NASCAR Truck Series at North Wilkesboro

North Wilkesboro Speedway — May 20, 2023

Kyle Larson

Winner

252

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Kyle Larson won the 2023 NASCAR Truck Series at North Wilkesboro at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 20, 2023, leading 138 of 252 laps. Ty Majeski finished second; Matt DiBenedetto rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

2023

Winner

Kyle Larson

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Kyle Larson	252	—	Running	138	0
2	3	+1	Ty Majeski	252	—	Running	—	35
3	15	+12	Matt DiBenedetto	252	—	Running	—	39
4	2	-2	Carson Hocevar	252	—	Running	16	48
5	14	+9	Bubba Wallace	252	—	Running	13	0
6	1	-5	Corey Heim	252	—	Running	75	48
7	18	+11	Matt Crafton	252	—	Running	—	30
8	24	+16	Chase Purdy	252	—	Running	—	31
9	12	+3	Ross Chastain	252	—	Running	—	0
10	7	-3	Grant Enfinger	252	—	Running	—	31
11	4	-7	William Byron	252	—	Running	10	0
12	32	+20	Chris Hacker	252	—	Running	—	25
13	33	+20	Stewart Friesen	252	—	Running	—	29
14	16	+2	Daniel Dye	252	—	Running	—	23
15	6	-9	Bret Holmes	252	—	Running	—	22
16	9	-7	Christopher Bell	252	—	Running	—	0
17	11	-6	Kaden Honeycutt	252	—	Running	—	20
18	31	+13	Tanner Gray	252	—	Running	—	19
19	22	+3	Lawless Alan	252	—	Running	—	18
20	10	-10	Hailie Deegan	252	—	Running	—	17
21	27	+6	Taylor Gray	252	—	Running	—	16
22	34	+12	Kris Wright	252	—	Running	—	15
23	21	-2	Jake Garcia	252	—	Running	—	14
24	5	-19	Colby Howard	252	—	Running	—	20
25	13	-12	Christian Eckes	252	—	Running	—	12
26	17	-9	Tyler Ankrum	250	—	Running	—	13
27	35	+8	Spencer Boyd	250	—	Running	—	10
28	28	—	Josh Williams	221	—	Running	—	0
29	30	+1	Conner Jones	219	—	Running	—	8
30	20	-10	Nick Sanchez	213	—	DNF	—	7
31	26	-5	Timmy Hill	211	—	DNF	—	6
32	36	+4	Zane Smith	204	—	DNF	—	17
33	19	-14	Ben Rhodes	202	—	DNF	—	4
34	23	-11	Rajah Caruth	200	—	DNF	—	3
35	25	-10	Dean Thompson	182	—	DNF	—	2
36	29	-7	Johnny Sauter	153	—	DNF	—	1

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 10 matched drivers, the model averaged 7.8 positions off — better than the season average of 8.5. Average

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
1	Kyle Larson	8.6	1	+7.6	Moderate
4	Carson Hocevar	14.7	4	+10.7	Coinflip
5	Bubba Wallace	14.0	5	+9.0	Coinflip
6	Corey Heim	20.1	6	+14.1	Moderate
9	Ross Chastain	13.8	9	+4.8	Coinflip
11	William Byron	10.3	11	-0.7	Moderate
14	Daniel Dye	19.0	14	+5.0	Moderate
16	Christopher Bell	8.6	16	-7.4	Moderate
31	Timmy Hill	24.3	31	-6.7	High Confidence
32	Zane Smith	20.2	32	-11.8	Moderate

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.