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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

CRC Brakleen 150

Pocono Raceway

July 22nd, 2023

Race #15 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 60
Miles Raced : 150.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 23 minutes 00 seconds
Average Speed: 108.434 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.604 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 20
Lead Changes: 5
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 29 (81%)

Kyle Busch waves a flag in celebration of Kyle Busch Motorsports' 100th win — Long Pond, Pennsylvania - July 22nd, 2023: Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Zariz Transport Chevrolet, waves a flag in celebration of Kyle Busch Motorsports' 100th win in the NASCAR Truck Series after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 150 at Pocono Raceway. 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	12	51	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	47	40	7	5	60	7	2	4	0	Running
2	9	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	39	35	4	0	60	27	1	7	0	Running
3	11	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	35	34	1	0	60	0	0	10	0	Running
4	14	61	Christopher Bell	Toyota	33	33	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
5	3	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	41	32	9	0	60	0	0	8	5	Running
6	34	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	31	31	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
7	35	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
8	33	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	29	29	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
9	22	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	33	28	5	0	60	0	0	0	6	Running
10	8	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	42	27	15	0	60	0	0	3	4	Running
11	4	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
12	18	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	29	25	4	0	60	0	0	0	7	Running
13	21	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	24	24	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
14	25	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	24	23	1	0	60	0	0	0	10	Running
15	26	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	24	22	2	0	60	0	0	0	9	Running
16	7	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	24	21	3	0	60	0	0	0	8	Running
17	20	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
18	10	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
19	1	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	35	18	17	0	60	7	1	2	3	Running
20	17	44	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
21	36	56	Tyler Hill	Toyota	16	16	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
22	24	75	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
23	31	4	Cory Roper	Ford	14	14	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
24	32	22	Stephen Mallozzi	Ford	13	13	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
25	30	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
26	29	33	Josh Reaume	Ford	11	11	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
27	27	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
28	19	2	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
29	28	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
30	23	41	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	15	1	Kaz Grala	Toyota	6	6	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	16	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	16	5	11	0	51	0	0	9	2	Accident
33	5	7	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	51	0	0	5	0	Accident
34	6	38	Zane Smith	Ford	23	3	20	2	51	19	2	1	1	Accident
35	2	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	7	2	5	0	45	0	0	6	0	Accident
36	13	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

CRC Brakleen 150 at Pocono Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Josh Reaume	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ben Rhodes	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Christian Eckes	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Majeski	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Dean Thompson	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Colby Howard	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	19	Yellow
Chase Purdy	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	19	Yellow
Stephen Mallozzi	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Tyler Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	48	50	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Pocono Raceway
CRC Brakleen 150
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 38
Team : No. 51 - Zariz Transport Chevrolet
Owner: Kyle Busch
Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
Kyle Busch won the CRC Brakleen 150, his 64th victory in 170 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his third victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway.
Corey Heim (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Pocono Raceway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Pocono Raceway.
Taylor Gray (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 42 points over Zane Smith.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch Wins CRC Brakleen 150 at Pocono Raceway

July 22nd, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

In what was both a thrilling and historic afternoon at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Kyle Busch earned a hard-fought win in Saturday’s CRC Brakleen 150 with a last lap pass for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team’s milestone 100^thseries victory in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Busch made a daring move low on series championship leader Corey Heim in Turn 2 “The Tunnel Turn” of the iconic 2.5-mile track, got around cleanly and motored off to a .604-second win in the No. 51 KBM Chevrolet to at last secure that unprecedented 100th victory for his decorated team. It marks the second win of the year in five truck starts for Busch, 38, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion.

“It’s pretty cool, we’ve been around for a long time, but it’s been fun, said Busch, who contributed 64 of those 100 wins himself and now has three at Pocono.

“A great ride. Obviously, this [Chevrolet] Silvarado today was really really fast, just mired in traffic. Couldn’t find a way to make a clean move so had to make a little bit of a racey one, a little bit of a dicey one there at the end getting into two. Heim ran a great race. We just needed this hundredth win to get it over with.

“Really proud of the guys and everybody at KBM," he said, adding, “It’s a monumental day, a century mark of being able to win a hundred truck races. We’re a small team, just one that performs in the truck series."

Eighteen drivers contributed to that grand win total for Kyle Busch Motorsports – including Heim, who finished runner-up to his former boss on Saturday after leading a race best 27 of the 60 laps.

“Just unreal," said Heim, who holds a 42-point lead over Zane Smith atop the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship heading into the regular season finale next week at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.

“I felt like I did everything right," continued Heim, who drives the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota. “Seemed like we had about five laps in the truck before it started tightened up really bad on me. I really did get the run I wanted out of 1 and knew his straightaway speed was really good. I was a little upset initially but realistically, I would have done the exact same thing. Heat of the moment deal there.

“Looking back on it, I’ve just got a lot of respect for Kyle. I raced for him for two years and he was really good to me and raced me with respect today. He’s a hard racer and didn’t wreck us for the win and I probably would have done the same thing. Really sucks, really thought we had it there."

Heim’s TRICON Garage teammate Taylor Gray finished a career best third place with another NASCAR Cup Series full-timer, Christopher Bell in fourth place in the Hattori Racing Enterprises No. 61 Toyota and Grant Enfinger rounding out the Top-5 in the No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet.

Ty Majeski, Christian Eckes, Dean Thompson, 2021 series champion Ben Rhodes and Matt DiBenedetto completed the Top-10 on Saturday.

It was Heim’s closest championship challenger that dominated early at Pocono. Zane Smith, whose 19 laps led was second only to Heim, won both stages (his third and fourth of the season) giving him bonus points to seemingly narrow the championship gap.

That pit strategy, however, left him vulnerable in the rear of the field during that final stage and he was among 10 cars involved in an incident with eight laps remaining that brought out a 13-minute red flag period.

Smith’s truck was too damaged to finish the race, as was another championship hopeful, Stewart Friesen. The reigning series champion now shows up at Richmond a longshot to claim the regular season trophy, but he is one of four drivers with two wins on the season – second best to Heim’s three victories.

Pole winner, 22-year old Nick Sanchez was involved in an accident just prior to the “big one” and took out his fellow front row starter and rookie Jake Garcia.

Heading into the Richmond regular season finale, three-time former series champion Matt Crafton holds an eight-point advantage over Friesen for that final 10^thplace Playoff transfer spot.