DACONO, Colo — – The veteran is back on top.
Greg Pursley, the defending NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion, took the lead from teammate and pole sitter Dylan Kwasniewski on Lap 1 and withstood a green-white-checkered finish to win the NAPA/Toyota 150 Saturday at Colorado National Speedway.
Pursley piloted his No. 26 GPM/Star Nursery/Real Water Ford by Kwasniewski early in the race and held off a hard-charging Derek Thorn during the final restart to pick up his third win of the season and 12th overall in his career.
The win also should unofficially put him back on top of the point standings.
It was the third wire-to-wire finish this season in the series with Kwasniewski accomplishing it on May 5th at Stockton while David Mayhew did it at Phoenix to open the season on March 3rd.
Pursley finished second to Kwasniewski last year at Colorado and started alongside him on the front row in front of a packed house in Dacono, Colo.
Cameron Haley rebounded from a spin on Lap 122 to finish third with Michael Self fourth and Kwasniewski completing the top five.
Michael Waltrip made his seventh career start in the series and finished sixth with Eric Holmes close in seventh. David Mayhew, Ben Kennedy and Braeden Havens completed the top 10.
The race was slowed six times by caution with the final one on lap 146 setting up the extended distance in the race.
The NAPA/Toyota 150 will air on SPEED on Aug. 9 at 3 p.m. ET.
The next event for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will be the Pork Be Inspired 150 at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 3.
1 2 26 Greg Pursley GPM/Star Nursery/ Real Water Ford 153 48 5 Running
2 8 6 Derek Thorn Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford 153 42 Running
3 5 24 Cameron Hayley * Cabinets by Hayley Toyota 153 41 Running
4 4 21 Michael Self Rockwell/Golden Gate Meat Chevrolet 153 40 Running
5 1 3 Dylan Kwasniewski GPM/Rockstar/Royal Purple Ford 153 39 Running
6 7 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Knows How To Care Toyota 153 38 Running
7 6 20 Eric Holmes NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 153 37 Running
8 3 17 David Mayhew MMI Services/Ron's Rear Ends Chevrolet 153 36 Running
9 11 96 Ben Kennedy G-Oil/NAPA Toyota 153 35 Running
10 10 61 Braeden Havens * UNIPAR/Hilliard Chevrolet 153 34 Running
11 18 2 Carl Harr West World Computers Chevrolet 153 33 Running
12 14 9 Austin Dyne * William Rast/Sunrise Ford/Lucas Ford 153 32 Running
13 17 14 Travis Milburn Cooks /Holleran's Perf. Chevrolet 150 31 Running
14 19 36 John Wood Holleran Perf./Pegasus Trans. Dodge 150 30 Running
15 9 22 Jonathon Gomez Century Boatland Chevrolet 149 29 Running
16 21 18 Billy Kann Interstate Batteries Toyota 149 28 Running
17 23 38 Zack Huffman * Holleran's Performance Ford 149 27 Running
18 15 42 Taylor Cuzick * Freightliner of Arizona Chevrolet 147 26 Accident
19 22 54 Anthony Giannone * K&N Air Fillters/MGP Chevrolet 147 25 Running
20 12 5 Dylan Hutchison * Bay Bio Diesel/Johnnie Walker Chevrolet 140 24 Running
21 16 71 Daryl Harr i World Connect Chevrolet 138 23 Running
22 13 52 Ryan Philpott Philpott Race Cars Ford 137 22 Running
23 20 15 Jack Sellers Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet 134 21 Running
24 24 07 Daniel Graeff * Children's Tumor Foundation Ford 98 20 Accident
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Dylan Kwasniewski, Time: 16.58 Seconds, Speed: 80.338 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 2 mins, 38 secs Average Speed: 54.230 mph Margin of Victory: .138 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 24-28 (Car #14 spin in Turn 4 [54]); 85-90 (Car #18 spin on backstretch [5]); 110-114 (Cars #9, #52 and #5 accident in Turn 3 [42]);122-129 (Car #24 spin in Turn 4. [2]); 139-142 (Cars #38 and #07 accident in Turn 4 [9]); 147-150 (Car #42 slow on backstretch [9]). [Beneficiary in brackets.] 6 for 32 laps.
Lap Leaders: Greg Pursley 1-153.
Total Laps Led: Greg Pursley 153. 0 changes involving 1 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Greg Pursley 424, Dylan Kwasniewski 421, David Mayhew 392, Derek Thorn 390, Eric Holmes 366, Michael Self 351, Jonathon Gomez 343, Cameron Hayley * 334, Austin Dyne * 319, Ryan Philpott 286
Next Race: Aug. 3 at Iowa Speedway
