2019 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225

2019 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225

Race details[1][2]
Race 13 of 23 in the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season
Layout of Kentucky Speedway
Date	July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)
Location	Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky
Course	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	150 laps, 225 mi (362 km)
Pole position
Driver	Grant Enfinger	ThorSport Racing
Time	29.678
Most laps led
Driver	Tyler Ankrum	DGR-Crosley
Laps	40
Winner
No. 17	Tyler Ankrum	DGR-Crosley
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2019 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on July 11, 2019, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 150 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.

The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 69,000.

Harrison Burton was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.920 seconds and a speed of 180.481 mph (290.456 km/h).^[3]

Brett Moffitt was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.693 seconds and a speed of 180.481 mph (290.456 km/h).^[4]

Grant Enfinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.678 seconds and a speed of 181.953 mph (292.825 km/h).^[5]

Grant Enfinger started on pole, but Sheldon Creed took the lead within the first turn and pulled away. He eventually held a two-second lead over Enfinger and won Stage 1.

With 5 laps remaining in Stage 2, Enfinger and Brandon Jones tangled together while battling for the lead. Enfinger dove underneath Jones but lost control and ended up pulling them both into the outside wall. Matt Crafton won the stage under caution. Tyler Ankrum passed Crafton soon after the caution and dominated until he had to pit and was overtaken by Brett Moffitt. He then led for 10 laps until Dylan Lupton and Crafton both took the lead on separate occasions.

Brett Moffitt retook the lead on lap 125, but had to pit for fuel on the final lap. This gave the lead to Ankrum, who ultimately led a race-high 40 laps. Ankrum won the race with a 7-second lead over runner-up Stewart Friesen (who had to start in a backup truck).

Stage One Laps: 35

Stage Two Laps: 35

Stage Three Laps: 80