Friday, October 4th, 2024
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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.
ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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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 |