Saturday, November 10, 2018

Derek Kraus Makes the Most Of His #NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Inauguration

Derek Kraus Makes the Most Of His #NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Inauguration

Truck Newcomer Started and Finished Eighth

Derek Kraus Makes the Most Of His #NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Inauguration
(Credit: Rolando / https://twitter.com/Rolando3818)

The 2017 KNWest Sunoco ‘Rookie of the Year,’ Derek Kraus made his Truck Series Debut yesterday. A member of 2018’s NASCAR Next’s, Kraus started the ‘Lucas Oil 150’ at ISM Raceway in his Bill McAnally No. 19 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Tundra last night.

The youngster from Wisconsin has just completed his second full-time season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. He finished fourth in the championship standings but topped the series with four wins and five poles.

Derek also led the most laps and collected eight top-five finishes and ten top-10 finishes in fourteen 2018 K&N Pro Series West races.



Kraus’ experience and adaptability emerged quickly. He was fifth on the speed chart in the final practice session earlier in the day.

Further, despite a spin during round one of qualifying, the seventeen-year-old, who managed to keep his truck out of the wall, went on to qualify eighth in time trials.

Derek charged up to fifth in the early laps of the race. After being shuffled back to fifteenth following pit stops at the end of Stage 1, he worked his way back into the top-ten during the second stage.



Kraus was as high as fifth on a restart three laps from the finish, then took the checkered flag in eighth following a fierce battle in the closing laps.
Deredk Kraus - BMR No. 19 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Tundra - #NASCAR #NCWTS
“It was a great run for our first time out,” Kraus said. “The BMR crew brought me a really good No. 19 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Tundra. It was a bonus for the end of the year that we had a really good run.”

Kraus said he plans to learn from this first venture into the truck series.

“I needed to be a little more aggressive on the restarts,” he said. “That would help a lot, to get spots early while tires are really fresh and cold. We will learn and adjust from this.”
Derek Kraus Makes the Most Of His #NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Inauguration
(Credit: Rolando / https://twitter.com/Rolando3818)


Team owner Bill McAnally praised Kraus and the BMR crew for their success.

“Derek did an outstanding job in making his first truck series start such a success, especially considering it was his first time to race at ISM Raceway,” McAnally said. “He didn’t hesitate to challenge the veterans of the series and race door-to-door with them.

Ty Joiner served as the #19 crew chief with John Camilleri, who was Derek’s crew chief this year in the K&N West entries, will be the truck chief.


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