Gragson Wins Inaugural K&N Pro East Race At New Jersey

Noah Gragson celebrated his second career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory Saturday night at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Photo by Drew Hallowell/NASCAR via Getty Images

Noah Gragson celebrated his second career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory Saturday night at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Photo by Drew Hallowell/NASCAR via Getty Images

Noah Gragson edged past Dominique Van Wieringen with eight laps remaining in the JustDrive.com 125 Saturday night at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ to earn his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory.

The 17-year-old powered his Ford through the field after dropping from third to fifth at the halfway break. He battled his way into the top three and then to the second position. With eight laps remaining in the 55 lap feature, Gragson edged his way past Van Wieringen for the win.

Gragson and his Jefferson Pitts Racing team celebrated their first trip to victory lane in the East at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway on June 17.

This marks Gragson’s third consecutive road course victory. He won both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West races last weekend at Utah Motorsports Park in the series’ first ever doubleheader on back-to-back days at the same venue.

Current K&N Pro Series East championship points leader Justin Haley finished second, while runner-up Kyle Benjamin finished third. With the Dover International Speedway finale two weeks away, Haley holds a 29-point lead over Benjamin in the championship standings.

Van Wieringen finished in fourth with Collin Cabre in fifth. Ruben Garcia, Jr., Tyler Dippel, Tyler Hughes, Austin Hill and Hunter Baize completed the top 10.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be back in action on Sept. 30 when the series heads to Dover International Speedway to crown its 2016 champion.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
New Jersey Motorsports Park – Millville, NJ
JustDrive.com 125 – Sept. 17, 2016

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 3 7 Noah Gragson SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers Int’l Ford 55 47 4 Running
2 1 5 Justin Haley Braun Auto Chevrolet 55 43 1 Running
3 2 40 Kyle Benjamin Ranier Racing with MDM Chevrolet 55 41 Running
4 8 2 Collin Cabre UTI/NTI Toyota 55 40 Running
5 9 30 Dominique Van Wieringen * Durobyte Ford 55 41 2 Running
6 7 6 Ruben Garcia Jr. * Sunoco Toyota 55 38 Running
7 10 38 Tyler Dippel * East West Marine/TyCar Chevrolet 55 37 Running
8 15 8 Tyler Hughes * Enduring Hearts Ford 55 36 Running
9 4 39 Austin Hill ARCO Design Build Toyota 55 35 Running
10 12 13 Hunter Baize * Bicycle Playing Cards/Pine Mountain Firelogs 55 34 Running
11 6 42 Enrique Baca * ATL Fuel Cells Toyota 55 33 Running
12 11 1 Spencer Davis * Driven Toyota 55 33 1 Running
13 13 4 Ali Kern * Max Siegel, Inc. Toyota 55 31 Running
14 14 49 John Holleman IV * Midway Mobile Storage Ford 54 31 1 Running
15 5 12 Harrison Burton * DEX Imaging/Konica Minolta Toyota 35 29 Suspension

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Justin Haley, Time: 83.239 Seconds, Speed: 99.473 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 31 mins, 43 secs Average Speed: 82.755 mph Margin of Victory: 2.030 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 29 (Break – FP # 4).  1 for 1 laps.

Lap Leaders: Justin Haley 1, Dominique Van Wieringen * 2-5, Spencer Davis * 6-9, John Holleman IV * 10-29, Dominique Van Wieringen * 30-47, Noah Gragson 48-55.

Total Laps Led: Dominique Van Wieringen * 22, John Holleman IV * 20, Noah Gragson 8, Spencer Davis * 4, Justin Haley 1.  5 changes involving 5 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Justin Haley 539, Kyle Benjamin 510, Tyler Dippel * 438, Noah Gragson 434, Hunter Baize * 434, Collin Cabre 424, Spencer Davis * 421, Harrison Burton * 406, John Holleman IV * 400, Dominique Van Wieringen * 388

* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

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