William Byron scores third career win at Iowa

The Nascar Camping World Truck Series headed, to Iowa Speedway Saturday night for the running of the Speediatrics 200. John Hunter Nemechek was on the pole and Cameron Hayley started 2^nd for Thorsport Racing. As the leaders took the green flag, it didn't take long for the action to heat up. The field was already three wide down the backstretch on lap 1. Ben Kennedy was making moves early as he moved into 2^nd on lap 2. Although some drivers like Matt Crafton, was falling back early to the 12^th position after starting in the top 10. Clair Decker went to the garage on lap 11, and was out for the rest of the race. Nick Drake would also scrape the outside wall on lap 14. Nemechek would go onto lead the first 50 laps before the caution came out.

As Parker Kilgerman cut a left rear tire down in turns 3 and 4, after making contact with Austin Wayne Self. The leaders headed down pitroad for four tires and fuel. Nemechek wins the race off pit road, followed by William Byron in 2^nd, and Cameron Hayley in 3^rd. During this caution, Daniel Suarez reported that “There was water leaking into the cab of his truck”. Nemechek and Byron led the field to the next restart.

Restart on lap 54, Byron gets the advantage off the backstretch, and takes the lead away from Nemechek. Timothy Peters makes a little contact with Kaz Grala on lap 56, and has left front corner damage. Nemechek would start to fall back a little bit, as Kennedy had a stronger truck and passed him for 2^nd place. Meanwhile, Byron started to check out from the field leaving everyone in his dust.

On lap 84 Ben Rhodes and Cameron Hayley, made it three wide on the backstretch for fourth place. As there were exciting side by side battles, the caution clock expired shortly after halfway. The clock was used for the first time of the night. William Byron lead the field down pit road for pit stops. Byron's team was strong enough to get him out in front. Austin Wayne Self would be the beneficiary under the caution. This would setup for a lap 110 restart.

Byron and Nemechek were on the front row once again. The two raced side-by-side for a lap until Byron got ahead of Nemechek. Shortly after, the leader started to drive away from the field. After several laps under green, another caution came out on lap 147. As Kaz Grala cut a tire down off of four, and made contact with the wall. The race was nearing it's end and some drivers would play strategies for track position. The first five cars did just that, as Tyler Reddick won the race off pit road by taking two tires only. William Byron stalled trying to leave his pit box. There was troubles for John Hunter Nemechek on pit road. Nemechek had to come down again, because he didn't all his lugnuts on the tire. Which is a mandatory rule by NASCAR. Jordan Anderson was the beneficiary for this caution.

The race went back green with 44 to go, Tyler Reddick and Ben Kennedy battled hard out front. Although, Reddick was able to pull away from Kennedy. But there were some problems with the restart, as NASCAR was checking it for review. Two laps later the restart was ruled clear. There were 22 laps of racing, before the next caution came out with 22 to go. Tommy Joe Martins and Derek Scott Jr wrecked in turns 1 and 2. This would setup a short red flag for a lengthy cleanup. Rico Abreu had problems with his truck as he had water and steam coming out. The red flag was lifted, and went back to caution with 15 to go.

Restart with 13 to go, Reddick got the advantage due to momentum for the lead from the highline. As the race started to wine down, the action started to intensify. Ben Rhodes, Tyler Reddick, and Cole Custer made it three wide on the backstretch. Custer was able to get out in front of the action with 11 to go. But Byron with fresher tires took the lead with 9 to go. But the caution came out with 8 to go, for an accident involving Caleb Holman. This setup a two lap shootout to the finish.

 William Byron and Cole Custer made up the front row for the restart. Custer tried everything he could for the win. But in the end it was, William Byron scoring his third career victory at Iowa Speedway. There was 5 cautions for 39 laps, and 4 leaders for 4 lead changes. Cole Custer was 2^nd, followed by Cameron Hayley in 3^rd, Ben Rhodes 4^th, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top 5. The Nascar Camping World Truck Series heads to Gateway International Speedway next Saturday night.