Todd Gilliland Takes K&N West Win By Inches At Stateline

Todd Gilliland and his team celebrate their third NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win of the season Saturday night at Stateline Speedway. Photo by William Mancebo/NASCAR via Getty Images

They came across the finish line, two of NASCAR’s rising young stars, leaning on one another as sparks flew and sheet metal crunched in Saturday night’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Stateline Speedway in Post Falls, Idaho.

In the end, it was 16-year-old Todd Gilliland who took the checkered flag in the Toyota NAPA 150 and celebrated in victory lane on the quarter-mile, after edging Noah Gragson by inches.

Gilliland crossed the finish line .004 seconds in front of the 17-year-old from Las Vegas.

It was the only lap Gilliland’s No. 16 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota led all night. But it was enough to give the third-generation driver from Sherrils Ford, North Carolina, his third West win and fourth K&N Pro win overall in his rookie season.

Multiple cautions pushed the race to a second green-white-checkered finish and to 166 laps.

Gragson led the final restart and was a nose ahead at the line taking the white flag. But Gilliland got a strong run off turn 4 coming to the checkered, and powered forward despite having his car pinched against the outside wall by Gragson’s No. 7 Speed Vegas/Alert ID/Colliers International Ford as they crossed under the flag stand.

The Toyota NAPA 150 is the second NASCAR K&N Pro Series race to be decided by less than .01 seconds this season. Spencer Davis edged Justin Haley by .005 seconds in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Virginia’s Dominion Speedway in May. Gragson was third in that race.

Chris Eggleston was third in a bittersweet finish. Earlier in the day, the defending series champion earned his first career Coors Light Pole Award. He led a race-high 73 laps. But he was collected in a spin by Gilliland on lap 92. The two Bill McAnally Racing teammates quickly sliced back through the field, but it was Gilliland who got to the front first and Eggleston had to settle for a podium finish.

Gragson’s teammate Gracin Raz overcame a black flag — for jumping the restart while leading on lap 91 — to finish fourth, and Julia Landauer rounded out the top five.

Cole Rouse was sixth, followed by Riley Herbst, Will Rodgers, Matt Levin and championship points leader Ryan Partridge.

Partridge saw his chance for the win disappear on the first green-white-checkered attempt when he spun in turn 4 coming to the white flag. Partridge got hung on the outside when Gilliland made it three-wide under Partridge and Gragson on the initial restart.

That set up the final duel between Gilliland and Gragson.

Partridge holds a three-point lead on Gilliland. Eggleston is 10 points behind Gilliland and Gragson is another four points back after seven of the series’ 14 races.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will next race in the annual combination showdown with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Iowa Speedway on Friday, July 28.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Stateline Speedway – Post Falls, Idaho
Toyota NAPA 150 – July 9, 2016

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Chris Eggleston, Time: 13.822 Seconds, Speed: 65.114 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 7 mins, 40 secs Average Speed: 36.798 mph Margin of Victory: .004 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 43-47 (39 Spun Turn 3 – Free Pass 08); 56-61 (Debris Turn 4 – Free Pass 38); 63-73 (38 & 84 Spun Turn 1&2 – Free Pass 06); 82-87 (08 Spun Turn 3 – Free Pass 84); 92-101 (50, 16, 06, Spun Turn 1&2 – Fr Pass 08); 125-129 (08 Spun Turn 2 – No Free Pass); 131-137 (39 & 20 Spun Turn 2 – Free Pass 08); 143-152 (6 & 38 Spun Turn 2 – Free Pass 20); 154-163 (9, 21, 14 & 84 Spun T 4 – Free Pass 38).  9 for 70 laps.
Lap Leaders: Chris Eggleston 0, Ryan Partridge 1, Chris Eggleston 2-73, Gracin Raz 74-90, Chris Eggleston 91, Ryan Partridge 92-139, Noah Gragson 140-165, Todd Gilliland * 166.
Total Laps Led: Chris Eggleston 73, Ryan Partridge 49, Noah Gragson 26, Gracin Raz 17, Todd Gilliland * 1.  7 changes involving 5 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Ryan Partridge 291, Chris Eggleston 278, Noah Gragson 274, Gracin Raz 263, Julia Landauer * 258, Cole Rouse * 253, Riley Herbst * 250, Todd Gilliland * 241, Matt Levin 228, Ron Norman 223

* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender