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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

NC Education Lottery 200

Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 26th, 2023

Race #11 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 134
Miles Raced : 201.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 43 minutes 10 seconds
Average Speed: 116.898 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.398 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 32
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 26 (72%)

Ben Rhodes celebrates in Victory Lane — Concord, North Carolina - May 26th, 2023: Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Campers Inn RV Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Logan Riely | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	19	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	44	40	4	5	134	37	2	0	7	Running
2	3	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	54	35	19	1	134	49	4	1	2	Running
3	7	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	50	34	16	0	134	0	0	3	3	Running
4	12	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	52	33	19	1	134	43	5	2	1	Running
5	11	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	32	32	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
6	6	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	32	31	1	0	134	0	0	0	10	Running
7	2	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	35	30	5	0	134	0	0	6	0	Running
8	20	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
9	34	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	30	28	2	0	134	0	0	0	9	Running
10	17	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	33	27	6	0	134	0	0	10	6	Running
11	4	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	33	26	7	0	134	0	0	4	0	Running
12	24	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	25	25	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
13	8	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
14	9	1	David Gilliland	Toyota	28	23	5	0	134	0	0	9	8	Running
15	15	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
16	13	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	134	2	1	0	0	Running
17	16	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
18	10	51	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
19	18	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
20	22	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
21	26	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
22	5	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	24	15	9	0	134	0	0	8	5	Running
23	14	38	Zane Smith	Ford	27	14	13	0	134	0	0	5	4	Running
24	29	56	Tyler Hill	Toyota	13	13	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
25	31	22	Mason Maggio	Ford	12	12	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
26	36	30	Ryan Vargas	Toyota	11	11	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
27	1	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	14	10	4	0	133	3	1	7	0	Running
28	35	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	9	9	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
29	27	33	Josh Reaume	Ford	8	8	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
30	28	20	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
31	25	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
32	23	2	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	Running
33	21	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	4	4	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	Running
34	32	90	Justin Carroll	Toyota	3	3	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	Running
35	30	46	Armani Williams	Toyota	2	2	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	33	34	Keith McGee	Ford	1	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	Fuel Pump

Race Infractions

NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kris Wright	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Ankrum	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Matt Mills	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Rajah Caruth	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	63	65	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	91	93	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	97	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	97	Yellow
Kris Wright	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	106	Yellow
Tyler Ankrum	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	106	Yellow
Tyler Ankrum	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	104	106	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	106	108	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Race Winner: Ben Rhodes
Age: 26
Team : No. 99 - Campers Inn RV Ford
Owner: Duke Thorson
Crew Chief: Jeriod Prince
Ben Rhodes won the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, his seventh victory in 175 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in eight races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Corey Heim (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
Dean Thompson (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Nick Sanchez (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 26 points over Ty Majeski.

Race Recap

Late charge gives Ben Rhodes NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 27th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Grabbing the lead from Carson Hocevar after a restart on Lap 111 of 134, Ben Rhodes pulled away to win Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Rhodes, the ninth different winner in 11 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races this season, also collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the first of three events in the Triple Truck Challenge, a bonus program that could mean $500,000 for a driver who can sweep all three.

“I didn’t think we were that good in practice,” said Rhodes, who beat runner-up Corey Heim to the checkered flag by 2.398 seconds, as Heim, third-place Dean Thompson and Carson Hocevar battled for the second spot over the last 24 laps.

“I didn’t qualify the best, and here it came to life at night… Oh, man, I had so much fun. This is so much fun. Charlotte is a track that we come to—ThorSport Racing, we’re based in Sandusky, Ohio—we come to the North Carolina guys’ house, and we like to win.”

The victory was Rhodes’ first of the season, his first at Charlotte and the seventh of his career. In addition to the Triple Truck Challenge bonus, Rhodes is locked into the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs.

“The whole season is so hard to put together,” Rhodes said. “It’s unbelievably hard, and it’s only gotten more difficult over the years…. A championship being locked in, I’ll take that. The last three races have been so unbelievably hard on my team. We’ve been wrecked in the last three and haven’t had very good showings because of it.

“So I’ll take the points—thank you.”

Hocevar held the lead for the Lap 111 restart but was trapped in the middle of a three-wide situation and dropped to sixth in the running order. Heim took second and Thompson third, while Hocevar rallied and swapped the third position with Thompson before finishing fourth.

“Me and the 42 (Hocevar) and the 5 (Thompson) were probably the best trucks,” said Heim, who led a race-high 49 laps and held off Hocevar to win the first stage. “But the 99 (Rhodes) just came along really strong, and once we got to second on the restart where the 42 got put in the middle there, I really thought we had a shot at it.

“But it just proves that clean air is king here, but I feel like if I did a better job of getting by as soon as possible rather than waiting on a run, we might have had a better opportunity.”

Notes: Thompson’s third-place finish was a career-best… Hocevar led 43 laps and won the seconds stage by 5.746 seconds over Heim… Rhodes, the 2021 series champion, led 37 laps—25 in the final run to the finish… The final two Triple Truck Challenge races are scheduled for World Wide Technology Raceway on June 3 and Nashville Superspeedway on June 23.