Monday, March 27, 2017

A Dominant Todd Gilliland Sweeps Doubleheader

A Dominant Todd Gilliland Sweeps Doubleheader

This Hot Shoe Can Boast of Ten Wins in Nineteen K&N Pro Series West Starts

 

Todd Gilliland wins both NAPA Auto Part Twin 100s #NASCAR
Todd Gilliland wins both NAPA Auto Part Twin 100s
(Jonathan Moore/NASCAR via Getty Images)


The Twin NAPA 100s marked the final two of four races in eight days that comprised the ‘NAPA 500 Challenge.’ It was all Todd Gilliland  this weekend. If you have not heard of this newest Gilliland, you are missing out on some great NASCAR Racing – the K&N Pro Series

The 2017 season has been tremendous for the Sherrills Ford, North Carolina native. Todd is the son of NASCAR Driver David Gilliland  who won eleven races at Irwindale Speedway and grandson to former NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Craftsman Truck Series driver from California Butch Gilliland.

Gilliland led a total of 82 laps en route to his third K&N Pro Series West victory of the season. #NASCAR
Gilliland led a total of 82 laps en route to his third K&N Pro Series West
victory of the season.  (Jonathan Moore/NASCAR via Getty Images)


Todd recorded a second-place finish in the K&N Pro Series West season opener at the Tucson Speedway. He then progressed to win the ‘NAPA Auto Parts 150’ at the Kern County Raceway Park, and the NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100 and ‘NAPA Auto Parts T-100’ at the Irwindale Speedway. Amazingly all three wins came from pole.



“The first race, we led a lot of it,” Todd Gilliland detailed of his Irwindale Speedway win. “We knew what we needed to change and my crew chief, Chris Lawson, really stepped up the game the second race and that NAPA Toyota was lightning fast. We were able to lead every lap and get the “W” there.”

BMR Teammate Chris Eggleston won the season opener. He was able to mount a fierce challenge late in the second race with his No. 99 NAPA Filters / H20 Fire Protection Toyota Camry, but Gilliland battled back to lead all 100 laps of that event.

“The last couple of laps I gave it all I could,” Eggleston said. “I came up little short.” Eggleston had tried to dive low, but could not keep ground.

“That’s what you have to do if you’re on the bottom here,” Gilliland said of the move by his teammate. “That’s how you get the lead. He did that and luckily I was able to cross him over there and get back to the lead, and then he did it again. It was fun. That’s the kind of great racing this track produces.

With top-three finishes in all four races of the NAPA 500 Challenge, 2016 Series Champion Gilliland netted a $10,000 bonus. Eggleston – the 2015 series champion from Erie, Colorado – was one of two drivers who each won a $5,000 bonus for finishing in the top five in all four races.

NAPA 500 Challenge Awards

$100,000 Bonus Un-Awarded

$10,000 Award

Top Three Positions in All Four Races - Todd Gilliland

$5,000 award

Top Five Spots in All Four Races
  1. Chris Eggleston
  2. Will Rodgers

$1,000 award

Top 10 Positions in All Four Races
  1. Nicole Behar

The twin NAPA 100s will be televised on NBCSN on April 1 at 4 p.m. PT. The next event on the K&N Pro Series West schedule will be the NAPA 150 at Spokane County Raceway in Washington on May 13.

Race #1 Results

  1. (1) Todd Gilliland, Sherrills Ford, N.C., Toyota, 100 laps.
  2. (2) Chris Eggleston, Erie, Colo., Toyota, 100.
  3. (5) Garret Archer, Maple Valley, Wash, Ford, 100.
  4. (21) Nicole Behar, Spokane, WA, Toyota, 100.
  5. (8) Will Rodgers, Solvang, Calif., Ford, 100.
  6. (3) Michael Self, Park City, UT, Ford, 100.
  7. (11) Blaine Perkins, Bakersfield, Calif., Chevrolet, 100.
  8. (10) Johnny Borneman, Ramona, CA, Ford, 100.
  9. (7) Matt Levin, Tucson, Ariz., Chevrolet, 100.
  10. (4) Julia Landauer, New York, N.Y., Ford, 100.
  11. (12) Todd Souza, Watsonville, Calif., Toyota, 99.
  12. (9) Ron Norman, Tucson, Ariz., Chevrolet, 99.
  13. (14) Bill Kann, Scottsdale, Ariz., Toyota, 99.
  14. (19) Kody Vanderwal, LaSalle, Colo, Ford, 98.
  15. (15) Rich DeLong III, Santa Clarita, Calif., Chevrolet, 98.
  16. (16) Takuma Koga, Nagoya, Japan, Chevrolet, 97.
  17. (17) Dan Phillippi, Los Angeles, Calif., Ford, 94.
  18. (6) Derek Kraus, Stratford, Wis., Toyota, 91.
  19. (18) Stafford Smith, Eagle, Idaho., Ford, 58, accident.
  20. (13) Dan O’Donnell, Oak Hills, Calif., Ford, 57, accident.
  21. (20) Jesse Iwuji, Carrolton, Texas, Chevrolet, 25, engine.

RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Todd Gilliland, Time: 18.054 Seconds

Speed: 99.701 mph

Time of Race: 0 hrs., 41 mins, 11 secs

Average Speed: 72.845 mph

Margin of Victory: 2.398 Seconds

Caution Flags:
  1. 18-21 (19 Spun Turn 2, Free Pass 14)
  2. 50-56 (32 Spun Turn 2, Free Pass 91)
  3. 58-66 (91 & 30 Accident Back St., Free Pass 18)
3 for 20 laps

Lap Leaders:
  1. Todd Gilliland 1-49
  2. Chris Eggleston 50-67
  3. Todd Gilliland 68-100

Total Laps Led:
  1. Todd Gilliland 82
  2. Chris Eggleston 18
2 changes involving 2 drivers

Race #2 Results

  1. (1) Todd Gilliland, Sherrills Ford, N.C., Toyota, 100 laps.
  2. (2) Chris Eggleston, Erie, Colo., Toyota, 100.
  3. (7) Michael Self, Park City, UT, Ford, 100.
  4. (6) Derek Kraus, Stratford, Wis., Toyota, 100.
  5. (10) Will Rodgers, Solvang, Calif., Ford, 100.
  6. (4) Julia Landauer, New York, N.Y., Ford, 100.
  7. (5) Garret Archer, Maple Valley, Wash, Ford, 100.
  8. (13) Nicole Behar, Spokane, WA, Toyota, 100.
  9. (12) Blaine Perkins, Bakersfield, Calif., Chevrolet, 100.
  10. (11) Todd Souza, Watsonville, Calif., Toyota, 100.
  11. (9) Ron Norman, Tucson, Ariz., Chevrolet, 99.
  12. (3) Matt Levin, Tucson, Ariz., Chevrolet, 99.
  13. (8) Johnny Borneman, Ramona, CA, Ford, 99.
  14. (14) Brandon Schilling, Sierra Vista, Ariz., Ford, 98.
  15. (16) Kody Vanderwal, LaSalle, Colo, Ford, 98.
  16. (15) Rich DeLong III, Santa Clarita, Calif., Chevrolet, 98.
  17. (18) Bill Kann, Scottsdale, Ariz., Toyota, 97.
  18. (17) Jesse Iwuji, Carrolton, Texas, Chevrolet, 97.
  19. (19) Takuma Koga, Nagoya, Japan, Chevrolet, 95.
  20. (20) Dan Phillippi, Los Angeles, Calif., Ford, 94.

RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Todd Gilliland, Time: 18.054 Seconds

Speed: 99.701 mph

Time of Race: 0 hrs., 37 mins, 9 secs

Average Speed: 80.754 mph

Margin of Victory: .415 Seconds

Caution Flags:
  1. 44-49 (Debris - Free Pass 61)
  2. 93-96 (11 Spun Turn 1, Free Pass 13)
2 for 10 laps

Lap Leaders: Todd Gilliland 1-100

Total Laps Led: Todd Gilliland 100. 0 changes involving 1 drivers


Top 10 Driver Points:
  1. Todd Gilliland 186
  2. Chris Eggleston 173
  3. Will Rodgers * 158
  4. Nicole Behar 147
  5. Derek Kraus * 146
  6. Garret Archer * 145
  7. Blaine Perkins 141
  8. Julia Landauer 136
  9. Kody Vanderwal * 130
  10. Matt Levin 127

* - Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

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