the north carolina education lottery 200 was held on may 16 at lowe's motor speedway. kyle busch won the pole. busch would dominate for 86 laps at the site of his first ever truck series win. on lap 104, busch collided with defending champion ron hornaday, jr., sending both trucks into the turn 3 wall and out of contention to win. late in the race with seven laps to go, erik darnell was leading the field to the green on a restart when his tires spun, taking him out of contention. as johnny benson, jr. moved by darnell for the top spot, nascar penalized benson for jumping the start. in the lead during the next restart would be matt crafton, followed by a resurgent hornaday and todd bodine. on the subsequent restart, bodine sent hornaday spinning into turn one, handing second and third to chad mccumbee and brendan gaughan, respectively. despite a valiant run by mccumbee on the backstretch, crafton would take home an upset victory, his first in 178 races and the first for thorsport racing in a decade (terry cook's first win at flemington speedway).