Derek Kraus Dominates Again At Douglas County

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County, Derek Kraus and dominance. For the second year in a row, the three converged.

After leading 133 laps an route to the win last season, Kraus led flag-to-flag this go around to claim his third K&N West victory of the season and fifth overall in 2019.

“It helps a lot when BMR brings me a great car like they did,” Kraus said. “They prepared me a great car here. We had to push Sonoma behind us from what happened there. Overall, we came to Roseburg knowing that we won last year, kept up the momentum and won this year. They brought me a really great car and I can‘t thank them enough.”

#KNWEST @derek9kraus and Douglas County: a perfect pair. ud83dudc4cud83cudffc

Sound ud83cudd99 to hear from driver No. 16 as @DaveyCenter caught up with @BMR_NASCAR‘s winner following the dominant victory. #MyTrackMyRoots pic.twitter.com/EVvkWC5U2f

— #MyTrackMyRoots (@NASCARHomeTrack) June 30, 2019

Racing-Reference: Derek Kraus Career Statistics

The win continues Bill McAnally Racing‘s dominance at the 0.375-mile Oregon oval. A BMR car has entered Victory Lane in eight of the last nine trips to Roseburg. Clearly, Kraus, BMR and DCS have a good thing going.

“They know what they‘re doing when we come here to Roseburg,” he said. “I‘m just fortunate enough to be able to be driving the race car.”

Win number 5! These guys are amazing!!! @BMR_NASCAR https://t.co/dBw37N3nrd

— Derek Kraus (@derek9kraus) June 30, 2019

Jagger Jones came home second, 3.158 seconds behind Kraus, tying his career best finish. Hailie Deegan, Kraus‘ BMR teammate, finished third. Trevor Huddleston and Brittney Zamora rounded out the top five finishers, putting all three BMR cars inside the top five.

Gave it all I had ended up P2. Decent night ready to go to Iowa in a few weeks.

— Jagger Jonesud83cuddfaud83cuddf8 (@jaggerjones98) June 30, 2019

Travis Milburn and Todd Souza finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Kody Vanderwal, John Wood and Takuma Koga completed the top 10.

Vanderwal, who ran as high as second but sustained hood damage when James Cooley slammed on the brakes in Turn 2 as the the caution was out, took the checkered flag in seventh but was rather disappointed in his run.

Knowing we might not make it to Iowa for funding reasons, I drove my absolute heart out to put ourselves in a good spot. Only for it to get taken away by someone that was 10 laps down. And then get dumped on the last lap. I don't know what my future looks like, but I won't quit

— Kody Vanderwal (@KodyVanderwal) June 30, 2019

With the win, Kraus’ championship points lead grew by seven points and now leads Deegan by eight markers at the halfway point of the season.

The Clint Newell Auto Group Toyota 150 presented by ENEOS is scheduled to air on Thursday, July 4 at 6 p.m. EST on NBCSN.

The next K&N Pro Series West event will take place on Friday, July 26 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, the first of two combination events in the K&N Pro Series.