Townley Gets First Camping World Truck Win at Vegas

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LAS VEGAS, NV – RIS – John Wes Townley won his first NASCAR national series race by being victorious at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Townley won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by coasting to the finish line as drivers such ad point leader Erik Jones, former Champ Matt Crafton, and Cameron Hayley ran short of fuel or needed to make a late stop.

For Townley it was his first career victory in a major NASCAR series, but it didn't come without some tense moments as his crew chief was advising him to use three-quarters throttle in the race's final three laps.

However, it turned out to be enough as race leader Crafton (eighth place) had to pit for a spalsh-and-go with five laps remaining and Jones (ninth) and Hayley (10th) were seen wiggling their trucks short on fuel in the final laps.

Timothy Peters finished second, followed by , Ben Kennedy,  John Hunter Nemechek, and Brandon Jones to round out the top five. 
 
Erik Jones leads Crafton by four points in the driver standings, with Tyler Reddick, who finished seventh, 16 points down.

Theriault hit the wall head-on during the NASCAR Truck Series race on Saturday night at LVMS.

Theriault, who was driving the No. 29 Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing, made contact with teammate Reddick's No. 19 Ford in Turn 4 before the wreck, which happened in a section of the track not protected by a SAFER barrier.

Theriault was helped from the vehicle and stood briefly before sitting down next to his heavily damaged truck. Theriault was put on a stretcher but gave a thumbs-up sign before being taken away in an ambulance.

Unofficial Race Results: 19th Annual Rhino Linings 350, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, Lap, TLd, LLd, BPts, Pts, Status
1) 2, John Wes Townley, No. 05 Zaxby's Chevrolet, 146, 5, 23, 4, 47, Running
2) 4, Timothy Peters, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, 146, 1, 13, 1, 43, Running
3) 9, Ben Kennedy, No. 11 Local Motors Toyota, 146, , , , 41, Running
4) 16, John H. Nemechek #, No. 8 Chevrolet, 146, , , , 40, Running
5) 3, Brandon Jones #, No. 33 RSD Chevrolet, 146, , , , 39, Running
6) 12, Daniel Hemric #, No. 14 California Clean Power Chevrolet, 146, , , , 38, Running
7) 11, Tyler Reddick, No. 19 Draw-tite Ford, 146, 1, 2, 1, 38, Running
8) 1, Matt Crafton, No. 88 FVP/Menards Toyota, 146, 3, 69, 2, 38, Running
9) 15, Erik Jones #, No. 4 TOYOTA Toyota, 146, , , , 35, Running
10) 6, Cameron Hayley #, No. 13 The Carolina Nut Co. Toyota, 145, 1, 23, 1, 35, Running
11) 14, Brennan Poole(i), No. 21 DC Solar Chevrolet, 145, , , , 0, Running
12) 13, Johnny Sauter, No. 98 Nextant/Curb Records Toyota, 145, 2, 13, 1, 33, Running
13) 22, Ray Black Jr. #, No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet, 145, 1, 1, 1, 32, Running
14) 5, Christopher Bell, No. 54 JBL Toyota, 145, , , , 30, Running
15) 10, Spencer Gallagher #, No. 23 Allegiant Travel Chevrolet, 144, , , , 29, Running
16) 17, Travis Pastrana, No. 31 GunBroker.com / Lazy F Ranch Chevrolet, 144, , , , 28, Running
17) 20, Tyler Young, No. 02 Randco Industries/Yng'sBldngSstms Chev, 144, , , , 27, Running
18) 21, Travis Kvapil, No. 1 Land Works Solutions Chevrolet, 144, 1, 1, 1, 27, Running
19) 18, Matt Tifft, No. 51 NASCAR Slots Games Toyota, 143, , , , 25, Running
20) 8, Mason Mingus, No. 15 Call 811 Before You Dig Chevrolet, 142, , , , 24, Running
21) 24, Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 10 Waldo's Painting Co. Chevrolet, 140, , , , 23, Running
22) 27, Jordan Anderson, No. 74 Rusty's Off Road/PlateSetters.com Chevrolet, 138, , , , 22, Running
23) 30, Akinori Ogata, No. 63 Akinori Ogata Foundation Chevrolet, 135, , , , 21, Running
24) 29, Wayne Edwards, No. 94 Testoril/ChampionMachinery.com Chevrolet, 135, , , , 20, Running
25) 19, Chad Boat, No. 16 CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet, 114, , , , 19, Handling
26) 32, Norm Benning, No. 6 Chevrolet, 46, , , , 18, Suspension
27) 26, Korbin Forrister #, No. 08 Tilted Kilt Chevrolet, 34, , , , 17, Oil Leak
28) 25, BJ McLeod, No. 45 Tilted Kilt Chevrolet, 33, , , , 16, Overheating
29) 23, Justin Jennings, No. 36 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool/Ski Soda Chevrolet, 29, 1, 1, 1, 16, Electrical
30) 28, Caleb Roark, No. 0 Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet, 16, , , , 14, Electrical
31) 7, Austin Theriault #, No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford, 14, , , , 13, Accident
32) 31, Tyler Tanner, No. 50 Land Works Solutions Chevrolet, 5, , , , 12, Ignition

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, # = Rookie
Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led.
Average Speed: 132.772 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 38 Mins, 58 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.827 Seconds