TRUCK Series Charlotte Motor Speedway

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NC Education Lottery 200

Friday, May 26th, 2023

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

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Late charge gives Ben Rhodes NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Grabbing the lead from Carson Hocevar after a restart on Lap 111 of 134, Ben Rhodes pulled away to win Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Rhodes, the ninth different winner in 11 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races this season, also collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the first of three events in the Triple Truck Challenge, a bonus program that could mean $500,000 for a driver who can sweep all three.

“I didn’t think we were that good in practice,” said Rhodes, who beat runner-up Corey Heim to the checkered flag by 2.398 seconds, as Heim, third-place Dean Thompson and Carson Hocevar battled for the second spot over the last 24 laps.

“I didn’t qualify the best, and here it came to life at night… Oh, man, I had so much fun. This is so much fun. Charlotte is a track that we come to—ThorSport Racing, we’re based in Sandusky, Ohio—we come to the North Carolina guys’ house, and we like to win.”

The victory was Rhodes’ first of the season, his first at Charlotte and the seventh of his career. In addition to the Triple Truck Challenge bonus, Rhodes is locked into the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs.

“The whole season is so hard to put together,” Rhodes said. “It’s unbelievably hard, and it’s only gotten more difficult over the years…. A championship being locked in, I’ll take that. The last three races have been so unbelievably hard on my team. We’ve been wrecked in the last three and haven’t had very good showings because of it.

“So I’ll take the points—thank you.”

Hocevar held the lead for the Lap 111 restart but was trapped in the middle of a three-wide situation and dropped to sixth in the running order. Heim took second and Thompson third, while Hocevar rallied and swapped the third position with Thompson before finishing fourth.

“Me and the 42 (Hocevar) and the 5 (Thompson) were probably the best trucks,” said Heim, who led a race-high 49 laps and held off Hocevar to win the first stage. “But the 99 (Rhodes) just came along really strong, and once we got to second on the restart where the 42 got put in the middle there, I really thought we had a shot at it.

“But it just proves that clean air is king here, but I feel like if I did a better job of getting by as soon as possible rather than waiting on a run, we might have had a better opportunity.”

Notes: Thompson’s third-place finish was a career-best… Hocevar led 43 laps and won the seconds stage by 5.746 seconds over Heim… Rhodes, the 2021 series champion, led 37 laps—25 in the final run to the finish… The final two Triple Truck Challenge races are scheduled for World Wide Technology Raceway on June 3 and Nashville Superspeedway on June 23.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 134
  • Margin of Victory: 02.398 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 43 Minutes 10 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 116.898
  • Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,408 (13.8 passes per green flag lap)
Ben Rhodes celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 3, 2023 : Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Kubota Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, finishing first of the Championship 4 drivers in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Craftsman 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

DRIVER ST FIN # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Hailie Deegan 21 33 2 27.273 3 15.799 1 43.072 1 38.355 47.788
Corey Heim 3 2 3 26.968 1 17.083 8 44.051 2 42.443 47.256
Jack Wood 10 18 2 27.345 4 16.950 5 44.294 3 42.800 45.788
Carson Hocevar 12 4 3 27.357 5 17.241 12 44.598 4 43.882 45.480
Taylor Gray 17 10 3 27.581 10 17.022 7 44.603 5 43.371 47.063
Zane Smith 14 23 3 27.979 16 16.747 4 44.726 6 44.340 45.175
Tanner Gray 1 27 2 27.638 11 17.109 9 44.747 7 43.799 45.695
Ben Rhodes 19 1 3 27.712 12 17.159 11 44.871 8 42.330 48.049
Ty Majeski 2 7 2 27.922 15 17.000 6 44.921 9 44.486 45.356
Bayley Currey 8 13 3 28.313 18 16.672 3 44.985 10 43.949 46.596
Dean Thompson 7 3 3 28.007 17 17.128 10 45.135 11 44.393 45.904
Christian Eckes 6 6 3 27.815 13 17.806 13 45.621 12 43.223 48.559
Matt Crafton 24 12 3 27.420 6 18.429 15 45.849 13 44.459 47.547
David Gilliland 9 14 3 27.488 8 18.429 16 45.917 14 45.432 46.241
Stewart Friesen 5 22 3 27.454 7 18.632 18 46.086 15 44.913 46.812
Lawless Alan 16 17 1 27.515 9 19.041 21 46.556 16 46.556 46.556
Colby Howard 22 20 2 27.000 2 19.970 25 46.969 17 46.944 46.994
Matt DiBenedetto 20 8 3 27.912 14 19.130 22 47.042 18 45.775 48.027
Chase Purdy 13 16 2 28.797 21 18.386 14 47.183 19 46.240 48.125
Jake Garcia 15 15 2 28.588 20 18.602 17 47.189 20 47.170 47.208
Grant Enfinger 11 5 3 28.827 22 18.713 19 47.540 21 45.760 49.863
Kris Wright 23 32 2 28.882 23 18.852 20 47.733 22 47.443 48.023
Tyler Ankrum 35 28 1 28.382 19 19.777 23 48.159 23 48.159 48.159
Mason Maggio 31 25 1 29.470 24 19.920 24 49.390 24 49.390 49.390
Nicholas Sanchez 34 9 3 32.795 26 16.618 2 49.413 25 44.053 55.241
Bret Holmes 26 21 1 29.662 25 20.726 26 50.388 26 50.388 50.388

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
David Gilliland 63 63 27.581 17.851 45.432 4-wheel change
David Gilliland 85 85 27.593 18.485 46.078 4-wheel change
David Gilliland 32 32 27.289 18.952 46.241 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 63 63 28.203 17.557 45.760 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 85 85 28.968 18.029 46.997 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 32 32 29.311 20.552 49.863 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 85 85 27.642 16.817 44.459 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 63 63 26.889 18.651 45.540 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 32 32 27.728 19.819 47.547 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 85 85 27.524 18.251 45.775 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 63 63 27.738 19.586 47.324 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 32 32 28.475 19.552 48.027 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 63 63 27.833 16.116 43.949 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 85 85 28.961 15.448 44.409 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 32 32 28.145 18.451 46.596 4-wheel change
Colby Howard 32 32 26.791 20.153 46.944 4-wheel change
Colby Howard 63 63 27.208 19.786 46.994 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 85 85 27.957 16.383 44.340 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 32 32 27.389 17.275 44.664 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 63 63 28.592 16.583 45.175 4-wheel change
Kris Wright 85 85 27.824 19.619 47.443 4-wheel change
Kris Wright 32 32 29.939 18.084 48.023 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 63 63 28.063 16.850 44.913 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 85 85 27.480 19.052 46.532 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 32 32 26.818 19.994 46.812 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 85 85 26.948 15.382 42.330 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 63 63 27.224 17.009 44.233 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 32 32 28.964 19.085 48.049 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 85 85 28.382 19.777 48.159 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 85 85 27.408 15.815 43.223 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 32 32 28.197 16.883 45.080 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 63 63 27.839 20.720 48.559 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 63 63 27.719 18.521 46.240 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 106 106 29.874 18.251 48.125 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 85 85 27.603 16.883 44.486 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 63 63 28.240 17.116 45.356 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 85 85 27.325 16.557 43.882 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 63 63 27.416 17.016 44.432 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 32 32 27.331 18.149 45.480 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 32 32 27.750 16.049 43.799 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 86 86 27.526 18.169 45.695 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 85 85 27.665 10.690 38.355 Right-sides only
Hailie Deegan 63 63 26.880 20.908 47.788 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 32 32 27.595 14.848 42.443 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 63 63 26.405 16.049 42.454 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 85 85 26.903 20.353 47.256 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 63 63 27.515 19.041 46.556 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 85 85 27.710 16.683 44.393 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 63 63 28.458 16.650 45.108 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 32 32 27.853 18.051 45.904 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 32 32 29.662 20.726 50.388 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 63 63 26.998 15.802 42.800 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 85 85 27.691 18.097 45.788 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 85 85 27.822 15.549 43.371 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 63 63 27.993 15.382 43.375 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 32 32 26.929 20.134 47.063 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 63 63 29.053 15.000 44.053 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 108 107 29.092 19.853 48.945 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 32 32 40.241 15.000 55.241 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 85 85 28.618 18.552 47.170 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 63 63 28.557 18.651 47.208 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 85 85 29.470 19.920 49.390 4-wheel change