Reddick and Suarez Win Truck Races at Fontana and Dover

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DOVER DE – RIS – Tyler Reddick and Daniel Suarez were winters last night and this morning in the NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series races.  The truck race was held at what looked like a very empty California Speedway.  The crowd at the Xfinity race looked decent.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series had a standalone race at the huge track in Fontana, California that was a dominant affair with the two trucks of Brad Keselowski racing leading almost the entire race.  Reddick won in a Ford F-150 with teammate Daniel Hemric finishing a close second.  Those two trucks led a total of 98 of the 146 laps run.  Hemric is in the truck Chase, and badly needing the win to advance, but Reddick had the better truck in the end.  It was the first win of 2016 for Reddick, and the third of his career in 58 races.  Hemrick leaves California still on the outside looking in for his championship hopes. William Byron continues to lead the points. The racing trucks next compete at Talladega SuperSpeedway on Saturday, October 22.

Daniel Suarez won Sunday’s rain-delayed race at Dover. The victory locked him into the Round of 8 in the Xfinity Series Chase. Suarez took his final lead in the Drive Sober 200 with a bold move on Justin Allgaier. 

“Clean air was everything," he said on the NBC broadcast. "He got me right there on the restart … I knew if I was close to his rear bumper I was going to make him loose. I don’t think I ever touched him, but that was enough to make him loose and be able to complete the pass.”

Suarez now leads the Xfinity points with Elliot Sadler close behind.

Fellow Chase contenders Ty Dillon finished second, with Allgaier in third. Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five. With three laps to go, Dillon had been in a fierce battle with Allgaier to take that second spot, with Dillon completing the pass for the spot.

For Suarez, it was his second career victory in 63 Xfinity starts and his first at Dover.  

While Suarez was celebrating advancing into the next round, the problems continued for Erik Jones. He entered the Chase as the top seed, then endured a crash at Kentucky dropped Jones him to ninth in the standings, one spot out of the transfer position.

At Dover, he pitted with a vibration to see if he had a tire issue, throwing him off sequence. He then had to pit for fuel with eight laps to go while running seventh. He went on to finish 16th, which puts him 10th in the standings with only the race at Charlotte to go before the field drops from 12 to eight drivers. He is six points behind the cutoff to make the Chase.

"Just kind of an embarrassing day overall," he said. "It's pretty embarrassing not even being in the Chase right now for the next round too. Got a lot of work to do. Got to have a good run at Charlotte now for sure. It's just unfortunate. It's just something I would have never saw coming and just pretty disappointed."

The race was marred by cautions throughout, with drivers getting on track after rain had interfered with practice and race schedules all weekend. Rain pushed the race from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. Several drivers planning to run double-duty were forced to make the call on whether to try both races on Sunday. Chase contenders Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Austin Dillon opted to focus solely on the Cup race while Josh Wise, Matt DiBenedetto, Ty Dillon and Regan Smith will be running both races, as well as Ryan Blaney.

Justin Marks endured a hard hit in the race after contact with Suarez. Marks spun into the outside wall, crashing hard. He was evaluated at the care center and was OK after the accident. 

Marks wasn't the only one with a hard hit in the race. Ryan Ellis endured a hard hit earlier. After the race, ESPN reported that he had been transported to a local hospital. 

 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 18
Unofficial Race Results for the 20Th Annual Dc Solar 350 - Saturday, October 1, 2016
Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV - 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 146 Laps - 219 Miles

Leader
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Status Tms Laps
1 16 29 Tyler Reddick Cooper Standard Ford 146 37 5 145.4 Running 5 70
2 6 19 Daniel Hemric Blue Gate Bank Ford 146 32 1 126.9 Running 2 38
3 3 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Chevrolet 146 31 1 113.2 Running 3 3
4 4 33 Ben Kennedy Jacob Chevrolet 146 30 1 116.1 Running 2 22
5 10 9 William Byron # Liberty University Toyota 146 28 102.3 Running
6 18 4 Christopher Bell # DC Solar Toyota 146 27 88.2 Running
7 14 21 Johnny Sauter Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 146 26 96.4 Running
8 2 88 Matt Crafton FVP/Menards Toyota 146 25 86.7 Running
9 1 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 25 1 100.7 Running 1 13
10 12 24 Grant Enfinger # Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 146 23 79.2 Running
11 5 23 Spencer Gallagher Shade Tree/Noah's Animal House Chevrolet 146 22 88.1 Running
12 8 41 Ben Rhodes # USA Cares Toyota 146 21 75.2 Running
13 7 05 John Wes Townley Jive Communications/Zaxby's Chevrolet 146 20 82.7 Running
14 20 92 Parker Kligerman BTS Tire/Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Ford 146 19 70.3 Running
15 13 11 Matt Tifft # Brain Gear/Surface Sunscreen Toyota 146 18 67.3 Running
16 15 8 John H Nemechek Fire Alarm Services Inc Chevrolet 145 17 61.6 Running
17 11 51 Cody Coughlin # JEGS/K&N Toyota 145 16 58.2 Running
18 9 13 Cameron Hayley Ride TV Toyota 145 15 65.0 Running
19 19 16 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 145 14 53.3 Running
20 17 98 Rico Abreu # Safelite Auto Glass/Curb Records Toyota 144 13 55.8 Running
21 25 22 Austin Wayne Self # AM Technical Solutions Toyota 142 12 45.8 Running
22 22 44 Tommy Joe Martins Diamond Gusset Jeans Chevrolet 142 11 48.5 Running
23 21 02 Tyler Young Randco/Young's Building Systems Chevrolet 142 10 39.3 Running
24 23 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 140 9 44.0 Running
25 26 07 Todd Peck(i) BoobiTrap Chevrolet 138 0 36.5 Running
26 29 63 Norm Benning Chevrolet 134 7 34.7 Running
27 24 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Waldo's Painting Chevrolet 74 6 39.7 Suspension
28 28 49 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet 48 5 34.2 Accident
29 30 66 Timothy Viens Vermont Bucks Football Chevrolet 29 4 27.3 Oil Leak
30 27 71 Carlos Contreras American Club Chevrolet 9 3 26.8 Vibration
31 31 10 Caleb Roark Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 4 2 23.2 Electrical

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 28
Unofficial Race Results for the 31St Annual Drive Sober 200 - Saturday, October 2, 2016
Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE - 1 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 200 Miles

Leader
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Status Tms Laps
1 5 19 Daniel Suarez Interstate Batteries Toyota 200 45 5 149.7 Running 4 123
2 7 3 Ty Dillon Red Kap/Sullivan Uniform Chevrolet 200 39 109.8 Running
3 6 7 Justin Allgaier TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 39 1 120.8 Running 1 3
4 3 22 Ryan Blaney(i) Fitzgerald Ford 200 0 109.6 Running
5 4 88 Alex Bowman Jack Link's Chevrolet 200 36 115.8 Running
6 19 24 Corey LaJoie Youtheory Toyota 200 36 1 85.3 Running 1 1
7 8 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet 200 35 1 104.0 Running 1 3
8 25 44 JJ Yeley Zachry Toyota 200 33 80.7 Running
9 13 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 200 32 92.5 Running
10 22 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 200 31 82.2 Running
11 9 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. Leidos Ford 200 30 95.8 Running
12 11 4 Ross Chastain Delaware DOT Chevrolet 199 29 79.2 Running
13 10 2 Regan Smith(i) Rheem Chevrolet 199 0 76.5 Running
14 20 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 199 28 1 77.2 Running 1 15
15 12 48 Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet 199 26 77.2 Running
16 1 20 Erik Jones # GameStop/RiseoftheTombRaider:20YrCeleb Toyota 198 26 1 108.6 Running 3 54
17 16 33 Brandon Jones # South Point Chevrolet 198 24 84.7 Running
18 18 01 Ryan Preece # Meddings Seafood/Iron Source Chevrolet 198 23 73.5 Running
19 14 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 198 22 81.3 Running
20 21 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Young Guns Toyota 197 21 54.9 Running
21 2 18 Drew Herring NOS Energy Drink Toyota 196 20 84.1 Running
22 17 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 196 19 62.3 Running
23 29 90 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet 196 18 53.1 Running
24 23 07 Ray Black Jr. # Scuba Life Chevrolet 195 18 1 59.7 Running 1 1
25 28 13 Brandon Hightower Operation Second Chance Dodge 194 16 47.3 Running
26 33 0 Garrett Smithley # Heroes Haven Chevrolet 191 15 54.0 Running
27 35 52 Joey Gase Donate Life DE Chevrolet 191 14 42.0 Running
28 31 93 David Starr Massimo Motors Chevrolet 190 13 51.8 Running
29 38 70 Derrike Cope E-hydrate/Acredale Vending Chevrolet 184 12 39.0 Running
30 40 74 Mike Harmon Jr. Peters Roadside Assistance Dodge 160 11 34.7 Running
31 15 42 Justin Marks Katerra Chevrolet 137 10 60.3 Accident
32 26 14 Jeff Green Toyota 103 9 51.8 Ignition
33 24 78 BJ McLeod # Batteries Plus Bulbs Ford 75 8 45.0 Electrical
34 34 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 65 7 32.8 Handling
35 39 77 Matt Waltz Vroom Brands Chevrolet 64 6 35.8 Engine
36 32 25 Ryan Ellis RMNB/Mulch Mate Chevrolet 58 5 39.0 Accident
37 37 97 Jordan Anderson(i) Vroom Brands Chevrolet 57 0 28.8 Running
38 36 40 Timmy Hill(i) CrashClaimsR.us Chevrolet 44 0 35.2 Transmission
39 30 15 Josh Wise(i) Lillly Trucking Ford 1 0 25.2 Engine
40 27 10 Matt DiBenedetto(i) Toyota 1 0 23.3 Accident 

Ron Fleshman

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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