Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150
Start: 22nd
Finish: 12th
- Tanner Gray started 22nd due to points and finishing position from the previous race. He was able to advance five positions during Stage 1 and finish 17th. The team would pit for four tires, fuel and adjustments to help free up the truck.
- A great pit stop by the Ford Performance crew placed Gray in the 14th position to start Stage 2. Over the next 30 laps, he fell to 17th and battled back up to 12th at the end of the stage while continuing to battle tight handling conditions.
- After pitting for four more tires, fuel and further adjustments to help the handling, the No. 15 restarted the final stage in 11th. An aggressive start had Gray in eighth on the opening lap and a lap 69 caution restacked the field and allowed him to earn another position to seventh before the next caution on lap 79.
- When the yellow flag waved on lap 89, Gray was running in the fifth position. Crew chief Shane Wilson called the driver down pit road for the final pit stop of the night. An excellent pit stop got the No. 15 F-150 off of pit road as the first truck with four tires and Gray would restart sixth.
- The final yellow waved on lap 123 and Gray restarted in eighth with six laps remaining. He would ultimately finish in the 12th position after a hard-fought battle with the latter half of the top-10.
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
