Todd Gilliland Opens K&N West Season With Irwindale Win

Todd Gilliland collected his third consecutive NASCAR K&N Pro Series victory Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway.  Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for NASCAR

Todd Gilliland collected his third consecutive NASCAR K&N Pro Series victory Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway. Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for NASCAR

Todd Gilliland is making it look easy to compete and win in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West.

Gilliland started from the pole and took the lead back from Ryan Partridge on lap 123 to win the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at California’s Irwindale Speedway. His victory was his second consecutive victory in his second straight start in the West.

More impressively, the third-generation driver from Sherrills Ford, NC, now joins the history books as a driver to earn three wins in his first three career starts in both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West.

The 15-year-old collected his first two victories in his debuts at Arizona’s Phoenix International Raceway in November during the West finale and in February at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway at the East opener.

Gilliland took the lead on lap 1 and remained out front until he was passed for the lead by Gracin Raz on lap 4.

Despite falling from the top spot, Gilliland remained in the top 10 throughout the race and worked his way back into second halfway through the race. He was able to pass Partridge on lap 123 to kick start his trip to victory lane.

Gilliland withstood a challenge by Partridge on a restart on lap 135 after the seventh and final caution flag was thrown to go on to win by nearly two seconds.

Defending series champion Chris Eggelston finished third with Noah Gragson and Johnny Borneman completing the top five.

Riley Herbst was sixth with Hannah Newhouse, Julia Landauer, Cole Rouse and Trevor Huddleston rounding out the top 10.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Irwindale Speedway – Irwindale, CA
Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 – March 19, 2016

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 1 16 Todd Gilliland * NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 150 47 4 Running
2 3 9 Ryan Partridge Sunrise Ford/Eibach Springs/Lucas Oil Ford 150 43 1 Running
3 7 50 Chris Eggleston NAPA Filters Toyota 150 42 1 Running
4 6 7 Noah Gragson AlertID/Speed Vegas/Colliers Int’l Ford 150 40 Running
5 14 61 Johnny Borneman RTTI Chevrolet 150 39 Running
6 5 19 Riley Herbst * NOS Energy Drink Toyota 150 38 Running
7 12 55 Hannah Newhouse Boise State Univ./The Car Store Ford 150 37 Running
8 10 54 Julia Landauer * Toyota Racing Toyota 150 36 Running
9 8 6 Cole Rouse * Sunrise Ford Ford 150 35 Running
10 15 22 Trevor Huddleston * Sunrise Ford Chevrolet 150 34 Running
11 19 38 Colton Nelson * Hollerans Perf./Integrity Pools Ford 150 33 Running
12 18 29 Parker Stephens * NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 150 32 Running
13 11 30 Ron Norman Port of Tucson Ford 150 31 Running
14 2 27 Gracin Raz Montana Tech Ford 150 32 2 Running
15 22 15 Jack Sellers Shoo Away/Med Active Chevrolet 150 29 Running
16 20 6 John Wood Hanson Racing Chevrolet 150 28 Running
17 21 11 Takuma Koga Car Port/Maluzen Chevrolet 148 27 Running
18 9 21 Blaine Perkins * Four Star Fruit Chevrolet 147 26 Running
19 13 14 Matt Levin Risk Management Ford 145 25 Running
20 24 36 Jesse Iwuji * Red List Group Chevrolet 143 24 Running
21 4 20 Blaine Rocha * Masroc Farms Chevrolet 112 23 Suspension
22 23 84 Rich DeLong III Country Girl Saloon/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet 92 22 Clutch
23 17 77 Juan Esteban Garcia * Janstowing.com Chevrolet 89 21 Rear End
24 16 13 Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets Toyota 77 20 Rear End

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Todd Gilliland *, Time: 17.997 Seconds, Speed: 100.017 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 9 mins, 0 secs Average Speed: 65.217 mph Margin of Victory: 1.962 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 46-51 (Debri); 56-60 (13 Spun Turn 2); 69-73 (15 Spun Front Straight); 78-83 (36, 13, 77, 15 Spun in Turn 1&2); 85-89 (84 Spun Turn 2); 112-119 (20 Hit wall in Turn 1&2); 130-133 (Debri in Turn 3).  7 for 39 laps.
Lap Leaders: Todd Gilliland * 1-5, Gracin Raz 6-42, Chris Eggleston 43-44, Gracin Raz 45-89, Ryan Partridge 90-122, Todd Gilliland * 123-150.
Total Laps Led: Gracin Raz 82, Todd Gilliland * 33, Ryan Partridge 33, Chris Eggleston 2.  5 changes involving 4 drivers.

* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender

 

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