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Hailie Deegan wins K&N West race in wild finish

California teenager Hailie Deegan battled teammate Derek Kraus in last-lap tangle in overtime in Colorado to win her second K&N Pro Series West race of the season.

Hailie Deegan

Hailie Deegan

Jay Alley

Hailie Deegan
Hailie Deegan
Race winner Hailie Deegan
Hailie Deegan
Hailie Deegan
Hailie Deegan
Hailie Deegan
Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing, Toyota Tundra NAPA Auto Parts
Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing, Toyota Tundra ENEOS/NAPA FILTERS
Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing, Toyota Tundra ENEOS/NAPA FILTERS
Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing, Toyota Tundra ENEOS/NAPA FILTERS
Derek Kraus, BMR
Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing, Toyota Tundra NAPA Auto Parts

Deegan and Kraus exchanged paint and bumped fenders over the final two laps of the race with the final incident sending Kraus for a spin in Turn 3 and giving the young driver her second win of the season and third of her career.

Deegan had her No. 19 Toyota in the lead on the final restart, but Kraus was able to slip to the inside in his No. 16 Toyota and take the lead. He paid the price the following lap when contact from Deegan into his left side sent him spinning in Turn 3. She charged to the checkered flag while Kraus recovered to finish eighth.

“That was probably the scrappiest race I’ve ever ran,” Deegan said. “In the end, we went out there, ran our hardest race. Everything I’ve been practicing, all the hard racing I’ve been running. Derek (Kraus) ran me hard right there, so I was going to run him hard back. And that’s racing.

“We were all going for the kill. I got the win and that’s all that matters.”

 

Kraus didn’t comment after the race but went to social media to air his frustrations.

 

It was an accomplishment in and of itself that Kraus was even in contention for the win, as a broken sway-bar saw the No. 16 fade at around Lap 50 from the lead to hanging on for dear life inside the top five.

In addition to Colorado, Deegan also won the season opener at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. Kraus swept both races of a doubleheader at Tucson Speedway.

Team owner Bill McAnally shared his thoughts on the last-lap incident between his drivers as well as he celebrated in Victory Lane.

“To have our cars up there slicing and dicing for the win is pretty special,” he said. “You knew the No. 6 (Jones) and No. 19 (Deegan) were going to get together, so I was worried about that already. And then when the No. 16 (Kraus) goes and gets three-wide, my heart hit the ground for a minute for sure.

“It’s bittersweet. Hailie wins the race, Derek gets spun around, they all drove hard. That’s what they’re here to do: win and develop. They’re doing a pretty good job of that.”

LaSalle, Colorado native, Kody Vanderwal won his first series pole in qualifying and escaped the last-lap carnage to finish second. Todd Souza earned his second top five finish of the year and first podium finish since May of 2017, coming home third.

Brittney Zamora finished fourth with Matt Levin rounding out the top five. John Wood, Jones, Kraus, Trevor Huddleston and Takuma Koga completed the top 10.

Kraus maintains the championship points lead by 12 markers over Deegan while Jones, Huddleston and Zamora complete the top five in the standings.

Race Results

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts
1 4 19    Hailie Deegan NAPA Power Premium Plus / Monster   (Bill McAnally) Toyota 155 running 66 48
2 1 43    Kody Vanderwal Becker Safety & Supply   (Jody Levin) Ford 155 running 46 43
3 8 13    Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets   (Kelly Souza) Toyota 155 running 0 41
4 2 99    Brittney Zamora * ENEOS / NAPA Filters   (Bill McAnally) Toyota 155 running 0 40
5 5 10    Matt Levin Port of Tucson   (Jody Levin) Chevrolet 155 running 0 39
6 9 38    John Wood Idaho 208   (Kevin Mccarty) Chevrolet 155 running 0 38
7 3 6    Jagger Jones * Sunrise Ford / XYO / Lucas Oil / Eibach   (Bob Bruncati) Ford 155 running 0 37
8 6 16    Derek Kraus NAPA Auto Parts   (Mike Curb) Toyota 155 running 43 37
9 10 9    Trevor Huddleston Lucas Oil / Sunrise Ford / Braille Battery /   (Bob Bruncati) Ford 155 running 0 35
10 11 77    Takuma Koga Laundry / CKB / PPIM   (Joe Nava) Toyota 153 running 0 34
11 13 36    Ron Jay * Kart Idaho / Powers Transports   (Kevin Mccarty) Ford 150 running 0 33
12 12 35    Taylor Canfield * Joe Rogan Experience Chevrolet 144 running 0 32
13 14 0    Bobby Hillis, Jr. First Impression Press / Lindys Lighting   (Bobby Hillis Jr.) Toyota 107 crash 0 31
14 7 08    Travis Milburn Kart Idaho / GCS   (Mike Holleran) Chevrolet 104 rear end 0 30

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