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Love's RV Stop 225

Friday, October 4th, 2024

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

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CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 starts now

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series begins the final three-race Playoff round to set the Championship Four with Friday’s Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway (4:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Last weekend’s Kansas winner Corey Heim arrives at the 2.66-mile superspeedway now boasting six wins on the season – double that of any other competitor, The 22-year-old TRICON Garage driver scored the win in the final race of the opening round last week when race leader, ThorSport’s Ty Majeski ran out of gas on the final lap. Heim finished just ahead of Front Row Motorsports’ Layne Riggs, who had won the previous two races but is not among the Playoff drivers.

Regular Season Champion , McAnally-Hilgemann’s Christian Eckes, Majeski and REV Racing’s Nick Sanchez sit safely atop the cutoff mark entering the first race of this all-important round. Rajah Caruth trails Sanchez by eight points just outside the Playoff bubble with Tyler Ankrum and Grant Enfinger both -11 points and Taylor Gray -15 points back.

Enfinger is the only current Playoff driver with a previous Talladega win, earning his trophy in 2016. Former series champion Johnny Sauter – the 2013 Talladega trophy winner – will be competing this weekend for Hattori Racing Enterprises. Brett Moffitt is the defending race winner.

There have been eight different winners in the last eight Talladega races. Heim, Eckes and Enfinger (2) are the only Playoff drivers to have scored top-five finishes at the big track.

Among those entered this week, William Sawalich (No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota) and 18-year-old Connor Zilisch (No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet) are hoping to make their first career superspeedway start. And crowd favorite, veteran Norm Benning is hoping to qualify for his first race of the season. 

Cometic Gasket Qualifying is set for 1 p.m. ET Friday (FS2). Chase Purdy is the defending polesitter.

  • Love's RV Stop 225
  • Pole Winner: William Sawalich
  • Age: 18
  • Team : No 1 - Starkey/Soundgear Toyota
  • Owner: Kevin Ray
  • Crew Chief: Seth Smith
  • William Sawalich won the Pole Award for the Love?s RV Stop 225 with a lap of 54482 seconds, 175764 mph
  • This is his first pole in 13 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in one races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Ben Rhodes (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2024 and his fourth in nine races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Ty Majeski (third) posted his third top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway It is his 17th in 20 races this season
  • Layne Riggs (33rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Friday, October 4th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Enfinger locks up spot in Championship 4 with victory at Talladega

The home crowd favorite, Grant Enfinger claimed the victory in Friday afternoon’s Love’s RV Stop 225 Playoff race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – the Alabama native’s second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win at the big track and the most important, as the victory delivers an automatic entry into the season championship finale next month.

Enfinger’s No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet led a race best 34 of the 85 laps, won Stage 2 and held the point on the final lap when a caution came out ending the race.

“We knew stuff was going to get dicey,’’ the 39-year old Enfinger said of having to hold the field off following a restart with nine laps remaining to claim his first victory of the season – first ever for the team – and 11th of Enfinger’s career.

“We didn’t make all the perfect decisions today, but we had a Champion Power Equipment Chevy that was fast enough to get it done today, so even though we chose the outside [lane for a restart] once or twice and maybe we shouldn’t have. … it’s just Talladega right there and hopefully all the fans enjoyed it.

“There’s nothing like winning at your home track. Got my family here and first win with my daughter and my son here. On top of that we get to race for a championship in Phoenix.’’

It was a typically wild event on the sport’s biggest track (2.66-mile) with the race once again decided in a final frantic push for the checkered flag – with Enfinger leading fellow Playoff driver, Tricon Garage’s Taylor Gray across the finish line under caution.

Daniel Dye and Tyler Ankrum made contact while running fifth and sixth – causing a multi-car accident spinning about 200 yards before the finish line, bringing out the yellow and checkered flag to officially end the event. The McAnally-Hilgemann driver Dye slid across the line in third, Spire Motorsports’ Rajah Caruth, also a Playoff driver, finished fourth. Reaume Brothers Racing’s Lawless Alan scored a career best fifth place finish.

McAnally-Hilgemann’s Christian Eckes, the regular season champion, finished sixth, followed by Ryan Reed, Stefan Parsons, Bret Holmes and Spencer Boyd.

Playoff drivers, Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim and ThorSport’s Ty Majeski finished 11th and 12th. McAnally-Hilgemann’s Tyler Ankrum was 14th.

“We had a fast truck and made a bad decision,” a frustrated Majeski said. “I hopped out of line and cost ourselves some Stage 2 points, so I don’t know where that puts us in the points, but I guess it could have been worse if we finished 12th. We’ll move on to Homestead.”

Rev Racing’s Nick Sanchez, who led 10 laps, finished 22nd after an eventful day. He was involved in multiple incidents and ultimately called to pit road by NASCAR on that final restart with nine laps remaining for an equipment check.

Enfinger’s win marks the first time in nine Talladega Playoff races that a Playoff driver won the race. He was not Playoff-eligible when he won at the track in 2016. This win lands him one of four positions in the championship race at Phoenix on Nov. 8 – the third time the popular Alabama driver has competed for the championship trophy.

“Obviously we can start focusing on Phoenix right away and that’s a huge advantage I think,’’ Enfinger said. “The way I look at it, we don’t have to worry about points for the next two races.’ … very very proud of what this win means but realistically, we still have a lot to do to prepare for the championship.”

With two races remaining in this Round of 8 to decide which three drivers join Enfinger in the Championship race, Heim leads Eckes by a single point. Majeski is 25 points back but only five points ahead of Caruth.

Gray is 13 points behind Majeski, Sanchez 20 points back and Ankrum 23 points back. A win by any of these seven is the automatic ticket for a shot at the title.

The series has a three-week break before the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Race at South Florida’s 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway. Carson Hocevar is the defending race winner.

  • Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 85
  • Margin of Victory: 0.041 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 45 Minutes 24 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 125.148
  • Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
  • Lead Changes: 27
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,877 (64.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Love's RV Stop 225
  • Race Winner: Grant Enfinger
  • Age: 39
  • Team : No 9 - Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet
  • Owner: Larry Berg
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Stankiewicz
  • Grant Enfinger won the Love?s RV Stop 225, his 11th victory in 193 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races Enfinger becomes the first driver to clinch a spot in the Championship 4
  • This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Taylor Gray (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Talladega Superspeedway It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Daniel Dye (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Layne Riggs (28th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Corey Heim leads the point standings by 1 points over Christian Eckes
Ben Rhodes celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 3, 2023 : Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Kubota Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, finishing first of the Championship 4 drivers in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Craftsman 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
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Love's RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 Johnny Sauter Necedah, WI May 1, 1978 46 Toyota Aflac Toyota Tsusho Hattori Racing Enterprises Richard Wauters
2 6 Norm Benning Level Green, PA Jan 16, 1952 72 Chevrolet TBA Norm Benning Racing Dan Killius
3 9 Grant Enfinger Fairhope, AL Jan 22, 1985 39 Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment CR7 Motorsports Jeff Stankiewicz
4 88 Matt Crafton Tulare, CA Jun 11, 1976 48 Ford Jack Links/Menards ThorSport Racing Jeriod Prince
5 56 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 31 Toyota Coble Enterprises/UNITS Hill Motorsports Terry Elmore
6 91 Ryan Reed Bakersfield, CA Aug 12, 1993 31 Chevrolet Tandem Diabetes Care McAnally Hilgemann Racing Darren Fraley
7 41 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet DQS Niece Motorsports Wally Rogers
8 76 Spencer Boyd Creve Coeur, MO Jun 26, 1995 29 Chevrolet Tibbetts Lumber Freedom Racing Enterprises Mike Hillman Jr.
9 42 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 27 Chevrolet J.F. Electric/Utilitra Niece Motorsports Jon Leonard
10 75 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet popsells.com Henderson Motorsports Chris Carrier
11 44 Danny Bohn Freehold Township, NJ Jun 29, 1988 36 Chevrolet Rust-Oleum Niece Motorsports Tom Ackerman
12 52 Stewart Friesen Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Jul 25, 1983 41 Toyota Halmar International Halmar Friesen Racing Jimmy Villeneuve
13 99 Ben Rhodes Louisville, KY Feb 21, 1997 27 Ford Kubota ThorSport Racing Doug Randolph
14 95 Clay Greenfield Clarksville, TN Jun 3, 1984 40 Chevrolet Backyard Blues Pools GK Racing Trip Bruce III
15 02 Bryan Dauzat Alexandria, LA Nov 30, 1959 64 Ford NuggetTrap.com Young's Motorsports Andrew Abbott
16 18 Tyler Ankrum San Bernardino, CA Mar 6, 2001 23 Chevrolet LiUNA! McAnally Hilgemann Racing Mark Hillman
17 04 Cory Roper Vernon, TX Jul 31, 1977 47 Chevrolet FlyAlliance/CarQuest Roper Racing Bruce Cook
18 19 Christian Eckes MIddletown, NY Nov 10, 2000 23 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Care McAnally Hilgemann Racing Charles Denike
19 77 Chase Purdy Meridian, MS Nov 11, 1999 24 Chevrolet Bama Buggies Spire Motorsports Jason Trinchere
20 98 Ty Majeski Seymour, WI Aug 18, 1994 30 Ford Road Ranger ThorSport Racing Joe Shear Jr
21 15 Tanner Gray Artesia, NM Apr 15, 1999 25 Toyota Dead On Tools TRICON Garage Jason Burdett
22 11 Corey Heim Marietta, GA Jul 5, 2002 22 Toyota Safelite TRICON Garage Scott Zipadelli
23 33 Lawless Alan Los Angeles, CA Feb 2, 2000 24 Ford TBA Reaume Brothers Racing Doug George
24 5 Dean Thompson Anaheim, CA Aug 30, 2001 23 Toyota TBA TRICON Garage Derek Smith
25 32 Bret Holmes Munford, AL May 5, 1997 27 Chevrolet Golden Eagle Bret Holmes Racing Mike Shiplett
26 28 Keith McGee Eagle River, AK May 7, 1981 43 Chevrolet TBA FDNY Racing Jim Rosenblum
27 17 Taylor Gray Denver, NC Mar 25, 2005 19 Toyota Place of Hope TRICON Garage Jeff Hensley
28 2 Nicholas Sanchez Miami, FL Jun 10, 2001 23 Chevrolet Gainbridge Rev Racing Kevin Manion
29 71 Rajah Caruth Atlanta, GA Jun 11, 2002 22 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Spire Motorsports Chad Walter
30 13 Jake Garcia Monroe, GA Mar 3, 2005 19 Ford Quanta Services ThorSport Racing Rich Lushes
31 45 Kaden Honeycutt Willow Park, TX Jun 23, 2003 21 Chevrolet Moore's Venture Foods Niece Motorsports Phil Gould
32 21 Mason Maggio Palm Beach Gardens, FL Jul 7, 2004 20 Ford TBA Floridian Motorsports Carl Long
33 38 Layne Riggs Bahama, NC Jun 11, 2002 22 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Dylan Cappello
34 43 Daniel Dye DeLand, Florida Dec 4, 2003 20 Chevrolet NAPA Nightvision McAnally Hilgemann Racing Blake Bainbridge
35 22 Jason M White Abbotsford, British Columbia May 3, 1973 51 Ford Powder Ventures Excavations Reaume Brothers Racing Pedro Lopez
36 1 William Sawalich Eden Prairie, MN Oct 3, 2006 18 Toyota Starkey/Soundgear TRICON Garage Seth Smith
37 7 Connor Zilisch Charlotte, NC Jul 21, 2006 18 Chevrolet Austin Hatcher Foundation Spire Motorsports Brian Pattie
38 25 Dawson Sutton Lebanon, TN May 16, 2006 18 Chevrolet Rackley Roofing Rackley W.A.R Shane Wilson