Ryan Lawler didn’t have the debut he was hoping for in the Chevy Silverado 350K at the Texas Motor Speedway Friday night. The rookie from Colleyville, Texas was caught in a wreck on lap 1 that forced the Ergon Racing team behind the wall to repair the No. 15 truck. Lawler returned to the race and finished in 22^nd-place, 41 laps down to the leader.

After finishing practice with the sixth-fastest speed, Lawler was confident of the truck’s ability to quickly improve on the 14^th-place starting position.  On lap 1, however, the lead trucks spun out of control and caused a chain reaction through the field.  The multi-truck incident collected the Ergon Tundra and caused severe damage to the front-end of the truck.  Extensive maintenance was needed, including a new radiator and widespread sheet metal repairs.  The crew pulled their machine behind the wall to fix the injured vehicle.  Once the work was complete, Lawler rejoined the race in 29^th-place, 35 laps down to the field.

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Kyle Busch driving the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra took to the track for the running of the Silverado 350k in the third position at the Texas Motor Speedway Friday, October 31st. Busch and the Billy Ballew Motorsports had their own spooky Halloween week after the No. 51 transport hauler burnt in Shreveport, Louisiana while en route to the Texas Motor Speedway. The team was able to recover the primary truck, No. 11, some uniforms and a tool box. Despite all the challenges the Billy Ballew Motorsports team rallied posting a second place finish at the Denton County, Texas racetrack.

From the start of the race Busch excelled taking the lead before the field made their first circuit around the 1.5-mile Fort Worth, TX race track. Busch led three times for a total laps led to 87 laps in the 147 lap event. Busch notched several statistics according to the NASCAR Loop Data including only being passed three times during the 147-lap event, was the fastest on the restarts averaging a speed of 169.461 miles per hour.

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