The 2023 Victoria’s Voice 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Friday, March 3rd, 2023
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Five days after winning at Auto Club Speedway in his second NASCAR Cup Series race in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Busch powered his own Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevy to victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
Despite a couple of twitchy moments in traffic, Busch dominated Friday night's Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 84 of 134 laps and beating runner-up Zane Smith to the finish line by 4.981 seconds.
The victory was Busch's first of the season, the fourth at his home track and the 63rd of his career, extending his own series record.
After a restart on Lap 66, Busch stormed into the lead two circuits later and built an advantage that, at its widest, exceeded seven seconds. It was his first race in the No. 51 truck after KBM switched from Toyota to Chevrolet for the 2023 season.
Friday's victory was the first in a potential weekend triple. Busch is competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday and the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday.
"There were a couple dicey moments in traffic—not too bad—but I would have loved to have raced with Zane," said Busch, who won the pole in Friday afternoon's qualifying session. "They kind of got off strategy where we were able to cycle up , and we got clean air for most of the start of that last run.
"He came through the field and got to second, and we kind of maintained. If we'd have been able to race it out, it would have been a hell of a show. But all in all, just a great night here, to be able to win in Las Vegas again—and you've got to win the first to be able to win all three. Right?"
Smith, the reigning series champion, won the race's first stage and led eight laps.
"I'm happy with our day," Smith said. "We had a really good Speedco Ford. Happy with our stage win. Got shuffled back there in one of those late-race restarts and just kind of let Kyle get away—and it's so hard executing pit road chasing him.
"Still happy with our day—another good points day. Create some momentum and go on to the next one."
Ben Rhodes ran third, followed by Corey Heim and Ty Majeski. Christian Eckes, second stage winner Carson Hocevar, Chase Purdy, Grant Enfinger and rookie Jake Garcia completed the top 10.
Fifth-place qualifier Hailie Deegan crashed out in a backstretch wreck with John Hunter Nemechek and Ross Chastain on Lap 60 to cause the sixth and final caution of the race.
Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.
DRIVER | ST | FIN | STATUS | PIT STOPS | AVG DRVR TIME | DRVR RANK | AVG CREW TIME | CREW RANK | AVG TTL TIME | TTL RANK | FST STOP | SLW STOP |
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Kyle Busch | 1 | 1 | Running | 2 | 29.010 | 2 | 16.850 | 2 | 45.860 | 1 | 45.244 | 46.476 |
Tyler Ankrum | 18 | 15 | Running | 2 | 30.647 | 18 | 15.417 | 1 | 46.064 | 2 | 40.859 | 51.269 |
Corey Heim | 15 | 4 | Running | 3 | 29.352 | 6 | 17.092 | 3 | 46.444 | 3 | 45.761 | 47.369 |
Zane Smith | 7 | 2 | Running | 3 | 29.276 | 4 | 17.677 | 5 | 46.952 | 4 | 46.550 | 47.313 |
Carson Hocevar | 8 | 7 | Running | 2 | 30.272 | 17 | 17.117 | 4 | 47.389 | 5 | 47.321 | 47.456 |
Matt Crafton | 11 | 11 | Running | 2 | 29.733 | 9 | 17.685 | 6 | 47.417 | 6 | 47.296 | 47.538 |
Ben Rhodes | 9 | 3 | Running | 3 | 29.589 | 8 | 17.895 | 7 | 47.485 | 7 | 46.761 | 48.877 |
John Hunter Nemechek | 13 | 31 | Vibration | 3 | 29.586 | 7 | 18.371 | 9 | 47.956 | 8 | 45.549 | 50.873 |
Chase Purdy | 3 | 8 | Running | 2 | 29.962 | 12 | 18.316 | 8 | 48.277 | 9 | 46.932 | 49.622 |
Ty Majeski | 4 | 5 | Running | 2 | 29.326 | 5 | 19.428 | 15 | 48.754 | 10 | 48.188 | 49.320 |
Ross Chastain | 23 | 24 | Running | 3 | 29.805 | 10 | 18.952 | 11 | 48.757 | 11 | 46.761 | 49.955 |
Christian Eckes | 12 | 6 | Running | 2 | 28.948 | 1 | 19.937 | 18 | 48.884 | 12 | 48.147 | 49.621 |
Lawless Alan | 21 | 20 | Running | 1 | 29.984 | 13 | 19.219 | 12 | 49.203 | 13 | 49.203 | 49.203 |
Kaz Grala | 10 | 17 | Running | 2 | 29.993 | 14 | 19.236 | 13 | 49.229 | 14 | 48.906 | 49.551 |
Tanner Gray | 16 | 13 | Running | 3 | 30.187 | 16 | 19.275 | 14 | 49.462 | 15 | 47.820 | 50.669 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 19 | 12 | Running | 2 | 29.812 | 11 | 19.653 | 16 | 49.465 | 16 | 48.904 | 50.026 |
Timmy Hill | 26 | 22 | Running | 1 | 29.213 | 3 | 20.487 | 20 | 49.700 | 17 | 49.700 | 49.700 |
Grant Enfinger | 17 | 9 | Running | 3 | 31.533 | 20 | 18.407 | 10 | 49.940 | 18 | 48.948 | 51.348 |
Jake Garcia | 14 | 10 | Running | 3 | 30.109 | 15 | 19.977 | 19 | 50.085 | 19 | 49.153 | 50.928 |
Dean Thompson | 25 | 16 | Running | 2 | 30.736 | 19 | 20.621 | 21 | 51.357 | 20 | 51.249 | 51.464 |
Stewart Friesen | 22 | 14 | Running | 1 | 31.648 | 21 | 19.887 | 17 | 51.535 | 21 | 51.535 | 51.535 |
Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.
DRIVER | LDR LAP | DRV LAP | DRV TIME | CREW TIME | TOT TIME | TYPE |
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Kyle Busch | 104 | 104 | 28.828 | 16.416 | 45.244 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Busch | 54 | 54 | 29.192 | 17.284 | 46.476 | 4-wheel change |
Grant Enfinger | 61 | 61 | 31.831 | 17.117 | 48.948 | 4-wheel change |
Grant Enfinger | 103 | 102 | 30.440 | 19.085 | 49.525 | 4-wheel change |
Grant Enfinger | 20 | 20 | 32.329 | 19.019 | 51.348 | 4-wheel change |
Matt Crafton | 102 | 101 | 29.278 | 18.018 | 47.296 | 4-wheel change |
Matt Crafton | 61 | 61 | 30.187 | 17.351 | 47.538 | 4-wheel change |
Timmy Hill | 110 | 109 | 29.213 | 20.487 | 49.700 | 4-wheel change |
Matt DiBenedetto | 32 | 32 | 29.852 | 19.052 | 48.904 | 4-wheel change |
Matt DiBenedetto | 61 | 61 | 29.772 | 20.254 | 50.026 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 54 | 54 | 29.544 | 17.217 | 46.761 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 112 | 109 | 30.102 | 19.452 | 49.554 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 20 | 20 | 29.768 | 20.187 | 49.955 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 20 | 20 | 28.899 | 16.650 | 45.549 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 54 | 54 | 29.629 | 17.818 | 47.447 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 96 | 86 | 30.229 | 20.644 | 50.873 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 101 | 100 | 30.054 | 18.852 | 48.906 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 48 | 48 | 29.932 | 19.619 | 49.551 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 103 | 102 | 29.767 | 16.783 | 46.550 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 32 | 32 | 28.364 | 18.630 | 46.994 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 54 | 54 | 29.696 | 17.617 | 47.313 | 4-wheel change |
Stewart Friesen | 22 | 21 | 31.648 | 19.887 | 51.535 | 4-wheel change |
Ben Rhodes | 61 | 61 | 29.777 | 16.984 | 46.761 | 4-wheel change |
Ben Rhodes | 103 | 102 | 29.099 | 17.717 | 46.816 | 4-wheel change |
Ben Rhodes | 32 | 32 | 29.892 | 18.985 | 48.877 | 4-wheel change |
Tyler Ankrum | 54 | 54 | 30.869 | 9.990 | 40.859 | Right-sides only |
Tyler Ankrum | 105 | 104 | 30.425 | 20.844 | 51.269 | 4-wheel change |
Christian Eckes | 54 | 54 | 28.761 | 19.386 | 48.147 | 4-wheel change |
Christian Eckes | 100 | 99 | 29.134 | 20.487 | 49.621 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Purdy | 103 | 102 | 29.320 | 17.612 | 46.932 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Purdy | 61 | 61 | 30.603 | 19.019 | 49.622 | 4-wheel change |
Ty Majeski | 104 | 104 | 29.054 | 19.134 | 48.188 | 4-wheel change |
Ty Majeski | 61 | 61 | 29.598 | 19.722 | 49.320 | 4-wheel change |
Carson Hocevar | 61 | 61 | 30.004 | 17.317 | 47.321 | 4-wheel change |
Carson Hocevar | 99 | 98 | 30.539 | 16.917 | 47.456 | 4-wheel change |
Tanner Gray | 54 | 54 | 30.169 | 17.651 | 47.820 | 4-wheel change |
Tanner Gray | 20 | 20 | 30.578 | 19.319 | 49.897 | 4-wheel change |
Tanner Gray | 105 | 105 | 29.815 | 20.854 | 50.669 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Heim | 103 | 102 | 29.412 | 16.349 | 45.761 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Heim | 54 | 54 | 29.220 | 16.983 | 46.203 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Heim | 32 | 32 | 29.424 | 17.945 | 47.369 | 4-wheel change |
Lawless Alan | 100 | 98 | 29.984 | 19.219 | 49.203 | 4-wheel change |
Dean Thompson | 20 | 20 | 30.862 | 20.387 | 51.249 | 4-wheel change |
Dean Thompson | 54 | 54 | 30.610 | 20.854 | 51.464 | 4-wheel change |
Jake Garcia | 103 | 102 | 29.148 | 20.005 | 49.153 | 4-wheel change |
Jake Garcia | 32 | 32 | 30.870 | 19.305 | 50.175 | 4-wheel change |
Jake Garcia | 54 | 54 | 30.308 | 20.620 | 50.928 | 4-wheel change |