Sheldon Creed wins NASCAR Truck Series race at Gateway

The final stage went green with 44 laps to go and Eckes attempted to take the lead from Gilliland on the inside. He came close to clearing the dominant truck, but was forced to fall back.

Soon after, Eckes' made contact with Mayer and cut down a tire, forcing him to make an unscheduled green-flag pit stop.

With 38 laps remaining, the look of the race changed drastically as Creed made an aggressive move to the inside of Gilliland entering Turn 1. Contact was made and Gilliland got into the wall, ending his run for the win. He finished 22nd after leading 76 laps.

Mayer then took over the race lead from Creed, but the caution flag flew once more as Jennifer Jo Cobb crashed.

Later, Austin Wayne Self spun after contact with Carson Hocevar. Self then tried to go after Hocevar during the next green-flag run, causing a dangerous situation down the backstretch as the field avoided him.

On the final restart with 13 laps to go, Mayer spun the tires and Creed slipped back into the lead, taking the race win ahead of Brett Moffit and Austin Hill.

Mayer, Stewart Friesen, Raphael Lessard, Zane Smith, Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski and Tanner Gray rounded out the top-ten.

Stages 1 and 2

Zane Smith led the way early at Gateway, but Todd Gilliland was able to make his around him in the closing laps, snagging the Stage 1 win.

Smith was second, followed by Moffitt, Eckes, Crafton, Mayer, Rhodes, Creed, Majeski and Ankrum.

Johnny Sauter exited the race early with mechanical issues, further souring his playoff hopes.

Gilliland led the way for the entirety of the second stage, taking 20 valuable points for winning both stages. 

The second stage was slowed by a single caution when Chandler Smith spun and impacted the outside wall.

Gilliland took the green and white checkered flag ahead of Eckes, Smith, Mayer, Creed, Moffitt, Ankrum, Rhodes, Lessard and Friesen.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led
1	2	Sheldon Creed		Chevrolet	160	2:00'22.788			15
2	23	Brett Moffitt		Chevrolet	160	2:00'23.669	0.881	0.881
3	16	Austin Hill		Toyota	160	2:00'23.860	1.072	0.191
4	24	Sam Mayer		Chevrolet	160	2:00'24.998	2.210	1.138	24
5	52	Stewart Friesen		Toyota	160	2:00'25.213	2.425	0.215
6	4	Raphael Lessard		Toyota	160	2:00'25.402	2.614	0.189
7	21	Zane Smith		Chevrolet	160	2:00'25.975	3.187	0.573	45
8	98	Grant Enfinger		Ford	160	2:00'26.346	3.558	0.371
9	45	Ty Majeski		Chevrolet	160	2:00'26.623	3.835	0.277
10	15	Tanner Gray		Ford	160	2:00'27.377	4.589	0.754
11	99	Ben Rhodes		Ford	160	2:00'27.860	5.072	0.483
12	26	Tyler Ankrum		Chevrolet	160	2:00'28.801	6.013	0.941
13	19	Derek Kraus		Toyota	160	2:00'29.249	6.461	0.448
14	88	Matt Crafton		Ford	160	2:00'29.852	7.064	0.603
15	40	Carson Hocevar		Chevrolet	160	2:00'30.543	7.755	0.691
16	30	Danny Bohn			160	2:00'31.952	9.164	1.409
17	3	Jordan Anderson		Chevrolet	160	2:00'34.502	11.714	2.550
18	02	Tate Fogleman		Chevrolet	160	2:00'36.808	14.020	2.306
19	68	Clay Greenfield		Toyota	160	2:00'36.992	14.204	0.184
20	00	Kyle Donahue		Toyota	160	2:00'45.964	23.176	8.972
21	56	Tyler Hill		Chevrolet	159	2:00'46.199	1 Lap	1 Lap
22	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	158	2:00'40.454	2 Laps	1 Lap	76
23	41	Dawson Cram			158	2:00'41.589	2 Laps	1.135
24	51	Chandler Smith		Toyota	157	2:00'30.416	3 Laps	1 Lap
25	20	Spencer Boyd		Chevrolet	157	2:00'45.774	3 Laps	15.358
26	33	Bryant Barnhill		Toyota	156	2:00'49.186	4 Laps	1 Lap
27	49	Roger Reuse		Chevrolet	151	2:00'34.755	9 Laps	5 Laps
28	44	Natalie Decker		Chevrolet	150	1:56'41.799	10 Laps	1 Lap
29	6	Norm Benning		Chevrolet	148	2:00'33.179	12 Laps	2 Laps
30	22	Austin Wayne Self		Chevrolet	145	1:55'22.751	15 Laps	3 Laps
31	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb		Chevrolet	124	1:34'58.982	36 Laps	21 Laps
32	18	Christian Eckes		Toyota	121	1:30'51.042	39 Laps	3 Laps
33	13	Johnny Sauter		Ford	22	12'51.848	138 Laps	99 Laps