McReynolds Rolls for Iowa Sweep
Dominates The K&N Pro Series #ThanksKenny 150
NEWTON, Iowa – If it were up to Brandon McReynolds, every race would take place in Iowa.
The No. 16 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota driver won the #ThanksKenny150 at Iowa Speedway, following up his May victory at the .875-mile track, to complete the season sweep and earn Bill McAnally Racing its 60th win in its 25th season with NAPA.
Iowa Speedway has hosted 13 NASCAR K&N Pro Series combination race since 2007, and McReynolds became its first repeat winner. Past winners at Iowa include Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Cole Custer.
McReynolds dominated the race, leading 127 of 150 laps from the Coors Light Pole. He had a scare on Lap 146 when Jesse Little pulled ahead of him on a restart. Unfazed, McReynolds caught up to Little, cleared him and sped away for the Checkered flag.
Little finished second and was credited with a victory as the highest finishing NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver. Spencer Davis, Rico Abreu and Noah Gragson completed the top five.
James Bickford, JJ Haley, Scott Heckert, Collin Cabre and Alex Schutte rounded out the top 10.
Gragson holds a two-point lead over Chris Eggleston in the K&N Pro West championship standings and nine point advantage over Gracin Raz. Ryan Partridge is just a point behind Raz. McReynolds, who has two wins and five top 10s in eight starts, is eighth — 35 points out of the lead.
William Byron, who finished 19th overall, maintained his K&N Pro East championship points lead of 25 over Heckert and 33 over Hill.
The #ThanksKenny150 will be televised by NBCSN on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. ET.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East returns to action on Aug. 7 at Watkins Glen (New York) International, while the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West races next on Aug. 15 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington.
RACE RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP | AUDIO: WINNER BRANDON MCREYNOLDS | AUDIO: JESSE LITTLE (RUNNER-UP) & SPENCER DAVIS (THIRD PLACE)
Sources: James Hallas/NASCAR PR
NKNPS Iowa 7/31/15 Results
K&N Pro Series East K&N Pro Series West
Race: NKNPS West Iowa 7/31/15
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Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 1 16 Brandon McReynolds NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 150 48W 5 Running
2 7 1 Jesse Little Yazaki/Nishikawa Toyota 150 46E 3 Running
3 4 20 Spencer Davis * Ruud Chevrolet 150 42E Running
4 3 98 Rico Abreu * AccuDoc Solutions/Go-Pro Motorplex/Curb Records 150 43E 2 Running
5 26 7 Noah Gragson * Alert ID/Colliers International Ford 150 42W Running
6 2 6 James Bickford Sunrise Ford/Eibach/Lucas Oil/Interstate Plastics Ford 150 41W Running
7 5 5 JJ Haley * Braun Auto Chevrolet 150 40E Running
8 11 34 Scott Heckert Project Lifesaver Chevrolet 150 39E Running
9 12 2 Collin Cabre * UTI/NTI Toyota 150 38E Running
10 21 21 Alex Schutte * Proficio Chevrolet 150 40W Running
11 23 3 Kaz Grala OzLINK/Kiklos Toyota 150 37E Running
12 30 42 Jay Beasley Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota 150 36E Running
13 17 51 Dalton Sargeant * GALT Chevrolet 150 35E Running
14 24 72 Kyle Benjamin * Cometic Ford 150 34E Running
15 14 44 Dillon Bassett * Bassett Gutters Ford 150 33E Running
16 15 99 Chris Eggleston NAPA Auto Care/H20 Fire Protection Toyota 150 39W Running
17 27 36 David Garbo, Jr. * Whelen Engineering Chevrolet 150 32E Running
18 13 91 Ryan Partridge * Sunrise Ford,/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford 150 38W Running
19 16 9 William Byron * Liberty University Chevrolet 150 31E Running
20 20 23 Trey Hutchens Mr Rooter/Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Chevrolet 150 30E Running
21 28 33 Nicole Behar * Custom Welding & Fabrication, Inc Toyota 149 37W Running
22 32 31 Johnny White * MMI Services/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet 148 36W Running
23 22 27 Gracin Raz * Montana Tech Ford 148 35W Running
24 25 40 Travis Miller IPG Tape.com Chevrolet 147 29E Running
25 6 15 Nick Drake Carlyle Tools Toyota 146 28E Flat Tire
26 8 22 Austin Hill A&D Welding Ford 146 27E Running
27 37 39 Chad Finchum Martin-McClure Racing Chevrolet 146 26E Running
28 33 14 Matt Levin * Port of Tucson Ford 146 34W Running
29 34 6 Dylan Caldwell * Idaho 208/Redline Toyota 144 33W Running
30 36 9 Christian Celaya * Clinica LaFamilia Chevrolet 144 25E Running
31 18 66 Devon Amos * Max Siegel, Inc. Toyota 139 24E Accident
32 38 84 Rich DeLong, III Country Girl Saloon/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet 139 32W Running
33 31 45 Mike Senica * Buck Fishman Chevrolet 132 22E Running
34 19 4 Kenzie Ruston L&M Ethanol Toyota 124 22E Accident
35 35 30 Ron Norman * Port of Tucson Ford 115 31W Running
36 29 55 John Wood Holleran’s Performance/throttleworks.com Toyota 95 30W Vibration
37 10 4 Ronnie Bassett, Jr. Bassett Gutters Ford 30 21E Suspension
38 9 17 David Mayhew MMI Racing/Ron’s Rear Ends/Pour House Chevrolet 29 29W Accident
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Brandon McReynolds, Time: 23.959 Seconds, Speed: 131.475 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 27 mins, 27 secs Average Speed: 90.051 mph Margin of Victory: .696 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 30-38 (17 Spun Front Straight, 3 Free Pass); 46-50 (23 Spun Turn 2 , No Free Pass); 72-77 (30 Stalled Turn 3 / Break, 5 Free
Pass); 126-130 (4 Spun Turn 4, 44 Free Pass); 141-145 (66 Spun Turn 4, 23 Free Pass). 5 for 30 laps.
Lap Leaders: Brandon McReynolds 1-28, Rico Abreu * 29-51, Brandon McReynolds 52-150.
Total Laps Led: Brandon McReynolds 127, Rico Abreu * 23. 2 changes involving 2 drivers.
CONTINGENCY AWARDS
Next Race: Watkins Glen on Friday, August 7th at 6:15 p.m. ET (East)
Evergreen Speedway on Saturday, August 15th at 6 p.m. PT (West)
*Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender