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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Tyson 250

North Wilkesboro Speedway

May 20th, 2023

Race #10 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 250
- Extended to 252 laps
Miles Raced : 157.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 17 minutes 25 seconds
Average Speed: 68.769 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.974 seconds
Cautions: 12
Caution Laps: 81
Lead Changes: 6

Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace battle for position — North Wilkesboro, North Carolina - May 20th, 2023: Kyle Larson, driver of the #7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Bubba Wallace, driver of the #1 Pristine Auction Toyota, battle for position during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Kyle Larson	8	1	6	1	1	12	3.4	+7	25	15	+10	24	48	100.0%	138	252	139.9	0
Ty Majeski	3	11	4	2	1	29	9.5	+1	31	24	+7	17	7	84.1%	0	252	106.1	35
Matt DiBenedetto	15	5	8	3	2	21	7.1	+12	26	21	+5	22	0	98.4%	0	252	108.5	39
Carson Hocevar	2	2	9	4	1	19	3.2	-2	32	11	+21	30	23	99.6%	16	252	121.3	48
Bubba Wallace	14	7	1	5	1	23	12.0	+9	43	36	+7	34	4	70.6%	13	252	93.6	0
Corey Heim	1	4	5	6	1	9	2.8	-5	21	17	+4	20	20	100.0%	75	252	125.6	48
Matt Crafton	18	13	10	7	6	24	13.3	+11	43	37	+6	29	3	71.0%	0	252	85.8	30
Chase Purdy	24	16	21	8	3	32	17.7	+16	64	32	+32	27	4	46.0%	0	252	73.6	31
Ross Chastain	12	8	2	9	2	21	9.9	+3	27	37	-10	19	2	92.5%	0	252	90.7	0
Grant Enfinger	7	9	11	10	2	20	9.0	-3	37	47	-10	33	3	91.7%	0	252	93.2	31
William Byron	4	10	7	11	1	22	7.4	-7	43	25	+18	37	18	92.9%	10	252	102.1	0
Chris Hacker	32	23	24	12	4	34	24.9	+20	45	20	+25	7	0	8.3%	0	252	56.7	25
Stewart Friesen	33	14	12	13	2	34	15.8	+20	60	39	+21	34	0	69.4%	0	252	75.0	29
Daniel Dye	16	31	20	14	13	36	27.9	+2	32	32	+0	2	0	1.6%	0	252	54.5	23
Bret Holmes	6	27	22	15	4	32	21.0	-9	27	50	-23	0	0	17.9%	0	252	65.3	22
Christopher Bell	9	12	15	16	2	28	8.0	-7	53	34	+19	39	8	94.4%	0	252	97.6	0
Kaden Honeycutt	11	17	16	17	4	29	15.9	-6	53	60	-7	24	0	46.4%	0	252	72.3	20
Tanner Gray	31	33	18	18	17	35	29.5	+13	14	37	-23	0	0	0.0%	0	252	38.3	19
Lawless Alan	22	28	19	19	13	30	23.0	+3	43	54	-11	2	0	3.2%	0	252	51.0	18
Hailie Deegan	10	24	3	20	3	32	22.5	-10	29	51	-22	2	0	20.6%	0	252	55.3	17
Taylor Gray	27	18	14	21	10	29	18.8	+6	41	42	-1	11	3	37.7%	0	252	58.7	16
Kris Wright	34	29	25	22	20	36	28.7	+12	22	33	-11	0	0	0.0%	0	252	36.3	15
Jake Garcia	21	20	17	23	8	29	21.4	-2	42	46	-4	1	0	4.0%	0	252	52.5	14
Colby Howard	5	19	23	24	1	28	17.7	-19	46	48	-2	3	1	19.8%	0	252	61.6	20
Christian Eckes	13	26	13	25	4	28	17.1	-12	50	35	+15	23	2	47.6%	0	252	66.9	12
Tyler Ankrum	17	6	27	26	6	29	14.8	-9	36	31	+5	21	1	65.1%	0	250	71.6	13
Spencer Boyd	35	35	26	27	26	36	32.6	+8	11	10	+1	0	0	0.0%	0	250	30.8	10
Josh Williams	28	34	28	28	18	35	31.1	+0	15	18	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	221	36.7	0
Conner Jones	30	32	29	29	20	34	30.7	+1	23	32	-9	0	0	0.0%	0	219	33.2	8
Nicholas Sanchez	20	21	33	30	10	33	22.8	-10	38	53	-15	5	2	15.5%	0	213	55.7	7
Timmy Hill	26	36	34	31	26	36	34.3	-5	12	13	-1	0	4	0.0%	0	211	39.1	6
Zane Smith	36	3	30	32	2	36	13.9	+4	43	11	+32	25	5	60.7%	0	204	76.3	17
Ben Rhodes	19	15	31	33	7	28	19.5	-14	22	50	-28	10	0	32.5%	0	202	55.5	4
Rajah Caruth	23	25	32	34	16	31	24.6	-11	36	45	-9	0	0	0.0%	0	200	40.2	3
Dean Thompson	25	22	35	35	13	29	24.5	-10	21	48	-27	4	0	4.4%	0	182	44.2	2
Johnny Sauter	29	30	36	36	7	32	29.8	-7	21	28	-7	2	0	4.0%	0	153	30.7	1

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Race Fast Facts

North Wilkesboro Speedway
Tyson 250
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 30
Team : No. 7 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Owner: Spire Motorsports
Crew Chief: Kevin Manion
Kyle Larson won the Tyson 250, his third victory in 15 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in his series debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Ty Majeski (second) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2023.
Matt DiBenedetto (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Daniel Dye (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson becomes the third different winner in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at North Wilkesboro Speedway; joining Mike Bliss (1995) and Mark Martin (1996).
This is Spire Motorsport's second victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (William Byron at Martinsville 2022 and Kyle Larson at North Wilkesboro 2023).
This is crew chief Kevin Manion's ninth career victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.

Race Recap

Super sub Kyle Larson dominates NASCAR Truck race at North Wilkesboro

May 20th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson proved an admirable substitute on Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Subbing for injured Alex Bowman, who had been scheduled to race the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Larson led 138 of 252 laps in winning the Tyson 250 in overtime.

Larson is the first driver to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race at revitalized North Wilkesboro in 27 years. The victory was Larson's third in 15 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts.

At the end of the two-lap overtime, Larson beat ThorSport Racing's Ty Majeski to the finish line by .974 seconds. Matt DiBenedetto ran third, followed by Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace and pole winner Corey Heim.

"It was a really fun track there, especially in the truck where you can use the apron and such at both ends," said Larson, who was making his first Truck Series start of the season. "I had a good time. That was a lot of fun on the long runs.

"I wasn't supposed to run. Unfortunately, Alex got hurt (in a sprint car accident), and I got the opportunity to run this."

Larson made the most of his opportunity, dominating the action and charging from sixth after a Lap 228 restart on which the first three cars in the running order stayed on the track during the 11th caution, and fourth place Majeski gained track position with a two-tire pit stop.

On Lap 238, Larson passed Wallace for the lead and held it through one more caution and the overtime.

Thanks to the pit strategy, Majeski salvaged the runner-up finish.

"Yeah, we just missed it today," Majeski said. "Sometimes when you're in the back with nothing to lose, you make gutsy calls, jumping on two tires there, and we were just able to hold off guys who put four tires on. So, a subpar day for us turned into a good finish."

The race was the first in the series at North Wilkesboro since 1996, when the CRAFTSMAN Trucks ran at the .625-mile short track for the second time. Saturday's renewal produced a record 12 cautions for 81 laps.

The severest of the on-track incidents came on Lap 201, when the truck of Tyler Ankrum was forced into the outside backstretch wall. As Ankrum slowed, the Chevrolet of Rajah Caruth and the Fords of reigning series champion Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes suffered a chain-reaction collision that eliminated the three trailing trucks.

Before the wreck, Smith had suffered a pit road speeding penalty that sent him to the back of the field.

"Just a product of what happens when you get put back there," said Smith, who started the race in the rear of the field because of three failed inspections and had worked his way into the top five before the speeding penalty.