“We really needed this win,” Piquet said in victory lane. “Probably the best win of my career.”

As fans watched Piquet celebrate his “best win,” Crafton was forced to settle for second.

“That was a tough one to lose on the last lap,” Crafton said.

After the race, Piquet didn’t seem to have an answer for how he made his final pass for the win.

“I have no idea what happened,” he said. “Someone up there gave me some grip when I needed it.”

Race pole sitter Joey Coulter finished third, Las Vegas native Brendan Gaughan was fourth and Todd Bodine, who spun to bring out the first caution of the race on lap one, rounded out the top-five.

The yellow flag waved early and waved often throughout the event. Including a caution on lap one, there were eight yellow flags throughout the 146-lap event. The early stages of the race were caution-filled, as the yellow flag was utilized three times in the first 13 laps.

After the action settled down somewhat, Parker Kligerman took the lead by taking fuel only on a pit stop during a lap 30 caution. After not getting his truck completely full of fuel, though, he gave up the lead to head down pit road under green on lap 73, turning the top spot over to Piquet.

Piquet then lost the lead during the next caution that came out on lap 76 when the Richard Childress Racing duo of Coulter and Ty Dillon beat him off pit road. He got back up front, though, on the next restart that followed a caution that came out with 45 laps to go.

Piquet continued to lead the way until losing the lead to Coulter with 15 to go. He kept the lead in sight, and not long after then-leader Crafton took the white flag, Piquet made his move to get back into the top spot at the end.

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Piquet was able to do so on fuel mileage, opting to stay out when most of the rest of the race field headed down pit road during the final 20 or so laps of the 100-lap race.

“He does it (conserves fuel) naturally,” crew chief Chris Carrier said. “I don’t know how.”

However he did it, Jason White and Dakoda Armstrong also did it to finish second and third.

Brad Keselowski and James Buescher did pit in the final laps, but a fuel only strategy got them out in front of previous race leader Kurt Busch to garner fourth and fifth-place finishes.

Piquet took the lead from pole sitter Joey Coulter on lap one and led the way until the first caution of the race caame out for debris on lap 12. During that caution, as others pitted, Brad Keselowski stayed out to gain the lead.

Kurt Busch, running his first Truck Series race in 11 years, got by Keselowski on the restart to take the top spot. Keselowski would eventually head down pit road under green on lap 28, and Piquet took his place in second position.

Busch and Piquet then pulled away from the rest of the field, building up a three-second cushion on everyone else. But they lost track position, courtesy of yellow-flag pit stops when the caution came out again for debris on lap 38.

Todd Bodine and John Wes Townley took only two tires on their stops to get off pit road first and second and claim the top-two spots for the restart. As Townley lost several positions, Bodine was able to remain up front for a few laps until losing the lead to Busch and then second to Piquet on lap 44.

Bodine then was involved in a couple of cautions — on the receiving end of contact from Townley on lap 46 and then backing his truck into the wall, ending his day for good, a few laps later on lap 51.

As Busch continued to lead, his second-place runner Piquet was replaced by Johnny Sauter after Busch and Piquet made contact with 45 laps remaining. Busch was able to remain up front, but Piquet lost several positions.

Busch and Sauter, then running first and second, gave up their top-two spots to make one final pit stop under green with 22 laps remaining. Most of the other drivers eventually made the trip down pit road, handing the top positions over to those opting to stay out and roll the dice on fuel.

“I’ve watched several races int his series and the other two series end like this,” Carrier said.

Common or not, Piquet was up with the idea to stay out.

“I said, ‘Let’s just go for it,’” Piquet said he told Carrier of the decision to save fuel and stay out.

Piquet, obviously, went for it and got it.

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