Teammates Eggleston and Gilliland Thrill Crowd with Battle for the Lead

Photo from 4th Place Finisher Ryan Partridge's Twitter Page @FlyinRyan48

While rain put a damper on the NAPA/Toyota 150 exploits after just three laps, the weather was not able to halt the exciting race action. (There was a two hour rain delay)

It was a good night for Team McAnally.  After the McAnally teammates waged a fierce battle in the closing laps around the 3/8-mile oval, Chris Eggleston pulled past Todd Gilliland for the win at the Colorado National Speedway.

Chris Eggleston collected his second consecutive win at his home track
Saturday night in the NAPA/Toyota 150. Dustin Bradford/NASCAR via Getty Images

I should have said that it has been a good year for McAnally.  Of the five 2016 races completed, Eggleston won at Orange Show Speedway and Colorado National Speedway while Gilliland recorded wins at Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway Park. Gilliland also claimed three of the five pole positions. Both drivers can boast of five top-five finishes! Talk about a close and exhilarating season.

“That last restart there at the end with ten to go, it got real exciting there for sure,” said Eggleston. “Todd dang near wrecked us, but we were able to get back by him with a couple laps to go.

“It was definitely a tough battle,” Gilliland responded, “It’s always stressful racing with your teammate like that, but when it comes down to the win you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. Chris did an amazing job.

Todd Gilliland collects his third pole of the 2016 season.

Race Results

Fin	Str	Driver	Laps	Pts	B/Pts
1	2	Chris Eggleston	150	48	5
2	1	Todd Gilliland *	150	43	1
3	5	Gracin Raz	150	41
4	4	Ryan Partridge	150	41	1
5	6	Blaine Perkins *	150	39
6	7	Julia Landauer *	150	38
7	11	Ron Norman	150	37
8	12	Matt Levin	150	36
9	8	Cole Rouse *	150	35
10	10	Noah Gragson	150	34
11	13	Stafford Smith *	150	33
12	15	Dan Phillippi *	150	32
13	9	Riley Herbst *	149	31
14	3	Cole Moore *	149	30
15	14	John Wood	149	29
16	16	Jesse Iwuji *	147	28
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender

The NAPA AUTO PARTS / Toyota 150, which is scheduled to be televised on NBCSN on June 16 at 7 p.m. ET, was the fifth event on a 14-race schedule. It marked the 14th visit by the series to CNS.

The next event on the series schedule is the Chevy’s Fresh Mex 200 at Sonoma (California) Raceway on June 25.

RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Todd Gilliland *, Time: 16.725 Seconds, Speed: 79.641 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 5 mins, 7 secs Average Speed: 51.139 mph Margin of Victory: .367 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 5-23 (Weather - No Free Pass); 74-77 (06 Spun T2 - #38 Free Pass); 85-88 (6 & 36 Spun T 4 --#39 Free Pass); 102-104 (54 Spun T3 -- #6 Free Pass); 131-135 (Debris on Back Stretch -- #39 Free Pass); 138-142 (20 & 14 Spun T4--#06 Free Pass). 6 for 40 laps.

Lap Leaders: Todd Gilliland * 1-23, Chris Eggleston 24, Todd Gilliland * 25-37, Chris Eggleston 38-77, Ryan Partridge 78-79, Chris Eggleston 80-88,Ryan Partridge 89, Chris Eggleston 90-136, Todd Gilliland * 137-143, Chris Eggleston 144-146, Todd Gilliland * 147-148, Chris Eggleston 149-150.

Total Laps Led: Chris Eggleston 102, Todd Gilliland * 45, Ryan Partridge 3. 11 changes involving 3 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Todd Gilliland * 221, Chris Eggleston 217, Noah Gragson 187, Julia Landauer * 186, Cole Rouse * 181, Gracin Raz 180, RyanPartridge 174, Riley Herbst * 174, Ron Norman 172, Blaine Perkins * 164

Next Race:6/25/2016