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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Kansas Lottery 200

Kansas Speedway

September 8th, 2023

Race #19 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 150
- Shortened to 134 laps
Miles Raced : 201.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 47 minutes 43 seconds
Average Speed: 111.960 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.363 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 34
Lead Changes: 18
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 13 (36%)

Christian Eckes celebrates in victory lane — Kansas City, Kansas - September 8th, 2023: Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 PEAK/NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	8	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	51	40	11	5	134	2	1	5	6	Running
2	16	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	36	35	1	0	134	0	0	0	10	Running
3	11	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	36	34	2	0	134	2	1	0	9	Running
4	15	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	48	33	15	0	134	40	3	4	3	Running
5	14	38	Zane Smith	Ford	44	32	12	0	134	1	1	6	4	Running
6	17	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	43	31	12	1	134	32	3	9	1	Running
7	20	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	30	30	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
8	2	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	48	29	19	1	134	43	4	1	2	Running
9	21	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	28	28	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
10	10	61	Jake Drew	Toyota	31	27	4	0	134	0	0	7	0	Running
11	5	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
12	19	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	28	25	3	0	134	0	0	0	8	Running
13	9	1	Jesse Love	Toyota	24	24	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
14	1	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	32	23	9	0	133	0	0	2	0	Running
15	13	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	22	22	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
16	4	51	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	133	2	1	0	0	Running
17	12	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	29	20	9	0	133	4	1	8	5	Running
18	3	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	20	19	1	0	133	0	0	10	0	Running
19	32	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
20	24	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	133	2	1	0	0	Running
21	22	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
22	34	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
23	23	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	13	13	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
25	6	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	24	12	12	0	132	2	1	3	7	Running
26	18	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	11	11	0	0	131	4	1	0	0	Running
27	25	2	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
28	36	33	Chase Janes	Ford	9	9	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
29	29	90	Justin Carroll	Toyota	8	8	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	Running
30	7	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	7	7	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	Running
31	27	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	Running
32	28	20	Greg Van Alst	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	Running
33	31	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	4	4	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
34	30	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
35	26	22	Mason Maggio	Ford	2	2	0	0	117	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	35	4	Spencer Davis	Ford	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Suspension

Race Infractions

Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Matt Crafton	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Truck	Tail End	0	0	White
Timmy Hill	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Colby Howard	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Truck	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Purdy	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Lawless Alan	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Janes	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Bayley Currey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	15	20	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Safety violation	Tail End	17	20	Yellow
Greg Van Alst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	17	20	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	23	35	Green/Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	26	35	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Tire violation	Tail End	64	68	Yellow
Lawless Alan	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	65	68	Yellow
Grant Enfinger	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	96	100	Green
Daniel Dye	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	96	100	Green
Jake Garcia	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	98	101	Green
Jake Garcia	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	98	101	Green
Timmy Hill	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	101	106	Green
Colby Howard	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	101	105	Green
Hailie Deegan	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	106	109	Green
Jennifer Jo Cobb	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	107	110	Green
Chase Janes	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	113	115	Green
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	118	126	Yellow
Mason Maggio	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	119	0	Yellow
Chase Janes	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	124	126	Yellow
Tanner Gray	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	128	132	Yellow
Tanner Gray	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	128	132	Yellow
Rajah Caruth	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	129	132	Yellow
Jesse Love	Jumping the restart Dropped to tail of lead lap at the end of the race	Tail End	132	134	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Kansas Speedway
Kansas Lottery 200
Race Winner: Christian Eckes
Age: 22
Team : No. 19 - PEAK/NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet
Owner: McAnally Hilgemann Racing
Crew Chief: Charles Denike
Christian Eckes won the Kansas Lottery 200, his fourth victory in 87 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Kansas Speedway.
Taylor Gray (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
Matt DiBenedetto (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Kansas Speedway.
Taylor Gray (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Matt DiBenedetto and Matt Crafton did not advance out of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs' Round of 10.

Race Recap

Christian Eckes steals victory in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck elimination race at Kansas

September 8th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Christian Eckes grabbed the lead on the final restart and stole a victory in Friday night’s Kansas Lottery 200, the Round of 10 elimination race in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.

In a three-wide battle for the lead against Corey Heim and Zane Smith, Eckes led only the final two laps to secure his third victory of the season, his first at Kansas Speedway and the fourth of his career.

In a last-lap scramble that saw Smith get loose, turn sideways and fade to fifth, Taylor Gray finished second, .363 seconds behind Eckes. Matt DiBenedetto ran third in a valiant effort to earn a berth in the Round of 8.

But with Ben Rhodes finishing 25th after securing a total of 11 points in the first two stages, Rhodes claimed the final spot in the next round by five points over DiBenedetto.

DiBenedetto is out of his ride at the end of the year, too, having announced that he has decided not to return to the No. 25 Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet next season. DiBenedetto added that he is looking for opportunities in all three of NASCAR’s national series.

Also eliminated from the Playoffs was Matt Crafton, who had to go to a backup truck after running over debris and wrecking in practice earlier in the day. Crafton’s No. 88 Ford slapped the wall on Lap 69 of Friday’s race, and after attempted repairs, he finished 33rd, nine laps down and 11 points out of the Round of 8.

Heim, who finished fourth, had the lead when the trucks of Rajah Caruth and Tanner Gray collided on the frontstretch on Lap 127 to cause the fifth and final caution.

"That was wild," Eckes said after climbing from his truck. "I didn’t know if I was going to win it or not. We had like a sixth-place truck all day, but when that caution came out, I knew we had a shot at it, and here we are.

"We haven’t won in a real long time—so I wanted to set a tone. Went all the way to the Round of 10—second, third, first (in the first three Playoff races). So can’t beat that. Proud of all these guys."

DiBenedetto would have advanced with a victory but came up two positions short.

"Honestly this team fought so hard, worked their tail off to give me a good-looking truck and a good-handling truck all night," DiBenedetto said. "So, man, we made the most of it, for sure. Just so thankful for these guys and (sponsor) Rackley Roofing."

Carson Hocevar came home sixth, followed by Stewart Friesen and Nick Sanchez, who took the lead from pole winner Chase Purdy and won the first 30-lap stage wire-to-wire. Hocevar edged Sanches for the Stage 2 win.

Seventeenth-place finisher Grant Enfinger and 18th-place Ty Majeski already had earned spots in the Round of 8 with victories in the first two Playoff races, and Eckes and Heim already were in on points. Hocevar clinched his place in the next round with a ninth-place result in Stage 1, with Smith, Sanchez and Rhodes advancing on points on Friday night.

Sanchez led a race-high 43 laps, followed by Heim with 40 and Hocevar with 32.