Noah Gragson Takes Home First K&N East Victory

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Noah Gragson celebrated his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win Saturday at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway. Adam Glanzman/NASCAR via Getty Images

Stafford, Conn. – Noah Gragson picked up his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win at Stafford Motor Speedway Saturday night.
An exciting finish to the Stafford 150 propelled the 17-year-old, Las Vegas, Nevada, naive to fourth in the series standings with 255 points.
Gragson powered his No. 7 SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers International Ford to the lead on the first green-white-checkered attempt and held off a charging Dillon Bassett to secure his celebration in Victory Lane.
The NASCAR Next driver is no stranger to winning, he collected two wins in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West last year en route to his runner-up finish in the championship standings.
Bassett and fellow NASCAR Next classmate Spencer Davis finished second and third, respectively. While Justin Haley and Gilliland rounded out the top five.
Collin Cabre, Austin Theriault, Christian Celaya, Hunter Baize and Ruben Garcia Jr. completed the top 10.
The Stafford 150 will air on NBCSN Thursday, June 23rd at 5 p.m. ET.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be back in action Saturday, July 2 at Ohio’s Columbus Motor Speedway. Source:  Brooke Franceschini, NASCAR HOMETRACKS MEDIA PRESS RELEASE

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	7	7	Noah Gragson	SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers Int'l Ford	153	47	4	Running
2	17	44	Dillon Bassett	Bassett Gutters Ford	152	43	1	Running
3	5	41	Spencer Davis *	Davis Poultry Chevrolet	153	41		Running
4	12	5	Justin Haley	Braun Auto Chevrolet	153	40		Running
5	6	16	Todd Gilliland *	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	153	40	1	Running
6	22	2	Collin Cabre	UTI/NTI Toyota	153	38		Running
7	9	1	Austin Theriault	BarryEquipment.net Toyota	153	37		Running
8	21	9	Christian Celaya	Clinica La Familia Ford	153	36		Running
9	19	13	Hunter Baize *	Bicycle Playing Cards/Pine Mountain Firewood	153	35		Running
10	10	6	Ruben Garcia Jr. *	Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota	153	34		Running
11	1	49	John Holleman IV *	Midway Mobile Storage Ford	153	34	1	Running
12	2	40	Kyle Benjamin	FEVR Chevrolet	153	32		Running
13	15	71	Eddie MacDonald	Grimm Construction Chevrolet	153	31		Running
14	4	12	Harrison Burton *	DEX Imaging/Konica Minolta Toyota	151	30		Running
15	3	30	Dominique Van Wieringen *	Durobyte Toyota	151	31	2	Running
16	11	38	Tyler Dippel *	East West Marine/TV Car Chevrolet	149	28		Running
17	8	29	Grant Quinlan *	International Tool & Mold Toyota	147	27		Running
18	13	42	J.A. Junior Avila *	Rev Racing Toyota	146	26		Accident
19	18	39	Justin Fontaine *	Promatic Automation Toyota	142	25		Accident
20	16	43	Ronnie Bassett Jr.	Diamondback Towing/Dunley's Ford	141	24		Accident
21	14	31	Reid Lanpher *	Whelen Engineering/Equalizer Hitch/Fastway Trailer	136	23		Accident

RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: John Holleman IV *, Time: 19.466 Seconds, Speed: 92.469 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 9 mins, 36 secs Average Speed: 65.948 mph Margin of Victory: .287 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 91-94 (#30 - Turn 2 - FP #09); 130-134 (#1 Turn 4 - FP#09); 137-140 (#43, #31, #39 Turn 1 - FP#1); 142-144 (Multiple Cars Turn 3- No FP); 147-150 (#42 Turn 1 - FP #71).  5 for 20 laps.
Lap Leaders: John Holleman IV * 1-2, Dominique Van Wieringen * 3-90, Dillon Bassett 91-134, Noah Gragson 135, Dillon Bassett 136-150, Todd Gilliland * 151-152, Noah Gragson 153.
Total Laps Led:Dominique Van Wieringen * 88, Dillon Bassett 59, Todd Gilliland * 2, Noah Gragson 2, John Holleman IV * 2.  6 changes involving 5 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Justin Haley 286, Spencer Davis * 264, Kyle Benjamin 259, Noah Gragson 255, Austin Theriault 236, Tyler Dippel * 233, Ronnie Bassett Jr. 229, Hunter Baize * 222, Collin Cabre 213, Dillon Bassett 211
Next Race:Columbus Motor Speedway