Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 | NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Full Race Replay

warming up those tires I'm just thinking about all the emotions these teams that don't have pits here right now must be thinking let's just be clean let's get to the end of stage one The Pace

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is off Kyle Busch will lead it green The flag is in the air , we're racing in Las Vegas. You see that you are already off the court looking for space to make three wide passes. That's aw

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when you're. in the middle, that put her in a tough situation at the beginning, I saw Ben get up, that orange truck, he put a big block on his teammate Matt Crafton on the first lap, well if you can't block your teammate , who you have a movie blocking, Haley Deegan in that yellow truck. inside, the best starting position for her on a paved track for her, what are my expectations?

What about Ross Chastain? He is looking for a hole high up. He said he could get up to that outside wall and you can see he's making moves. You, Tom, us. We're going to have the iso camera on him, we just need side by side, he's good, call the director. Many thanks to our team, they listen and deliver. What's up with these two young

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driving for? Kyle Busch Motorsports are right behind Kyle now, but the loss of momentum opens the door up for Tom Majeski, there's also Zane Smith.

Zane is right there, right behind Ty, that's truck 38 for Zane. I love looking at these trucks lit up like that. It lights something up with the same effect that you don't get when it's a daytime

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. Watch the battle for the lead. Nick Sanchez approached Kyle Busch. Nick has a high line. You must remember how important the draft is. Here these trucks hit in such a way. a big hole in the air the draft is really critical here Ty majeski in at 98 coming in Nick Sanchez on the outside receiving a report that Stuart Friesen will have to serve a drive-through penalty took a line drive early before the green flag goes against NASCAR rules, he'll go down probably not lose a lap, but he certainly gets in a bind here early, there's that number 52 Hallmark truck, it's still on Pit Road when the field comes out of turn four, it's going to be really I think he's going to lose a lap.

Christian Eck is getting sideways with Zane Smith's 38 on him, you're right Phil, they're getting ready to go around the outside of Stewart freezing as Stewart speeds up the apron. there's truck 52, it's now the first truck to do a lap, it needs a quick caution right now because there may be some trucks that get passed if we get up to that lap 30 in the first stage, gee, you gotta be impressed with Dick Sanchez. he's on top of Kyle Busch and Zane Smith side by side, what a handful of steering wheel that Christian neck has when Zayn Smith's 38 pulled up in the back of his truck, he just pulled him over there, he's had a handful of steering wheels since they released the green Phil, he started 12th and is already in 4th place, what a great move Josh and down here with Chris Lawson with team 38, one of those teams affected because the crew canceled that initial flight and now you have the delay, so what is the situation for you now?

It looks like we're going to have to do it, make it happen and we've got our road guys here, like Phil, didn't you call him whatever? That's exactly what they are. We'll have to watch the battle for the lead after practice today, we assumed Kyle Bush would pull away from these guys, Nick Sanchez digging low trying to take the lead away from the boss and how about Kyle Busch now that that's his quasi teammate team and he pulls down into it to keep me from passing him, I have to check it out to see how talented this kid is.

Hold on to that baby, very difficult. You don't have the aerodynamics on your truck that you need to handle perfectly. It is really a challenge to go down. Daniel died with problems that seem to have been overlooked is that the precaution that Stewart prison needed or we say green look for a flat tire on that truck. I think it is. I think it will do. down Pit Road let's stay green here man there are big battles at this race track look at the roads down versus kazgralla Nick Sanchez leads this race the 21 year old from Miami won the Arca Menards Series championship the year past. was rewarded for moving up to

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-time driving for drag racing on the same team he won with an ARCA and had never raced a truck until Daytona a couple of weeks ago, but he raced an Xfinity car here last fall and finished 12th , so you have some experience in this.

Racetrack and man he's putting it to good use and it's a collaboration between rev racing and kbm cobbush Motorsports who provides that equipment so I'll tell you that to tell you this. Phil Kyle knows how good that truck is, but he knows it too. The kid doesn't have much experience, that's impressive. I'll tell you the man in his pit box, Danny Stockman, the minds behind what he told me today. Also, the truck leading this race is the same truck that won this race last year. with Chandler Smith so they knew what was in store for them tonight David Stockman has three wins here Jamie and we were talking before the race this morning and I told you that if Nick said he beat the university tonight we would have a great story, you said that I would not be surprised to see it well.

I'm surprised it happened. Kyle is about to lose that second place to Majeski in '98. Ty Majeski picks up right where he left off last season, maybe a different number but the same team and the same speed as him. comes back, slides right behind Kyle Busch, it's one, two, three and now, but Christian Eckus is stepping on the gas, let's run for him in this opening segment, we'll step aside. foreigner foreigner thank you, welcome back to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series where Kyle Busch has retaken the lead, Nick Sanchez and the two have fallen back, but we have a battle on our hands in 13th place, four or five trucks fighting for position which is the correct one and is still there.

Haley Deacon up on the outside of Maddie D and Rockley Roofing's Chevy on the bottom, nice move around that corner for Maddie, yeah, during the commercial break, Corey Hyman, Natalie, excuse me, Haley, digging, we're fighting side aside, what about Nick Sánchez, 18 years old today, in this battle too? battle for sixth here Chase Purdy in the four former Las Vegas winners and Ben Rhodes this battle for sixth right there. I love to see Chase Purdy having this good streak here when we were like this again, yeah, that was because of the first accident where he got hurt. right side and he blew a tire and I think it's over now that the caution flag is out.

It seemed like he was able to save him that first time in this not-so-big breakup. Good good news is that they don't have to pit yet and they probably won't pit yet because they only have three sets of tires in the pits and the masquerade flags will give them a little bit of extra time before they get to the end of that stage. It's a tough break for Brett. They had a great experience. qualifying round and then he just bounced off the wall and this resulted in what happened here, so look back, exactly what happened to Brett Holmes the first time, right in turn number four, it looks like he just misses the part forward and did something quite significant.

The contact cut the right front tire and he most likely had a scrape. I saw it straight, obviously the right front tire fell off again, probably a fender reinforcement or something had rubbed that right front tire. Fred Holmes, a rookie this year. his team has decided to compete full time in the truck

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, I said Nick Sánchez in 35. I'm Jake García, I'm 18 years old today, talk to him, I'm sure he had the right birthday, yes, talk to him in the area of ​​the garage, he said. I'm nervous and I said, well, you should be.

I mean, you're getting ready to go 100 miles, 180 miles an hour on these curves and try to run wide open, talking about running wide open, how fast do you think they got here? here's the news oh well it's a pleasure to have you, can't say I've seen this before the pickers arrived during the race, we have 11 laps to go at this stage and those guys will be able to change clothes and get to Pit Road in time for this first pit stop at the end of the stage, so they had plane problems earlier today in North Carolina, they were finally able to catch another flight, but they were delayed again, so imagine all the hours flying. country to get to Las Vegas and now we're in the middle of a race well they did it so I hope everyone can have their cruise and a normal pit stop here in 10 laps or something and those weren't the guys who really were feeling all the pressure it was the guys that were here on Pit Road that were going to have to make those pit stops instead of them Chris Lawson said, yeah, we've got our road guys here, let's see what they're going to do on the pit road. great rest. there for Stuart Friesen, we've talked about he'll be a lap down, he'll get the bye now and he'll get back on the lead lap, so, you know, Phil, this early in the race he can beat that, oh yeah, he can beat the mistake he made at the start enough time to get back to racing now the other story Daniel died there in 43 is a couple of laps down maybe three after his problem so it will be difficult for him, yes it will be a bit It's more hard for Daniel to die, yes, but he needs to stay out there, get some experience, very little experience, a full year in the Arkham Menards series, he did a great job, in fact he finished second to Nick Sanchez last year , this is all so new to him, he's obviously never raced. anything here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and only the second time getting in the truck so it's a tough way to start this race we're under yellow here in Las Vegas for the first time thanks tomorrow is prime time and the fox catches Biggie's player.

Top seed Adama Sonogo leads 14th-ranked Yukon in a conference battle against Villanova. It all starts at 7 Eastern on Fox, getting the defining moment here in college basketball. Yes, actually, and we had some action on Pit Road, a lot of action. on Pit Road, including Kyle Busch, well you want to see what a pit stop looks like when you don't have your regular guys and I think they did this just to get it out of the way so you could know they were going to do it. losing track position because more than half the field was out, but you can see these guys don't do this regularly and it's been a little tough, obviously some Sheldon Creed RCR guys in Wheeling uniforms that just got you show how.

Well the people who are trained to do this are these guys, they are professionals, they are doing the job, they will make sure they don't make any mistakes, everything tight, but probably down to 20 seconds to change four. tires when normally you need between 12 and 14. or it could have been 35 seconds yeah maybe I was making progress there and just a reminder that some of the teams have arrived but they have to put the gear on and go out to Pit Road. so there was a mix there and there's Kyle back on the track and I'd be interested to see this hear this I gotta lose I said well okay you heard Kyle Busch I said no mistakes Bill well mostly no mistakes It has a loose wheel, how about that?

So it will come back, but I think it's a good strategy for these guys who didn't have their pit crew and also in general for Phil, because they don't pit, they won't do it on stage, right, Brennan Poole? the South Point truck going behind the wall for Brendan Poole Michael gone the missing family six NASCAR friends getting that South Point in that 46 truck that's Brett Holmes' car that they're trying to hook up and get out of Pit Road and there There's the team that Zane The Smith team, that's quite a hustle. Here comes Kyle to check on him.

I think I liked waiting until the end of the stage, when my team was going to be at Pit Road and obviously stopping the men for the guys who were competing for a championship. get those stage points here at the end of the stage and then have your regular crew come do their job in the pits, avoid the record that's still there trying to hit Brett Holmes' 32, it's kind of one problem after another, Josh, yeah, it's a A little problem, as you can see down here, the wrecker is in the problem. Now Kyle pushed when you heard him come on the radio saying that he had a loose wheel, so they knew they had to come back and fix it.

The problem is the wrecker. putting the truck behind him in his pit box wasn't a smooth pit stop there, but no wonder, there was a problem in the box with the Wrecker in the way guys, and you're allowed to take that right rear tire out of his pit box because there is a Many times I had to drive around another truck andright where I was hanging out on that, that was perfectly fine and the wrecker was in the way and the puck was the way they did it, yeah, they might have had to give way. Give it a pass anyway, well you made a very good point Phil, why not wait until the end when you know your team is there?

Let's see how this plays out when, uh, when the stage comes and what Kyle does then and just another note about Jamie. At that pit stop, John Hunter Nemechek was caught speeding, so we'll have to go backwards and the thing is to remember that these teams only have three games on Pit Road, obviously, to the teams that put tires on the right At that point they will only have two games left, so they will definitely put tires on at the end of this first stage. There's a lot going on in Las Vegas. The teams just stopped to put on tires, so we're on stage number one, seven laps to go.

Nick Sánchez leads the way here in both. with Ty majeski they will extend as they go down towards turn one, as you can see, up to the grass and four wide in turn one, Ty.majeski on the outside Nick Sanchez holds him on the bottom Nick Sanchez is running that low line with a truck right next to you, really wants to mess with the handling of your truck and behind them three wides look like Raja in the middle back there. That truck in that three-way battle, Zane Smith ducks into the back three to take the lead and it's Zane Smith in the lead, which was a great setup for Zane.

Those trucks run side by side and Nick Sánchez, there's the loss of the nose. in majeski a little bit, but I could keep it on the wall, which could cause enough damage to make the right front explode Phil, we've seen it, you can, you can see all the damage on the right side, see what's going to do. he loses his nose here and goes up, he'll just clip Tom Majeski. I think he missed the backfield and just corrected a little bit and then got in the other truck and this is a battle for lead time.

Majeske, Zane Smith is coming off a two-week win. Years ago with Daytona, the defending Series champion, I wondered what they were going to be able to do tonight. They were solid last year finishing second, but they had that penalty in Pit Road, the lug nut problem, so they were disqualified. What's up with this battle for leadership? there are three wives Christian passing through the middle Christian eckus through the middle on the 19 three wides oh me on the backstretch going well these truckers do some lateral drafting don't you look at Matt De Benedetto? He is also right in this mix.

I don't like this at the moment Christian Equus puts it aside what a saying told you I didn't like that Jamie was two at this stage Zane Smith and Matthew after all that's the second Christian is just trying to catch his breath there Truck 19, do you see him bend down from those three wide? He said he had enough, great save, although it was an incredible safe battle for sixth place right there between Matt Crafton Carson Hosovar, how about Ross Chastain? We looked at each other. during the yellow flag and said, Well, Crossy's not really making much progress, but here he's in the top ten and Nick Sanchez is on Pit Road and Rose looking on the outside at Matt Crafton.

Reminds Ross Chastain that they had to make some changes after qualifying. had a problem with the fuel pressure so he started at the back now he's up on the last lap of tonight's stage here Zane Smith Ty Majeske Matt De Benedetto Grant and the flag with his finger in the air Zayn Smith wins stage number one How about Raja Carruth with the top five on this stage Zane Smith's 20th stage win, which is his first this season so far, was exciting. We had a little bit of everything in that first stage and Zane Smith had a strong truck here a year ago, he won the first race of the season and can race. some Cup races life is good for Zane right now it looks like he has a water bottle on the rack here he's not sure how the hell he managed that and he looks at Ben Rhodes tiptoeing behind him making sure he had enough room.

I think you call that slideway well done Christian Eckus we'll be back in socks after this welcome foreign foreigner back to Victorious Voice Foundation 200. Stage one has concluded Zane Smith is the winner and here's a look at the stage one results on Grand Aventura, was the truck with the best result that stopped in the pits on lap number 21, reaching fourth place. Ross Chastain from behind inside the top ten. Pit Road is open, they are coming towards you, Jamie and for Matt De Benedetto, the only change they made. What we're going to do here will depend on the air pressure, he's a little too high.

They asked him if he wanted water or some cutting or something and he said, "I'm fine out here, maybe you'll give me a clean windshield." otherwise they will use four new tires Josh, yes let's start with Time Majeski's 98, he said his truck was very solid and in stage number one they will only buy four tires and will not make adjustments to the fuel. In terms of the 38, not only is he the winner of the stage, but there is also good news: his team finally arrived with six to go until stage one, so for his first pit stop, he recovers his team.

He's a stage winner and he's doing pretty well heading into the clutch team right there, straight from the start. plane police escort to the runway they put their uniforms on the wall to pit that well done truck guys I warmed up running to the pits, although they did, they were ready to go and this round of pit stops looked a little different to those lap 21 pit stops I still like Kyle Busch, too bad even though he went wrong with that pit stop, they had a minute to complete a pit stop, it didn't really matter that he had to go back and tighten the tires because, like you can see. the teams hurriedly showed up, well done, the guys put on their uniforms, got to work, got the job done, we will return from Las Vegas abroad, everything that the Nascar Cup Series comes to Las Vegas, where every pilot will take a risk and go.

For Broke, who is looking for an early season checkered flag, the engines start on Sunday at 3 Stern on Fox and the Fox Sports app and in the last few hours big news arrives. Chase Elliott was injured in a snowboarding accident in Colorado and will undergo surgery tonight. It's an injury of some sort to his left leg, all we know is that he won't be replaced by Josh Berry. He'll take over the nine cars starting tomorrow at 1:30 Eastern, we'll practice qualifying, they'll get things done. even speed and a tough break for this team, they had a great race at Fontana, yes, let's send our best wishes to Chase and Speedy recovered from surgery tonight, certainly thinking of Chase Elliott and his family tonight, there it is the driver's eye and how it is.

That look when you look out the windshield and all you see is the Pace truck and when it starts you might not see anything that's going to be even better and then they go down into turn one and you're in the middle of three wide that's how the truck lifts up really works perfect view Jamie the only thing you may have noticed in that view inside Grandfinger's truck was the fact that a dashboard still didn't show the RPM. He said it's enlightened, so they actually wanted to do it. get into that SEC on that, uh, when the pits opened before the second stage started and they said no, we're going to take our lunch, you just have to work with it until the end of this stage, thanks Jamie Brandon, bar singer And did I tell you three open men?

Yes, you did, Chastain, what does Clint Boyer say? Hello, broad and handsome, here he comes with Kyle Bush right behind him. How about his teammate Carson Joseph is 42 and Tanner Gray is 15-1-2? Here comes Ross to the inside, oh, that sounded better, so Kyle takes advantage and goes high, he's going to run around the outside, it's four wide open coming out of turn four, it's crazy, Phil, they're going in every direction, okay , Carson Hosavar continues to lead Tanner Gray. After his career-best result at Daytona a couple of weeks ago, he's got some good momentum on his side, but right now he's got a full mirror Kyle Busch Ross Chastain on the way, you know Tanner Gray is a winner, a former winner here, but they cross the street across the street and former Pro Stock division champion, the youngest NHRA Pro Stock champion, what's with that strong pass and move of Dean Thompson Thompson fighting for third place?

I love that we saw him get his feet wet last year for most of the season. with nice he let go a little oh, he's in a tough situation his teammate Tanner Gray Kyle Busch hold on to it, no, Carson hosova to the bottom, that's amazing. Carson said he loved everything about his truck after qualifying and he looks at this kid. He said that he was more excited than ever because he knew that this truck was going to be everything, the whole team, he said, his entire workshop with the three trucks, he says that Kyle Busch is leading again on the inside, he goes over those The blows are just the sparks flying and how hard it is going on.

He wanted to warn that he is out for the third time. It's going to be a great break for Daniel Dye. He will recover his third of three turns. I think Matt Mills spun. In turn four, I think I saw him overheating a little at the base of the right side of the windshield. Some water. What about Daniel? I die. Three laps back, 10 laps exactly. The warnings flew perfectly for that young man. He now he's back in the running. along with him you see Matt Mills' 20's get loose a lot, oh I love that turn on, get out of there, you could hear he had that little hesitation and then he just hit it and tried to figure out which direction Matt was going to go. when he finally determined that he was going to stay close to the wall, he then put gas back into it.

Matt Matt did a good job keeping that truck away from the wall. there it is sliding high in turn four, that's when you're sliding down a long field looking over your left shoulder and thinking please don't anyone hit me, please don't anyone hit me, new tires, they look like they'll be good to go good. We've had a little bit of everything, wouldn't you say absolutely friends? We're only 40 laps in a lot of side by side and two and three wide runs. Josh, yeah, and Jamie, they were talking about how much Carson Hostovar loves the 42. His truck heading into this race, we just got on the radio and talked about the 51.

Kyle Busch is so fast, he said I still need a little more rotation. in the curves to keep up with them, but it really is a big problem. For him, last week he passed Kyle Busch at the end of the race here in Las Vegas. He said that gave him a lot of confidence. He can run with a guy like him. This time it helps him. He can pass it to win. Yes, Josh and Carson so far. The 20-year-old kid, you know, kids like him love when Kyle Busch is on the field, he doesn't do it very often, he's only allowed to run five races, but when he's there and you can run around him behind he in front.

From him you see what Kyle Bush does and what the magic of his ability and his ability and talent is. What's surprising is that three of our top five had to start at the back in this race we had, we had Tanner Gray who had to start at the back. Ross stayed on the chest and Kyle actually due to a loose wheel restarted that after the first pit stop at the back of the group, thanks for more repairs on the two from Nick Sanchez, it's a shame it was such a truck well oh that's a great start too, he did a great job fighting alongside Kyle Busch taking the lead eight laps, then it all went away in turn two and he lost it again, corrected himself a little and hit the wall, although it was obviously a good learning experience for him. a very fast truck and will continue to have fast trucks.

I think Kyle Busch would rather see Nick make a little mistake by running as fast as he was and being in the position he was in and then just backing off and not being fast, so He can learn from that, like you said Phil, and be a best rider, so Zane Smith pitted there after winning that stage. He is already back to seventh place. He's the front runner for our guys who stopped right behind him. Ben Rhodes Corey Heim inside the top 10. Also, Pit Road is open, let's see if we have any takers. I don't think anyone in front will do it.

I think they will just catch their breath, yeah they would need a tune up because they really don't have enough tires to put them back here. true, we will step aside momentarily we will return to competing shortly foreign foreigner not only on the track, but look at these pit crews, real athletes who travel all day, they arrive at the track, we have already done 15 laps, they have to put on the uniforms. On it, boom, go to work and take a photo, run down Pit Road to get in position, but like you said, they're nice and they warmed up, these guys are amazing athletes, but I can only imagine the stress they felt trying to get to here. about the stress that Christian Equus feltwhen he turned that Napa truck sideways in turn two, it was an incredible time, in turn three, excuse me, there's one of those jocks, Christian held his breath, now he'll probably be rolling pretty hard getting back to 18th.

This one moment I saw his pit crew hitting some nuts, I don't see that in the cup series anymore. It's fun to go back and see how it was done before. Here's our helmet camera looking at the driver's view tachometer and the way he achieves that fill, he's just going to follow someone down, yeah, no, he's just going to hit and judge their speed compared to someone else. The only disadvantage he would have is if he was leading when it came time for a pit stop or green flag. Stop Green Flash, I think Zane's getting impatient back there, third in line at the bottom, how about John Hunter Nemechek was all over the back of the carcinosabar, loss of momentum opened up and went for it and look at Ben Rhodes he'll even go down and do the keep going Zane John Hunter Nemechek and the 17 kept going back he finally has his forward momentum once again you know what I saw there that I really liked Michael Zane could have easily taken down and blocked Ben Rhodes he didn't do that, I think it will pay dividends throughout his career he has to be smart Phil, you know, these race drivers don't forget that you put someone in a bad position while Kyle Busch falls out of the top three, these truckers are in it not tonight?

They are fighting for leadership. Ben Rhodes wants to lead Carson, our host, he understood it. Zane Smith is on top of him, but look at Kyle Busch, what did you say, Michael, a minute ago? He was right and now I'm wrong, make up your Note that he must have slipped a little because it's a power move reminder. Kyle Busch had stopped in the middle of the first stage, had a loose wheel, had to re-enter, had to use an RCR pit crew and now he has fought his way back down. At the bottom, this is a great track for this type of racing, which Michael talked about during the track description about the progressive banking and the fact that they can run from the white line. yellow wall he will race last year listening to them talk about Carson hosavar and once again he is runner up once again he is runner up his time is coming leading this race oh caution caution out once again the 45 is going around that's Lawless Allen pretty much damage there on the bed lit up on the back of that truck, still rolling here yeah, not sure about everyone, yeah the right front is flat, he was running 21st at the time. he will have to park it or not, maybe not.

I thought they would do repairs on that truck and get it out again. I just like the sponsor of him. He has a great sponsor. They dig holes in the ground and park their car there. It's great, I mean, they can park hundreds of cars underground if they have to, he's a good sponsor, it makes sense here's the three-wide middle that we saw so vulnerable, isn't that Michael? We've seen young drivers do that. You're repeatedly wrong Phil, they just don't understand or anticipate how much downforce is lost when you put it in the middle, like that view of Daniel.

Dye. Wow, that's not the first time that's happened to him. Daniel has been behind everything that happened and then he went into a spin. Himself at the beginning of the race looks so crazy in real time, doesn't he? He sure makes a great shot for our Fox Sports cameramen to get the action. Nick Sanchez did a good job addressing Lawless who was boneless on camera with that shot. Don't miss one bit, these warnings have really provided a glimmer of hope for Nick Sanchez, he is the first truck to turn back, he has two turns back and then Matt Mills will get the free pass and then I think Nick would be next Yes, and we know we are.

There's going to be a yellow flag here in about 10 laps, so they have to have hope and he's done very well. This is the fourth yellow flag tonight. We have had 10 in each of the last two races, do you think we reached 10? warnings yes and no no Jamie and Stewart Friesen have taken that number 52 truck into pit lane for the second time tonight. This is the first pit stop, although his team is actually doing, it will be four tires and they will go down one lap towards the track. bar on the first pit stop they came on, Tyler Ingram's team actually helped him out and went over the wall, so it was a clay run for them tonight.

Is this a strategy to maybe not confront Phil? Yes, I think it's just like we saw the first one. Yes, I saw the truck spit on lap number 21 before the stage ended on lap 30. Pretty much the same situation here. It's a good way to get track position for that final race and we talked about it during the race analysis. You have to make a pit stop. that final stage anyway and also you know I've been watching the lap times, we don't see a big drop so I like the plan we saw during practice. You and I were commenting on Kyle Busch.

I don't think he. He ran 12 laps in practice, the first 12 laps and his times did not vary even a tenth of a second. There's that SARS transport truck number 51 and I think they'll be on board for all five races this year, it's fun to say. It's good to see new sponsors in this sport supporting the truckers and these teams. It is the city of entertainment. I don't know who the star will be. Much more action from Las Vegas. Thank you. Welcome back to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the first race of 14 under the lights for camp Almost saying it, the Craftsman Truck Series races this year we are going to have 14 races under the lights and I love these Sparks and all kinds of things that are happening tonight since the fall of the green flag.

We have been two, three, four wide and Phil we said it, they are going to find each other, we have seen a lot of that when you run, the way they run there has to be contact, but I love the battles, the intense races. forward to take the lead, we have seen it all over the field and we have also seen many accidents. These truckers won't give themselves an extra inch. I mean, if someone comes in on the inside, they'll stand right next to them on the inside. He picked such great races, you know, we've talked a lot about Kyle Busch, he led the most laps, but right now it's anyone but him.

Carson hosovar has his number right now Carson hosovar, you have Ben Rhodes out, can you hold off Kyle Busch? from Kyle with a big push to the 42. Will he make three wides? I think Carson protected that lane pretty effectively and got the push that gave him the lead. There you see Tanner Gray below trying to get around Ben Rhodes and hook. Who is behind the Napa truck after that big slide and save? He is falling three times again. Nice move by Christian Eckers in that 19 truck. What a day it's been for a night. It has been for him.

I love the draft, we won't let these trucks get close. separated from each other three wide as they head into turn one Ben Rhodes has been up there, he's LED a lap tonight remember a little shake up at Thor Sport, they broke up this championship winning combo of Ben Rhodes and Rich delicious Rich got made aside to Haley Deegan J-Rod's truck ooh problem, caution for the fifth time. I think he went right out of turn two, yeah, serious damage. He was running 21st. Yes, still on the lead lap, but, as you mentioned, there will be some pretty serious damage. a break for Nick Sánchez, you were talking about a vehicle, he will recover a lot here and then, most likely, when he reaches the stage, he will recover his other lap.

It's incredible, we have seen it with two pilots. able to overcome some early errors and get back into contention, yes, Daniel Dye recovered all three laps. Nick Sánchez, now he is going to recover a lap. That one, that one, hit a little harder. Yeah, you said the guy with the pocket car would have to park it. Jamie. He's back out there, he's got his truck tuned up and he's still moving forward, he's still on the lead lap Jamie, we've talked about the team members who were late and getting here. I mentioned in that last round of pit stops that Stewart Friesen's team jumped the wall for the second stop, not the first.

IRA has the year one of the team members, you do Stuart's front tires, freezing, what kind of adrenaline was it coming to Pitt Lane for the first time after arriving at the track? Yeah it was pretty crazy we literally ran to the race track actually the guards let us park in the trainers parking lot or whatever so we ran we literally changed came here and jumped off the wall so I want say, that's how it was. definitely different than our normal weekends, just a normal day at the race track, Josh, yeah, and the pit stops are happening now, Kyle Busch's 51 is going to come and pay, they had their problems on Pit Road at the beginning of the race, of course, back. the lead lap running in the top three and now the 51 is just looking for a clean pit stop while they go in and get tires and fuel.

Zayn Smith's 38 also enters. Zane has been very happy with that truck so far tonight, he will also be getting four tires. and fuel, yes, I thought we would see some mixed strategies again. Phil, the guys who choose to come to Pit Road, finish their pit stop and then stay out at the next break, but then I think about half the field chose to stay on the track. That's why we've seen such intense racing because of the different strategies of those coming and going as we race towards seconds, yes some trucks with more laps on the tires than others, Kyle Busch had his own pit crew there By the way, two different teams were hitting. he tonight Chase Purdy in that third place, he's done a good job hanging in there and learning a lot absolutely Carson hosovar his leader in Las Vegas foreigner foreigner welcome back to Victoria's

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We're going to have a one lap shootout for sure or maybe we'll just have a half lap shootout, it could be half, hopefully, it looks like we'll get to the finish line to start, look the coach just doesn't move, that It's really interesting. It's something these guys are using differently this year and it's taking a little bit of getting used to and I just have to know the end goal: this might not give us the best chance to win the race, but it might give us the best chance to do it. the next round, when that round comes, that's exactly right, we are winning stage points, yes, putting some in the bank and he can overcome this, he could still win the story, yes, without a doubt, I like the strategy here Carson hosavar Ben Rhodes green flag two laps to go on stage number two I would be surprised if we don't get at least three wide here they are working on it shortly there it is in the middle Tom Majeski look at that big block that José is going to leave open below over four wide Now Matt Crafton up top, look at the two close, hosovar gate hanging on Ben Rhodes right behind him, what a mess behind him, look at these four wides still coming out of turn four Chase Purdy down, in the bottom, can you get it? this oh look look at all the contact back there they keep it together Kyle Busch is in the middle of that place somewhere man that's a mess look at him Haley Deegan John under John Hunter Nemechek crashes into the wall I think Ross Chastain got a part of that too and the yellow flag was canceled for the sixth time tonight, well you had to know that was going to happen, yeah it was crazy back there.

Carson Hosovar wins stage number two, they made a lap, they didn't. I don't do two, hey, his truck is a little shorter than he started the race tonight, that must be a great feeling for Coach Carson due to the fact that Jamie, who we spoke to earlier, loved his truck and said that I have everything I need. He won this race and has shown that he knows exactly what he's talking about. Third stage win in his career for Carson Hosovar. Phil Gold, team leader. Much success with Ross there at Nice Motorsports. Dylan Ross made a great team.

I think Ross was right in the middle. that mess and did a great job, I think he got a piece of it, right? Isn't he right about John Hunter when John Hunter turned around? There's that 41 truck on the left side, it looks good. I'm not sure you can fix it a bit. Touch on the right side, but I'm not sure,We'll see what happened here. Well it started right here Phil when they tried to move forward and probably made it yeah oh it was contact there that's my scrutierrez and then up Christian. Equus is trying to get out of Haley and they put him in for a while, John Hunter and this is where it all goes wrong, it's John Hunter and Haley together, look at Ross, wow, right there on John Hunter's nose Nemechek and He continued but no It was a hard contact that you can see a little bit of damage on the front of John Hunter's truck, obviously Kane from Ross' truck, let's see better here between Haley Deegan and John Hunter and Equus, they just squeezed, they squeezed a little bit.

Haley. Yes, John Hunter and Christian Eckerson, and neither of them had really forced the issue. Christian was against the wall. John Hunter, you know, felt like he left enough room there. You think Daniel died. He saw enough action tonight. He's right, he's been behind everything. that happened, let's get on board with the 43. Look, they're still crashing and he's making his way. Great job by that young man. Really good job and I hate that Haley Dig It High Hopes hits this race right there. on the 13th that beautiful black and yellow truck, see if there was protection here, they tighten it a little, but that's just a race, yeah, he's racing, it's hard to blame anyone for that, it's like you're a pinball, no there was no blatant move upwards. or moving down someone just a little bit of air turbulence moving them and it was enough to make things go wrong, you talked about that before, when these trucks get side by side and certainly in the middle of three widths they lose so much downforce and those things will wobble a little, wobble a lot, wobble yeah John Hunter Nema reviewing the 17 but Taylor Gray is taking over this truck full time in March the pits are open they're coming to you , Jamie and Matt for Benedetto. and that machine number 25, he is still happy with the truck that that team delivered tonight.

He said he didn't need any adjustments. I'm ready to go green with what I have, it'll just be four new tires for Ben. Rhodes aboard the number 99 feels like it needs to be freed up a bit by the dirty air, he said on Clean Air, we're ready to race Josh, Matt Crafton's 88, three-time runner-up, here looking for that first win, so the truck is still a little tight, but not bad, they will get a round adjustment on the right rear, to the extent that host 42 Carson is getting a much needed playoff point they decided. stay out when you got that point in the stage, now you're pitting and, very happy with that truck so far, thank you.

Josh made some necessary adjustments. He saw the chock keys lying around, four tires around. Carson hosovar loses a spot on Pit Road. Grand in toe wandering around trying to find someone to follow along Pit Road and gained a spot on Pit Road. Great job from the pit crew. The winner of the second stage, Carson Hosovar, is also the tallest driver in the field at 6'5, we'll see if he can hold on to it get the first win of his career foreign foreign foreign it's a bar fight out there it's that zone danger I mean, it's clear to see if these guys can get it's that amazing game time in Las Vegas certainly it's game time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway look at the flashing lights on the Las Vegas Strip, but hey, all the action is here, it's been incredible, the action has been hard to sit back or catch your breath, just like Kurt Busch said, it's twisted and heartbreaking, there's a lot going on, Jamie, yeah, six laps. or six yellow flags so far tonight Kyle Busch has led the most laps we had a couple of penalties there in that round of pit stops yeah he had to go back for a runaway tire Unfortunately they had a really good truck from the start , but it's not out of this too tonight look at Corey Heim back there in row three lurking, he did a good job Ross down at the bottom of that row and then still, if christiannecka somehow wins this race, already He made the salvation of the year, he certainly did, and Daniel also died.

I know he's not running at the front, but he dropped back three laps and avoided every accident tonight. Nick Sánchez returned to the lead lap with this caution flag. Well, we have Kazgralla Tanner, gray stage three underway. Take it, but Tanner Gray is strong on the outside, he's got the momentum, but watch him stop halfway through Phil, then here comes the one truck, here comes the draft, Corey Heim's 11 on the outside, watch Christian Eckus on 19. that truck. It's been a rocket tonight oh there's not enough room down there Tanner Kyle's going to take that spot away put your three in the middle Chase Purdy fighting there oh look at that wad oh me Chase Purdy driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Ford truck this year This race right now is a commitment of David Gilliland and the owners of Tricon, they have a lot going on in a lot of trucks at the track and I think that Bob truck you see back there, Dean Thompson, could be a pro night for him .

Yeah, without that, I don't think he'd be in the top 10 in his career, right? Michael, no, he was 11 years old and doing the best he could here a year ago, but tonight he's been in the top five more than he's been in his entire career. There is a battle for the leader Kyle Busch takes it once again. I love you guys, see, start making some progress. Check out this jump from Christian, he'll make it work. I'm not sure anyone who has raced harder than Christian Eckus has mentioned that. saved what he had, but did a two wide, three wide going on the outside, ran all the way, this truck is as good on the bottom as it's been on the top, speaking of, on the bottom bottom, see Corey Heim down there, he's squeezed Kyle.

Busch had a lot on his plate this weekend, he's racing all three heats and plus his son Braxton Bush is making his debut as Bandolero right next to us in the bullring where Kyle Busch learned to race, so he has many things to do and don't. to mention the whole business side of things that he's operating and thinking about and he's at home he's at home he's at home in Las Vegas Jamie's house Jamie's house it's great to have this view this race track this first place I saw a NASCAR race a long time ago and Maury Gallagher, owner of this truck here, it's the home of Allegiant Airlines.

There you can see Tom Majeske on the outside recovering from those problems he had on Pit Road and charging towards the front. Zane Smith under Carson. Can you finish the deal? If he. "That was a strong move, so strong that he'll even try to take two of them, he could get two for one. I like what I'm seeing from Ben Rhodes tonight. He's been very consistent running in the top 10. I feel like they've had moments in the second half of last year where they just weren't Ben Rhodes type events, you know, we had written him off at the end of the year, he got to the fourth championship, but we said, well, he hasn't really had Speed ​​and then he goes to Phoenix and had a great race and was actually leading on a late restart and told us at Daytona that he had thought about it about 9,000 17 times and he's going to do it for the rest of his life, that's all close to winning. a championship in NASCAR 41 on Pit Road Josh, yeah, Ross Chastain's 41 coming into Pitt, they've been saying on the radio that that truck is running hot, so they're going to come in and see if they can figure it out what the problem is, it was. back in position 14 Josh, he's been all over the place tonight, there's 18 year old Jake Garcia down there, learning a lot and man, Phil, this is a big strong move against the Benedetto veteran, you know? he has a nice truck, he's Christian's teammate, that puts Christian in second place right now Jay Garcia, happy birthday, 18th birthday, today you have to be 18 to race on the big tracks in this series, so it's a good way to spend your birthday, I think it's pretty awesome to be 18 years old.

You're not old enough to go to the Strip, but you could be here. Las Vegas Motors, you're right where you want to be, although true, true, it's hard to believe you're allowed to go 190 miles per hour, but no. You are allowed to enter a casino, but still, something for everyone in Las Vegas. That's right, Jamie, what do they say at camp? He can't handle the other trucks that are around him. Remember he led this field back to the green flag, but he did too. a pit stop before everyone else and they will be about 30 laps short of fuel if we continue running under this green flag, so eventually he will have to lose some of this track position to get back to pit lane and stay in 41st we saw it. in Pit Road, they just arrested him for speeding, so the problems from before he had problems with fuel pressure and in practice and qualifying they had to change everything, they started at the back and those problems continue here in the race, it seems that for you.

I'm finally going to draw Kaz Crowley. He was persistent that he didn't feel that he got into a band in turns three and four, but he was able to leave his foot on it and make that pass, a very talented young runner, teammates team right there. from tricon Corey Hine cassgralla as well as Tanner Gray this year and Scott cipedelli Scott knows how to get around this place, she knows how to get around every track, the championship winner Cruise, she really has so many wins, so much experience in this series and she's so excited . to work with this young driver and Corey Heim, she has seen the talent that she has.

Well, Carson just took her there, didn't he? Yes, and here comes Matt D Matty D on the outside in the company of Jake Garcia on the inside. majeski says, excuse me, passing back to the top 15 Jamie after that penalty on his last pit stop Jamie, we're not short of anything to talk about here in the Craftsman Truck Series, isn't there anything going on? You know how when you're a pit reporter you're used to having to talk in 15 and 30 second increments? You're in the booth and there's so much going on that you're talking all the time. It is fun.

How wonderful. perspective, it's a lot of fun to see how the strategy develops from this perspective and to listen to both of them and their inner selves and what they see and how they understand it. It's very different from here. We love having you here with us. have a good time and watch great Friday Night Under The Lights racing, that's right. I mean, I love the effort these drivers and teams put in all winter to come here and put on a show like this. I wish everyone could attend. Visit the garage before this race started and see how beautiful and meticulous these trucks are, all brown from top to bottom, they were the latest and greatest.

I couldn't believe these trucks were going to race, they were so perfect under the hood. Grant and Finger in 15th position remember we talked during qualifying wide open all the trucks were wide open over here you could hear Grant over there pedaling that throttle can't do it now I think Kyle Busch has found the setup on his 51 truck which is surfing he has the truck where he wants it and he has the competition right where he wants it behind him. Can Kyle Busch hold on for his fourth Trek win in Las Vegas? Thank you, foreigner, foreigner, welcome back to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, you haven't missed anything, Kyle.

Busch continues to lead, he's led 37 laps so far tonight, but it hasn't been easy Christian Eckus, well he's now recovered in second place, but he's been so solid. I think Kyle, like we said, is going to break out, he has the competition where he wants it. He's got the truck right where he needs it, I mean, his truck has gotten better, his truck is turning incredibly fast laps right now and he's opened up to a three-second lead over second place. Racer Christian Neck is right there in the sleeping Chevrolet Jamie. What's going on with Christian, well, it's been pretty solid, what hasn't been is his radio communication from him.

They have been dealing with interference on the channel trying to adjust where the microphones for the observer and the team chips are placed so that Christian can hear them a little better, one of the messages he has been able to convey at this point in the race is that only He has two minutes to spare at Zed Center, so if they return to the pits, they will have to make some adjustments. Do it to help him at the end of the race. You know, many times we will listen to Phil as the temperatures drop and the track provides more grip.

You know what Christian Eckers needs a little sooner. More grip. Look how amazing it is. Up here and look what Ben Rhodes does just giving him enough room to hold on to that thing but not correcting it too much. Use the wall to straighten it. It's an incredible drive and what it has given him is the opportunity to win this race. Not many people do that, except just a little kiss on the right rear corner, if that thing kisses hard and flattens that right rear quarter, that truck doesn't go as fast, that was cool, well, these truckers are going to have to do it. pit once again yeah now they're in your window if we see a costume like the one I think everyone comes to Pit Road.

Not asMichael spoke, we don't see enough of a drop in lap times to justify trying to wait longer to put on tires. I think you want to come in. Try to get your team to beat as many trucks as you can on Pit Road and this is what they call the money stop. We can't make a mistake. We have No speeding, no, there are no perfect tires on Pit Road, but you know, guys like Christian Eck are like I'm Kyle Busch, I need something, you need to tighten up my truck a little bit, but you don't want to.

Risk too many big changes right now, like you said Mike, you have to nail this last stop, don't lose track position at Pit Road. Hopefully you can do it with air pressure because obviously that doesn't require more time, but you do have to put it on. a wedge key in the back of that window of that one or in the back bed of that truck, then they'll lose some time on Pit Road, yes, but it may take a breather. They both said we were going to have more than 10 warnings, we've only had six Phil, there you go Bill, just Jinx number seven, now that you started talking, look at that gap Kyle opened, we haven't seen this all night, this truck is right on point.

Right now and Christian is watching the 51 truck get smaller on his front windshield, he's got about a second open on Ben Rhodes right now who's in third place. We talked about Carson Hosovar, who was leading some laps. He slipped to seventh place, but made it. that stage wins he is thinking about the championship in general, you win a stage, you take that point, put it in your pocket and take it to uh, let's go to the playoffs, that's right, good return from majeski after that penalty in his last race in Pit Stop right now with hosabar trying to get that 7th place Cass Growler really doing a good job just ahead of Carson in 6th in that number one truck, a Truck Series winner at Daytona.

I think that in 2017 my memory does not fail me and finally, after all. This time, not giving up, he landed a full-time ride in the Xfinity Series driving for Sam Hunt, moonlighting around here, doing a couple one-off races in the truck series, but what a fine young man spoken and so intelligently educated that he put that first. his parents instilled education in him, but he never wanted to give up on this dream and he's always been that one in the garage like your son, you just keep looking for that dream until it happens, keep working and he's done it and, uh, it's a great opportunity with Sam.

I think they're going to do some really good things this year. Xfinity Series action coming tomorrow Mikey, you'll be doing double duty this weekend, well, triple duty because you'll be there on race day on Sunday. I like to wander around the grill to see what's there. We met with the drivers and will do some of that on Sunday. It's a great weekend in Las Vegas. Jamie, people understand this. I think the season opener in Daytona, California, their events here are more than just a race. Everyone loves to come. to Las Vegas for this race and it was the same last week in California with a group on the field and grandstands full of people and some great racing.

It's been a wonderful start to NASCAR's 23rd season. I love all the characters. You can fight here for the Third place is a three-way battle and Ben wants that, excuse me, second place, second, third and fourth. Ben came close to putting Christian's nose in turn two and he's going to do it here. Look at that movement down the middle. I've been driving the truck right there, Michael, I think truck 19 is giving up the handling a little bit and is backing up pretty quickly. Here you saw the difference in speed when Ben went to the middle and just held on.

That made it work now Zane is going to do the same. Ben's truck looks great and I'm sure there were a lot of questions with that rig. You know, when you change a crew chief's situation, especially when you won a championship. with back at 21. you know, it'll work and I think tonight they're answering some of those questions Ben Rhodes now works with j-rod Prince, you know, we talked about these drivers coming into their pit window now that they're all in their window with 40 laps to go, but what we have to remember is that Kyle Bush pitted on lap number 55.

We can go about 50, probably 55 laps with a caution gap that Kyle has had since he put those tires on, so that we may just be about to. 10 laps 10 15 laps for some green flag pit stops, we should go for a break so we can come back and see it. I think it's a good idea. Michael, well, Kyle Busch keeps coming out, we're going to step away, but you're not going to. Lose something we'll go side by side from Las Vegas thank you foreigner thank you foreigner Bush continues to lead here Las Vegas Motor Speedway and we have a catcher on Pit Road maybe some green flag stops from now on see Carson's 42 hosovar he Really pissed them off al reach Pit Road.

I hope he slowed down. These guys really have to cash in on that buy-in to try to give their team the best chance possible. As you can see, Christian Echo just stopped Jamie. He's been complaining more and more as this loop ticked, he said he was too free in the center and then needed more lateral grip, so they kept going, called him a few laps earlier than they planned to try to help him and give him something to fight with Michael. You talked about how important this pit stop is, get those gears, get out, don't waste time if you want to shoot that 51 truck.

Yeah, you don't want to give up anything. You know Kyle Busch will execute it perfectly. to Pit Road and you want to give your team, we're talking about the athletes, these stops are so choreographed that you have to do your job as a driver, putting that truck right in the box at the perfect time and then, mainly, making sure you maximize your Pit Road. Speed ​​without exaggeration Cascarella was among the top ten he arrives at Pit Road he is going to put four tires with 32 laps to go it is more than a can of gasoline so I think that is why they are taking advantage and putting four tires because they also have to cover well that second can of gasoline.

I think there are even more advantages with each passing lap, that Kyle Busch stays on the track because he may have to use a little less gas than the others. Bernard's truck, Matt. Crafton moving up Pit Road, three time runner up here but never went to Victory, bridesmaid, never the bride, appeared in the shot a couple of times in the top five but talked a lot about him, Josh, well, Zane Smith goes. to come in and pay another track that's one of his favorites and he's still looking for that first win, he'll be able to catch Kyle Bush, he'll need a clean pit stop here, he'll come in and get four tires and fuel for that finale. run, I think he'll need more than that Josh Kyle has set sail, he'll probably need to warn if they're going to do something with Kyle Busch and we've seen a lot early, we might see later, yeah, a lot of trucks in the pits.

Road now there have been roads leaving his pit. Ben Rhodes coming at you Jamie and for Ben Rhodes you see him coming out of pit lane right now at the beginning of that tire sin, he said he was too free and that's why he damaged the tires. Then, at the end of that heat, he was too tight all the way through the turn, but the truck was so wobbly that they couldn't do much to help him, so he had to fight his way through it. To the end, Josh, well, Kyle Busch and the 51 at his hometown track have led 58 laps so far.

He has had to come from behind to get back to the front, but at this moment he is only coming to make a pit stop to prepare him for the rest. By the way, there is a pit stop coming down Tom Majeski coming down Pit Road, they just squeeze them and they squeeze them, that's right, we had a lead of over five seconds when he came down Pit Road, there were no mistakes on Pit Road, it was a will loose before. for Kyle Busch, but remember it was the RCR team, Sheldon Creed's team went over the mounting wall to Benedetto's on Jamie and although they were happy all night with the configuration of that number 25, they decided to make a couple of changes , was too tight in this race.

Temperatures continued to drop, so they hope it improves to reach the checkered flag. It seemed like a smooth stop for both trucks. There goes Kyle back to the backstretch to see what his advantage turns out to be after the loop is completed. Tanner Gray rolling in kazgralla was speeding the only truck that was coming back down Pit Road now Jamie paying that penalty right now Michael you talked about that this is the money stop you can't make any mistakes unfortunately the Cavs were speeding on Road Tanner had a The tire slipped away a bit, but a team member quickly grabbed it.

They are having problems in the left rear. It seems the stop was longer than they wanted. The battle continues here. The Zane Smith Ben Rhodes trucks were very good tonight after all the pit stops. They've done that to each other, it'll be a battle a second as Min lets loose a bit. Daniel Dye continues to circle around. He is living an extra life after an early spin. He says I'm going to celebrate this lead here in Las Vegas coming out with caution right now. It could be a big break for him, it's his lucky night, yeah, three laps down, get back on the lead lap and lead the race right now, there's that foam green truck we talked about in qualifying.

I think he was right, it's Seafoam, yeah, beautiful Lane outside. board with Daniel looking over his shoulder nothing back there much she heard a spot or said leave a lane out he's going to continue marching through 26 laps to get to race number two of the Craftsman Truck Series paying a penalty for Raja Carruth refuels incorrectly and Raja returns taking that penalty as Daniel continues into turn two. Daniel pitted for the last time on lap number 62. Oh, it has a lot of damage Raja Peru and the side panels came loose Wendell Scott Foundation what a nice truck, beautiful truck beautiful paint scheme and tomorrow he will be driving a car in the Xfinity series which looks a lot like that when you see it in the top 20.

Great effort by them, but I hate to see Nick Sanchez's night and be able to take away some positives. this race although a great qualifying effort led the race battle with the boss yes Kyle Busch or the quasi-boss yes they are all related that's right work together you want a cowgush on your side if you are a Young rider like Nick Daniel, the guy continues to lead. Kyle Busch comes Zane Smith Ben Rhodes and there he is Daniel Dye takes him down Pit Road which will give the lead back to Kyle Busch in truck 51. Remember he had about a five second lead when he made his pit stop. that Zane Smith at this point is going to run second almost seven seconds behind, so Kyle and the team did their job, Kyle's run laughed up to 13th position.

Matt De Benedetto is currently running 13th. Kobe Howard 14 laps down, Hey, we've done it. I didn't talk about the guy at the top of the box for Kyle Busch this year, Brian Patty, now these two worked together 20 years ago, but Kyle there he is, Kyle ran for Nemco for Joe Nemechek in the Xfinity Series and these two they associated. for about five races or so and they were always friends and Kyle asked him if you want to get away from the cup series and spend more quality time with your family and Brian Patty absolutely said he's been in the cup series for a long time. and I couldn't wait to work with Kai on the truck series and so far so good and by the way you have a very good chance to win some races.

Yes, he does and he has both ends of the spectrum. He has Jack Wood, who is a young man, a rookie who will be in a lot of races in this truck, Kyle Busch will do five and then there will be other names that will be announced soon, thank you. 21 laps left. Kyle pressures Matt. From Benedetto at 25. 20 to go Jamie starts Craftsman 20 to go, funny to say, isn't it? It's Crossman's way forward. It's been a great night. I'm trying to put Matt the Benedetto down a lap. mats at No. 12. May and Matt would like to see a warning at this time.

Mix things up a bit. Kyle is having a little problem. It looked like the truck got tied up in turn four. No. Benedetto was so strong from the beginning. He talked about him. in the top 10 most of the night Kyle pushes tries to get around him he falls to the bottom tries to put Benedetto a lap down that truck has a bad thing behind it wasn't Kyle it's not good at all he says that not everything is fine yes, no I don't know what He passed, but when he reached the Benedetto, the truck really went over him.

We talked about dirty air and how difficult it is to drive a truck in traffic. This is one of the best times to drive. Look at this. I haven't seen this truck out of shape at all. See, something just eluded them, so he had to turn the steering wheel to the left to keep running towards the side of the Benedetto that he missed. He ran 31-30 on the last turn to the right. About half a second more than half a second, wasn't that such a vulnerable point? Yes, but it's in the middle of the curve like this.

Arestrange that you saw him move abruptly towards the hill that he didn't seem to have made. It has a lot to do with air, I really don't understand how that could be. He has a big enough lead now with 17 laps to go that I think he can and Matt De Benedetto is keeping a good enough pace that I think he could. just follow Matt De Benedetto don't try to push the issue press the issue as we watch the second third place trucks Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes fight here ironic Zane Smith in 38 where they finished last year here second show for a while until after the race or during their last pit stop they had an illegal action, yes an illegal nut that no one really knew there were two different manufacturers and it was like one less thread on the nut seems like a decimal error , but uh, but That was the rule and they got arrested for it and they disqualified him, so it's like he didn't even race here last year, so there was a little bit of redemption.

I think Zayn felt that coming back here to Vegas was unfinished. business, so to speak, now here it is in the same place, hopefully, all the tacos are normal and good and can really show it on the record. Well, he's got to keep this 99 truck behind him somehow, Michael, and everything's back to normal for Kyle, too. Busch passed Matt De Benedetto and ran the fastest lap on the track so Corey Heim did a good job again, this guy every time he puts in the work he just performs at a high level, it's going to be a great effort here for Tricon Garage with Corey Heim grabbing and gets this top five finish, it's a good battle, mm-hmm, bid desperately trying to get past Zane.

Every point, every position matters, if you don't believe it, just wait until Miss, if you fail to go to the next round or fail. playoffs by a single point, you think about what could have been if you had fallen asleep and not seen that with any of these drivers it is simply incredible to fight like that all night until the end for that place Jake García Michael, you have been talking about the birthday of this young man who turns 18 today. He's in tenth place, it's been fun to watch and my day started with meeting him in the garage and, uh, he's just a really nice young man, there he is, mom. and dad is with him celebrating his birthday and getting in Bill McCanally's truck and going out and performing at this level and looking for a great figure right now for that ninth place, Jake Garcia from Monroe Georgia, so now that he's older, Be full time this year.

I'm excited to see what he can do. I know I'm old because to me he looked like he was about 12 years old. Most of this field, many of them do it for sure, myself included, makes me feel old. There's the driver's view to concede things as he races to keep 18-year-old Jake Garcia at bay, it's so tough. I mean, Jake Garcia right now is running behind Grant and who's who is a multiple winner in the Final Four series before and ahead of Matt Crafton. who is a three-time champion, very good effort by Jake Garcia, there's Matt Crafton, three-time champion, Slim Jim on the hood.

I like a good Slim Jim, as you mentioned before. 20 year relationship with Menards and Thor Sport and Matt Crafton. Kyle Busch is coming. across the finish line 10 laps to go here in Las Vegas what Kyle Bush wants now is no caution The flags in these last 10 laps keep those horses going question on my Instagram the other day after Kyle won the race in Fontana, will anyone achieve anything? Once again in the history of NASCAR, well, it's trying to make it a race where they're not going to be demons. It looks like that's going to happen, there are only nine left here in Las Vegas.

You know the interesting thing about last week at Fontana on Sunday when Kyle won, you didn't hear much alcohol. I think the situation is changing for Kyle and I don't know. I just hope people understand the talent he has. I mean, it's amazing that he's so dumb. very few people in our sport have ever done so. He has done something that Richard Petty has never done. I mean, it's amazing. Richard is the king. He won 18 consecutive years at cup level. Kyle's 119. This will be so they can hold on here and us. don't get a warning and turn things around, it will be my 18th year winning a race in the truck series and 11 years in a row just putting that truck through its paces and still running fast lap times where it was the fastest truck .

Last time, Zane Smith's track was second fastest, but he is more than six seconds behind. Here's a stop for you. Push, he failed to win two of the last three races when he led with 10 to go. He doesn't want to hear no, but we. It's all about the stats, they absolutely paint a picture and I'm with you I'm with you I don't know we had so many warnings in a row for a while we thought what is it going to be like tonight 10 lap you know 10 warnings again some of us up here thought there would be at least 10 warnings yes, I know, are you looking at me, are you looking at Michael?

They were left hanging and couldn't find each other even if they wanted to report it beforehand. Well, it hasn't all been easy for Kyle Busch tonight. We talked about his problem on Pit Road. They arrived early before stage one ended. He had to use a different pit crew. He had a loose wheel. He had to come back and basically restart from behind and fight his way forward. Dr. Ruth was in and out of Pit Road there with a problem that was several laps behind and now Eckus was. There he was in the hunt for the top three and they made some changes, but he didn't seem to help much.

He now himself he's back in sixth place. Yeah, I think his truck got really loose. It looked like Christian Zane, although solid again, was second. for another championship with a great start here in 2023, it will be the first and the second in the first two races for Zane, if he can hold on here and keep Ben Rhodes at bay and we have no warning. Banderas what a great start to the season as far as the uh of him trying to get back here back to back Speedco and he loves that truck yeah cool. Partners there in the front row Motorsports, has been Rhodes, the Kubota Ford for Duke and Rhonda Thorson Thor Sports, another great race for Ben Rhodes here, Louisville.

The Kentucky native champion, Thor, sports another of those teams with a big change, he sees the blue oval on the front, that's where they were Toyota for so long and he made the change to Ford, something that shines on the chest in the shape of a cross in the 41 truck he had some problems with. Pit Road and his truck and just cruising to the finish so Ben sticks his hand out the window to thank Ross for giving him a gap which was disappointing, every time Ross stands on the field you want to see what he's got .

He's capable of it, especially with Kyle Busch and they fought a great battle last weekend at Fontana until Kyle decided to set sail and capture his first win with Richard Childress Racing. There are two laps left here in Las Vegas and you can capture his first one. victory for RCR 50 thumb with his own team the 63 victories of his career if he holds on he extends his record he just wants to hide what he surpassed the crew chief and the driver coach today with his son Braxton in the bullring he jumped into the truck he jumped into the car Xfinity and Jamie so many questions in the off season that he will switch to Chevrolet KPM has had so much success with Toyota that they are going to crush the Chevrolet, is it going to hurt him?

I don't think so, no, it seems like I could have helped him, he's dominant right now, you know, and I think it's natural that Kyle was also wondering, do you know how this is going to affect us? Will we continue right where we left off? The white flag is in the air. Kyle Busch dominated the LED performance 82 laps tonight Las Vegas driver Kyle Busch wins in Las Vegas for the fourth time in his career. Great job guys, really good job. I appreciate that you just have to appreciate excellence and he's an incredible racer and now you can evaluate his racing team. that the team is good, he knows that Nick Sánchez said that the fast chase will leave here with a result in the top 10.

I think things are looking up for kbm, welcome back to Victory Lane Brian Patty, that must feel good to him. Well, he's done it before. Can he do it again? He's running all three. One less to go, two. When that guy is motivated. Careful. He has run the triple so many times. He swept the triple twice. Both in Bristol. He just chews that one first. Yes Yes. He won three races in the same weekend, twice at Bristol, the toughest track on the circuit, without a doubt, and exhaustion at the start. The finish line fireworks at his home track put on a great show tonight.