Rhodes blazed a trail on the begin of the 3rd two-lap overtime as well as took care of to stay triumphant to take the white flag, yet as he attempted to ward off a fee from Sheldon Creed on the last lap, the care was presented once again for a truck quit in the frontstretch chicane.
Rhodes made it back to the checkered flag under care to protect his win Friday evening on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course– one week after his triumph on the Daytona oval to begin the year.
It’s just the 3rd time in collection background a vehicle driver has actually begun the period winning the very first 2 races.
“It’s unbelievable – I don’t have words for it,” Rhodes stated. “I don’t know what to say, this is so cool. I just have to thank my team. ThorSport Racing gave me a truck that handled well and we were fast.
“I’m just thrilled. I don’t what to say. I’ve been on ‘Cloud Nine’ all week and I don’t know what’s above that.”
The win is the fifth of Rhodes’ occupation as well as 2021 is currently the very first period in which he has actually won greater than one race. The triumph was additionally the 200th in the Truck Series for Toyota Racing.
John Hunter Nemechek ended up third, Todd Gilliland was 4th as well as Riley Herbst completed the top-five.
Stage 3
Following the break in between Stages 2 as well as 3, the majority of the lead-lap vehicles chosen to match with many tackling glossy tires if they had not currently switched from damp climate tires.
Raphael Lessard remained on the track as well as stayed in the lead when the race went back to eco-friendly on Lap 28, adhered to by Kaz Grala, Matt Crafton as well as Creed.
Creed rapidly powered to the lead on the reactivate as Crafton relocated right into 2nd.
With 13 to go, Niece Motorsport colleagues Ryan Truex as well as Carson Hocevar obtained captured up in a mishap leaving pit road.
Hocevar showed up to strike the sand barrels while leaving pit road as well as Truex pounded right into the rear of him. Timothy Peters additionally gathered damages from the case.
During the care, Creed stopped working to maintain speed with the speed truck as well as NASCAR punished him 4th areas for not preserving rate.
On the reactivate on Lap 36, Herbst blazed a trail adhered to by Stewart Friesen, Rhodes, Chandler Smith as well as Creed.
Through the infield, Rhodes navigated Herbst to take back the lead as Creed relocated right into 2nd.
Moffitt entered Zane Smith prior to the entry of the frontstretch chicane on Lap 37 to draw out an additional care. Parker Chase additionally drew out in the case.
When the race rebooted on Lap 39, Rhodes stayed the leader adhered to by Creed, Herbst as well as Friesen.
NASCAR presented the care once again on Lap 40 as 2 various vehicles– Spencer Boyd as well as Austin Hill– were delayed on the track. The race went back to eco-friendly on Lap 42 with Rhodes still in command.
Creed navigated Rhodes in the infield to redeem the lead and after that the race returned under care as Tanner Gray as well as Sam Mayer damaged, sending out the race right into overtime.
Rhodes ordered the lead in Turn 1 yet equally as he will take the white flag, an additional care appeared for several vehicles quit on the course.
Rhodes blazed a trail on the begin of the 2nd overtime adhered to by Creed, Nemechek, Herbst as well as Grala.
Jennifer Jo Cobb delayed on the track quickly after the reactivate, sending out the race right into a 3rd overtime. Rhodes stayed out front on the reactivate.
Stage 2
Lessard asserted the Stage 2 win under care as John Hunter Nemechek’sNo 4 Toyota pulled up on the track, compeling NASCAR to show a care on Lap 24.
Grala ended up second, Zane Smith 3rd, Austin Wayne Self was 4th as well as Gilliland completed the top-five.
Following the break in between Stages 1 as well as 2, numerous vehicles chosen to pit yet Nemechek stayed on the track as well as in the lead.
Chase Purdy needed to reactivate from the back of the area as a result of a safety and security offense throughout his rest stop.
When the race went back to eco-friendly on Lap 15, Nemechek was adhered to by Creed, Chandler Smith, Brett Moffitt as well as Ryan Truex.
Exiting the infield course after the reactivate, Creed navigated Nemechek to take the lead.
On Lap 16, Bobby Reuse entered the chauffeur’s door of Creed’sNo 2 Chevrolet as Creed was placing him a lap down yet the damages did not seem considerable.
On Lap 20, Zane Smith navigated Lessard to relocate right into the 2nd setting, 3.4 secs behind Creed.
With 5 laps continuing to be in the phase, Creed kept a practically 3-second lead as Nemechek recovered the 2nd area.
With 4 laps to go, Nemechek showed up to diminish the speed as well as grumbled concerning a loss of power.
Creed chosen to make a green-flag rest stop on Lap 22 handing the lead over to Lessard.
NASCAR presented a care on Lap 23 as Nemechek can not obtain hisNo 4 Toyota re-fired after pulling up near the backstretch chicane.
Stage 1
After trading the lead with Creed in a one-lap dashboard to the surface, Nemechek came away with the Stage 1 triumph, his secondly of the 2021 period.
Chandler Smith was 3rd, Moffitt was 4th as well as Truex completed the top-five.
Rhodes, that began on the post, survived a mess in Turn 1 as well as kept the lead yet Nemechek ran him to leave front as they both left superspeedway Turn 2.
Halfway with the initial stage, Nemechek had actually accumulated a greater than 2.2-second lead over Creed adhered to by Rhodes as well as Truex.
A care was presented on Lap 9 when Cory Roper walked around in Turn 3 as well as had the ability to reactivate his truck.
Several groups chosen to pit yet Nemechek stayed on the track as well as in the lead when the race went back to eco-friendly on Lap 12.
NASCAR stated the begin of the race would certainly be a “wet weather” begin as well as permitted groups to include rainfall tires prior to leaving pit road.