Race Results

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
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 25 (69%)

The #7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet is lifted into victory lane — North Wilkesboro, North Carolina - May 20th, 2023: The #7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, driven by Kyle Larson, is lifted into victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	8	7	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	252	138	2	8	1	Running
2	3	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	35	35	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
3	15	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	39	34	5	0	252	0	0	0	6	Running
4	2	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	48	33	15	0	252	16	1	5	2	Running
5	14	1	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	0	0	0	0	252	13	1	0	9	Running
6	1	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	48	31	17	1	252	75	2	1	4	Running
7	18	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	30	30	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
8	24	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	31	29	2	0	252	0	0	9	0	Running
9	12	41	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	252	0	0	0	8	Running
10	7	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	31	27	4	0	252	0	0	0	7	Running
11	4	51	William Byron	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	252	10	1	2	5	Running
12	32	30	Chris Hacker	Toyota	25	25	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
13	33	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	29	24	5	0	252	0	0	6	0	Running
14	16	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
15	6	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
16	9	61	Christopher Bell	Toyota	0	0	0	0	252	0	0	3	0	Running
17	11	20	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
18	31	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	19	19	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
19	22	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
20	10	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	17	17	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
21	27	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	16	16	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
22	34	2	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
23	21	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
24	5	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	20	13	7	0	252	0	0	4	0	Running
25	13	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
26	17	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	13	11	2	0	250	0	0	10	10	Running
27	35	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
28	28	22	Josh Williams	Ford	0	0	0	0	221	0	0	0	0	Water Pump
29	30	66	Conner Jones	Ford	8	8	0	0	219	0	0	0	0	Electrical
30	20	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	213	0	0	0	0	Running
31	26	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	6	6	0	0	211	0	0	0	0	Running
32	36	38	Zane Smith	Ford	17	5	12	0	204	0	0	7	3	Accident
33	19	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	4	4	0	0	202	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	23	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	25	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	2	2	0	0	182	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	29	4	Johnny Sauter	Ford	1	1	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	Electrical

Race Infractions

Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Zane Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Multiple Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Purdy	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	28	31	Yellow
Christian Eckes	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	60	63	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	67	69	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	75	80	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	75	80	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	76	80	Yellow
Chris Hacker	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	146	151	Yellow
Daniel Dye	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	147	151	Yellow
Dean Thompson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	184	191	Yellow
Zane Smith	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	187	191	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	196	199	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	197	199	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	202	0	Yellow
Tyler Ankrum	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	203	215	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	204	0	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	212	215	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	213	215	Yellow
Colby Howard	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	224	227	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	247	0	Yellow

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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.