2019 Ford EcoBoost 200 – Wikipedia

Motor car race

The 2019 Ford EcoBoost 200 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on November 15, 2019, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 134 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 23rd and final race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.

Background[edit]

Track[edit]

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.

Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR’s series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300 and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Xfinity Series (then known as the Busch Series) has held its season-ending races at Homestead since 1995.

Entry list[edit]

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

Grant Enfinger was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 32.141 seconds and a speed of 168.010 mph (270.386 km/h).

Final practice[edit]

Stewart Friesen was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 32.664 seconds and a speed of 165.320 mph (266.057 km/h).

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Stewart Friesen was awarded the pole for the race due to his win in the previous week’s race.^[4]

Qualifying results[edit]

. – Championship 4 driver

• Note: Stewart Friesen, Ross Chastain, Brett Moffitt, and Matt Crafton were not eligible for stage points as they were competing for the championship.

Summary[edit]

Stewart Friesen started on pole, but Ross Chastain quickly pressured him and overtook him by the first lap. However, he was unable to pull away from Friesen and the two built up a large lead over the remainder of the field. Austin Hill caught up to them and overtook Chastain to take the stage win.

Brett Moffitt won the race off pit road after Hill was blocked. Chastain caught up to Moffitt in a similar manner he did to Friesen at the beginning of the race. Hill again caught up to the leaders and passed them, remaining in the lead to take the second stage win.

On lap 51, a caution was thrown for Ray Ciccarelli leaking fluid onto the track. Christian Eckes moved to the front on slightly worn tires. In the final round of green flag pit stops, Eckes pitted 10 laps before the others, while Hill stayed out for an extra 9 laps before pitting. Friesen was hit by Angela Ruch while entering his pit stall, costing him significant time. He later lacked long run speed, eliminating his chances of winning.

Hill won the race by around 1.5 seconds over Matt Crafton, who became the 2019 champion despite not winning a single race during the season. Eckes finished third, giving Kyle Busch Motorsports the owner’s championship. Chastain finished fourth and Moffitt finished fifth.

Joe Nemechek, who started 23rd and finished 14th, broke Richard Petty’s all-time start record across NASCAR’s top 3 series, starting his 1,186th NASCAR race.

Stage Results[edit]

Stage One
Laps: 40

Stage Two
Laps: 40

Final Stage Results[edit]

Stage Three
Laps: 54

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	5	16	Austin Hill	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	134	60
2	9	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	134	35
3	2	51	Christian Eckes	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	134	40
4	3	45	Ross Chastain	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	134	33
5	4	24	Brett Moffitt	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	134	32
6	6	13	Johnny Sauter	ThorSport Racing	Ford	134	35
7	7	98	Grant Enfinger	ThorSport Racing	Ford	134	37
8	11	4	Todd Gilliland	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	134	29
9	12	2	Sheldon Creed (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	134	34
10	27	75	Parker Kligerman	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	134	31
11	1	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Chevrolet	134	26
12	10	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	134	25
13	13	18	Harrison Burton (R)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	134	24
14	23	8	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	133	23
15	19	12	Gus Dean (R)	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	133	22
16	26	7	Tanner Gray	DGR-Crosley	Toyota	133	22
17	32	97	Jesse Little	JJL Motorsports	Ford	133	20
18	15	02	Tyler Dippel (R)	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	133	19
19	14	22	Austin Wayne Self	AM Racing	Chevrolet	133	18
20	20	54	Natalie Decker (R)	DGR-Crosley	Toyota	133	17
21	18	3	Jordan Anderson	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	132	16
22	8	17	Tyler Ankrum (R)	DGR-Crosley	Toyota	132	18
23	28	56	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Chevrolet	132	14
24	16	20	Colby Howard	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	132	13
25	22	30	Danny Bohn	On Point Motorsports	Toyota	132	12
26	30	9	Codie Rohrbaugh	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	130	11
27	29	04	Cory Roper	Roper Racing	Ford	129	10
28	25	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	Chevrolet	128	9
29	17	44	Angela Ruch	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	127	8
30	21	33	Josh Bilicki	Reaume Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	113	7
31	31	49	Ray Ciccarelli	CMI Motorsports	Chevrolet	48	6
32	24	15	Anthony Alfredo (R)	DGR-Crosley	Toyota	0	5

. – Driver won the championship

. – Playoffs driver

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