Eggleston Races To Fourth K&N West Win Of 2017

Story By: JASON CHRISTLEY / NASCAR – MONROE, WA – Chris Eggleston’s championship charge is underway.

The 28-year-old from Erie, Colorado, dominated Saturday evening’s NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota at Evergreen Speedway for his fourth win of the season. Coupled with teammate Todd Gilliland’s off night — he finished ninth after a late flat tire put him a lap down — Eggleston closed back to within five points with four races remaining.

Eggleston’s No. 99 NAPA Filters Toyota held off Will Rodgers on an overtime finish that pushed the race to 155 laps. Nicole Behar finished third, followed by Michael Self and Tayler Riddle.

Rodgers was coming off his first career K&N Pro Series win at Watkins Glen International last week, while Riddle, the 2016 Summer Showdown winner in the super late model showcase at Evergreen, was making his series debut.

Evergreen was the ninth career series win for Eggleston, and came at a track where he finished third in 2015 and second last year.

It was the third race of the season Eggleston won after earning the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day.

Julia Landauer finished sixth, followed by Derek Kraus, Matt Levin, Gilliland and Todd Souza.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West is back on track at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 26 before finishing up with three races between Sept. 30 and the Nov. 4 finale at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, Calif.

The NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota will air on NBCSN on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. ET.

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	99	Chris Eggleston	NAPA Filters Toyota	23.926	97.200	82	154
2	7	Will Rodgers *	Solvang Brewing Company Ford	23.968	97.029	81	154	0.739
3	33	Nicole Behar	Custom Welding & Fabrication Inc Toyota	24.086	96.554	5	154	1.402
4	9	Michael Self	Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Braille Batteries/Eibach Ford	23.686	98.185	4	154	1.714
5	27	Tayler Riddle *	Don Riddel Excavating Ford	23.915	97.244	82	154	2.081
6	6	Julia Landauer	Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Braille Batteries/Eibach Ford	24.368	95.437	8	154	2.325
7	19	Derek Kraus *	Central Iowa Architectural/Carlyle Tools Toyota	24.074	96.602	3	154	4.876
8	10	Matt Levin	Port of Tucson Chevrolet	24.186	96.155	4	154	5.950
9	16	Todd Gilliland	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	24.056	96.674	4	153	1 Lap
10	13	Todd Souza	Central Coast Racing Toyota	24.403	95.300	3	153	1 Lap
11	40	Ron Norman	Port of Tucson Chevrolet	24.229	95.984	3	153	1 Lap
12	30	Stafford Smith	Stoneys Rockin Country/Wahl Toy	24.612	94.490	6	153	1 Lap
13	32	Kody Vanderwal *	Trident Processrs/General Air Ford	24.403	95.300	5	151	3 Laps
14	14	Andrew Engberson	Patriot Motorsports Ford	24.842	93.616	83	151	3 Laps
15	38	John Wood	The Patriot Motorsports Group Chevrolet	24.918	93.330	4	146	8 Laps
16	21	Blaine Perkins	Four Star Fruit Chevrolet	24.550	94.729	4	142	12 Laps
17	36	Jesse Iwuji	Perfect Hydration/Lights Out Chevrolet	25.241	92.136	4	117	37 Laps
18	11	Takuma Koga	UBC/CKB/JKR Chevrolet	24.604	94.521	3	67	87 Laps
19	39	Rudy Vanderwal		26.862	86.576	4	6	148 Laps