Saturday, November 7, 2015

Jones wins Texas:

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Happy Owner
Jones wins Texas: #4-Erik Jones dominated the WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night, and with the win picked up a few extra points in the championship battle with two races remaining. Jones led 117 laps of the 147-lap race. #51-Daniel Suarez finished second. #29-Ryan Blaney, #88-Matt Crafton, #19-Tyler Reddick, #17-Timothy Peters, #33-Brandon Jones, #54-Christopher Bell, #11-Ben Kennedy and #13-Cameron Hayley closed out the top-10 finishers.
There was 1 caution flags for 5 laps and 7 lead changes among 5 leaders.

Texas Race Fast Facts:
Erik Jones won the 17th Annual WinStar World Casino & Resort 350, his seventh victory in 38 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Daniel Suarez(i) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2015.
Ryan Blaney(i) (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
Erik Jones # leads the point standings by 17 points over Matt Crafton.
Set a new track record for the time of the race in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at 1 hour, 23 minutes, 48 seconds. Previous record was 1 hour, 25 minutes, 30 seconds.
Set a new track record for fewest cautions in a NCWTS race at Texas with one caution for five laps.
Previous record was 2 cautions for 8 laps (11/02/2012).
(NASCAR Statistics) (11-6-2015)

Driver standings following Texas:
1) #4-Erik Jones, 824
2)#88-Matt Crafton, 807, -17
3) #19-Tyler Reddick, 803, -21

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