2019 M&M's 200


The 2019 M&M's 200 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on June 16, 2019, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Contested over 200 laps on the D-shaped oval, it was the 10th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season. The race was postponed from Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 16 due to rain.

Background

Track

Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.154 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
151Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota23.154136.046
224Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet23.419134.506
317Raphaël LessardDGR-CrosleyToyota23.441134.380

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.458 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
12Sheldon Creed GMS RacingChevrolet23.458134.283
217Raphaël LessardDGR-CrosleyToyota23.580133.588
316Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota23.605133.446

Qualifying

Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Chandler Smith won the pole based on owner's points.

Qualifying results

Race

Summary

Chandler Smith started on pole and led the race up until a caution shortly before the end of Stage 1, which was won by Ross Chastain after he got off pit road quickly. Chastain continued his dominating lead, also winning Stage 2.
In the final stage, Austin Hill and Johnny Sauter tangled several times, causing damage to Sauter's truck. Sauter then purposely drove into Hill under caution in retaliation, causing NASCAR to park him for his actions. Sauter would miss the following week's race due to these actions.
Chastain held a comfortable lead over the rest of the field, winning the race with a two-second lead over Brett Moffitt. After the race, NASCAR disqualified Chastain and stripped him of his race win and both stage wins as his truck failed post-race inspection for being too low. This then gave the win to Moffitt, despite him not leading a single lap of the race.

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 60
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord10
298Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord9
313Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord8
499Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord7
52Sheldon Creed 'GMS RacingChevrolet6
624Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet5
716Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4
818Harrison Burton 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3
997Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord2
1052Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1

Stage Two
Laps: 60
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord10
224Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet9
398Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord8
451Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota7
518Harrison Burton 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6
652Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet5
788Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord4
816Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota3
92Sheldon Creed 'GMS RacingChevrolet2
1013Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 80
PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1624Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet20054
2799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord20052
31018Harrison Burton 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20043
4298Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord20050
5352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet20038
6122Sheldon Creed 'GMS RacingChevrolet20039
7488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord20044
8151Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20036
91317Raphaël LessardDGR-CrosleyToyota20028
10114Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota20027
111530Brennan Poole 'On Point MotorsportsToyota20026
12916Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota20032
13545Kyle BenjaminNiece MotorsportsChevrolet19924
141622Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet19923
152646Riley HerbstKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota19922
161820Spencer Boyd 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet19821
172354Natalie Decker 'DGR-CrosleyToyota19820
18173Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet19819
191402Tyler Dippel 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet19718
202212Gus Dean 'Young's MotorsportsChevrolet19717
212434Mason MasseyReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet19616
222597Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord19417
232133C. J. McLaughlinReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet18914
24296Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet18613
25320Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet18312
263056Tyler HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet17911
27813Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord13719
282742Chad FinleyChad Finley RacingChevrolet689
29208Trey HutchensNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet618
302810Juan Manuel GonzálezJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet407
313187Tyler Ankrum 'NEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet176
321944Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2005

After the race

Chastain and Niece Motorsports appealed NASCAR's decision to disqualify them, as they stated that the height of Chastain's truck was not an intentional adjustment and it didn't give him an advantage. They also believed the truck's height was the result of minor damage sustained when the race began. The penalty was eventually sustained.
The following week, NASCAR took action against Johnny Sauter for his actions in intentionally wrecking Hill under caution. They issued a 1-race suspension. Under normal circumstances this would mean that Sauter would not compete for the championship that season. However, NASCAR, feeling like stripping playoffs eligibility from Sauter was too harsh, granted Sauter a waiver, allowing him to still make the playoffs if he won a race in the regular season and made the top-30 in driver's points.