Rookie Austin Dillon grabbed the lead from James Buescher with 35 laps remaining and pulled away to post a commanding victory Saturday over Johnny Sauter in the Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Dillon’s 5.588-second margin of victory in the Smith’s Food & Drug Stores 350 was the largest winning margin in 14 Truck Series races at Las Vegas. NASCAR.com
Buescher was third, followed by series leader Todd Bodine, Matt Crafton, Aric Almirola, Brian Ickler, Justin Lofton, Ricky Carmichael and Ken Schrader.
Bodine increased his lead over Almirola to 262 points with five races left.
Dillon became the youngest winner in all three national NASCAR series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Associated Press
“Anytime you’re in victory lane, it’s awesome,” said Dillon, whose first truck win came in July at Iowa Speedway. “Let’s go and celebrate; we’re in Las Vegas, baby.” MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 2 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 3 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 4 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 5 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 6 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 7 18 Brian Ickler Toyota 8 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 9 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 10 2 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 11 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 12 181 David Starr Toyota 13 125 Tayler Malsam Toyota 14 23 Jason White Dodge 15 119 David Mayhew Chevrolet 16 177 Jason Bowles Toyota 17 7 Tony Jackson Jr. Chevrolet 18 47 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 19 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 20 15 Nelson Piquet Jr. Toyota 21 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 22 1 Carl Long Chevrolet 23 46 Clay Greenfield Dodge 24 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 25 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 26 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 27 60 Narain Karthikeyan Chevrolet 28 90 Donny Lia Toyota 29 85 Brent Raymer Ford 30 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 31 6 Lance Fenton Chevrolet 32 173 Rick Crawford Chevrolet 33 162 Greg Pursley Chevrolet 34 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 35 9 Justin Hobgood Toyota 36 120 Johanna Long Toyota
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