
Two races into the round of 6 of the three-round, seven-race 2019 NASCAR Truck Series playoffs, none of the six remaining championship contenders have been victorious to lock up their position in the Championship 4.
Both races have, however, featured first-time winners.
Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Todd Gilliland secured the first victory of his Truck Series career by winning the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
He held of Niece Motorsports’ Ross Chastain following the race’s final restart in a finish that not many fans got to see because Fox Sports 1’s live TV broadcast cut out as it happened.
NASCAR on FOX posted a video of the finish.
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— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) October 26, 2019
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Gilliland started this 201-lap race, which was extended by one lap due to a late caution flag period that sent it into overtime, around the four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847-kilometer) Martinsville Speedway oval in Ridgeway, Virginia in 11th place in his #4 Toyota, and he won it by 0.879 seconds over Chastain in second in his #45 Chevrolet.
ThorSport Racing teammates Johnny Sauter and Grant Enfinger finished in third and fourth place in their #13 Ford and #98 Ford, respectively. Hill Motorsports’ Timmy Hill recorded a career-high finish of fifth in his #56 Chevrolet.
Halmar Friesen Racing’s Stewart Friesen and NEMCO Motorsports’ John Hunter Nemechek finished in sixth and seventh place in their #52 Chevrolet and #8 Chevrolet, respectively, ahead of On Point Motorsports’ Danny Bohn, who finished in eighth in his Truck Series debut behind the wheel of the #30 Toyota.
Niece Motorsports’ Jeb Burton finished in ninth place in his #44 Chevrolet ahead of Grant County Mulch Racing’s Codie Rohrbaugh in a career-high 10th in his #9 Chevrolet.
Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Harrison Burton was running in third place on the final restart with three laps remaining, but his #18 Toyota spun out and he had to settle for 18th after trying to pass Chastain for second.
Chastain and Friesen were the only two round of 6 playoff drivers who finished in the top 22.
The race featured eight lead changes among seven leaders. Gilliland led only 11 laps of the race, but he led the most important one. Chastain, Sauter, Enfinger, Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Christian Eckes, who started from the pole position, and GMS Racing teammates Sam Mayer and Brett Moffitt also led at least one lap of the race.
Moffitt won stage one and led a race-high 80 laps. Chastain trailed only Moffitt in the laps led category with 68 laps led. Mayer won stage two. The race featured 12 caution flag periods, and 23 of the 32 drivers who started it finished it. Of these 23 drivers, 20 finished on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
NOTE: Round of 6 playoff drivers are listed in italics.
Race Results
1st – Todd Gilliland
2nd – Ross Chastain
3rd – Johnny Sauter
4th – Grant Enfinger
5th – Timmy Hill
6th – Stewart Friesen
7th – John Hunter Nemechek
8th – Danny Bohn
9th – Jeb Burton
10th – Codie Rohrbaugh
11th – Sheldon Creed
12th – Jordan Anderson
13th – Dawson Cram
14th – Gus Dean
15th – Spencer Boyd
16th – Ben Rhodes
17th – Christian Eckes
18th – Harrison Burton
19th – Austin Wayne Self
20th – Tanner Gray
21st – Ray Ciccarelli
22nd – Natalie Decker
23rd – Matt Crafton
24th – Norm Benning
25th – Tyler Ankrum
26th – Austin Hill
27th – Jennifer Jo Cobb
28th – Sam Mayer
29th – Brett Moffitt
30th – Tyler Dippel
31st – Josh Reaume
32nd – Cody McMahan
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The NASCAR Truck Series playoffs are scheduled to resume with the Lucas Oil 150 on Friday, November 8 at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. This race is the penultimate race of the season, and it is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET.