Todd Gilliland Prevails For K&N Pro Series Win At Iowa

Todd Gilliland celebrates in victory lane after winning Friday night’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at Iowa Speedway. Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images for NASCAR

Todd Gilliland only had one true challenge. And even that went away quickly.

The 17 year-old from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, had a dominant run in Friday’s Casey’s General Stores 150 at Iowa Speedway, leading all but the first two laps of the 150-lap race.

It was his second consecutive win in the event, an annual combination race with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West. The NASCAR Next driver has seven wins between the two series this season.

The victory allowed Gilliland to pad his K&N Pro Series West lead while closing the gap on Harrison Burton in the East.

“This was a big win for us,” Gilliland said.

Gilliland, driving the No. 16 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, was fast all day — he had the best lap in the first practice session, and was second-fastest in the second run.

Gilliland, though, started fourth after qualifying, but took the lead from polesitter and Bill McAnally Racing teammate Derek Kraus on the third lap and never lost it other than a brief moment to Ben Kennedy late in the race.

Kennedy, 25, from Daytona Beach, Florida, provided the biggest threat, actually getting around Gilliland with 34 laps left, but Gilliland was able to get the lead back before the start-finish line.

Gilliland then survived two caution flags, pulling away on the final restart.

“Those late-race restarts are always nerve-wracking,” Gilliland said.

Kennedy had mechanical issues after a red flag was thrown with 10 laps left to set the lineup during the final caution. He couldn’t get the car refired, and once he got going was moved to the end of the lead-lap cars for not maintaining pace.

Chase Purdy, who started 11th, roared to a second place finish. Chris Eggleston, who started on the outside of the front row, finished third.

“He was obviously the class of the field,” said Eggleston of Gilliland, his teammate at Bill McAnally Racing.

“Everybody was chasing him,” Purdy said.

It was the fourth consecutive win at Iowa Speedway for Bill McAnally Racing.

Burton finished fourth, while Chase Cabre was fifth.

Michael Self, Kennedy, Will Rodgers, Ronnie Bassett and Jesse Little rounded out the top 10.

With his win, Gilliland now holds an 18 point lead over Eggleston in the K&N Pro Series West standings and trails Burton by only six points in the K&N Pro Series East.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will compete next weekend in the Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 at Watkins Glen International, while the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West returns to action in the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Evergreen Speedway at Monroe, Washington, Saturday, Aug. 12.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East/West
Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa
Casey’s General Stores 150 – July 28, 2017

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	4	16	Todd Gilliland	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	150	48	5	Running
2	11	17	Chase Purdy *	Bama Buggies/Textron Off Road Toyota	150	42		Running
3	2	99	Chris Eggleston	NAPA Filters Toyota	150	41		Running
4	9	12	Harrison Burton	DEX Imaging Toyota	150	40		Running
5	8	4	Chase Cabre *	Max Siegel Inc. Toyota	150	39		Running
6	14	9	Micahel Self	Sinclair Lubricants/Sunrise Ford	150	38		Running
7	5	1	Ben Kennedy	Menards Toyota	150	38	1	Running
8	18	27	Will Rodgers *	Solvang Brewing Company Ford	150	36		Running
9	12	04	Ronnie Bassett	Bassett Gutters and More Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	10	01	Jesse Little	Yazaki/Toyota College Toyota	150	34		Running
11	1	19	Derek Kraus *	Central Iowa Architectural/Carlyle Tools Toyota	150	34	1	Running
12	3	6	Ruben Garcia, Jr	UTI/NTI Toyota	150	32		Running
13	7	30	Tyler Dippel	Tycar Ford	150	31		Running
14	6	2	Collin Cabre	UTI/NTI Toyota	150	30		Running
15	20	66	Reid Wilson *	Tru North Warranty Chevrolet	150	29		Running
16	21	42	Jay Beasley	Castle Power Toyota	150	28		Running
17	29	22	Julia Landauer	Sunrise Ford/Eibach Springs/Braille Batteries Ford	149	27		Running
18	23	3	Todd Souza	Central Coast Racing Toyota	149	26		Running
19	25	10	Matt Levin	Port of Tucson Chevrolet	149	25		Running
20	13	44	Dillon Bassett	Bassett Gutters and More Chevrolet	149	24		Running
21	24	21	Blaine Perkins	Four Star Fruit Chevrolet	149	23		Running
22	16	13	Jeff Green	Reynolds Wrap Toyota	149	22		Running
23	27	40	Ron Norman	Port of Tucson Chevrolet	148	21		Running
24	31	39	Stafford Smith	Stoney’s Rockin’ Country/Wahl Traction/JFW Apparel	148	20		Running
25	22	51	Brandon Oakley *	Oakley Blacktop Ford	148	19		Running
26	19	41	Vinnie Miller *	Master Manufacturing, Inc. Toyota	148	18		Running
27	17	33	Nicole Behar *	Custom Welding & Fabrication, Inc. Toyota	147	17		Running
28	34	18	Bill Kann	Kevin Grover Buick GMC Chevrolet	146	16		Running
29	30	11	Takuma Koga	UBC/CKB/JKR Chevrolet	144	15		Running
30	15	14	Trey Hutchens, III	E3 Spark Plugs Chevrolet	140	14		Mechanical
31	32	36	Jesse Iwuji	The Red List Group/Lights Out Chevrolet	133	13		Running
32	33	38	John Wood	The Patriot Motorsports Group Chevrolet	131	12		Running
33	28	34	Bryant Barnhill *	Barnhill Realty Ford	107	11		Fuel Pump
34	26	32	Kody Vanderwal *	Trident/Biltrite Signs/General Air Ford	69	10		Overheating

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Derek Kraus *, Time: 24.532 Seconds, Speed: 128.404 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 27 mins, 40 secs Average Speed: 89.829 mph Margin of Victory: 2.174 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 7-10 (#32, #33 Sprin Turn 3 – FP # 36); 45-49 (Debris Turn 2 – FP # 10); 76-79 (Break – FP # 21); 128-133 (Debris Turn 3 – FP # 30); 137-142 (Multiple Cars Turn 1 Sin & Continue – FP # 42). 5 for 25 laps.

Lap Leaders: Derek Kraus * 1-2, Todd Gilliland 3-115, Ben Kennedy 116, Todd Gilliland 117-150.

Total Laps Led: Todd Gilliland 147, Derek Kraus * 2, Ben Kennedy 1. 3 changes involving 3 drivers.

* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender