NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
Next Race: Vankor 350
Defending Race Winner: Johnny Sauter
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
The Date: Friday, March 29
The Time: 9 p.m. ET
TV: FS1
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 220.5 miles (147 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 35),
Stage 2 (Ends on lap 70), and Final Stage (Ends on lap 147)
Keys To The Vankor 350:
Two-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter is the defending winner of the race this weekend. His five victories at Texas Motor Speedway is most among active drivers and second all-time to Todd Bodine’s six wins. …
The late Kenny Irwin won the very first Gander Truck race at Texas in June, 1997. …
The closest margin of victory is .116-seconds when Todd Bodine defeated Mike Skinner (Spring, 2006). ….
The largest margin of victory is 13.302-seconds when two-time series champ Matt Crafton beat Justin Lofton by 13.302-seconds (Spring, 2014). …
The farthest back a Texas winner has started is 22nd on the grid. Todd Bodine won from that position on the grid in Fall, 2002. …
NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. holds the record for most laps led in a race at Texas (140 in Spring, 2008). …
Hornaday is also the oldest winner at TMS, earning the trophy in Spring, 2011 at the age of 52 years, 11 months, 21 days. ….
The youngest TMS winner was William Byron, who won in Spring, 2016 at the age of 18 years, six months, 13 days. …
Noah Gragson holds the series qualifying record at the track – 185.134 mph set in Spring, 2017. …
Five times a drive has won back-to-back races at Texas. Johnny Sauter is the only driver to do it twice (2012 season sweep and again 2017-18). Brendan Gaughan holds the record with four-straight Texas wins, sweeping the 2002 and 2003 seasons. …
Jeb Burton scored his only NASCAR national series victory in this race in 2013. …
The Sauter brothers – Jay and Johnny – are the only brothers with wins in the Gander Trucks at Texas. Jay won in 1994. Johnny has five wins. They also both have past wins at Martinsville Speedway. …
Eight drivers have accounted for 27 of 42 race wins at TMS – more than half. Kyle Busch (3), Johnny Sauter (5) and Matt Crafton (2) are the only multi-time winners currently racing in the series. …
Chevrolet has won four of the last five races and has a total of 17 victories, tying Toyota’s 17 wins for most all-time at the track. Ford has three wins – the last coming in 2000 by Greg Biffle.
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