The 2019 UNOH 200 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on August 15, 2019, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 200 laps on the concrete short track, it was the 17th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, first race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 8.
Background
Track
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.
Entry list 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 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 15 Dylan Lupton 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 Landon Huffman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 21 Sam Mayer (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 33 Ryan Sieg (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 34 J. J. Yeley (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 46 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 51 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 74 Lou Goss Lou Goss Racing Chevrolet 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 92 Timothy Peters RBR Enterprises Ford 97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Ford 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford
Practice
First practice Tyler Ankrum was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.178 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 15.178 126.420 2 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 15.249 125.831 3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 15.307 125.354
Final practice Austin Hill was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.189 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 15.189 126.328 2 21 Sam Mayer (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.217 126.096 3 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.254 125.790
Qualifying Brett Moffitt scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.027 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.027 2 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 15.102 3 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 15.157 4 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 15.197 5 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 15.242 6 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 15.245 7 51 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 15.304 8 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 15.307 9 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 15.313 10 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 15.345 11 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 15.371 12 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 15.388 13 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 15.409 14 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 15.439 15 15 Dylan Lupton DGR-Crosley Toyota 15.462 16 46 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 15.493 17 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 15.501 18 21 Sam Mayer (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.502 19 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 15.532 20 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 15.543 21 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 15.607 22 97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Ford 15.612 23 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 15.624 24 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.643 25 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 15.660 26 33 Ryan Sieg (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 15.726 27 56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 15.755 28 20 Landon Huffman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 15.845 29 34 J. J. Yeley (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 15.977 30 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 16.123 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 16.438 32 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 16.544Did not qualify 33 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 15.803 34 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 15.917 35 92 Timothy Peters RBR Enterprises Ford 16.173 36 74 Lou Goss Lou Goss Racing Chevrolet 17.124 . – Playoffs driver
Race
Summary Brett Moffitt started from the pole, and was locked in a fierce battle with Ross Chastain throughout Stage 1. Chastain led 78 laps and edged out Moffitt to claim the stage victory. Chastain was penalized for a pit road safety violation during stage 2. The roles switched in stage 2 saw a dramatic ending to the stage between Moffitt, Chastain, and Chandler Smith. In the end, Moffitt took advantage of lapped trucks and edged out Chastain for the win.
Grant Enfinger and Sheldon Creed stayed out at the end of stage 2, while the leaders pitted. With a number of cautions, Enfinger managed to stay in the lead but was eventually passed by Moffitt on lap 173. Near the end of the race, Natalie Decker was spun around by a tow truck after being collected in a wreck with Gus Dean and Tyler Dippel. The final caution flew on lap 194 when Sam Mayer (in his first career start) hit the wall after contact with Ben Rhodes. On the restart, Moffitt and Smith had a brief side-by-side battle before Moffitt pulled away on the final lap and held off Smith to win the race, also locking himself into the next round of the playoffs.
After the race, Chastain was visibly upset at Raphaël Lessard and confronted him after the drivers exited their trucks, which ultimately led to the crew members being involved in attempting to calm them down.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 55
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 102 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 93 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 84 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 75 51 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 66 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 57 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 48 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 39 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 010 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 55
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 102 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 93 51 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 84 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 75 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 66 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 57 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 48 46 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 210 21 Sam Mayer (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 90
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 592 7 51 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 493 2 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 200 534 3 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 200 435 14 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 200 346 24 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Toyota 200 317 11 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 200 428 4 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 200 409 17 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 2810 8 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 200 2811 6 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 200 3412 16 46 Raphaël Lessard Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 2813 12 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2414 26 33 Ryan Sieg (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 200 015 25 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 200 2216 28 20 Landon Huffman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2117 27 56 Timmy Hill (i) Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 200 018 23 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 200 1919 9 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 199 1820 5 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 194 2521 18 21 Sam Mayer (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 193 1722 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 193 1523 10 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 192 1424 19 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 175 1325 20 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 166 1226 21 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 145 1127 15 15 Dylan Lupton DGR-Crosley Toyota 136 1028 30 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 102 929 13 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 75 030 32 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 65 731 29 34 J. J. Yeley (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 12 032 22 97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Ford 2 5 . – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.
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