2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

As soon as the green flag waved, rookie Christopher Bell took no time going for the lead on the BKR teammates. He went on to lead the first lap, before disaster struck instantly on the second lap. Austin Theriault's car blew a left rear, possibly due to damage he sustained after hitting the wall on the first lap. It was right in front of every car in the mid-pack, causing ARCA legend Bobby Gerhart to slam hard into the back of his slow truck and get significant damage to his hood. As the cars lined up under yellow, another series veteran's day ends up in flames. This time, it's Timothy Peters. This one hurts even more so since Peters was 3rd at the time he blew up. Not even 5 laps in and there's two cars out of the race. Theriault got back out on the track, albeit not in any contention to win being 1 lap down. On the restart, Christopher Bell led one more lap before quickly dropping the lead to Daniel Hemric. This was the point during the race where everyone got aggressive, as the lead quickly shuffled between multiple drivers including Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, and even Rico Abreu, who led 1 lap. Through all the danger, it ended up being another KBM rookie in William Byron who stood ground in the lead. He went on to lead the most laps in the race. That pretty much leaves it for the main highlights, as we get onto the last lap. Byron still leads, but has Hemric close on his tail with Bell behind him. Those three were the main contenders for the race tonight. Hemric jumped down to the inside before coming into turn 3, but so did Bell. Bell took a daring move and when he saw Daniel go down low he went down further, trying to make it three wide. He and Hemric made contact, got loose, and saved it - although losing ground to Byron. Not too far behind them though, it was almost the same case - but worse. Matt Crafton made intentional contact to Cole Custer in front of him going into turn 3. Custer went hard into the wall, destroying any chance he had at getting a good finish. He ended up finishing 17th, when he could have gotten 10th or better. Crafton went unpunished, but is definitely going to get some form of retaliation from Custer next week at Atlanta. Byron went through the tri-oval and passed the finish line, winning the race in only his second ever start in any of NASCAR's top three series. At Daytona of all places. That is definitely something to be proud of.

2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Finishing Results
1. #9 William Byron
2. #19 Daniel Hemric
3. #4 Christopher Bell
4. #13 Cameron Hayley
5. #23 Spencer Gallagher
6. #29 Tyler Reddick
7. #11 Ben Kennedy
8. #21 Johnny Sauter
9. #8 John Hunter Nemechek
10. #88 Matt Crafton
11. #98 Rico Abreu
12. #41 Ben Rhodes
13. #51 Daniel Suarez
14. #14 Scott Lagasse, Jr.
15. #81 Ryan Truex
16. #50 Travis Kvapil
17. #00 Cole Custer
18. #22 Austin Wayne Self
19. #05 John Wes Townley
20. #86 Brandon Brown
21. #92 Parker Kligerman
22. #44 Tommy Joe Martins
23. #78 Chris Fontaine
24. #18 Cody Coughlin
25. #02 Tyler Young
26. #33 Grant Enfinger
27. #66 Jordan Anderson
28. #1 David Levine
29. #49 Timmy Hill
30. #2 Austin Theriault | -2L
DNF - 31. #17 Timothy Peters | Gearbox
DNF - 32. #36 Bobby Gerhart | Retired