Brett Moffitt Earns Second-Straight Win at Chicagoland

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JOLIET, IL – RIS – Brett Moffitt won Friday night’s NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Chicagoland Speedway.  Moffitt left no doubt by crossing the finish line ahead of Brandon Jones by a whopping 3.950-seconds.  Moffitt had wanted to win at the 1.5 mile speedway and on Friday night, his wishes were granted.

The reigning series champion Moffitt has been vocal in his desire to hoist a trophy this weekend at Chicago – for the second consecutive year. And he earned it in convincing style – smiling widely as the confetti flew in Victory Lane while the crowd cheered approvingly. It was a welcome and different scene from the win he was awarded two weeks ago at Iowa Speedway after Ross Chastain was disqualified.  He only learned of his victory

“We’ll go home and celebrate,’’ Moffitt said. “I felt confident, it was just a matter of a caution coming out or not. I’m sure he (Baxter) was nervous, I was nervous, we were just praying for no caution to come out.’’

And celebrating in Victory Lane this time?

“It was a heck of a lot more fun, and it’s fun for not only me but for the whole pit crew,’’ Moffitt said.

Moffitt’s No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet certainly kept the field honest all race. Stewart Friesen finished third with rookie Harrison Burton and pole-winner Austin Hill rounding out the top-five. Six of the top-10-finishing drivers have never won a race before.

Three Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers earned top-10 finishes – 22-year-old Jones (runner-up), 18-year-old Burton (fourth) and 18-year old Todd Gilliland (sixth).

The trucks ran four-wide in the opening laps ultimately leading to the downfall of early race leader Grant Enfinger. The lapped car of Spencer Davis was running alongside Brian Enfinger just after the final stage restart. Contact between the two ultimately had the effect of forcing  Enfinger’s No. 98 Ford hard into the outside wall and sent Davis’ Chevrolet into the infield.

Chicagoland Speedway - Joliet, IL - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 150 Laps - 225. Miles


Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 3 24 Brett Moffitt GMS Chevrolet 150 3 3 56 Running 2 72 5
2 19 51 Brandon Jones(i) Chigo/Menards Toyota 150 1 2 0 Running 3 13
3 10 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Chevrolet 150 8 6 42 Running
4 8 18 Harrison Burton # Safelite AutoGlass Toyota 150 6 4 45 Running
5 1 16 Austin Hill SiriusXM Toyota 150 4 5 45 Running 2 11
6 13 4 Todd Gilliland Mobil 1 Toyota 150 31 Running
7 16 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 150 9 32 Running
8 11 88 Matt Crafton Fisher Nuts/Menards Ford 150 7 7 37 Running
9 6 15 Anthony Alfredo # STEELSMITH Toyota 150 28 Running
10 9 5 Dylan Lupton DGR Crosley Toyota 150 10 10 29 Running
11 7 2 Sheldon Creed # Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 149 26 Running 1 2
12 14 02 Tyler Dippel # Jersey Filmmaker Chevrolet 149 25 Running
13 4 17 Tyler Ankrum Railblaza Toyota 149 5 8 33 Running
14 15 54 Natalie Decker # N29 Technologies LLC Toyota 149 23 Running
15 12 12 Gus Dean # OverkillRV.com Chevrolet 149 22 Running
16 5 98 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Ford 148 2 1 40 Running 3 49 1
17 20 20 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 148 20 Running 1 1
18 2 13 Johnny Sauter Tenda Heal Ford 147 19 Running
19 27 33 Josh Bilicki(i) InsuranceKing.com Chevrolet 147 0 Running
20 21 3 Jordan Anderson Bommarito Automotive Group Chevrolet 146 17 Running
21 30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 141 16 Running
22 28 34 Jesse Iwuji Lodestar Guidance Chevrolet 138 15 Running
23 23 8 Camden Murphy Nemco Chevrolet 93 14 Brakes 1 2
24 24 56 Timmy Hill(i) Southern Freight Services Chevrolet 89 0 Overheating
25 18 22 Austin Wayne Self GO TEXAN Chevrolet 88 9 14 DVP
26 26 32 Mason Massey Reaume Brothers Racing Inc Chevrolet 82 11 Fuel Pump
27 22 44 Spencer Davis Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 78 10 Accident
28 25 87 Joe Nemechek Romco Chevrolet 45 9 Suspension
29 31 6 Norm Benning H & H Transport Chevrolet 35 8 Parked
30 29 1 BJ McLeod(i) Beaver Bail Bonds Toyota 17 0 Electrical
31 32 0 Joey Gase(i) Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 15 0 Vibration
32 17 99 Ben Rhodes Carolina Nut Ford 1 5 Engine

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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Volume 2019, Issue 6, Posted 11:30 PM, 06.29.2019