Monday, March 30, 2015

#KNWEST Rookie Takes First 2015 Checked



Dalton Sargeant and GALT made the most of their debut in the #NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Kern County Raceway Park in the NAPA Auto Parts 150 on Saturday, March 28. Sargeant, driving for the newly formed Jefferson Pitts Racing in the No. 55 GALT Ford Fusion, with Kris Bowen as crew chief won both the pole and #KNWEST Season Opener!

Even more impressive, the 17-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida, picked up right where he left off in February at Florida's New Smyrna Speedway where he finished second in the K&N Pro Series East opener.

The NAPA Auto Parts 150 trophy did not come easily however. Sargeant battled series veteran, David Mayhew as a pair of late cautions pushed the NAPA Auto Parts 150 to 160 laps. Mayhew led eighty-five laps before Sargeant took control on Lap 102. Despite challenging Sargeant on every lap, Mayhew was unable to get past the rookie Sargeant and had to settle for second.

Sargeant took control on Lap 102 and did not relinquish the lead to Mayhew. Jonathan Moore/Getty Images for NASCAR
Sargeant took control on Lap 102 and did not relinquish the lead to Mayhew.
(Jonathan Moore/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NAPA Auto Parts 150
Race Results


Fin Str Car Driver
Laps


1 1 55 Dalton Sargeant *
160


2 4 17 David Mayhew
160


3 8 7 Noah Gragson *
160


4 5 6 James Bickford
160


5 3 99 Chris Eggleston
160


6 6 27 Gracin Raz *
160


7 10 31 Jonathan White *
160


8 9 61 Brett Thompson
160


9 15 06 Christian McGhee *
160


10 11 21 Alex Schutte *
160


11 19 51 Carlos Vieira
160


12 16 46 Hannah Newhouse *
160


13 7 9 Ryan Partridge *
159


14 13 11 Thomas Martin
158


15 23 5 Jack Sellers
157


16 20 84 Rich DeLong III
156


17 26 14 Matt Levin *
155


18 22 38 Rob Powers *
155


19 18 74 Luis Tyrrell
145


20 17 15 Justin Funkhouser
143


21 12 33 Nicole Behar *
141


22 24 36 John Wood
118


23 25 47 Scott Ivie
104


24 27 0 Bobby Hillis
42


25 14 8 Johnny Borneman
40


26 21 30 Ron Norman *
36


27 2 16 Brandon McReynolds
4



 

RACE STATISTICS


Fastest Qualifier: Dalton Sargeant *, Time: 18.013 Seconds, Speed: 99.928 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 18 mins, 7 secs Average Speed: 61.447 mph Margin of Victory: .417 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 5-10; 48-52; 77-83; 88-91; 126-131; 142-146; 148-157.  7 for 43 laps.

Lap Leaders: Dalton Sargeant * 1-16, David Mayhew 17-101, Dalton Sargeant * 102-160.

Total Laps Led: David Mayhew 85, Dalton Sargeant * 75.  2 changes involving 2 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Dalton Sargeant * 47, David Mayhew 44, Noah Gragson * 41, James Bickford 40, Chris Eggleston 39, Gracin Raz * 38, Jonathan White * 37, Brett Thompson 36, Christian McGhee * 35, Alex Schutte * 34

* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

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