Tyler Reif nearly scored first NASCAR win in wild fashion at Coronado

Tyler Reif was only seconds away from earning his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in wild fashion in a race that will forever go down in NASCAR history. 

Friday's Navy 250 was the first NASCAR race on an active military base, and Naval Base Coronado put on a 53-lap marathon of a Truck Series race that lasted nearly three hours and had plenty of storylines. 

Chief among them was an incredible drive from Reif, who found himself third with two laps to go after leaders Chandler Smith and Kaden Honeycutt tangled in Turn 2 on the final restart. 

As Layne Riggs and Daniel Hemric battled, Reif patiently waited in the wings before pouncing and taking the lead. All he had to do was fend off Riggs, who was low on fuel, for one lap. 

Victory nearly found Tyler Reif

He nearly did it, working into the Turn 15 chicane while still holding the top spot. But a masterful move from Riggs, in which the second-place driver acted as if he was going to drive deep into the corner, spooked Reif enough that he overdrove his No. 42 Chevrolet and missed the corner.