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NC Education Lottery 200

Friday, May 24th, 2024

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

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  • Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service -
CRAFTSMAN Truck Series ready to kick off Memorial Day weekend in their backyard

Ready to honor the fallen this weekend, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is returning home to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Friday, May 24, at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio).

Located in ‘America’s Home for Racing’, the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway has hosted 21 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races, producing 12 different winners and 12 different pole winners. Four races have been won from the pole or first starting position, most recently by Johnny Sauter in 2018.

Here’s a look at the drivers who have stamped their names in the Charlotte Motor Speedway record books:

  • Race record: Matt Crafton 141.855 mph (05/21/2016)
  • Qualifying record: Kyle Busch 183.773 mph (05/16/2014)
  • Most races: Matt Crafton (21)
  • Most poles: Kyle Busch and Mike Skinner (3)
  • Most wins: Kyle Busch (8)
  • Most top fives: Kyle Busch (12)
  • Most top 10s: Kyle Busch (14)
  • Laps led: Kyle Busch (789)

The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will be broken up into three stages. The first two stages will be 30 laps each and the final stage will be 74 laps for a race total of 134 laps (201 miles).

2024 Triple Truck Challenge kicks off at Charlotte Motor Speedway

The Triple Truck Challenge was introduced in 2019 as a three-race program that provides drivers in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series an opportunity to win up to $500,000 in bonus money.

A $50,000 bonus will be awarded to the race winner of any one of the three events. If a driver wins two of the three races, they pocket an additional $150,000. Win all three races and they collect half a million dollars.

Charlotte Motor Speedway returns to the top of the Triple Truck Challenge rotation for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Friday, May 24, at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Following Charlotte Motor Speedway, “The Trip” continues at World Wide Technology Raceway (June 1) before closing out on June 28 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Since its inception in 2019, no driver has been able to win all three races in one season to collect the $500,000 bonus.

Former Triple Truck Challenge Winners:

2019 Season

2020 Season

Track

TTC Winner

Track

TTC Winner

Gateway

Ross Chastain

Daytona Road

Sheldon Creed

Iowa

Brett Moffitt

Dover

Zane Smith

Texas

Greg Biffle

Gateway

Sheldon Creed

2021 Season

2022 Season

Track

TTC Winner

Track

TTC Winner

Darlington

Sheldon Creed

Gateway

Corey Heim

COTA

Todd Gilliland

Nashville

Ryan Preece

Charlotte

John H. Nemechek

Mid-Ohio

Parker Kligerman

2023 Season

Track

TTC Winner

Charlotte

Ben Rhodes

Gateway

Grant Enfinger

Nashville

Carson Hocevar

Practice and Cometic Gasket Pole Qualifying for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will begin Friday, May 24 at 1:35 p.m. ET on FS1.

Six spots in the Playoffs still up for grabs with six races remaining

Through 10 races this season, four drivers have earned their spot in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs by virtue of their wins – Christian Eckes, Corey Heim, Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth – leaving six spots still up for grabs heading into Charlotte – with only six races left in the regular season.

Following North Wilkesboro, Matt Crafton is ranked 11th in the Playoff outlook, two points back from Tanner Gray in the 10th and final postseason transfer spot on points. Just behind Crafton is Daniel Dye, 17 points back from the postseason cutoff.

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, Etc.

Dean Thompson attempting triple duty this weekend – NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series regular Dean Thompson will attempt his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, piloting the No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Thompson will be the sixth driver to get behind the wheel for the team in 2024, joiningJeffrey Earnhardt,John Hunter Nemechek,Corey Heim,Ed JonesandSage Karam.

The Anaheim, California native will run in the ARCA Menards Series and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races on Friday before attempting to make his debut in the Xfinity Series on Saturday.

ARCA points leader Andrés Pérez set to make CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut with Spire Motorsports – Spire Motorsports has signed 19-year old ARCA Menards Series points leader Andrés Pérez de Lara to pilot the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet for the June 1 Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Pérez is the full-time driver of Rev Racing’s No. 2 Chevrolet in the ARCA Menards Series and is part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Driver Development Program. He has earned one top-five, and three top-10 finishes in the division’s first five races of the 2024 campaign and has a one-point advantage heading into the division’s next stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“I am very thankful and excited for the opportunity to make my NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut with a team like Spire Motorsports, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet at World Wide Technology Raceway,” said Pérez. “Having Herdez Brand involved in the project makes it even better, especially with all the racing background Herdez has in both USA and Mexico and even in my dad’s racing career. That gives me extra motivation to represent my partners, team and country as best as I can. I’m fully committed to making this chance count and I’m really looking forward to the race.”

  • Friday, May 24th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Nick Sanchez triumphs at Charlotte for second NASCAR Truck Series win

Nick Sanchez showed what an opportunist can do when the right moment presents itself.

Taking advantage of fresh tires and a quick pit stop, Sanchez charged from the 10thposition on a restart with nine laps left in Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and held off Corey Heim to win his second NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race of the season — and of his career.

Sanchez crossed the finish line 0.507 seconds ahead of Heim, who fell just short after two snafus on pit relegated him to the runner-up position — temporarily. Sanchez collects a $50,000 bonus as the winner of the first Triple Truck Challenge event of the season.

After the race, Heim’s troubles multiplied when inspectors found three lug nuts not safe and secure on his No. 11 Toyota, resulting in a disqualification that promoted Stewart Friesen to the runner-up position.

“It’s awesome — my No. 2 Gainbridge Chevrolet,” said Sanchez, who qualified 16thfor the 11thTruck Series race of the season. “What can I say more about this (Rev Racing) team? We started off bad. It didn’t affect us. We went to work. We put ourselves in position when it mattered most.

“This is for Chris Showalter, my car chief. Birthday today, 700thtruck start. This is for him, and it’s great to get number two.”

Remarkably, Showalter has been a part of the series for every race since its inception in 1995.

Sanchez led only the final nine laps. Heim led 72 before the penalty and Christian Eckes 37.

After dominating the first two stages of the race, Heim dropped to 27thunder caution for Matt Crafton’s collision with then outside wall on Lap 79 when the jack malfunctioned and failed to lift his No. 11 Toyota.

Heim roared through the field to fifth before Chase Purdy slammed the Turn 2 wall to cause the fifth caution. Like Sanchez, Heim pitted for fresh tires, but a problem with the lug nuts on the right rear wheel cost him valuable time — and ultimately cost him dearly with the disqualification.

Grant Enfinger was credited with third, followed by Matt Mills, Ben Rhodes and Jake Garcia.

Eckes, who entered the race as the series leader, started from the rear after contact from Kaden Honeycutt’s Chevrolet during practice damaged his No. 19 Chevy and prevented him from making a qualifying run.

That was just the start of Eckes’ problems. Alternator issues kept him on pit road for extended stops during the stage breaks and relegated him to starting spots of 28thand 27thfor the second and final stages, respectively.

But Eckes recovered to take the lead after staying out for a restart on Lap 88, and he was still in front — albeit close on fuel — when the caution for Purdy’s accident slowed the field. Eschewing a pit stop for new tires under the final caution, Eckes slipped to 10that the finish.

Honeycutt, who won Stage 1 after Heim’s penalty and finished third in Stage 2, also went to the rear after leaving his pit stall during the second stage break with a fuel dump can still attached to the input valve of his truck.

Despite the setback, Honeycutt had enough speed in his Chevrolet to recover to seventh at the finish. Connor Mosack, Dean Thompson and Eckes completed the top 10.

  • Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 134
  • Margin of Victory: 0.507 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 45 Minutes 40 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 114.132
  • Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,654 (16.1 passes per green flag lap)
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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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

DRIVER ST FIN # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Layne Riggs 5 28 4 27.566 11 14.173 1 41.738 1 36.665 46.388
Kaden Honeycutt 9 7 3 27.603 13 15.282 3 42.884 2 39.377 45.276
Grant Enfinger 17 3 2 27.520 8 15.698 4 43.217 3 42.472 43.962
Tanner Gray 1 17 4 27.153 3 16.283 8 43.436 4 42.016 46.930
Christian Eckes 35 10 1 28.298 24 15.148 2 43.446 5 43.446 43.446
Brett Moffitt 19 15 4 27.723 15 16.059 6 43.782 6 36.585 47.232
Taylor Gray 14 12 4 27.743 16 16.162 7 43.904 7 43.320 44.230
Tyler Ankrum 34 32 2 27.522 9 16.450 9 43.972 8 43.600 44.344
Jack Wood 8 21 3 28.394 26 16.016 5 44.410 9 43.720 45.424
Ty Majeski 3 23 3 28.185 20 16.739 10 44.924 10 44.130 46.347
Chase Purdy 6 13 2 27.893 18 17.171 12 45.064 11 44.550 45.577
Connor Mosack 7 8 3 28.094 19 16.986 11 45.080 12 43.700 46.133
Ben Rhodes 13 5 3 27.275 4 17.840 18 45.116 13 43.934 46.613
Nicholas Sanchez 16 1 3 27.625 14 17.505 14 45.130 14 43.521 47.981
Daniel Dye 36 19 4 27.376 6 17.783 17 45.159 15 43.608 46.430
Bayley Currey 10 26 2 27.338 5 18.150 20 45.488 16 44.471 46.504
Matt Mills 15 4 4 28.244 22 17.567 15 45.811 17 45.251 46.459
Ty Dillon 20 24 3 28.579 28 17.306 13 45.885 18 44.934 47.311
Jake Garcia 18 6 3 27.512 7 18.385 21 45.897 19 45.304 46.331
Dean Thompson 11 9 3 28.232 21 17.718 16 45.950 20 44.136 47.248
Rajah Caruth 4 16 3 27.530 10 18.485 22 46.015 21 45.475 47.037
Bret Holmes 27 14 3 27.143 2 18.940 24 46.083 22 43.753 47.865
Corey Heim 2 36 4 26.960 1 19.708 25 46.668 23 42.694 51.980
Matt Crafton 22 31 2 28.826 29 18.051 19 46.877 24 45.235 48.519
Lawless Alan 21 30 3 28.552 27 19.942 26 48.494 25 47.778 48.912
Stewart Friesen 12 2 3 28.267 23 20.387 27 48.654 26 44.990 51.101
Stefan Parsons 23 25 2 28.379 25 21.042 29 49.421 27 48.957 49.884
Thad Moffitt 32 33 2 32.199 34 18.518 23 50.717 28 48.133 53.300
Timmy Hill 26 22 2 27.578 12 23.174 31 50.752 29 49.746 51.757
Spencer Boyd 30 20 1 30.393 33 20.754 28 51.147 30 51.147 51.147
Conner Jones 25 11 3 27.774 17 24.387 33 52.160 31 50.560 54.243
Memphis Villarreal 28 29 1 29.882 30 22.489 30 52.371 32 52.371 52.371
Keith McGee 33 34 2 30.373 32 23.524 32 53.897 33 53.119 54.674
Mason Maggio 24 27 3 30.194 31 24.426 34 54.620 34 51.155 56.929

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Grant Enfinger 121 121 27.791 14.681 42.472 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 62 62 27.248 16.714 43.962 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 62 62 27.084 18.151 45.235 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 32 32 30.568 17.951 48.519 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 121 121 27.623 22.123 49.746 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 62 62 27.533 24.224 51.757 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 82 82 28.306 8.279 36.585 Right-sides only
Brett Moffitt 121 121 27.493 17.852 45.345 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 32 32 27.612 18.352 45.964 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 62 62 27.479 19.753 47.232 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 82 82 28.585 16.349 44.934 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 62 62 28.392 17.017 45.409 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 32 32 28.759 18.552 47.311 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 62 62 27.495 16.976 44.471 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 32 32 27.181 19.323 46.504 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 63 62 30.393 20.754 51.147 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 121 121 27.599 17.652 45.251 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 62 62 27.870 17.849 45.719 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 82 82 28.097 17.718 45.815 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 32 32 29.409 17.050 46.459 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 32 32 28.770 20.187 48.957 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 62 62 27.988 21.896 49.884 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 121 121 27.605 17.385 44.990 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 33 33 29.484 20.387 49.871 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 62 62 27.711 23.390 51.101 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 121 121 26.649 17.285 43.934 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 62 62 27.383 17.417 44.800 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 32 32 27.794 18.819 46.613 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 62 62 27.050 16.550 43.600 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 32 32 27.994 16.350 44.344 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 75 74 28.298 15.148 43.446 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 32 32 28.028 16.522 44.550 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 62 62 27.758 17.819 45.577 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 62 62 28.314 15.816 44.130 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 82 82 27.879 16.416 44.295 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 32 32 28.363 17.984 46.347 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 32 32 26.901 15.115 42.016 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 82 82 27.103 15.282 42.385 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 62 62 27.231 15.182 42.413 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 121 121 27.376 19.554 46.930 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 62 62 27.612 15.082 42.694 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 32 32 26.642 17.501 44.143 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 121 121 27.167 20.687 47.854 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 82 82 26.417 25.563 51.980 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 62 62 27.625 20.153 47.778 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 82 82 29.140 19.653 48.793 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 32 32 28.892 20.020 48.912 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 82 82 28.187 15.949 44.136 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 32 32 28.481 17.985 46.466 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 62 62 28.029 19.219 47.248 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 121 121 27.002 16.751 43.753 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 62 62 27.115 19.516 46.631 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 32 32 27.311 20.554 47.865 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 63 61 30.730 22.389 53.119 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 33 32 30.016 24.658 54.674 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 121 121 27.536 16.184 43.720 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 62 62 27.870 16.216 44.086 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 32 32 29.775 15.649 45.424 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 62 62 28.071 15.249 43.320 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 32 32 27.913 16.116 44.029 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 82 82 27.873 16.164 44.037 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 121 121 27.113 17.117 44.230 4-wheel change
Thad Moffitt 63 61 30.449 17.684 48.133 4-wheel change
Thad Moffitt 33 32 33.948 19.352 53.300 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 121 121 26.671 16.850 43.521 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 62 62 27.472 16.416 43.888 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 32 32 28.733 19.248 47.981 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 62 62 27.290 18.185 45.475 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 82 82 27.282 18.251 45.533 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 32 32 28.018 19.019 47.037 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 32 32 27.786 17.518 45.304 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 121 121 27.637 18.418 46.055 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 62 62 27.113 19.218 46.331 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 123 122 28.266 11.111 39.377 Left-sides only
Kaden Honeycutt 62 62 27.417 16.583 44.000 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 32 32 27.125 18.151 45.276 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 62 62 27.401 16.299 43.700 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 32 32 28.956 16.450 45.406 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 82 82 27.924 18.209 46.133 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 84 83 30.301 20.854 51.155 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 33 32 30.550 25.227 55.777 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 63 62 29.731 27.198 56.929 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 82 82 27.222 9.443 36.665 Right-sides only
Layne Riggs 88 87 26.831 10.944 37.775 Right-sides only
Layne Riggs 62 62 27.840 18.285 46.125 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 32 32 28.370 18.018 46.388 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 82 82 26.925 16.683 43.608 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 32 32 27.771 16.917 44.688 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 62 62 27.597 18.311 45.908 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 121 121 27.210 19.220 46.430 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 121 121 28.157 22.403 50.560 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 62 62 27.334 24.344 51.678 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 32 32 27.830 26.413 54.243 4-wheel change
Memphis Villarreal 63 61 29.882 22.489 52.371 4-wheel change