Justin Lofton earns pole for Friday night's Truck race at Texas - MotorSportsTalk

Justin Lofton will start Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from the pole at Texas Motor Speedway.

Lofton (179.677 mph) edged second-fastest Mat Crafton (179.384) to take the pole.

Third-fastest was Ryan Blaney (178.636), followed by Johnny Sauter (178.601), Erik Jones (178.577), Joe Nemechek (177.637).

Seventh through 12th were Darrell Wallace Jr. (177.503), German Quiroga (177.491), John Wes Townley (177.299), Ron Hornaday Jr. (176.916), Jeb Burton (176.846) and Tyler Reddick (176.713).

Here’s the starting grid for Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 400:

Row 1 Justin Lofton, Matt Crafton

Row 2 Ryan Blaney, Johnny Sauter

Row 3 Erik Jones, Joe Nemechek

Row 4 Darrell Wallace Jr., German Quiroga

Row 5 John Wes Townley, Ron Hornaday Jr.

Row 6 Jeb Burton, Tyler Reddick

Row 7 Brennan Newberry, Tayler Maisam

Row 8 Timothy Peters, Bryan Silas

Row 9 Tyler Young, Ben Kennedy

Row 10 Joey Coulter, Mason Mingus

Row 11 TJ Bell, Jennifer Jo Cobb

Row 12 Jimmy Weller, BJ McLeod

Row 13 Justin Jennings, Norm Benning

Row 14 Ryan Ellis

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Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor delivered Team Penske’s first victory this season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, winning at Road America from the pole position Sunday and moving up to sixth in points after finishing no better than seventh in the first three races this season.

The Team Penske No. 7 Acura DPi led a race-high 48 of 63 laps, including the final four after Castroneves seized a restart to take first from Renger van der Zande, who finished second with Ryan Briscoe in the No. 10 Cadillac DPi.

Other class winners at the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, road course were the No. 81 ORECA LMP2 07 of Henrik Hedman and Ben Hanley in LMP2, the No. 3 Corvette C8.R of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor in GTLM and the No. 12 Lexus RC F GT3 of Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo in GTD.

RAIN-SOAKED RELIEF: Castroneves delivers Penske’s first win with late pass

What a finish! 🏁 from @roadamerica!

Winners:
DPi: No. 7 @Team_Penske
LMP2: No. 81 @DragonSpeedLLC
GTLM: No. 3 @CorvetteRacing
GTD: No. 12 @AVSautosport @lexusracingusa #IMSA / #RoadAmerica pic.twitter.com/RL91FKF9TG

— IMSA (@IMSA) August 2, 2020

Here are the race stats, points and results from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Road America:

RESULTS: Click here for the overall finishing order and here for the class breakdown.

POINTS: In the DPi standings, the No. 10 Cadillac of Briscoe and van der Zande leads by six points (124-118) over the No. 5 Cadillac of Joao Barbosa and Sebastien Bourdais.

The No. 3 Corvette of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor leads the GTLM standings with 130 points, 10 more than the No. 912 Porsche of Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor.

In GTD, the No. 12 Lexus of Bell and Montecalvo moved into the lead by four points (121-117) over AIM Vasser Sullivan teammates Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz in the No. 14 Lexus.

The No. 38 of Performance Tech Motorsport leads in LMP2.

Click here for the points standings for drivers and teams after Road America.

STATS PACKAGE FOR ROAD AMERICA:

Fastest laps by driver

Fastest laps by driver after race

Fastest laps by driver and class after race

NEXT: The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT classes will race Aug. 21-22 at Virginia International Raceway.

Justin Lofton earns pole for Friday night’s Truck race at Texas

IMSA results, points, stats package after Sunday at Road America