2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200

The 2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the 10th stock car race of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 28, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win his third race of the year and his 9th of his career.[1] Carson Hocevar of Niece Motorsports and Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would finish in the rest of the podium positions, taking 2nd and 3rd, respectfully.

2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Race details
Race 10 of 22 of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date May 28, 2021
Official name North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Location Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323.476 km)
Scheduled Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323.476 km)
Average speed 114.331 miles per hour (183.998 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Front Row Motorsports
Time N/A
Most laps led
Driver John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 71
Winner
No. 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The race was marred by a late race crash including Trey Hutchens, Johnny Sauter, and Drew Dollar. Coming into Turn 3, Hutchens would blow a tire and was slow on the track- crucially, he could not get to pit road, and was stuck on the frontstretch, meaning he could not get to pit road for an extremely long time, or until the caution came out. Sauter and Dollar were in a battle for position coming off Turn 4 when Sauter, who could not see Hutchens, slammed the back side of Hutchens car with the right side of his, causing both cars to be destroyed in the incident. Dollar would also be involved, but was able to continue. The crash would lead to major controversy, with critics saying that NASCAR should have noticed Hutchens' car on track being slow, and that the caution should have been put out.[2][3]

Background

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The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Hailie Deegan David Gilliland Racing Ford Toter "Built For Extremes"
2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet Lift Kits 4 Less
02 Kris Wright Young's Motorsports Chevrolet FNB Corporation
3 Keith McGee Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Barstool Sports "Viva La Stool"
4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Mobil 1
04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford Carquest Auto Parts
9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet Camping World
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford Fastener Supply Co.
11 Spencer Davis* Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota Inox Supreme Lubricants
12 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Da-Quick Clip
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Tenda Equine & Pet Care Products
14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet Trey Hutchens Racing
15 Tanner Gray David Gilliland Racing Ford Ford Performance
16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota United Rentals Patriotic
18 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Safelite Auto Glass
19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota NAPA Power Premium Plus
20 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Credit MRI "Fix Now. Pay Later."
21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet Good Sam
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN.
23 Chase Purdy GMS Racing Chevrolet Bama Buggies
24 Jack Wood GMS Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Accessories
25 Timothy Peters Rackley WAR Chevrolet Rackley Roofing
26 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet LiUNA!
30 Danny Bohn On Point Motorsports Toyota North American Motor Car
32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet Southern States Bank
33 Akinori Ogata Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet Good Sam
34 C. J. McLaughlin Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota Sci Aps
38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford The Pete Store
40 Ryan Truex Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Marquis Spas
41 Dawson Cram Cram Racing Enterprises Chevrolet Camping World Patriotic
42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet GMPartsNow, Scott's Sports Cards, Coins, & Jewelry
45 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Fort Worth Screen Printing
49 Ray Ciccarelli** CMI Motorsports Ford Frontline Wraps
51 Drew Dollar Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sunbelt Rentals
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota Halmar
56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet Hill Motorsports Patriotic
66 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Toyota SimCraft
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Jack Link's
98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota FarmPaint.com
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota Bombardier Learjet 75
Official entry list

*Withdrew due to a private family matter.[4]

**Withdrew due to sponsorship issues.[5]

Practice

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The first and final practice would take place on May 28, 2021 at 12:34 PM EST. Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises would set the fastest time, with a 30.391 and an average speed of 177.684 miles per hour (285.955 km/h).[6]

The practice had numerous incidents occur, including incidents with Drew Dollar, Danny Bohn,[7] Timothy Peters,[8] C. J. McLaughlin,[9] and Akinori Ogata.[10]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 30.391 177.684
2 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.408 177.585
3 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.409 177.579
Full practice results

Starting lineup

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Qualifying was to be originally held on Friday, May 28 after practice- however, rain would fall on the track, and qualifying was canceled. Therefore, NASCAR reverted to the metric system they had been using- a formula based on the previous race, this being the 2021 Toyota Tundra 225. As a result, Todd Gilliland of Front Row Motorsports would win the pole.[11]

Pos. # Driver Team Make
1 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
2 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet
3 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota
4 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
5 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota
6 21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet
7 26 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet
8 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet
9 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
10 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota
11 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota
12 1 Hailie Deegan David Gilliland Racing Ford
13 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet
14 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota
15 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota
16 40 Ryan Truex Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
17 51 Drew Dollar Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
18 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
19 45 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet
20 24 Jack Wood GMS Racing Chevrolet
21 02 Kris Wright Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
22 98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota
23 18 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
24 12 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
25 15 Tanner Gray David Gilliland Racing Ford
26 23 Chase Purdy GMS Racing Chevrolet
27 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford
28 32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet
29 25 Timothy Peters Rackley WAR Chevrolet
30 34 C. J. McLaughlin Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota
31 66 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Toyota
32 30 Danny Bohn On Point Motorsports Toyota
33 3 Keith McGee Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet
34 33 Akinori Ogata Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet
35 20 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet
36 41 Dawson Cram Cram Racing Enterprises Chevrolet
37 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford
38 14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet
Withdrew
WD 11 Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota
WD 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Ford
Official starting lineup

Race

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Pre-race ceremonies

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Race recap

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Post-race driver comments

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Following the lap 116 wreck, Hutchens spoke to the media, looking visibly shakened. He would report that "I cut a tire getting into (Turn) 3 and tried to slow down to get to pit road and the hole closed up, so I ended up slow down the frontstretch and (Sauter) just ran into the back of us. … They were coming pretty hard. They probably needed to throw the yellow a little sooner.”[3]

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 30

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 10
2 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 9
3 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 8
4 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 7
5 21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
6 26 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet 5
7 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota 4
8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 3
9 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 2
10 1 Hailie Deegan David Gilliland Racing Ford 1

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 10
2 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 9
3 66 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota 7
5 40 Ryan Truex Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 5
7 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 3
9 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 74

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 4 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 71 running 49
2 9 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 134 5 running 39
3 5 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 running 36
4 11 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 134 1 running 36
5 1 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 134 5 running 41
6 23 18 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 0 running 31
7 31 66 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 running 38
8 15 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota 134 0 running 40
9 3 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 134 0 running 44
10 6 21 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 13 running 43
11 22 98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 3 running 26
12 16 40 Ryan Truex Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 134 1 running 31
13 12 1 Hailie Deegan David Gilliland Racing Ford 133 0 running 25
14 8 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 running 25
15 20 24 Jack Wood GMS Racing Chevrolet 133 0 running 22
16 7 26 Tyler Ankrum GMS Racing Chevrolet 133 2 running 26
17 13 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 133 0 running 20
18 18 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 running 19
19 19 45 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 running 18
20 17 51 Drew Dollar Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 133 0 running 17
21 36 41 Dawson Cram Cram Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 133 0 running 16
22 25 15 Tanner Gray David Gilliland Racing Ford 133 0 running 15
23 21 02 Kris Wright Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 132 0 running 14
24 32 30 Danny Bohn On Point Motorsports Toyota 131 0 running 13
25 27 04 Cory Roper Roper Racing Ford 129 0 running 12
26 35 20 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 128 0 running 11
27 30 34 C. J. McLaughlin Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 127 0 running 10
28 34 33 Akinori Ogata Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 125 0 running 9
29 33 3 Keith McGee Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 123 0 running 8
30 10 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 114 0 engine 15
31 14 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 111 0 crash 6
32 38 14 Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens Racing Chevrolet 108 0 crash 5
33 37 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford 71 0 suspension 4
34 26 23 Chase Purdy GMS Racing Chevrolet 59 0 dvp 3
35 2 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 55 33 crash 12
36 28 32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 49 0 crash 1
37 24 12 Tate Fogleman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 38 0 rear gear 1
38 29 25 Timothy Peters Rackley WAR Chevrolet 13 0 steering 1
Withdrew
WD 11 Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Motorsports Toyota
WD 49 Ray Ciccarelli CMI Motorsports Ford
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ "John Hunter Nemechek wins Charlotte Truck race - NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  2. ^ "Drivers walk away from savage Truck crash in Charlotte race - NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ a b "NASCAR takes fault in delayed caution resulting in scary crash (Video)". Racing News. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ "Due to a private family matter, Spencer Davis Motorsports has withdrawn from Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The team plans to return to competition at Texas Motor Speedway on June 12. #NASCAR". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-05-28.
  5. ^ "Due to sponsorship issues we were force to withdraw the Charlotte event. #NASCAR". Twitter.
  6. ^ "Chaotic Charlotte Truck Practice Led By Austin Hill". SPEED SPORT. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. ^ 2021 NC Education Lottery 200 Practice Drew Dollar and Danny Bohn Crash, retrieved 2021-09-23
  8. ^ 2021 NC Education Lottery 200 Practice Timothy Peters hits wall, retrieved 2021-09-23
  9. ^ Srigley, Joseph (2021-05-28). "Austin Hill Jumps to Top of Speed Charts in Final Seconds of Truck Series Practice at Charlotte". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  10. ^ 2021 NC Education Lottery 200 Practice Akinori Ogata Crash, retrieved 2021-09-23
  11. ^ Tomlinson, Joy (2021-05-28). "Todd Gilliland On Truck Charlotte Pole After Qualifying Rains Out". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.


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