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The 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race NASCAR TRUCK Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Phoenix Raceway.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race

Friday, November 8th, 2024

Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 9 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Thursday, November 7th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Christian Eckes likes his chances in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck title race

Christian Eckes makes his debut in the Championship 4 as an absolute favorite to hoist his first series trophy.

Not only is he coming off a dramatic win in last weekend’s Martinsville (Va.) Speedway race, but he is also the only one among the four title contenders to have a past win at the Phoenix Raceway mile—claiming the trophy last year although he wasn’t part of the Championship 4.

The 23-year-old New York native likes his chances but says he’s kept his week purposely ‘business as usual’ entering Friday night’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

“We have momentum, but it’s Phoenix, anything can happen,” said the driver of the No. 19 McAnally Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Silverado, who has an amazing 21 top-10 finishes in the 22 races this year, including four wins.

“All you have to do is be good at one race and that’s this weekend. You can be good all year or you can be bad all year, come win this race and you’re a champion. I don’t necessarily look at momentum, but I’d say it was on our side if there was some.”

Further, Eckes says he’s not overly concerned with payback in Friday night’s race following the thrilling finish at Martinsville—a race he dominated but had to come back and make aggressive passes in the closing laps to win. That involved contact with two-time series champion Ben Rhodes and Taylor Gray, who was racing for a Championship 4 position.

“I talked to Ben because I felt like, he hit me first for sure, I hit him and then I hit him again so I was disappointed with the second contact, although it wasn’t intentional,” Eckes said. “I reached out to him because I felt it was warranted. I did not reach out to Taylor, because I didn’t think he wanted to hear what I had to say.

“Same deal though, he hit me before that caution came out, and I hit him back—maybe a little harder than I probably should have—but at the end of the day, I’m happy we won the race and just moving on to Phoenix.”

With new deal for 2025, Corey Heim is focused on NASCAR Truck Championship Race

For Corey Heim, last year’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race fell apart in the final stage—in a big way.

After starting from the pole, finishing second in the first stage and winning the second stage, Heim was collected in an accident on Lap 120 triggered by fellow championship contender Carson Hocevar.

His title hopes gone, Heim retaliated against Hocevar on Lap 147 and took the checkered flag in 18th-place after 29 crash-filled laps of overtime. Ben Rhodes won his second series championship with a fifth-place finish to Grant Enfinger’s sixth.

Heim has learned a lot since then. In 2024, he has six victories to his credit, doubling his total from a year ago, and he comes to the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway armed with a contract to drive for TRICON Garage full-time for a third straight season.

“I don’t flash back to last year as a redemption by any means, but I’m as motivated as anyone sitting in the room,” Heim said on Thursday during NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship 4 Media Day at the one-mile track in the Sonoran Desert.

“I certainly learned a lot from last year, just circumstantially and how to handle myself in tough situations, but I feel like every race this year I’ve grown as a driver, and I feel like I’ve done that every race with TRICON ever since I started out with those guys.”

Though the 22-year-old from Marietta, Ga., has won more races this year, he also has been more inconsistent.

“A lot of people talk about how we’ve been more hit-or-miss this year,” Heim said. “Compared to last year, I feel like we were always top five but couldn’t quite close the deal out. This year, it seems like we’re dominating (and) winning, or we’re kind of struggling a little bit.

“I feel like our stuff is as good as anybody’s when we’re on point, and we’ve just got to be on point this weekend.”

As to his future beyond the Championship Race, Heim felt another season with TRICON was his best choice.

“There’s always options on the table,” said Heim, who also has run 13 NASCAR Xfinity Series races for owner Sam Hunt this season. “But I never had a doubt that my development with Toyota Racing has led me to where I am today, and it’ll get me through the future as well—so it wasn’t a hard decision.”

  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship
  • Pole Winner: Ty Majeski
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 98 - Road Ranger Ford
  • Owner: Mike Curb
  • Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr
  • Ty Majeski won the Pole Award for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship with a lap of 26053 seconds, 138180 mph
  • This is his 11th pole in 89 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his sixth pole and 20th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in four races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Corey Heim (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2024 and his third in three races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Stewart Friesen (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway It is his 10th in 23 races this season
  • Layne Riggs (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Friday, November 8th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Ty Majeski wins NASCAR Truck Championship Race to secure first series title

All Ty Majeski needed was a green-flag run to finish off his domination of Friday night’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race—a victory that earned him his first series title.

Majeski led 132 of 150 laps at one-mile Phoenix Raceway, and when the race-ending 27-lap green-flag run finally came, Majeski pulled away to a 3.945-second victory over Corey Heim, who recovered from a restart violation to finish second.

“I can’t believe it,” said Majeski, who won for the first time at Phoenix, the third time this season at the sixth time in his career. “Huge thank you to (ThorSport Racing team owners) Duke and Rhonda Thorson, (crew chief) Joe Shear Jr.—he’s one bad dude.

“This is so much fun racing with this group. I’m so proud to have the opportunity to drive these great race trucks. There’s a lot of times in my career when this looked like a far dream. Duke and Rhonda really gave me my third opportunity after I had two opportunities that failed—man, I can’t thank them enough.”

The championship was the second for Shear, who guided Johnny Sauter to the title with GMS Racing in 2016. For ThorSport, it was a series-record sixth championship, adding to three with Matt Crafton and two with 2023 champion Ben Rhodes.

ThorSport has won three of the last four Truck Series titles.

Heim restarted 19th on Lap 108 after his penalty and quickly moved forward, but the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota couldn’t overcome the speed in Majeski’s No. 98 Ford.

“I’m really disappointed to come up short like that,” said Heim, who will return for a third season with TRICON next year. “It’s hard to even be upset. I did almost everything right except for that restart violation (changing lanes before the start/finish line).

“But we were able to get our track position back pretty quick and make the most of it. I just had nothing for the 98. All day, he was so fast… We’ll move forward with our heads up high, a six-win season—career highs for myself my team, organization, everybody—just one spot short of the championship.”

Championship 4 drivers Christian Eckes and Grant Enfinger finished third and fifth, respectively, after pitting for fresh tires on Lap 113. Though they were able to move through the field, they had nothing for the race winner.

Before the final green-flag run, three quick cautions—including a six minute, nine second red flag for a nine-truck wreck on the backstretch—interrupted the action at the start of the final stage, bringing the total for yellows to six for 43 laps. After Majeski got away in clean air from a restart on Lap 124, however, the race was over.

Starting from the pole position, Majeski streaked to a lead of more than two seconds, but Heim tracked him down in traffic and passed the No. 98 Ford for the top spot on Lap 39.

Three laps later the Ford of Frankie Muniz spun after contact with William Sawalich’s Toyota, ending the first 45-lap stage under caution.

But Majeski reclaimed the lead, with Eckes advancing to second, after Heim slid past the marks in his pit stall under the caution for the stage break and came out third.

Heim complained on the team radio channel that the concrete pit stall was one of the slickest he had ever experienced.

Majeski flipped the script in Stage 2, passing Heim for the top spot on Lap 71, six circuits after a restart that followed Jack Wood’s hard crash into the Turn 2 wall.

By the end of the stage at Lap 90, Majeski had expanded his advantage to 3.597 seconds. But stage wins were inconsequential to the Championship 4 contenders, who would settle possession of title in the frenetic final segment of the race.

Nick Sanchez finished fourth as the only non-Championship 4 driver to crack the top five. Taylor Gray was fifth, followed by Kaden Honeycutt, Connor Mosack, Rhodes and Layne Riggs.

  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 150
  • Margin of Victory: 03.945 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 44 Minutes 19 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 86.276
  • Cautions: 6 for 43 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 979 (9.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship
  • Race Winner: Ty Majeski
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 98 - Road Ranger Ford
  • Owner: Mike Curb
  • Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr
  • Ty Majeski won the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship, his sixth victory in 89 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his third victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in four races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Corey Heim (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix Raceway It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Christian Eckes (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Layne Riggs (10th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Ty Majeski has won the 2024 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship
  • Layne Riggs has won the 2024 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award
  • Chevrolet has won the 2024 NCTS Manufacturers Championship
  • Driver Champion: Ty Majeski
  • Team: No 98 ThorSport Racing Toyota
  • Ty Majeski has won the first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship of his career becoming the 21st different driver to win the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver championship all-time
  • Majeski won the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck season finale at Phoenix Raceway to win the title
  • Majeski finished the 2024 season with 23 starts, three wins, 10 top fives, 14 top 10s and six poles
  • During the Playoffs this season, Majeski has posted three wins, four top fives and six top 10s
  • Majeski, from Seymour, Wisconsin, is the fourth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion from the state of Wisconsin; joining Travis Kvapil (2003 champion, Janesville, WI), Ted Musgrave (2005 champion, Franklin, WI) and Johnny Sauter (2016 champion, Necedah, WI)
  • Owner Champions: Duke and Rhonda Thorson, Mike Curb - ThorSport Racing
  • This is ThorSport Racing’s sixth all-time NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver championship (Matt Crafton, 2013, 2014, 2019; Ben Rhodes, 2021, 2023; Ty Majeski, 2024) – the most driver titles by an organization in the series all-time
  • This is ThorSport Racing’s third NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series owner championship (2021, 2023, 2024), which ties them with Hendrick Motorsports (1997, 1999, 2001) and Kevin Harvick Inc (2007, 2009, 2011) for the second-most owner titles in the Truck Series all-time
  • ThorSport Racing is one of 16 different organizations to win a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series owner championship all-time
  • ThorSport Racing has posted 48 wins in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series among seven different drivers – Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter, Grant Enfinger, Ben Rhodes, Chase Briscoe, Joey Logano and Ty Majeski
  • ThorSport Racing fielded their first truck in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series with driver Terry Cook at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway on July 6, 1996
  • Crew Chief Champion: Joe Shear Jr
  • This is Joe Shear Jr’s second career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship (Johnny Sauter, 2016; Ty Majeski, 2024)
  • Shear Jr is one of 23 different crew chiefs to win a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship, and just the seventh different crew chief to win multiple CRAFTSMAN Truck Series titles; joining Carl Joiner (2013, 2014, 2019), Dennis Connor (1997, 1999, 2001), Mike Hillman Jr (2006, 2010), Rick Ren (2007, 2009), Ryan Fugle (2015, 2017) and Rich Lushes (2021, 2023)
  • Shear Jr has 30 career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victories among four different drivers – Johnny Sauter, Cole Custer, Kasey Kahne and Ty Majeski
Truck Series pit stops at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee - September 17, 2020 : Truck Series pit stops at Bristol Motor Speedway
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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.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS PIT STOPS AVG DRVR TIME DRVR RANK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TTL TIME TTL RANK FST STOP SLW STOP
Nicholas Sanchez 7 4 Running 2 36.697 3 16.301 4 52.998 1 52.834 53.161
Christian Eckes 4 3 Running 3 37.563 15 15.527 1 53.090 2 52.415 54.365
Taylor Gray 14 6 Running 2 36.959 9 16.283 3 53.242 3 52.977 53.506
Ty Majeski 1 1 Running 2 37.575 16 15.834 2 53.409 4 53.312 53.505
Rajah Caruth 19 13 Running 3 36.835 7 16.575 5 53.410 5 52.606 54.314
Grant Enfinger 5 5 Running 3 36.654 1 16.972 6 53.626 6 52.411 54.629
Stewart Friesen 3 18 Running 1 36.734 4 17.002 7 53.736 7 53.736 53.736
Connor Mosack 9 8 Running 3 36.817 6 17.366 10 54.183 8 53.244 55.001
Tanner Gray 15 11 Running 2 36.669 2 17.808 11 54.477 9 53.535 55.418
Layne Riggs 11 10 Running 2 36.984 10 17.887 12 54.870 10 53.913 55.827
Dean Thompson 6 15 Running 3 38.261 21 17.112 8 55.373 11 53.173 58.622
Chase Purdy 10 12 Running 3 38.642 24 17.134 9 55.777 12 55.182 56.409
Corey Heim 2 2 Running 2 37.187 11 18.683 14 55.870 13 54.531 57.208
Ben Rhodes 20 9 Running 3 36.950 8 19.751 17 56.701 14 54.892 59.950
Stefan Parsons 23 23 Running 2 36.745 5 19.970 19 56.715 15 56.701 56.728
William Sawalich 17 32 Accident 2 38.229 20 19.087 16 57.316 16 54.300 60.331
Daniel Dye 16 24 Running 3 37.262 12 20.072 20 57.334 17 53.854 63.808
Dawson Sutton 25 20 Running 2 39.455 29 18.368 13 57.823 18 57.095 58.550
Jack Wood 21 35 Accident 1 38.125 18 19.886 18 58.011 19 58.011 58.011
Jake Garcia 27 14 Running 3 39.064 26 19.075 15 58.139 20 56.453 60.213
Kaden Honeycutt 8 7 Running 2 37.423 14 21.105 24 58.527 21 57.787 59.267
Matt Mills 28 25 Running 2 38.616 23 20.275 21 58.891 22 56.704 61.077
Bayley Currey 18 21 Running 2 38.663 25 20.465 22 59.128 23 58.457 59.798
Tyler Ankrum 12 33 Accident 1 37.384 13 21.889 25 59.273 24 59.273 59.273
Conner Jones 13 17 Running 3 39.140 27 20.921 23 60.061 25 59.576 60.354
Brett Moffitt 24 16 Running 3 38.430 22 22.229 26 60.660 26 56.830 63.186
Matt Crafton 22 19 Running 1 37.757 17 23.081 28 60.838 27 60.838 60.838
Timmy Hill 29 22 Running 2 38.157 19 23.008 27 61.164 28 57.394 64.934
Frankie Muniz 31 34 Accident 2 39.384 28 24.641 30 64.025 29 63.449 64.600
Andres Perez de Lara 26 31 Accident 2 39.579 30 25.008 31 64.587 30 62.803 66.370
Spencer Boyd 30 28 Running 2 41.686 33 23.961 29 65.647 31 61.808 69.485
Lawless Alan 35 30 Running 2 39.590 31 27.390 33 66.980 32 64.295 69.664
Nathan Byrd 33 26 Running 1 41.743 34 26.038 32 67.781 33 67.781 67.781
Keith McGee 32 29 Running 1 40.415 32 29.529 34 69.944 34 69.944 69.944

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Grant Enfinger 112 112 36.429 15.982 52.411 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 48 48 36.788 17.050 53.838 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 93 93 36.744 17.885 54.629 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 48 48 37.757 23.081 60.838 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 93 93 37.738 19.656 57.394 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 61 61 38.575 26.359 64.934 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 94 93 37.845 18.985 56.830 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 104 104 39.885 22.078 61.963 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 49 48 37.561 25.625 63.186 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 49 48 37.747 20.710 58.457 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 103 103 39.578 20.220 59.798 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 49 47 40.620 21.188 61.808 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 94 91 42.752 26.733 69.485 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 94 93 38.219 18.485 56.704 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 49 48 39.012 22.065 61.077 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 49 48 36.848 19.853 56.701 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 93 93 36.641 20.087 56.728 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 48 48 36.734 17.002 53.736 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 48 48 36.807 18.085 54.892 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 112 112 36.751 18.511 55.262 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 93 93 37.292 22.658 59.950 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 93 93 37.384 21.889 59.273 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 112 112 37.467 14.948 52.415 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 93 93 37.275 15.215 52.490 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 48 48 37.948 16.417 54.365 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 93 93 37.578 17.604 55.182 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 112 112 39.557 16.182 55.739 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 48 48 38.792 17.617 56.409 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 93 93 37.561 15.751 53.312 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 48 48 37.589 15.916 53.505 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 93 93 36.751 16.784 53.535 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 48 48 36.586 18.832 55.418 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 93 93 37.218 17.313 54.531 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 48 48 37.155 20.053 57.208 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 94 91 38.878 25.417 64.295 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 44 42 40.302 29.362 69.664 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 48 48 36.505 16.668 53.173 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 94 93 38.041 16.283 54.324 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 113 113 40.237 18.385 58.622 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 49 47 40.415 29.529 69.944 4-wheel change
Jack Wood 49 48 38.125 19.886 58.011 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 48 48 37.028 15.949 52.977 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 93 93 36.889 16.617 53.506 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 93 93 36.416 16.418 52.834 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 48 48 36.978 16.183 53.161 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 112 112 36.785 15.821 52.606 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 93 93 36.490 16.819 53.309 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 48 48 37.230 17.084 54.314 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 49 48 37.635 18.818 56.453 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 119 119 39.930 17.820 57.750 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 94 94 39.626 20.587 60.213 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 48 48 37.266 20.521 57.787 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 113 113 37.579 21.688 59.267 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 93 93 36.859 16.385 53.244 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 48 48 36.675 17.628 54.303 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 112 112 36.916 18.085 55.001 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 93 93 36.658 17.255 53.913 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 48 48 37.309 18.518 55.827 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 93 93 36.901 16.953 53.854 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 60 60 37.757 16.583 54.340 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 49 49 37.127 26.681 63.808 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 93 93 37.581 16.719 54.300 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 48 48 38.876 21.455 60.331 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 48 48 39.489 20.087 59.576 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 112 112 39.634 20.620 60.254 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 93 93 38.298 22.056 60.354 4-wheel change
Frankie Muniz 94 91 40.059 23.390 63.449 4-wheel change
Frankie Muniz 49 47 38.708 25.892 64.600 4-wheel change
Dawson Sutton 94 93 39.478 17.617 57.095 4-wheel change
Dawson Sutton 49 48 39.432 19.118 58.550 4-wheel change
Andres Perez de Lara 49 48 39.614 23.189 62.803 4-wheel change
Andres Perez de Lara 94 93 39.544 26.826 66.370 4-wheel change
Nathan Byrd 104 102 41.743 26.038 67.781 4-wheel change