Justin Haley takes dramatic maiden Truck win at Gateway

The victory came in Haley's in 37th career start, making him the seventh different winner this season. Additionally, he now qualifies for the CWTS Playoffs.

"Yeah man, I've been dreaming of this as a little kid," he said in Victory Lane. "Every time you start to doubt yourself, you get into situations like this.

"This is amazing. I raced my heart out. That's what I've raced for my whole life.

"Its been an incredible experience."

Stage 1

Grant Enfinger led the field from the green flag from pole position, the second of his career and first since 2016. He went on to led all 35 laps in the opening stage.

Enfinger took the green and white checkered flag under caution after holding off Matt Crafton, Christian Eckes, Noah Gragson in the first stint of the race.

The yellow was needed after Dalton Sargeant and Todd Gilliland made contact racing for position on Lap 30, causing Sargeant to cut a tire that ended with him in the outside wall. 

But the first caution of the race came a bit earlier when Jordan Anderson slowed on the track and had to be pushed back to the pits.

Gragson followed Enfinger in second at the end of the stage with Crafton third and defending race winner John Hunter Nemechek fourth. Justin Haley completed the top five.

Finishing sixth through tenth was last week’s winner Brett Moffitt, then Eckes, Jesse Little, Johnny Sauter and Stewart Friesen.

Stage 2

Eckes might be the youngest driver in the field at just 17, but he showed the poise of a veteran in the second stage at Gateway, coming out of the pits in the lead and pacing the field every lap to win the segment in just his second CWTS start.

Just like Stage 1, the second stage ended under caution after Crafton slowed on the track and failed to make it back to the pits with a dead battery.

Before the caution, Eckes, driving the No. 46 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra, built his lead close to two seconds before the caution flag bunched up the field.

Sauter finished second with Gilliland, Gragson and Moffitt completing the top five. Nemechek was sixth with Little and Stage 1 winner Enfinger seventh and eighth, respectively. Friesen and Justin Haley rounded out the top 10.

Stage 3

Just like he did last week at Iowa Speedway, Moffitt was leading the field in the final stage and was battling Gragson for the top spot when he and all the lead-lap trucks pitted after contact between contenders Friesen and Sauter brought out the fifth caution of the race.

During the pit stops, Moffitt’s team had trouble fueling the truck and after having to make an additional pit stop, he fell back to 19th-place for the restart.

Gragson led Nemechek to the green flag to start the final stage and cruised away until the sixth caution of the race, which came when Nemechek droppedfluid on the track, collecting Justin Fontaine and Tate Fogleman -- both of whom lost control after hitting the fluid.

After a lengthy caution period and red flg for clean up, Gragson remained out front, but there was plenty of action behind him. Moffitt, who battled all the way up to fifth, spun and hit the wall after contact with Ben Rhodes with 28 laps to go.

The first of two late cautions tightened the field up once again to set up a seven-lap shootout. Gragson got shuffled back on the restart with Haley shooting out to the lead before the ninth and final caution of the race set up a two-lap sprint to the finish.

Haley got another strong restart as Sauter and Moffitt made contact in Turn 1. Moffitt spun and fell back, but the race remained green. 

Moffitt was able to fend off both Gilliland and Sauter, who finished second and third, respectively. Myatt Snider was fourth and Zane Smith finished fifth in his debut.

Chad Finley finished a very impressive sixth with Little seventh and Herbst eighth. Cody Coughlin came home ninth and Gragson rebounded to tenth.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Retirement	Points
1	24	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	160		7		47
2	4	Todd Gilliland	Toyota	160	0.753	1		43
3	21	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	160	0.977			45
4	13	Myatt Snider	Ford	160	1.810			33
5	54	Zane Smith	Toyota	160	2.555			32
6	42	Chad Finley	Chevrolet	160	3.173			31
7	97	Jesse Little	Ford	160	3.207			37
8	51	Riley Herbst	Toyota	160	3.549			29
9	2	Cody Coughlin	Chevrolet	160	3.701			28
10	18	Noah Gragson	Toyota	160	3.946	63		43
11	02	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	160	4.971			26
12	63	Kevin Donahue	Chevrolet	160	5.177			25
13	52	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	160	5.864			27
14	16	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	160	7.875	18		34
15	49	Wendell Chavous	Chevrolet	160	7.884			22
16	22	Austin Wayne Self	Chevrolet	160	8.296			21
17	83	Tyler Matthews	Chevrolet	160	12.129			20
18	33	Josh Reaume	Chevrolet	159	1 lap			19
19	41	Ben Rhodes	Ford	157	3 laps			18
20	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	156	4 laps			25
21	98	Grant Enfinger	Ford	153	7 laps	36		29
22	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Chevrolet	148	12 laps			15
23	3	Jordan Anderson	Chevrolet	144	16 laps			14
24	6	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	121	39 laps		Clutch	13
25	8	John Hunter Nemechek	Chevrolet	113	47 laps	1	Oil leak
26	45	Justin Fontaine	Chevrolet	113	47 laps		Accident	11
27	20	Tate Fogleman	Chevrolet	113	47 laps		Accident	10
28	46	Christian Eckes	Toyota	76	84 laps	34	Accident	23
29	50	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	43	117 laps		Vibration
30	25	Dalton Sargeant	Chevrolet	31	129 laps		Accident	7
31	15	Bryant Barnhill	Chevrolet	5	155 laps		Engine	6
32	87	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	0			Electrical	5