Ross Chastain Gets Redemption at Gateway

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MADISON, IL - RIS - Ross Chastain captured the win in Saturday night’s NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series CarShield 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. it was redemption after last weeks disquifacation for a rules infraction.  Chastain was declared the winner in that one until he was stipped of the victory after post-race inspection show the ride heigth was off.

After a call for fuel only by crew chief Phil Gould on the last stop on Lap 133, Chastain was able to hold on to take the checkered flag ahead of Todd Gilliland.

The win came less than a week after his victory last Sunday was taken away when he was disqualified at Iowa Speedway after his truck was found to be too low in the front in post-race inspection. Brett Moffitt was awarded the win.

“These guys went home and we were mad,” Chastain said. “Felt like we had one taken from us. Holy cow. They believed in me. I didn’t want to take tires. Then it was up to me to freaking hold them off, I don’t know how.”

Chastain led 21 laps and scored a $50,000 bonus by winning a race in the Triple Truck Challenge.

“Oh, I’m going to take that money home and they’re not going to take it from us,” Chastain said.

Stewart Friesen, Chandler Smith and Moffitt rounded out the top five.

Grant Enfinger, Sheldon Creed, Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton and Myatt Snider, subbing for Johnny Sauter who was suspended one race for his incident with Austin Hill last week in Iowa, completed the first 10 finishers.

Enfinger won the race’s first two stages.

Christian Eckes led a race-high 57 laps and was in position to give Chastain a run for the lead and win late. But he faded and hit the wall on the last lap to finish 14th.

“Yeah, got wrecked by the 52 (Friesen) again. It’s unfortunate,” Eckes said.

The Gander Outdoors Truck Series now heads to Chicagoland Speedway on Friday night, June 28.

Stage 2 Pos
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 7 45 Ross Chastain CarShield.com Chevrolet 160 6 45 Running 3 21 5
2 11 4 Todd Gilliland Mobil 1 Toyota 160 7 39 Running
3 4 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 160 2 8 46 Running 2 20
4 25 46 Chandler Smith iBUYPOWER/828 Logistics Toyota 160 9 35 Running
5 5 24 Brett Moffitt Destiny Homes Chevrolet 160 10 33 Running
6 2 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford 160 1 1 51 Running 3 52 2
7 12 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 160 7 5 40 Running
8 6 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 160 3 6 42 Running
9 3 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 160 8 3 39 Running 1 1
10 10 13 Myatt Snider Tenda Heal Ford 160 9 2 38 Running
11 9 16 Austin Hill ARCO National Construction Toyota 160 10 27 Running 1 4
12 13 17 Anthony Alfredo # STEELSMITH/Oxford Energy Group Toyota 160 25 Running
13 18 44 Kyle Benjamin Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 160 24 Running 1 3
14 1 51 Christian Eckes SiriusXM Toyota 160 5 4 36 Running 2 57
15 14 02 Tyler Dippel # Jersey Filmmaker Chevrolet 160 22 Running
16 8 18 Harrison Burton # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 160 4 28 Running 1 2
17 15 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN/Flying Circle Chevrolet 159 20 Running
18 17 3 Jordan Anderson Bommarito Automotive Group Chevrolet 159 19 Running
19 19 12 Gus Dean # OverkillRV.com Chevrolet 158 18 Running
20 16 20 Spencer Boyd 1A Auto Chevrolet 158 17 Running
21 24 97 Jesse Little Grindstaff Rub Ford 158 16 Running
22 23 34 Bryant Barnhill Chevrolet 155 15 Running
23 21 33 Josh Reaume Colonial Countertops Chevrolet 154 14 Running
24 26 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 153 13 Running
25 27 6 Norm Benning H & H Transport Chevrolet 150 12 Running
26 30 32 Daniel Sasnett Surface Prep Supply Chevrolet 80 11 Engine
27 20 54 Natalie Decker # N29 Technologies LLC Toyota 78 10 Accident
28 22 8 Camden Murphy Toenjes Brick Contracting Chevrolet 47 9 Vibration
29 31 1 Cody McMahan Beaver Bonding Chevrolet 32 8 Accident
30 28 87 Tyler Ankrum # Toenjes Brick Contracting Chevrolet 14 7 Brakes
31 32 74 Lou Goss Kramer Service Group/A&A Haulers Chevrolet 12 6 Vibration
32 29 0 Gregory Rayl Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 2 5 Accident
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 57 Mins, 27 Secs. Average Speed: 102.171 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.704 Seconds