Outside pass for the win at Martinsville Speedway

Noah Gragson made a pass for the win in the closing laps at Martinsville Speedway

For 40 laps, Johnny Sauter was beating on the rear bumper of Noah Gragson for 2nd. As that went on, Matt Crafton drove away from the both of them.

Caution. With 10 laps to go, Gragson was gifted with a front row starting spot in a 10 lap shootout. On the outside, he made it stick and took the win!

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Noah Gragson at Martinsville Speedway
MARTINSVILLE, VA – OCTOBER 28: Noah Gragson, driver of the #18 Switch Toyota, leads a pack of trucks during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 28, 2017 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Noah Gragson

“It’s really tough, racing against these veterans,” Noah Gragson tells Fox Sports.

“Those last 40 laps with Johnny Sauter beating off my back bumper. He did that to us earlier in the spring, I was going to let him pass me again like that.”

You can’t pass on the outside at Martisville.

-Noah Gragson

“You can’t pass on the outside at Martisville. And I did it.”

“We’re gunna take home the granddaddy watch or whatever they call it.”

Matt Crafton at Martinsville Speedway
MARTINSVILLE, VA – OCTOBER 27: Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Doors/Menards Toyota, practices for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 27, 2017 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Matt Crafton

Anything you would have done different? “Pick the outside,” Matt Crafton told FS1.

“That really sucks. The bottom rubbers up, so bad. The top doesn’t have the rubber on it. We would pick it up and get it on our tires.”

“I was on the outside at the very beginning of the race and it worked pretty good. I’m thinking to myself, ‘I got tight in the middle, throughout that run. If he can roll the top I’m going to be in trouble.’ ”

It would have been absolutely crazy to pick the outside at Martinsville.

-Matt Crafton

“But, it would have been absolutely crazy to pick the outside at Martinsville with 10 to go. I had to go to the bottom, it just didn’t work out today.

Martinsville Speedway Video
October 28, 2017
NASCAR Truck Series

Martinsville Speedway Results
October 28, 2017
NASCAR Truck Series

1. Noah Gragson
2. Matt Crafton
3. Johnny Sauter
4. Harrison Burton
5. Todd Gilliland
6. Stewart Friesen
7. Kaz Grala
8. Christopher Bell
9. Ben Rhodes
10. Austin Cindric
11. Justin Haley
12. Grant Enfinger
13. Ryan Truex
14. Regan Smith
15. Ty Dillon
16. Austin Hill
17. Landon Huffman
18. Cale Gale
19. Chase Briscoe
20. Cody Coughlin
21. Wendell Chavous
22. Jeffrey Abbey
23. Mason Diaz
24. Jordan Anderson
25. Bayley Currey
26. Jeb Burton
27. Norm Benning
28. Jennifer Jo Cobb
29. Austin Wayne Self
30. John Hunter Nemechek
31. Gray Gaulding
32. Chris Windom

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