Enfinger Rises Above to Gain First Career NCWTS Victory at Talladega

Grant Enfinger gained GMS Racing yet another victory in 2016
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In a wild Fred's 250 at the Talladega Superspeedway, Grant Enfinger was able to cap off a dominant day gaining his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory.

Being involved in a few incidents the #19 Team Performed
very well with their backs toward the wall but in the end it wasn't enough.
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Enfinger was able to hold off teammate Spencer Gallagher coming to the checkered flag to take the victory after leading 45 laps. Spencer Gallagher finished second while Chasers Timothy Peters and Ben Kennedy finished 3rd and 5th. Rico Abreu finished 4th between the two chasers. John Hunter Nemechek was the first Chase Driver to fall victim of an engine failure at lap 14 and he became the first driver to be eliminated and not move on to the round of six. That 7th place spot was a battle all day long mainly between Matt Crafton and Daniel Hemric but in the end, Hemric wasn't able to land the victory nor the points after Crafton lost an engine with six laps to go and Hemric would be the second driver to be eliminated.

“Today was just another statement of what we’ve done all year, and that’s battle to the end. We knew what our point situation was coming into Talladega. Tyler Reddick, Austin Cindric and myself were able to work together really well early in the race. That first wreck hurt my truck and damaged my teammates, so we were wounded and without much help. We continued to battle and got caught up in another mess. All we could do then was focus on getting to the end. I respect how easily the roles can be reversed at a track like Talladega, because we could have had a great day while one of our other Chase competitors struggled. I hate it for my guys who have been working so hard all year. We just came up short.” stated Hemric in Brad Keselowski Racing's Post Race Report.

Results from Talladega

1. 24 - Grant Enfinger
2. 23 - Spencer Gallagher
3. 17 - Timothy Peters
4. 98 - Rico Abreu
5. 33 - Ben Kennedy
6. 4 - Christopher Bell
7. 21 - Johnny Sauter
8. 81 - Ryan Truex
9. 11 - Matt Tifft
10. 9 - William Byron
11. 19 - Daniel Hemric
12. 02 - Dylan Lupton
13. 50 - Travis Kvapil
14. 22 - Austin Wayne Self
15. 66 - Ross Chastain
16. 44 - Tommy Joe Martins
17. 36 - Bobby Gerhart
18. 49 - Reed Sorenson
19. 13 - Cameron Hayley
20. 2 - Austin Cindric
21. 07 - Cody Ware
22. 88 - Matt Crafton
23. 78 - Chris Fontaine
24. 41 - Ben Rhodes
25. 86 - Brandon Brown
26. 29 - Tyler Reddick
27. 5 - Korbin Forrister
28. 05 - John Wes Townley
29. 00 - Cole Custer
30. 71 - Brandon Hightower
31. 51 - Cody Coughlin
32. 8 - John Hunter Nemechek

Next Race for The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Martinsville after a wild Fred's 250 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Now with it being down to six drivers, We now decide in the next three weeks who will be racing for the Championship come Homestead and we are in the homestretch of the 2016 Season. 

It is now Peters, Crafton, and Sauter representing the Veterans of the Series while Byron, Kennedy, and Bell represent the Rookies of the Series. Along with the Chase, numerous drivers will look to make their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut including Josh Reeves, Josh White, and a few others.