Chris Eggleston celebrates his third win in the last four NASCAR K&N Pro Series West races at Colorado National Speedway after taking home Saturday’s NAPA/Toyota 150. Photo by Bart Young/NASCAR via Getty Images
Chris Eggleston has made it clear that he’s in the championship fight for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West title.
For the second straight race, the 28-year-old from Erie, Colorado, won the Coors Light Pole Award and then pulled away from the field en route to the checkered flag. Saturday night, the win came at Eggleston’s home track of Colorado National Speedway in the NAPA/Toyota 150.
“I didn’t feel like we had the winning race car there in the early goings,” Eggleston said in victory lane. “The No. 16 (Gilliland) kinda got out front, checked out, and was holding a pretty good race pace a little bit. I did everything I could to keep up with him without abusing the tires. And our car wasn’t really good firing off on short run speed, but it really had a lot of long run speed.”
Eggleston’s No. 99 Toyota led a Bill McAnally Racing sweep of the top three spots – he was followed across the finish line by runner-up Derek Kraus and championship points leader Todd Gilliland – for his third win in the last four series races at the .375-mile oval just miles from his hometown.
Ironically, he finished third in 2015 when he won the series title.
“Once we checked out and got single file, I didn’t think there was going to be that much grip on the top in (Turns) One and Two,” said Eggleston, who pulled away for a win by .767 seconds following a restart with 14 to go. “It’s just predominantly lost grip the last couple years, and we kind of tested the waters out there midway through the race. I thought we found some speed, and it helped me conserve tires more than anything running up there and it kind of saved us.
“Hats off to everybody at Bill McAnally Racing, NAPA Auto Parts. Three wins in s season, that’s the best we’ve ever done and we’re just hopefully going to build on that and keep chipping away on that 16’s lead.”
The win was the eighth in his career and allowed Eggleston to inch closer to Gilliland, who leads by seven points after seven of 14 races this season. The two have combined to win every race, with Eggleston taking the season opener before Gilliland rolled off four straight to build his championship lead. But Eggleston has responded with back-to-back victories to tighten the points back up.
Eggleston was fastest in both practice sessions and claimed his third career Coors Light Pole earlier in the day. Eggleston took the lead from Gilliland using a pass on the outside on lap 100 and then withstood several challenges on restarts from both Gilliland and Kraus. Gilliland led a race-high 85 laps and Eggleston led 64.
Gracin Raz finished fourth, followed by rookie Kody Vanderwal.
Julia Landauer, Ron Norman, Michael Self, rookie Will Rodgers and Todd Souza rounded out the top 10.
The K&N Pro Series has a weekend off before heading to Sonoma Raceway for the Carneros 200.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Colorado National Speedway – Dacono, CO
NAPA/Toyota 150 – June 10, 2017
| Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | B/Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 99 | Chris Eggleston | Platinum NAPA Filters Toyota | 150 | 47 | 4 | Running |
| 2 | 2 | 19 | Derek Kraus * | Carlyle Tools/NAPA Belts & Hoses Toyota | 150 | 43 | 1 | Running |
| 3 | 3 | 16 | Todd Gilliland | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 150 | 43 | 2 | Running |
| 4 | 13 | 27 | Gracin Raz | Betterall Ford | 150 | 40 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 32 | Kody Vanderwal * | Biltrite Signs/General Air Ford | 150 | 39 | Running | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Julia Landauer | Sunrise Frd/Eibach Spring/Lucas Oil/Braille Batter | 150 | 38 | Running | |
| 7 | 5 | 40 | Ron Norman | Port of Tucson Chevrolet | 150 | 37 | Running | |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | Michael Self | Sinclair Lubricants/Sunrise Ford Ford | 150 | 36 | Running | |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | Will Rodgers * | Solvang Brewing Company Ford | 150 | 35 | Running | |
| 10 | 10 | 13 | Todd Souza | Central Coast Racing Toyota | 150 | 34 | Running | |
| 11 | 12 | 10 | Matt Levin | Port of Tucson Chevrolet | 150 | 33 | Running | |
| 12 | 17 | 14 | Dan Phillippi * | Next Level Physical Therapy, J127, Inc Ford | 150 | 32 | Running | |
| 13 | 18 | 84 | Rich DeLong III | Country Girl Saloon/ Ames Rubber Mfg. Chevrolet | 150 | 31 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 36 | Jesse Iwuji | Champion Parts/Lights Out/ Bullet Proof Energy | 149 | 30 | Running | |
| 15 | 15 | 34 | Rudy Vanderwal * | Bilrite Signs/LaSalle Oil Company Chevrolet | 147 | 29 | Running | |
| 16 | 14 | 11 | Takuma Koga | IDT Tools/LaNICO/JKR Chevrolet Chevrolet | 145 | 28 | Running | |
| 17 | 8 | 33 | Nicole Behar | Custom Welding & Fabrication Toyota | 142 | 27 | Radiator | |
| 18 | 21 | 38 | John Wood | Idaho 208/Patriot Motorsports Group Chevrolet | 141 | 26 | Running | |
| 19 | 16 | 30 | Stafford Smith * | Kart Idaho/Wahl Traction/JFW Apparel Ford | 139 | 25 | Running | |
| 20 | 7 | 21 | Blaine Perkins | Four Star Fruit Chevrolet | 93 | 24 | Running | |
| 21 | 20 | 18 | Bill Kann | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 76 | 23 | Accident |
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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Chris Eggleston, Time: 16.847 Seconds, Speed: 79.065 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 10 mins, 4 secs Average Speed: 47.526 mph Margin of Victory: 0.767 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 2-10 (10 & 84 Spun Turn 4-Free Pass None); 29-36 (18 Engine-Free Pass 30); 70-75 (14 Spun Turn 2-Free Pass 11); 82-85 (34 Spun in Turn 4-Free Pass 84); 89-92 (36 Spun Turn 2-Free Pass 34); 103-107 (84,38,18 Accident-Free Pass 14); 110-113 (9 Spun Turn 2-Free Pass 84); 118-122 (34, 11 Accident T2-Free Pass 36); 133-136 (11 Stopped Backstretch-Free Pass none). 9 for 49 laps.
Lap Leaders: Chris Eggleston 1-11, Todd Gilliland 12-75, Chris Eggleston 76, Todd Gilliland 77-85, Chris Eggleston 86, Todd Gilliland 87-92, Chris Eggleston 93, Todd Gilliland 94-99, Chris Eggleston 100-136, Derek Kraus * 137, Chris Eggleston 138-150.
Total Laps Led: Todd Gilliland 85, Chris Eggleston 64, Derek Kraus * 1. 10 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Todd Gilliland 316, Chris Eggleston 309, Derek Kraus * 260, Kody Vanderwal * 243, Will Rodgers * 242, Nicole Behar 239, Julia Landauer 236, Michael Self 231, Todd Souza 230, Matt Levin 228
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
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