Eggleston Grabs K&N West Shasta Win With Late Pass

Chris Eggleston celebrates his third career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win and second of the season Saturday night at Shasta Speedway.  Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Chris Eggleston celebrates his third career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win and second of the season Saturday night at Shasta Speedway. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Chris Eggleston waited. And waited. And then he made his move.

The Erie, Colorado, driver muscled his No. 99 NAPA Filters/H20 Fire Protection Toyota past James Bickford with five laps remaining and claimed the checkered flag in the Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 presented by Lithia Toyota and NAPA Auto Parts at Shasta Speedway in Anderson, CA.

It was the third win in nine career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West starts for the 26-year-old, who is running his first full-time season for Bill McAnally Racing. Eggleston won earlier this year at California’s Irwindale Speedway.

Bickford, the 2014 Sunoco Rookie of the Year, seemed poised to pick up his second career win after inheriting the lead on Lap 92 when Coors Light Pole Award winner David Mayhew pulled off the track with mechanical issues.

But Eggleston tracked him down and made the late pass to grab the win. He wound up .705 seconds ahead of Bickford at the finish line and more than four seconds over the rest of the field on the .375-mile track.

Johnny White finished third and Gracin Raz was fourth. Buddy Shepherd, 15, was fifth in his first career series start. All three are rookies.

Another Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate, Ryan Partridge, finished sixth, followed by Brandon McReynolds, Thomas Martin, and rookies Alex Schutte and Nicole Behar.

With the win, Eggleston also took over the championship points lead by 12 over Raz and 15 over Noah Gragson. Gragson entered the event with the points lead but ended up 16th after suffering a flat tire, while Mayhew wound up 20th. Partridge is now fourth in points and Bickford fifth.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West next races June 27 in the Carneros 200 at California’s Sonoma Raceway.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Shasta Speedway – Anderson, CS
Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 – May 30, 2015

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 5 99 Chris Eggleston NAPA Filters/H20 Fire Protection Toyota 150 47 4 Running
2 2 6 James Bickford Sunrise Ford/Interstate Plastics Ford 150 43 1 Running
3 9 31 Johnny White * MMI Service Chevrolet 150 41 Running
4 7 27 Gracin Raz * Trinity Energy Ford 150 40 Running
5 3 55 Buddy Shepherd * D’Angelos Automotive & Ind’l Coding/Axalta Ford 150 39 Running
6 8 9 Ryan Partridge * Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Springs Ford 150 38 Running
7 4 16 Brandon McReynolds NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 150 37 Running
8 13 11 Thomas Martin Med Active Chevrolet 150 36 Running
9 6 21 Alex Schutte * Proficio/Zitovault Chevrolet 150 35 Running
10 11 33 Nicole Behar * Custom Welding & Fabrication, Inc Toyota 150 34 Running
11 14 61 Brett Thompson Rich Thompson Trking/Blulng/61 Logistics Chevrolet 150 33 Running
12 18 5 Justin Funkhouser Med Active Relief for Dry Mouth/Racers Drive 150 32 Running
13 12 74 Luis Tyrrell Rodon Builders Chevrolet 150 31 Running
14 19 84 Rich DeLong III Country Girl Saloon/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet 149 30 Running
15 16 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink Toyota 147 29 Running
16 10 7 Noah Gragson * AlertID/Colliers International Ford 143 28 Flat Tire
17 17 14 Matt Levin * Port of Tucson Toyota 141 27 Running
18 24 68 Rodd Kneeland * RoddRenovations.com Chevrolet 140 26 Running
19 22 36 Dylan Caldwell * Hollerans Performance Toyota 115 25 Suspension
20 1 17 David Mayhew MMI Racing/Ron’s Read Ends/Pour House Chevrolet 92 26 2 Rear End
21 15 6 John Wood Hollerans Performance Toyota 89 23 Rear End
22 20 38 Rob Powers * Aerial Rental/O-F Racing/Sitech Toyota 64 22 Handling
23 21 30 Ron Norman * Port of Tucson Toyota 28 21 Overheating
24 23 15 Jack Sellers Med Active Relief for Dry Mouth/Racers Drive 4 20 Accident

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier:
David Mayhew, Time: 15.873 Seconds, Speed: 85.050 mph
Time of Race: 58 mins, 12 secs Average Speed: 57.990 mph Margin of Victory: .705 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 4-9; 66-71; 91-95; 98-102; 106-109; 113-116; 120-122.  7 for 33 laps.
Lap Leaders: David Mayhew 1-92, James Bickford 93-144, Chris Eggleston 145-150.
Total Laps Led: David Mayhew 92, James Bickford 52, Chris Eggleston 6.  2 changes involving 3 drivers.

* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

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