Race Lineup
The official 2019 Ford EcoBoost 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Homestead Miami Speedway.
Ford EcoBoost 200
Friday, November 15th, 2019
Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
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- Drivers Entered: 37 (1 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 134
- Margin of Victory: 01.569 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 31 Minutes 43 Seconds
- Average Speed: 131.492
- Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
- Lead Changes: 12
- Green Flag Passes: 1,326 (11.1 passes per green flag lap)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 200
- Race Winner: Austin Hill
- Age: 25
- Team : No. 16 - Chiba Toyopet Toyota
- Owner: Hattori Racing Enterprises
- Crew Chief: Scott Zipadelli
- Austin Hill won the 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 200, his fourth victory in 74 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series races.
- This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2019.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in four races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Matt Crafton (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 19 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2019.
- Christian Eckes (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports team wins the owner championship.
- Sheldon Creed (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Matt Crafton wins the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver championship.
- Tyler Ankrum wins the 2019 NGOTS Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
- Toyota has won the 2019 NGOTS manufacturers championship.
- Driver Champion: Matt Crafton
- Team: No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford F-150
- Matt Crafton has won his third NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship; tying former series champion Jack Sprague for second-most series championships in series history.
- Crafton is the fourth NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver to win multiple NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championships.
- Crafton finished second in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the title.
- Crafton finished the 2019 season with seven top fives, 18 top 10s and three poles.
- Crafton, from Tulane, California, is the third NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series champion from the state of California; joining four-time series champ Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale) and Gander Truck's inaugural season champ Mike Skinner (Susanville).
- Owner Of Driver Champion: Duke and Rhonda Thorson, ThorSport Racing
- This is ThorSport Racing's third all-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver championship in the last seven seasons (Matt Crafton, 2013, 2014 and 2019) – most all-time.
- ThorSport Racing is one of 16 different organizations to win a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver title.
- ThorSport Racing has posted 30 wins in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.
- Owners Duke and Rhonda Thorson fielded their first truck in the series with driver Terry Cook at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996.
- Crew Chief Champion: Carl Joiner
- This is Carl Joiner's third career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship in the last seven seasons – all three of which he's won with driver Matt Crafton and ThorSport Racing.
- Joiner (2013, '14 and '19) is the fourth all-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series crew chief with multiple driver championships. Joiner's three Gander Truck titles ties Dennis Conner (1997, '99, '01) for the series-most followed by Mike Hillman Jr. (2006, '10); and Rick Ren (2007, '09).
- Joiner has 12 career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series victories all with driver Matt Crafton.
- Owner Champion: Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports (No. 51)
- This is Kyle Busch Motorsport's record seventh NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series owner championship.
- Kyle Busch Motorsport's previous owner championships were in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 – In 2013, KBM's No. 51 tied ThorSport Racing's No. 88 in owner points, but was awarded the championship due the tiebreaker (wins).
- Kyle Busch Motorsports made its series debut back in 2010 with driver Johnny Benson Jr. at Texas. Since then, the organization has led 15 different drivers to Victory Lane for a total of 75 series wins.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Halmar International | Halmar Friesen Racing | Trip Bruce |
| 2 | 51 | Christian Eckes | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mobil 1 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Rudy Fugle |
| 3 | 45 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CarShield | Niece Motorsports | Phil Gould |
| 4 | 24 | Brett Moffitt | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CMR Construction & Roofing | Gms Racing | Jerry Baxter |
| 5 | 16 | Austin Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Chiba Toyopet | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Scott Zipadelli |
| 6 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Tenda Heal | Thorsport Racing | Joe Shear |
| 7 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Champion Power Equipment | Thorsport Racing | Jeff Hensley |
| 8 | 17 | Tyler Ankrum | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | RAILBLAZA | Dgr-crosley | Bono Manion |
| 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Jack Links / Menards | Thorsport Racing | Carl Joiner |
| 10 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dish Fish / Go Fish | Thorsport Racing | Matt Noyce |
| 11 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | JBL / SiriusXM | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Wes Ward |
| 12 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Accessories Chevrolet | Gms Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
| 13 | 18 | Harrison Burton | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Safelite AutoGlass | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Mike Hillman Jr. |
| 14 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GO TEXAN | Am Racing | Eddie Troconis |
| 15 | 02 | Tyler Dippel | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Lobas! Productions | Young's Motorsports | Chad Kendrick |
| 16 | 20 | Colby Howard | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Project HOPE Foundation | Young's Motorsports | Buddy Sisco |
| 17 | 44 | Angela Ruch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Give A Child A Voice | Niece Motorsports | Kevin Eagle |
| 18 | 3 | Jordan Anderson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | MissionIgnitionSys / Mommarito.com … | Jordan Anderson Racing | Wally Rogers |
| 19 | 12 | Gus Dean | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | LG Air Conditioning Technologies | Young's Motorsports | Ryan London |
| 20 | 54 | Natalie Decker | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Arthritis Foundation | Dgr-crosley | Frank Kerr |
| 21 | 33 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Exotic Car Trader | Reaume Brothers Racing | Matthew Wolper |
| 22 | 30 | Danny Bohn | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Sierra Delta | On Point Motorsports | Steve Lane |
| 23 | 8 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fire Alarm Services / Fleetwing | Nemco Motorsports | Gere Kennon |
| 24 | 15 | Anthony Alfredo | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation | Dgr-crosley | Chris Lawson |
| 25 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Waldo's Painting Company | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Tim Silva |
| 26 | 7 | Tanner Gray | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Turtle Beach Construction | Dgr-crosley | Seth Smith |
| 27 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Food Country USA | Henderson Motorsports | Chris Carrier |
| 28 | 56 | Tyler Hill | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | HairClub | Hill Motorsports | Greg Ely |
| 29 | 04 | Cory Roper | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Preferred Isdustrial Contractors | Roper Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
| 30 | 9 | Codie Rohrbaugh | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Grant County Mulch | Cr7 Motorsports | Doug George |
| 31 | 49 | Ray Ciccarelli | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CMI Motorsports | Cmi Motorsports | Joe Lax |
| 32 | 97 | Jesse Little | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Diversified Utility Group | Jjl Motorsports | Bruce Cook |