The 2019 SpeedyCash.com 400 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on June 7, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 167 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the ninth race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.
Background
Track
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list Among the entered drivers was Greg Biffle, the 2000 Truck Series champion. Biffle's previous race was in the 2016 Cup Series. His previous truck race was in the 2004 season. Driver Team Manufacturer 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 8 Tony Mrakovich NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Racing Chevrolet 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 25 Ted Minor Ted Minor Motorsports Chevrolet 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 34 Scott Stenzel Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 38 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Kyle Benjamin Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Greg Biffle Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford
Practice
First practice Ben Rhodes was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.887 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 29.887 180.681 2 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 29.938 180.373 3 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 29.976 180.144
Second practice Johnny Sauter was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.321 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 29.321 184.168 2 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 29.401 183.667 3 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.501 183.045
Final practice Johnny Sauter was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.470 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 29.470 183.237 2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 29.486 183.138 3 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 29.499 183.057
Qualifying Todd Gilliland scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.227 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.227 2 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 29.247 3 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 29.310 4 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.360 5 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 29.406 6 51 Greg Biffle Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.413 7 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.430 8 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 29.507 9 45 Kyle Benjamin Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 29.514 10 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 29.529 11 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.548 12 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29.556 13 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 29.585 14 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 29.630 15 38 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 29.692 16 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Racing Chevrolet 29.704 17 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29.725 18 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 29.740 19 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 29.746 20 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 29.761 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29.931 22 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 29.986 23 33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 30.061 24 14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet 30.204 25 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.244 26 8 Tony Mrakovich NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.289 27 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 30.318 28 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 30.507 29 34 Scott Stenzel Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 30.605 30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 31.249 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 31.994 32 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 33.034Did not qualify 33 25 Ted Minor Ted Minor Motorsports Chevrolet 32.989
Race
Summary Todd Gilliland started on pole, but lost the lead to Grant Enfinger within 5 laps. Four of the five cautions during stage 1 occurred due to drivers spinning out in Turn 2 and wrecking their trucks. Johnny Sauter avoided the wrecks to win the stage. In stage 2, Sauter made contact with Austin Hill, causing Sauter's truck to back into the wall and accumulate damage.
Gilliland later got loose under Ben Rhodes, backing his truck into the fence. He earned his second DNF of the season, knocking him below the playoff cutline. This would also cause team owner Kyle Busch to deliver critical comments about the performances of the team's full-time drivers, none of which had won a race thus far.
In the final restart with less than 10 laps remaining, Greg Biffle stayed out during pit stops. He was able to conserve fuel and hold off Matt Crafton, winning his first truck race in over 15 years.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 40
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 102 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 93 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 84 38 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 75 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 66 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 57 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 48 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 210 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 40
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 102 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 93 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 84 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 75 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 66 51 Greg Biffle Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 57 38 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 48 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 39 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 210 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 87
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 51 Greg Biffle Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 452 10 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 167 443 8 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 167 344 3 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 167 485 11 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 416 7 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 357 18 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 167 368 5 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 167 389 20 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 167 2810 15 38 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 166 3811 4 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 166 2612 13 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 166 2513 2 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 166 3414 23 33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 166 2315 28 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 165 2416 29 34 Scott Stenzel Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 165 2117 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 164 2018 30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 162 1919 19 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 136 1820 14 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 117 2621 22 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 104 2622 32 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 95 1523 27 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 95 1424 24 14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet 95 1325 12 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 89 1926 26 8 Tony Mrakovich NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 85 1127 1 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 69 1428 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 48 929 25 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 33 830 16 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Grant County Mulch Racing Chevrolet 27 731 9 45 Kyle Benjamin Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20 632 17 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 10 5
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