The 2019 Sugarlands Shine 250 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on October 12, 2019, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 94 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 20th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, fourth race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 6.
Background
Track
Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).
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 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 7 Korbin Forrister All Out 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 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 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 33 Mason Massey Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 34 Jesse Iwuji Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Riley Herbst Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 87 Timothy Peters NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford
Practice
First practice Austin Hill was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 49.857 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 49.857 193.115 2 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 49.611 193.022 3 87 Timothy Peters NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 49.630 192.948Official first practice results
Final practice Harrison Burton was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 50.646 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Harrison Burton Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 50.646 189.077 2 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 50.656 189.040 3 17 Tyler Ankrum DGR-Crosley Toyota 50.670 188.988Official final practice results
Qualifying Matt Crafton scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.928 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 52.928 2 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 52.941 3 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.097 4 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 53.149 5 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.183 6 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.223 7 51 Riley Herbst Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.248 8 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.291 9 7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 53.357 10 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 53.385 11 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 53.520 12 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 53.567 13 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 53.664 14 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 53.707 15 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 53.827 16 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 53.882 17 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 53.904 18 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 53.937 19 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 53.946 20 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 54.044 21 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 54.073 22 87 Timothy Peters NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 54.088 23 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet 54.100 24 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 54.289 25 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 54.360 26 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 54.569 27 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 54.665 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 55.019 29 33 Mason Massey Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 55.426 30 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 55.501 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 55.858 32 34 Jesse Iwuji Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 56.008 . – Playoffs driver
Race
Summary Matt Crafton started on pole, but was overtaken by Todd Gilliland in the second lap. Johnny Sauter took the lead afterwards, but also lost it, to Sheldon Creed. The first caution occurred when Harrison Burton spun in the tri-oval. Creed maintained the lead and won Stage 1.
Ross Chastain took the lead, but Tyler Dippel wrecked and brought out a caution. During stage 2, Moffitt and Friesen were found to be locking bumpers, causing NASCAR officials to force them to take a pass-through penalty. Both teams and some of the broadcasters disagreed with NASCAR’s assessment. Stewart Friesen won Stage 2 after passing Brett Moffitt and Austin Hill.
On lap 87, a large wreck occurred that took out Chastain after he turned across Creed's nose while trying to maintain his lead. In the final lap, Johnny Sauter held the lead until the tri-oval, where a block on Riley Herbst forced Herbst below the double yellow line. After NASCAR reviewed the footage, they deemed that Sauter's block caused Herbst to go below the yellow line. The race win was ultimately given to Boyd, while Sauter was demoted to 14th place.
Chastain and Tyler Ankrum left the race below the cutoff point for the playoffs. Due to Boyd's win, none of the other playoffs drivers were locked into the final round.
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 102 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 93 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 84 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 05 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 66 51 Riley Herbst Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 57 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 48 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 39 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 210 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 102 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 93 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 84 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 75 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 66 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 57 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 48 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 39 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 210 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 54
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 25 20 Spencer Boyd (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 98 402 6 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 98 393 7 51 Riley Herbst Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 98 394 8 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 98 515 10 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 98 486 13 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 98 357 2 17 Tyler Ankrum (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 98 358 1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 98 309 5 2 Sheldon Creed (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 98 4510 14 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 98 2711 3 18 Harrison Burton (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 98 2612 15 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 98 2813 9 7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 98 2414 4 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Ford 98 2915 16 15 Anthony Alfredo (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 97 2516 19 54 Natalie Decker (R) DGR-Crosley Toyota 97 2117 23 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet 97 2018 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 96 1919 32 34 Jesse Iwuji Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 96 1820 20 12 Gus Dean (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 92 2121 30 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 90 1622 17 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 87 2323 22 87 Timothy Peters NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 87 1424 11 9 Codie Rohrbaugh CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 87 1325 24 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Toyota 87 1226 18 30 Brennan Poole (R) On Point Motorsports Toyota 81 1127 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 79 1028 26 44 Angela Ruch Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 72 929 12 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 69 1730 27 8 John Hunter Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30 031 21 02 Tyler Dippel (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29 632 29 33 Mason Massey Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 8 5 . – Playoffs driver
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