The official 2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
- Charlotte Motor Speedway
- North Carolina Education Lottery 200
- Pole Winner: Todd Gilliland
- Age: 21
- Team: No. 38 - The Pete Store Ford
- Owner: Front Row Motorsports
- Crew Chief: Chris Lawson
- Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
- Todd Gilliland won the Pole Award for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 by having the highest total PMQ.
- PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
- 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
- 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
- 25% of the owner's final race position.
- 35% of the Owner Points position.
- Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 134
- Margin of Victory: 0.419 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 45 Minutes 29 Seconds
- Average Speed: 114.331
- Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
- Lead Changes: 12
- Green Flag Passes: 1,295 (12.6 passes per green flag lap)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway
- 18th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200
- Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Toyota
- Owner: Kyle Busch Motorsports
- Crew Chief: Eric Phillips
- John Hunter Nemechek won the 18th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200, his ninth victory in 112 Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2021.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- Carson Hocevar (second) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
- Ben Rhodes (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- Carson Hocevar (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- This is Kyle Busch Motorsport's seventh NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway and 86th all-time in the series.