NASCAR Truck Series race results from Bristol Motor Speedway on August 16th, 2018 Tonight, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series takes the green flag in Bristol, Tennessee. The 0.533-mile concrete oval is the last chance for truckers to make the 2018 NCWTS playoffs. View full 2018 Bristol Truck race results below. It’s the regular season finale for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Did your sorry excuse for a tv provider show a football game instead of the Bristol night race? Yes, that happened for many. I got you covered. Christopher Bell and Ben Rhodes will lead the field to the starting line. Bell is the substitute driver for Harrison Burton who became ill during the week. It’s the first career race for Stefan Parsons. Bristol Menu: Trucks TV | Practice | Qual | Race Stage 1 NASCAR Truck Series Laps: 55 Green flag, Bell gets the jump. Bell leads by three truck lengths into turn 1. Rhodes falls to 3rd heading into turn 1. Lap 13, Scott Lagasse Jr is around off turn 4. The caution is out. Green, Bell leads into turn 1. John Hunter Nemechek is working the middle lane. He’s been there for the whole race. He’s hanging on the right rear of the leader of this restart as Rhodes gets shuffled back a few more spots. Lap 26, Cory Roper is around. Jordan Anderson helped with that effort. Green, Bell noses ahead into turn 1. Nemechek is hanging right there with him this time. Nemechek pulls even with Bell off turn two. Nemechek has the momentum off the high side, he carries to the lead into turn three. 7 to go in stage 1, Johnny Sauter takes over 2nd on the bottom. He used the bumper on Enfinger off turn four. Nemechek sits a full 2 seconds up the track. 2 to go, Sauter has closed the gap to 1.2 seconds. John Hunter Nemechek wins stage 1 in the Truck race at Bristol! Stage 1 Results: 1. John Hunter Nemechek; 2. Johnny Sauter; 3. Grent Enfinger; 4. Christopher Bell; 5. Ben Rhodes; 6. Parker Kligerman; 7. Stewart Friesen; 8. Ross Chastain; 9. Noah Gragson; 10. Justin Haley; Stage 2 NASCAR Truck Series Laps: 55 The field hits the pit lane. Sauter is first in and first off with four tires. Brett Moffitt is off 2nd, fuel only. Moffitt pitted 20 or so laps ago. Nemechek and Sargeant stayed out on the race track. Green flag, Nemechek leads into turn 1 on the outside. Todd Gilliland is around. His truck just snapped off the bottom and went around on it’s own. Gilliland has collected a piece of Jesse Little on his way up the banking. Green, Nemechek leads by four truck lengths into turn one. Little has a major tire rub. They are calling him to pit road under green. 8 to go in stage 2, Nemechek leads Sauter by 8 seconds. 3 go go, Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliland make light contact. Gilliland ran right into his rear bumper at the flagstand. Gilliland is a lap down. The next lap, Myatt Snider is around at the flag stand, he makes heavy contact with the inside wall. Myatt was also battling with Gragson, he was pinched off turn four. John Hunter Nemechek wins stage 2 in the truck race at Bristol! Stage 2 Results: 1. John Hunter Nemechek; 2. Johnny Sauter; 3. Brett Moffitt; 4. Stewart Friesen; 5. Christopher Bell; 6. Park Kligerman; 7. Ben Rhodes; 8. Grant Enfinger; 9. Justin Haley; 10. Dalton Sargeant; Stage 3 NASCAR Truck Series Laps: 90 Sauter leads them to the pit exit. Gragson takes two tires and heads out second. Nemechek falls from 1st to 4th. Green flag, Sauter and Gragson run even into turn 1. Gragson powers by on the outside of turn 2, he leads into turn 3. 70 to go, Gragson is fading. Sauter looks to the inside off turn corner, he takes the lead with ease. 60 to go, Sauter leads Nemechek by 0.4 seconds. A lap truck helps him open it back up to 1.2. 40 to go, Christopher Bell is slow on the race track. He’s lost power steering. Bell heads to pit road under green. 30 to go, Sauter is deep in lap traffic. Nemechek is coming in a hurry. The leaders run nose to tail! Sauter checks out as the lappers run side by side ahead. Nemechek gets into his back bumper! Sauter holds the lead. 24 to go, the lap cars continue to run side by side. Nemechek rolls to the outside lane. They run side by side for the lead. The bottom lane isn’t moving. Nemechek claims to the lead at the outside lane of lap cars moves a little quicker. 12 to go, Nemechek has caught another pack of lap cars. Friesen and Sauter run three wide with the lap cars for 2nd. Friesen takes the position. Sauter puts the bumper to him and retakes the spot! 8 to go, Nemechek leads by 2 seconds. 5 to go, Nemechek leads Sauter by 0.3 seconds. Nemechek has a problem! Sauter takes the lead! Friesen has a look to the inside of Sauter. He’s pinned behind a lap car, Sauter opens up the gap. 1 to go, Sauter leads Friesen by two car lengths. Johnny Sauter takes the NASCAR Truck Series win at Bristol Motor Speedway! Sauter will also be crowned the 2018 regular season champion in the NASCAR Truck Series. View full 2018 Bristol Truck results below. NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Motor Speedway Results – August 16, 2018 Pos | Driver 1. Johnny Sauter 2. Stewart Friesen 3. John Hunter Nemechek 4. Parker Kilgerman 5. Todd Gilliland 6. Justin Haley 7. Ben Rhodes 8. Matt Crafton 9. Noah Gragson 10. Grant Enfinger 11. Dalton Sargean t 12. Ross Chastain 13. Austin Wayne Self 14. Tanner Thorson 15. Riley Herbst 16. Codie Rohrbaugh 17. Stefan Parsons 18. Brett Moffitt 19. Cody Coughlin 20. Clay Greenfield 21. Austin Hill 22. Jordan Anderson 23. Wendell Chavous 24. Justin Fontaine 25. Cory Roper 26. Jesse Little 27. Korbin Forrister 28. Christopher Bell 29. Myatt Snider 30. Chad Finley 31. Scott Lagasse Jr 32. Bayley Currey 2018 NASCAR Truck Series Playoff Drivers Top 8 in driver standings after 15 regular season races 1. Johnny Sauter | 2,042 2. Brett Moffitt | -15 3. Noah Gragson | -20 4. Ben Rhodes | -28 5. Stewart Friesen | -30 6. Grant Enfinger | -31 7. Justin Haley | -33 8. Matt Crafton | -39 Missed the playoff cut: 9. Myatt Snider 10. Cody Caughlin 11. Dalton Sargeant 12. Todd Gilliland More Related Christopher Bell fills the seat for Harrison Burton in the truck race at Bristol Links Bristol Motor Speedway | NASCAR<doc-sep>BRISTOL, TN - AUGUST 16: Grant Enfinger, driver of the #98 Champion Power EquipmentCurb Records Toyota, leads a group of trucks during the NASCAR Camping World Truck UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 16, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) What other sports would view as routine is going to be a surprising first for NASCAR on Thursday night. It’s no big deal to find sports on prime time network TV on weeknights during the right time of the year. That’s not as true for the summer months, and since NASCAR runs its races mostly on the weekends — and increasingly these days, on cable networks affiliated with the broadcast networks — it doesn’t happen very often. In fact it’s never intentionally happened before, but that will change when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway airs on Fox on Thursday night. Indeed, NASCAR races have run on a network in prime time in the past, but only as the result of rain pushing them to another day and/or time. However, the UHOH 200 is slated to start at 8:00 p.m. on Fox, something that Fox Sports PR guru Megan Englehart explained is kind of a big deal. SO, Thursday's NASCAR Truck Series race on FOX not only is 1st series race in history to be scheduled for primetime on broadcast TV, but ALSO 1st #NASCAR race (of any series) in history to be scheduled for primetime broadcast TV on a weeknight. @NASCARONFOX pic.twitter.com/9yTEYYGHyd — Megan Englehart (@MeganFOXSports) August 15, 2018 While no one would argue against the idea that broadcast TV is far less influential than it was in decades past, getting a race on network TV is still a big deal. All one has to do is look at ratings numbers comparing the same event when it gets switched from NBC to NBCSN or Fox to FS1 (or vice versa for either company) to see that more people watch when a race is on one of the networks instead of an affiliated cable channel. Why this particular race? It’s kind of a perfect storm of factors: The Bristol Truck Series race always runs on Thursday night. Fox has the rights to show the trucks all season long, and the network is in the middle of the part of the year where it is desperate for programming to show in prime time. Add it all up and voila, you’ve got the first scheduled NASCAR race on prime time network television. Given that it is Bristol (baby) and that the Truck Series has featured some of the best racing of any national series this year and it’s quite possible the UHOH 200 will deserve the relatively wider audience it will attract. Here’s hoping lots of people tune in, because what else do you have to do on an August Thursday night?<doc-sep>
NASCAR Truck Series starting lineup for the Bristol truck race tonight August 16, 2018 Tonight, the NASCAR Truck Series rolls into Bristol Motor Speedway. Just a few hours before the night race, they’ll set the grid. View full NASCAR Truck qualifying results below. Bristol Menu: Trucks TV | Practice | Qual | Race Round 1 Truck Qualifying 15 min: Top 24 advance Todd Gilliland failed pre-qualifying inspection on the first pass. The crew pushed the car back to the garage to work on it before making another pass. This #4 truck has to win tonight to make the playoffs. He made it through just ahead of the green in the session. 5 minutes in, only two trucks have turned a lap. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was on track with a different rubber ahead of this qualifying session. The track is likely to be slick in the early runs. Fast teams are saving their runs. 7 minutes remain, Matt Crafton dove inside of Norm Benning into turn 1. Crafton was well passed his number, Benning still came down on him. He was unaware he was there. There’s a big dent of the right front for Crafton. Benning went up and tagged the outside wall, no caution. John Hunter Nemechek wins round 1 of knockout qualifying for the trucks at Bristol! Round 1 Truck Qualifying: 1. John Hunter Nemechek (15.268); 2. Johnny Sauter (15.339); 3. Parker Kligerman (15.395); 4. Ben Rhodes; 5. Stewart Friesen; 6. Jesse Little; 7. Myatt Snider; 8. Christopher Bell; 9. Ross Chastain; 10. Brett Moffitt; 11. Todd Gilliland; 12. Justin Haley; Round 2 Truck Qualifying 10 min: Top 12 advance Parker Kligerman might now have the truck to beat in qualifying. However, this truck is the truck to beat tonight in the race. He was good in long runs in practice and the truck looks solid on the bottom in qualifying. Matt Crafton and crew are trying to figure out if they’ll repair the damage from round 1 or not. If they do, he’ll go to the back of the field for the race. He’s on the track with a minute remaining. However, he’s missed the top 12. The crew chief kicked the passenger side door as the truck sits on pit lane after the run. Johnny Sauter wins round 2 of NCWTS qualifying at Bristol! Round 2 Truck Qualifying: 1. Johnny Sauter (15.273); 2. Ben Rhodes (15.356); 3. John Hunter Nemechek (15.360); 4. Ross Chastain; 5. Christopher Bell; 6. Jesse Little; 7. Parker Kligerman; 8. Noah Gragson; 9. Todd Gilliland; 10. Justin Haley; 11. Grant Enfinger; 12. Chad Finley; Round 3 Truck Qualifying 5 min: Run for pole 1 minute remains, Christopher Bell jumps on the track for the first time in this session. He jumps right to the top of the board. Johnny Sauter heads back out to make another run. He comes up short. Christopher Bell is the substitute driver for Harrison Burton, he just took the pole in his first race this year! The race will air later tonight. It’s the last regular season race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series View the full Bristol NASCAR Truck Series starting lineup below. NASCAR Truck Series Qualifying – Bristol August 16, 2018 Pos | Driver | Time 1. Christopher Bell 15.248 2. Ben Rhodes 15.268 3. John Hunter Nemechek 15.287 4. Johnny Sauter 15.317 5. Grant Enfinger 15.408 6. Parker Kligerman 15.408 7. Noah Gragson 15.432 8. Todd Gilliland 15.479 9. Jesse Little 15.486 10. Ross Chastain 15.489 11. Justin Haley 15.524 12. Chad Finley 15.583 13. Stewart Friesen 15.480 14. Brett Moffitt 15.484 15. Cody Coughlin 15.488 16. Dalton Sargeant 15.503 17. Myatt Snider 15.509 18. Matt Crafton 15.533 19. Tanner Thorson 15.556 20. Riley Herbst 15.562 21. Clay Greenfield 15.588 22. Scott Lagasse 15.591 23. Austin Hill 15.633 24. Austin Wayne Self 15.762 25. Codie Rohrbaugh 15.733 26. Cory Roper 15.742 27. Korbin Forrister 15.808 28. Bayley Currey 15.854 29. Jordan Anderson 15.881 30. Stefan Parsons 16.024 31. Justin Fontaine 16.028 32. Wendell Chavous 16.476 33. Gray Gaulding 15.827 34. Timothy Peters 15.827 35. BJ McLeod 15.849 36. Norm Benning 17.246 37. Jennifer Jo Cobb 17.639 More Related Christopher Bell fills the seat for Harrison Burton in the truck race at Bristol Links Bristol Motor Speedway | NASCAR