Monday, June 20, 2016

Noah Gragson Snags His First #KNEAST Win

After a three-week hiatus, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East returned to the Stafford Motor Speedway. The track was originally designed for standardbred horse racing and held events through the end of World War II. In 1959, Stafford entered into an agreement with NASCAR and the facility has hosted stock car racing every year since.

Noah Gragson led a total of two laps enroute to his first his win at
Stafford Motor Speedway. (Adam Glanzman/NASCAR via Getty Images)


Noah Gragson picked up his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win at Stafford Motor Speedway last Friday night. Gragson enter the race ranked fifth in the series point standings with three top 10 finishes. In a green-white-checkered finish, he NASCAR Next driver held of a charging Dillon Bassett and Todd Gilliland to secure the checkered flag.

The Stafford 150 will air on NBCSN Thursday, June 23rd at 5 p.m. ET.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be back in action Saturday, July 2 at Ohio’s Columbus Motor Speedway. 




RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: John Holleman IV *, Time: 19.466 Seconds, Speed: 92.469 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 9 mins, 36 secs Average Speed: 65.948 mph Margin of Victory: .287 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 91-94 (#30 - Turn 2 - FP #09); 130-134 (#1 Turn 4 - FP#09); 137-140 (#43, #31, #39 Turn 1 - FP#1); 142-144 (Multiple Cars Turn 3- No FP); 147-150 (#42 Turn 1 - FP #71). 5 for 20 laps.

Lap Leaders: John Holleman IV * 1-2, Dominique Van Wieringen * 3-90, Dillon Bassett 91-134, Noah Gragson 135, Dillon Bassett 136-150, Todd Gilliland * 151-152, Noah Gragson 153. Total Laps Led:Dominique Van Wieringen * 88, Dillon Bassett 59, Todd Gilliland * 2, Noah Gragson 2, John Holleman IV * 2. 6 changes involving 5 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Justin Haley 286, Spencer Davis * 264, Kyle Benjamin 259, Noah Gragson 255, Austin Theriault 236, Tyler Dippel * 233, Ronnie Bassett Jr. 229, Hunter Baize * 222, Collin Cabre 213, Dillon Bassett 211



Race Results

Fin Str Car Driver Laps
1 7 7 Noah Gragson 153
2 17 44 Dillon Bassett 152
3 5 41 Spencer Davis * 153
4 12 5 Justin Haley 153
5 6 16 Todd Gilliland * 153
6 22 2 Collin Cabre 153
7 9 1 Austin Theriault 153
8 21 9 Christian Celaya 153
9 19 13 Hunter Baize * 153
10 10 6 Ruben Garcia Jr. * 153
11 1 49 John Holleman IV * 153
12 2 40 Kyle Benjamin 153
13 15 71 Eddie MacDonald 153
14 20 4 Ali Kern * 152
15 4 12 Harrison Burton * 151
16 3 30 Dominique Van Wieringen * 151
17 11 38 Tyler Dippel * 149
18 8 29 Grant Quinlan * 147
19 13 42 J.A. Junior Avila * 146
20 18 39 Justin Fontaine * 142
21 16 43 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 141
22 14 31 Reid Lanpher * 136

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