The 2020 Strat 200 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on February 21, 2020 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Kyle Busch, driving for his own team Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the event leading 108 laps, his first of the season and his 57th overall in the NASCAR Gander RV and Outdoors Truck Series. Johnny Sauter of ThorSport Racing and Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises would take 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
35 trucks would enter the race, meaning that three would not qualify for the race. +Entry list#DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Angela RuchReaume Brothers RacingToyotaDWF Flooring & Carpets, COREtec "The Original"2Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevroletChevrolet Accessories, Trench Shoring Company02Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevroletSolid Rock Carriers3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletBommarito Automotive Group4Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaMobil 104Cory RoperRoper RacingFordCarquest Auto Parts7Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyotaAll Out Motorsports9Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevroletGrant County Mulch, CR7 Motorsports10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org11Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyotaHearn Industrial Services13Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFordTenda Heal15Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFordFord Performance16Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaUnited Rentals18Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass 19Derek KrausBill McAnally RacingToyotaEneos20Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevroletAmerican Pavement Specialists21Zane SmithGMS RacingChevroletThe Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevroletJB Henderson Construction, GO TEXAN.23Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air26Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevroletLiUNA!30Brennan PooleOn Point MotorsportsToyotaRemember Everyone Deployed33Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyotaMotorsports Safety Group34Josh BilickiReaume Brothers RacingToyotaReaume Brothers Racing38Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFordSpeedco40Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevroletNiece Motorsports44Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevroletREMarkable Pillow45Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevroletIRacing49Bayley CurreyCMI MotorsportsChevroletSpringrates51Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaCessna, Beechcraft52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyotaHalmar56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsChevroletHill Motorsports83Stefan ParsonsCMI MotorsportsChevroletSpringrates88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordMenards, Hormel Black Label Bacon98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordCurb Records, Protect the Harvest99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordThe Carolina Nut Co.Official entry list
Practice The first and final practice took place on February 21, 2020. Christian Eckes would set the fastest time with a 30.363.
Final practice results +Top 3 resultsPos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.363177.848213Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord30.396177.655323Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet30.418177.526Full practice results
Qualifying Johnny Sauter of ThorSport Racing would win the pole with a 30.365 with an average speed of . The drivers of Josh Reaume, Natalie Decker, Spencer Boyd, Angela Ruch, and Josh Bilicki would all qualify by owner's points, with notable examples of Bilicki being almost 5 seconds slower than the slowest non-quaiflier, and Ruch being 3 seconds slower. Bayley Currey, Korbin Forrister, and Jennifer Jo Cobb would all not qualify for the race.
Angela Ruch and Parker Kilgerman argument on Twitter Controversy would occur after qualifying, when Angela Ruch, driving for Reaume Brothers Racing, spun on the apron while going onto the track for her warmup lap. Driver and commentator Parker Kligerman would react to the spin on Twitter, saying "Let's raise the qualification standards for the top 3 series. Side note: I can't wait till a woman driver absolutely laps the field one day. Truly, we are the only sport men and women can compete on equal grounds. Can't wait till super talented women are throughout the field." In response, Angela would say on Twitter that she blew a tire during her lap in a swear-word fueled tirade, while also insulting Kilgerman by saying "Dip shit! I blew a tire! The deference between me and u little b:;$&&$ is I make my own path !! In fact if u do not shut your trap I will slap your little ass! Sad little fellas that no one dated in high school !" After harsh criticism to the tweet, Angela would say that the comment made on her Twitter was made by her husband, Mike Ruch, saying "Mike always has my back and I'm thankful for that! However I’ve decided to get him his own twitter so he can feel free to speak his mind 😳😂 Have fun everyone it's @mf_ruch @Twitter will never be the same! I'll keep my head down and keep digging! Thanks everyone!"
The original tweet Mike Ruch made is now deleted.
Full qualifying results +Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed113Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord30.365177.83622Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet30.398177.643351Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.460177.282418Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.476177.189545Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet30.476177.189616Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.545176.788726Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet30.634176.27584Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.672176.056998Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord30.680176.0101023Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet30.701175.8901156Timmy HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet30.736175.6901240Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet30.739175.6731388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord30.790175.3821415Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord30.794175.3591521Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet30.804175.3021619Derek KrausBill McAnally RacingToyota30.817175.2281752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota30.852175.0291899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord30.863174.9671904Cory RoperRoper RacingFord30.888174.825203Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.895174.7862111Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota30.931174.5822202Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.952174.4642330Brennan PooleOn Point MotorsportsToyota30.959174.4242483Stefan ParsonsCMI MotorsportsChevrolet30.965174.3902538Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord30.977174.3232622Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet30.990174.250279Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet30.993174.233Qualified by Owner's Points2833Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota31.738170.1432944Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.912169.2153020Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet32.777164.7503100Angela RuchReaume Brothers RacingToyota35.257153.1613234Josh BilickiReaume Brothers RacingToyota37.301144.768Failed to qualify3349Bayley CurreyCMI MotorsportsChevrolet31.556171.124347Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota31.675170.4813510Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet32.413166.600Official starting lineup
Race
Pre-race ceremonies For pre-race ceremonies, the Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard would present the nation's colors. Billy Maudin, chaplain from the Christian racing ministry Motor Racing Outreach would give out the invocation. Bridgette Foster would sing the national anthem. Kaui Kalahiki, Director of Facilities at The Strat, would give the starting command.
Race recap
Post-race driver comments
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 30 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0218Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9313Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord8426Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet7516Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota664Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5740Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet0823Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet3999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord2102Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0218Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9340Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet0498Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord6699Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord5723Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet484Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3938Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord21013Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord1 Stage 3 Laps: 74 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1351Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota134108running02113Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord1347running343616Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1340running4041388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1340running2951899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1340running3961521Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet1340running3172538Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord1340running3281415Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1340running2991752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1340running281022Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1348running2811726Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet1340running23122111Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota1340running2513545Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1340running24141240Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1340running0152330Brennan PooleOn Point MotorsportsToyota1340running0161023Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet1340running28172622Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet1340running2018279Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1340running19192202Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1330running1820203Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1321running17212944Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1320running16221619Derek KrausBill McAnally RacingToyota1310running1523418Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13010running32243100Angela RuchReaume Brothers RacingToyota1300running13253020Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1290running12261904Cory RoperRoper RacingFord1280running11272833Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota1260running10281156Timmy HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet1130overheating9292483Stefan ParsonsCMI MotorsportsChevrolet1120running83084Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota900crash1531998Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord890crash3323234Josh BilickiReaume Brothers RacingToyota30handling0Failed to qualify3349Bayley CurreyCMI MotorsportsChevrolet347Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota3510Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletOfficial race results
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