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[/media-credit]Nelson Piquet Jr. won Saturday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Piquet Jr. passed Matt Crafton on the final lap and captured his second win of the season.
Crafton was leading heading into the final lap after a restart. Piquet Jr. went low on the final lap and made the pass. Piquet Jr. also won in the Nationwide Series race at Road America in June and the Truck Series race at Michigan in August.
“I have no idea what happened. I had to give it a last try, I stuck it in there and God gave me a little bit more grip on the inside and we made it. It feels great. We really needed this win. Probably the best win of my career.” Piquet Jr. said.
Crafton finished .223 seconds behind Piquet Jr. and remains winless this season.
“That sucks. Just plain and simple sucks. We had a great truck. We were really good on the second run and the third run we got really loose and the thing was really good right there at the end.” Crafton said.
Polesitter Joey Coulter finished third, Brendan Gaughan fourth and Todd Bodine finished fifth.
Ty Dillon finished 10th and holds a one point lead over James Buescher with five races remaining.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Smith’s 350, Las Vegas | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=17 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chevrolet | 47 |
| 2 | 4 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | 22 | Joey Coulter | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 11 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 39 |
| 6 | 15 | 31 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 7 | 12 | 33 | Cale Gale * | Chevrolet | 37 |
| 8 | 2 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | 37 |
| 9 | 3 | 18 | David Mayhew | Toyota | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Ty Dillon * | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 11 | 7 | 32 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 33 |
| 12 | 9 | 29 | Grant Enfinger | Ram | 33 |
| 13 | 16 | 23 | Jason White | Ford | 31 |
| 14 | 19 | 9 | John Wes Townley * | Toyota | 30 |
| 15 | 17 | 98 | Travis Pastrana | Toyota | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 99 | Bryan Silas * | Ford | 28 |
| 17 | 18 | 5 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 27 |
| 18 | 33 | 57 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 26 |
| 19 | 14 | 7 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 26 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Chevrolet | 24 |
| 21 | 11 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | Toyota | 23 |
| 22 | 24 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 22 |
| 23 | 22 | 214 | Brennan Newberry | Chevrolet | 21 |
| 24 | 32 | 165 | Chris Lafferty | Chevrolet | 20 |
| 25 | 23 | 8 | Ross Chastain * | Toyota | 19 |
| 26 | 28 | 27 | Travis Miller | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 27 | 20 | 9 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 17 |
| 28 | 30 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Ram | 16 |
| 29 | 34 | 84 | Chris Fontaine | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | 25 | 7 | Johnny Chapman | Toyota | 14 |
| 31 | 27 | 93 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 13 |
| 32 | 26 | 25 | B.J. McLeod | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 33 | 29 | 38 | Chris Jones | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 31 | 200 | Clay Greenfield | Ford | 10 |
