Saturday, November 5, 2016

Sauter wins Truck Series race at Texas:

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

#21-Johnny Sauter won the Striping Technology 350 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night after passing #88-Matt Crafton with two laps remaining to tally his second straight win. Crafton held on to second followed by #19-Daniel Hemric, #29-Tyler Reddick, #51-Daniel Suarez, #9-William Byron, #23-Spencer Gallagher, #71-Austin Dillon, #00-Cole Custer, and #13-Cameron Hayley.
#23-Gallagher started from the pole and led a race high 88 laps but lost the lead following a pit stop with just over 20 laps to go.
There were 3 cautions for 12 laps, all were brought on by the Caution Clock, and 7 lead changes among 4 leaders.
The average speed was 148.291mph.

Texas Race Fast Facts: Johnny Sauter (C) won the 18th Annual Striping Technology 350, his 13th victory in 196 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2016.
This is his third victory and 13th top-10 finish in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Matt Crafton (C) (second) posted his 21st top-10 finish in 32 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2016.
Daniel Hemric (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Cole Custer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Johnny Sauter (C) leads the point standings by 20 points over William Byron # (C).
(NASCAR Statistics)(11-4-2016)
  • Driver standings following Texas:
    1)#21-Johnny Sauter [3 wins], 3072
    2) #9-William Byron# [6 wins], 3052, -20
    3) #4-Christopher Bell# [1 win], 3051 -21
    4) #88-Matt Crafton [2 wins], 3048, -24
    Bottom 2 drivers will be eliminated after Phoenix:
    5) #17-Timothy Peters, 3047, -25
    6) #33-Ben Kennedy [1 win], 3035, -37
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