NKNPSE: MacDonald Scores Win at Bristol

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Eddie MacDonald captured his seventh career NASCAR K&N Pro Series win this afternoon at the Bristol Motor Speedway by leading the final few laps. MacDonald broke a five year winless drought today and scored his first top-five finish of the 2014 racing season. He took the lead while Gray Gaulding battled with Ben Rhodes late in the running.

Gray Gaulding came home in the second spot after racing upfront for the entire day but just could not lead a lap. With today’s great run, Gaulding will finish inside the top-five for the first time his season. Out of two races ran this year, he has finished those inside the top-10. He lost the race by just 0.728 seconds.

Ben Rhodes nearly got his first career win once again this afternoon but came up just short. Rhodes suffered some fender damage late in the going that mostly cost him the race win. If Rhodes would’ve held onto the lead, he would have led the entire event wire-to-wire. By finishing in third, after starting from his first career pole, he finished inside the top-five for the fourth time in his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career. Rhodes finished 0.991 seconds behind MacDonald.

You can watch this race on March 22nd on FOX Sports 1.

The next race for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be at Greenfield Pickens Speedway on March 22nd. NASCAR Home Tracks site will offer the Race Central Live, powered by Speed51 application for live lap-by-lap coverage of the event. See below for the full race results.

Pos
No.
Name
Sponsor
Laps
Diff
1
71
Eddie MacDonald
Grimm Const./National MS Society Chevrolet
132
 
2
20
Gray Gaulding
Krispy Kreme Chevrolet
132
0.728
3
41
Ben Rhodes *
Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet
132
0.991
4
24
Brennan Newberry
Qore24 Chevrolet
132
1.096
5
22
Austin Hill *
A&D Welding/Don-Rich Ford Ford
132
1.248
6
99
Patrick Staropoli *
PEAK Toyota
132
1.479
7
1
David Garbo, Jr. *
Big Machine Records/Garbo Lobster Toyota
132
1.667
8
33
Brandon Jones
Wolfpack Energy Services Chevrolet
132
1.750
9
52
Matt Tifft
Federated Auto Parts Dodge
132
1.857
10
7
Michael McGuire *
Woods Towing & Transportation
132
2.037
11
07
Clint King *
King Oil Products/Warehouse Design Toyota
132
2.578
12
43
Brodie Kostecki *
Arcoplate Toyota
132
2.816
13
97
Jesse Little
NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet
132
3.009
14
00
Cole Custer
NAPA Auto Parts/Haas Automation Chevrolet
132
3.641
15
42
Jay Beasley *
Toyota Racing Development Toyota
132
3.880
16
12
Brandon Glover *
Amer. Legion Post 772/Rinker Oil Dodge
132
4.286
17
98
Cameron Hayley
Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet
132
4.814
18
18
Sam Hunt
Drive Technology Toyota
132
5.027
19
77
Anderson Bowen *
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge
132
5.185
20
31
Kaz Grala *
OzLINK Chevrolet
125
7 Laps
21
21
Mackena Bell
Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota
125
7 Laps
22
96
Kenzie Ruston
Ben Kennedy Racing Chevrolet
121
11 Laps
23
04
Ronnie Bassett, Jr. *
Butler Trailer Mfg. Toyota
116
16 Laps
24
4
Sergio Pena
Toyota Racing Development Toyota
111
21 Laps
25
46
Brandon Gdovic
American Messaging/Windstax.com Toyota
111
21 Laps
26
6
Daniel Suarez
Toyota Racing Development Toyota
111
21 Laps
27
34
Scott Heckert
Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
110
22 Laps
28
81
Jeremy Burns *
Tomato Vine/BBR Chevrolet
109
23 Laps
29
15
Nick Drake *
NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
101
31 Laps
30
47
Cale Conley
PMC Chevrolet
52
80 Laps
31
11
Lee Pulliam *
Don Valley North Toyota
51
81 Laps
32
55
Jerry Dawson *
Alliance Lending/EXIT Realty Chevrolet
50
82 Laps
33
14
Trey Hutchens *
Borla Exhaust Chevrolet
40
92 Laps
34
2
Ryan Gifford
UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota
18
114 Laps
35
19
Chuck Buchanan, Jr. *
Spring Drug Chevrolet
6
126 Laps

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Via: NASCAR Home Tracks

 

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