Thursday, August 18, 2016

RACE RECAP- BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY



RACE RECAP

UNOH 200
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tennessee
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Race Winner: Ben Kennedy
Age: 24
Team: No. 33 – Jacob Chevrolet
Owner: Maurice Gallagher, Jr.
Crew Chief: Joey Cohen

Starting this year, the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series will feature championship races at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19 (NXS) and November 18 (NCWTS).  Four drivers will compete amongst a full field for their respective title. Below is a race recap from Wednesday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series will compete this weekend at Bristol:

·         Ben Kennedy won the 19th Annual UNOH 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday night. It was his first victory in 63 Camping World Truck Series races.
 
·         It is Kennedy’s sixth top-10 and second top-5 finish through 13 races this season.
 
·         It is Kennedy’s first top-10 finish in four races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
·         Brett Moffitt (second) posted his second top-10 finish in 2016.
 
·         Daniel Hemric (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
·         William Byron (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
 
·         Byron leads the point standings by 37 points over Daniel Hemric.
 
·         Through 13 races this season in the Camping World Truck Series, Ben Kennedy, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Matt Crafton, John Hunter Nemechek and Johnny Sauter have qualified for the 2016 Camping World Truck Series Chase as a result of their victories. Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson have also won a Camping World Truck Series race this season but are ineligible for the Camping World Truck Series Chase due to their full-time status in the Sprint Cup Series.