Sheldon Creed qualified for the NASCAR Truck Series Championship round by winning the two-round shootout to end a wild final in Texas on Sunday
Series-leading Creed’s fourth win put him in the championship final in Phoenix alongside Brett Moffitt, who qualified with last week’s win in Kansas
The green-white checkered finish was set up when playoff contender Ben Rhodes cut non-contender Christian Eckes with the two in the top five with two laps to go Contact sent Eckes spinning into the wall and left Rhodes with enough damage that he fell to 20th rank
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Creed led the most laps, and the rest of the way after two drivers outside the title race got tangled up in the lead with 20 laps to go Stewart Friesen had just passed Creed when Johnny Sauter tried to get him overtake They collided side-by-side at turn 2 and drifted together into the outside wall
Austin Hill and Zane Smith finished second and third, and are the other two below the cup line with a qualifying race remaining in Martinsville on Friday
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World News – United States – Creed wins fourth Truck Series final with a victory in Texas
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