The
2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
was the 10th
stock car race
of the
2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 28, 2021 in
Concord, North Carolina
at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
, a 1.5 miles (2.4?km) permanent quad-oval.
John Hunter Nemechek
of
Kyle Busch Motorsports
would win his third race of the year and his 9th of his career.
[1]
Carson Hocevar
of
Niece Motorsports
and
Ben Rhodes
of
ThorSport Racing
would finish in the rest of the podium positions, taking 2nd and 3rd, respectfully.
The race was marred by a late race crash including
Trey Hutchens
,
Johnny Sauter
, and
Drew Dollar
. Coming into Turn 3, Hutchens would blow a tire and was slow on the track- crucially, he could not get to pit road, and was stuck on the frontstretch, meaning he could not get to pit road for an extremely long time, or until the caution came out. Sauter and Dollar were in a battle for position coming off Turn 4 when Sauter, who could not see Hutchens, slammed the back side of Hutchens car with the right side of his, causing both cars to be destroyed in the incident. Dollar would also be involved, but was able to continue. The crash would lead to major controversy, with critics saying that
NASCAR
should have noticed Hutchens' car on track being slow, and that the caution should have been put out.
[2]
[3]
Background
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Practice
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Starting lineup
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Qualifying was to be originally held on Friday, May 28 after practice- however, rain would fall on the track, and qualifying was canceled. Therefore, NASCAR reverted to the metric system they had been using- a formula based on the previous race, this being the
2021 Toyota Tundra 225
. As a result,
Todd Gilliland
of
Front Row Motorsports
would win the pole.
[11]
Pre-race ceremonies
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Race recap
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Following the lap 116 wreck, Hutchens spoke to the media, looking visibly shakened. He would report that "I cut a tire getting into (Turn) 3 and tried to slow down to get to pit road and the hole closed up, so I ended up slow down the frontstretch and (Sauter) just ran into the back of us. … They were coming pretty hard. They probably needed to throw the yellow a little sooner.”
[3]
Race results
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Stage 1
Laps: 30
Stage 2
Laps: 30
Stage 3
Laps: 74
References
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