2019 Eldora Dirt Derby


The 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on August 1, 2019, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Contested over 150 laps on the dirt track, it was the 15th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.

Background

Track

Eldora Speedway is a high-banked clay dirt oval. Located north of Rossburg, Ohio in the village of New Weston, Ohio. Originally constructed as a 1/4-mile semi-banked clay dirt oval by track founder and legendary promoter Earl Baltes, Eldora was enlarged to a 3/8-mile length and later to the "half-mile" standard required by the United States Auto Club for National Championship events featuring the stars of the Indianapolis 500.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.257 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
127Chase Briscoe ThorSport RacingFord19.25793.472
288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord19.38192.874
324Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet19.47092.450

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.886 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet19.88690.516
227Chase Briscoe ThorSport RacingFord19.93390.303
324Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet19.98090.090

Qualifying heat races

scored the pole for the race after winning the first qualifying heat race.

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

"Last Chance" qualifying race

Starting lineup

Race

Summary

Chase Briscoe started on pole and remained in the lead, winning Stage 1 despite cautions caused by Landon Huffman and Jake Griffin spinning on separate occasions. Harrison Burton later spun on the backstretch on lap 57. A huge crash occurred on lap 65 after Christian Eckes spun around and collected numerous others including Johnny Sauter, Mason Massey, and Jeffrey Abbey. Stage 2 was also won by Briscoe, who had continued his strong lead.
After Stage 2, Stewart Friesen took over the lead. Ross Chastain spun in front of the field, though did not cause any major damage. Kyle Strickler brought out the next caution after spinning out, while another crash collected Briscoe, Sauter, and Tyler Dippel. At the same time, Jennifer Jo Cobb got turned by Norm Benning and collected Devin Dodson.
Dippel failed an attempted slide job on Ben Rhodes late in the race, pushing Rhodes into the fence and dropping him six spots behind Dippel. After the race, Dippel rammed into Rhodes on the cool-down lap, leading Rhodes to attempt to drag Dippel out of his truck on pit road after the race before being pulled away by NASCAR officials. Dippel later called out Rhodes in an expletive-laced tirade, calling it "cool" that Rhodes would miss the playoffs and implying that Rhodes was scared of fighting him. Rhodes, in a calmer post-race interview, called Dippel a dirty driver.
On the final restart, Friesen stayed out and was able to maintain his lead, holding off Sheldon Creed and Grant Enfinger to win the dirt derby. This was also Friesen's first win in the truck series.

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 40
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
127Chase Briscoe 'ThorSport RacingFord0
24Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
324Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet8
42Sheldon Creed 'GMS RacingChevrolet7
588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord6
652Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet5
799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord4
83Carson HocevarJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet3
945Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2
1054Kyle StricklerDGR-CrosleyToyota1

Stage Two
Laps: 50
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
127Chase Briscoe 'ThorSport RacingFord0
252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet9
388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord8
454Kyle StricklerDGR-CrosleyToyota7
598Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord6
645Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet5
74Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4
833Mike MarlarReaume Brothers RacingToyota3
902Tyler Dippel 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet2
1099Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 60
PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1452Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet15054
2102Sheldon Creed 'GMS RacingChevrolet15042
31598Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord15040
42333Mike MarlarReaume Brothers RacingToyota15036
584Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota15045
61751Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota15031
7127Chase Briscoe 'ThorSport RacingFord1500
8702Tyler Dippel 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet15031
92617Tyler Ankrum 'DGR-CrosleyToyota15028
10288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord15041
111480Justin ShipleyJacob Wallace RacingFord15026
121245Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet15032
133222Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet15024
14999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord15028
152438Mark SmithNiece MotorsportsChevrolet15022
162508Tim WardKart Idaho RacingToyota15021
173074Darwin Peters Jr.Lou Goss RacingChevrolet15020
18554Kyle StricklerDGR-CrosleyToyota14927
192910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet14918
202144Jeffrey AbbeyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet14717
21613Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord14516
22276Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet14515
232834Mason MasseyReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet14414
242220Landon HuffmanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet14413
25133Carson HocevarJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet14315
261803Jake GriffinMike Affarano MotorsportsChevrolet14311
27168Colt GilliamNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet14310
282012Gus Dean 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1429
29324Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet14116
303132Devin DodsonReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet1417
311118Harrison Burton 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1276
321916Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota795