Playoff Drivers Sweep Truck Practices at Bristol

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Correspondent

BRISTOL, Tenn. – The playoff drivers in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series swept both practices for the Food City 200.

Tyler Ankrum was fastest in the first session at Bristol Motor Speedway. The David Gilliland Racing – Crosley Group driver ran a 15.178 second, 126.420 MPH lap in the No. 17 May’s Hawaii Toyota Tundra. Ross Chastain was second fastest, with a 15.249 second, 125.831 MPH lap.

Matt Crafton, Raphael Lessard, and Brett Moffitt rounded out the top-five. The rest of the top-10 included Sam Mayer, Johnny Sauter, Sheldon Creed, Grant Enfinger, and Stewart Friesen. Austin Hill was the only playoff driver not inside the top-10 on the speed charts, mired back in 18^th.

Other notables included Chandler Smith 11^th, Ben Rhodes 12^th, Todd Gilliland 13^th, Harrison Burton 16^th, Natalie Decker 19^th, and John Hunter Nemechek in 21^st.

Hill improved his speed in the second session, topping the speed charts with a 15.189 second, 126.328 MPH lap. His No. 16 Toyota Tsusho Toyota Tundra edged out Mayer by 0.028 seconds.

Fellow playoff drivers Moffitt, Friesen, and Sauter rounded out the top-five. Ankrum, Lessard, Creed, Burton, and Crafton rounded out the top-10. Enfinger, the regular season champion, was 12^th in the second session. Chastain was the slowest of the playoff drivers in 20^th.

Other notables included Smith 11^th, Parker Kligerman 13^th, Rhodes 14^th, Nemechek 17^th, and Gilliland 18^th.

Burton ran the most laps in practice, completing 73 circuits in the second session.

The only incident that took place in either practice session for the UNOH 200 happened in the first session when Angela Ruch spun off turn four. Her No. 44 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado nudged the inside wall and resulted in minimal damage.