LOUDON, NH – Third-place was the perfect position for Jesse Little on the white flag lap at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday. The end result was him standing in victory lane with his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win.
The 17-year-old from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, drove around the two wrecking leaders in turn 3 en route to winning the Granite State 100. The NASCAR Next driver and 2013 K&N Pro East Sunoco Rookie of the Year was making his 33rd K&N Pro start.
Nick Drake led the field at the white flag lap, but when second-place Brandon Jones tried a bottom move in turn 3, he got into Drake and the two wrecked. That opened the door for Little.
Drake wound up finishing 24th and Jones’ car rolled across the line in 21st.
Eddie MacDonald ended up taking the runner-up finish, followed by Cale Conley and rookies Jay Beasley and Chad Finley.
Rookies Ronnie Bassett, Jr. and Austin Hill took sixth and seventh, respectively, followed by Gray Gaulding, and rookies Brodie Kostecki and Kaz Grala.
Championship points leader Ben Rhodes, who entered the race with a shot to match the series record of five straight wins, came home 22nd. Rhodes won the 21 Means 21 and battled in the top five for most of the race before a late race procedure infraction on a restart resulted in a green-flag pass-through penalty took him out of contention.
Rhodes still leads Gaulding by 62 points and Cameron Hayley by 65 after 10 of 16 races. Little is fourth in points, followed by Jones.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will race next in the JEGS 150 at Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 19.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH
Granite State 100 – July 12, 2014
Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | B/Points | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 97 | Jesse Little | Chad Little Outdoor Power Equip./NTI Chevrolet | 100 | 47 | 4 | Running |
2 | 9 | 71 | Eddie MacDonald | Grimm Const./EXIT Realty/National MS Society | 100 | 42 | Running | |
3 | 30 | 47 | Cale Conley | Conley Motorsports Chevrolet | 100 | 41 | Running | |
4 | 20 | 42 | Jay Beasley * | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 100 | 40 | Running | |
5 | 3 | 29 | Chad Finley * | Auto Value/Air Lift Ford | 100 | 40 | 1 | Running |
6 | 26 | 4 | Ronnie Bassett, Jr. * | Butler Trailer Mfg./Roush-Yates Toyota | 100 | 38 | Running | |
7 | 13 | 22 | Austin Hill * | A&D Welding Ford | 100 | 37 | Running | |
8 | 5 | 20 | Gray Gaulding | Krispy Kreme Chevrolet | 100 | 38 | 2 | Running |
9 | 19 | 43 | Brodie Kostecki * | Arcoplate Toyota | 100 | 35 | Running | |
10 | 28 | 31 | Kaz Grala * | NETTTS Chevrolet | 100 | 34 | Running | |
11 | 11 | 27 | Kyle Benjamin * | Benjamin Motorsports Ford | 100 | 33 | Running | |
12 | 14 | 52 | Matt Tifft | Federated Auto Parts Dodge | 100 | 32 | Running | |
13 | 22 | 14 | Trey Hutchens * | All-Star Truck Repair Chevrolet | 100 | 31 | Running | |
14 | 24 | 96 | Kenzie Ruston | Ben Kennedy Racing Chevrolet | 100 | 30 | Running | |
15 | 8 | 98 | Cameron Hayley | Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet | 100 | 29 | Running | |
16 | 25 | 1 | David Garbo, Jr. * | Big Machine Records/Garbo Lobster Toyota | 100 | 28 | Running | |
17 | 27 | 77 | Anderson Bowen * | Cunningham Motorsports Dodge | 100 | 27 | Running | |
18 | 31 | 12 | Giles Thornton | Montana Raceway Park Ford | 100 | 26 | Running | |
19 | 16 | 81 | Jeremy Burns * | BBR Chevrolet | 100 | 25 | Running | |
20 | 29 | 63 | John Salemi | Envirotek USA Toyota | 100 | 24 | Running | |
21 | 7 | 33 | Brandon Jones | Wolfpack Energy Services Chevrolet | 100 | 24 | 1 | Running |
22 | 1 | 41 | Ben Rhodes * | Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet | 100 | 23 | 1 | Running |
23 | 23 | 5 | Codie Rohrbaugh * | Grant County Mulch Toyota | 100 | 21 | Running | |
24 | 10 | 15 | Nick Drake * | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 99 | 21 | 1 | Accident |
25 | 6 | 34 | Scott Heckert | Project Lifesaver Chevrolet | 99 | 19 | Running | |
26 | 18 | 2 | Ryan Gifford | UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota | 92 | 18 | Accident | |
27 | 21 | 21 | Mackena Bell | Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota | 92 | 17 | Accident | |
28 | 12 | 24 | Brennan Newberry | Qore24 Chevrolet | 85 | 16 | Accident | |
29 | 17 | 46 | Brandon Gdovic | American Messaging/Windstax Toyota | 43 | 15 | Accident | |
30 | 4 | 4 | Sergio Pena | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 30 | 14 | Accident | |
31 | 15 | 6 | Daniel Suarez | Rev Racing Toyota | 18 | 13 | Accident |
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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Ben Rhodes *, Time: 29.622 Seconds, Speed: 128.580 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 24 mins, 42 secs Average Speed: 74.947 mph Margin of Victory: .313 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 19-22 (# 6 Turn 1 – FP #81); 30-33 (#2 Turn 3 – FP #81); 43-45 (#46 Turn 1 – FP #12); 51 (Halfway Break – FP #05); 79-83 (#20 Turn 2 – FP #63); 86-88 (#24 Turn 4 – FP #1); 93-94 (#2 & #21 Turn 2 – FP #63). 7 for 22 laps.
Lap Leaders: Ben Rhodes * 1-2, Chad Finley * 3-9, Ben Rhodes * 10-25, Gray Gaulding 26-78, Brandon Jones 79-89, Nick Drake * 90-99, Jesse Little 100.
Total Laps Led: Gray Gaulding 53, Ben Rhodes * 18, Brandon Jones 11, Nick Drake * 10, Chad Finley * 7, Jesse Little 1. 6 changes involving 6 drivers.
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
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