“I’ve got to thank Tom DeLoach, Jeff Hammond, and everybody at Red Horse Racing for putting me in this truck – they’ve given me really strong trucks for these five races and I've had a lot of fun,” said Leffler of his time driving the No. 1 RFMS Toyota.  “I would have liked to have gotten a win for them before the end of the season, but hopefully they will let me run some more races next year.”

Leffler started the Ford 200 from the 13th position after laying down a lap of 31.672 seconds at a speed of 170.498 miles per hour in qualifying.  But Leffler didn’t stay there for very long as he quickly worked his way past two trucks and into 11th position before the first caution flag flew for a single truck wreck in turn two.  “It’s pretty free right now but I wouldn’t touch it,” said Leffler, under caution, on lap 16.  “We’ll just keep on diggin’ here.”

Leffler continued to dig as the race restarted on lap 19.  Leffler was eighth before he gave up the track position to hit pit road, under the green flag, on lap 55 for four tires, fuel, and air pressure and track bar adjustments.  Leffler returned to the track and was shown 16th on the scoring monitor before an inopportune caution came out on lap 75 for debris, trapping several trucks one lap down.  “We’ll stay out Jason,” said Crew Chief Jamie Jones.  “We’ll take a chance right here.”  Leffler would have been trapped one lap down, but Jones’ quick call to stay out while the leaders pitted kept Leffler in front of the leaders and on the tail end of the lead lap for the restart just five laps later.  “If we get a quick caution right here, we’ll be back on the lead lap.”

When the race resumed, Leffler was 13th and led the field to the green flag.  Leffler got passed by the leader, but as was hoped, another caution was displayed on lap 82 for a wreck in turn two giving Leffler the “Lucky Dog” pass and allowing him to return to the lead lap.  “Good call there Jamie,” said Leffler.  “We’re back in the game.”

While under caution, Leffler hit pit road for four tires, fuel, and a track bar adjustment, returning to the track at the tail end of the longest line in 12th position.  Leffler didn’t remain there long as the race restarted and he used his fresh tires to work his way past slower trucks and into fifth position by lap 108.  When NASCAR threw the final caution flag on lap 134 for a wreck on the frontstretch that setup a green/white/checkered flag finish, Leffler thought he had something for the fourth place truck, but he settled for fifth in his final race of the year for Red Horse Racing.

"It was a pretty decent day,” said Leffler.  “We just got a lap down on that yellow and Jamie made a good call to stay out.  We were on the tail end of the lead lap and the yellow came out real quick and we got our lap back.  We raced from 12th to fifth.  I thought I could race Harvick there at the end, but I got up there and wore my stuff out.  It’s been fun racing in the Truck Series and maybe next year we can do a few more.”