Todd Gilliland Does Not Allow Rain to Dampen His Evening

K&N Pro Series Race Ran 102 Laps behind the Pace Truck to Dry the Racing Surface

Starting from pole for the sixth consecutive week, Todd Gilliland went on to lead every one of 150 laps to score his eleventh career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West victory as well as his fourth consecutive win.

It was the second straight race the sixteen-year-old has led flag-to-flag after a dominating performance last time out at California's Irwindale Event Center.

Though it didn't affect Gilliland, the weather had quite the impact on the day's on-track events. Delaying the start of the race by nearly two hours, the race did not go green until the cars turned 102 laps behind the pace truck as a last ditch effort to dry the racing surface.

Stopping for fuel before the green, it was the Gilliland show from there on. Following the lengthy rain delay, the race didn't see the checkered flag until well after midnight on the West Coast.

The Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 from Spokane County Raceway will air on NBCSN Thursday, May 18 at 10 p.m. PT.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will be back in action Saturday, May 20 at California's Orange Show Speedway with the Orange Show 150. The green flag is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. PT.

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RACE RESULTS

	Car	Driver	Laps
1	16	Todd Gilliland	150
2	19	Derek Kraus *	150
3	99	Chris Eggleston	150
4	27	Garret Archer *	150
5	9	Michael Self	150
6	33	Nicole Behar	150
7	6	Julia Landauer	150
8	55	Owen Riddle *	150
9	61	Braeden Havens	149
10	32	Kody Vanderwal *	149
11	10	Matt Levin	149
12	13	Todd Souza	149
13	14	Andrew Engberson *	148
14	11	Takuma Koga	145
15	36	Jesse Iwuji	144
16	30	Stafford Smith *	143
17	39	Andrew Tuttle *	140
18	21	Blaine Perkins	139
19	7	Will Rodgers *	139
20	40	Ron Norman	123
21	38	Salvatore Iovino *	73
22	84	Rich DeLong III	10

 

RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Todd Gilliland, Time: 18.481 Seconds, Speed: 97.397 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 8 mins, 41 secs Average Speed: 65.518 mph Margin of Victory: 2.360 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 12-33 (21, 84, 36 & 38 Acc T4 - Free Pass 39); 68-74 (38 Spun Back Straight - Free Pass 14); 81-87 (Break - Free Pass 7). 3 for 36 laps.

Lap Leaders: Todd Gilliland 1-150.

Total Laps Led: Todd Gilliland 150. 0 changes involving 1 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points:

1. Todd Gilliland 234
2. Chris Eggleston 214
3. Derek Kraus * 188
4. Garret Archer * 185
5. Nicole Behar 185
6. Will Rodgers * 183
7. Julia Landauer 173
8. Blaine Perkins 167
9. Kody Vanderwal * 164
10. Matt Levin 160

Happy 1️⃣7️⃣th birthday @ToddGilliland_ now instead of us going to VL for your dad. We visit VL for you. Here's to a year full of 🏆 and 🏁 pic.twitter.com/USqHax2zS5

— Michelle Gilliland (@MrsDGilly) May 15, 2017

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