Pit Stops

Clean Harbors 250

Saturday, August 10th, 2024

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 20 Chevrolet
  • 9 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Richmond is set to decide the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff field

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to action in Saturday night’s Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond Raceway – the last regular season race of the year and one that will formally set the 10-driver 2024 Playoff field and crown the Regular Season Champion.

Five drivers have earned Playoff positions with victories this year – including Christian Eckes, Corey Heim, Nicholas Sanchez, Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth. Five other drivers are currently “In” Playoff position via points – Tyler Ankrum (+85), Grant Enfinger (+77), Taylor Gray (+48), defending series champion Ben Rhodes (+22) and Tanner Gray (+5).

Daniel Dye (-5) and Stewart Friesen (-16) are just below the cutoff line and within reasonable distance to challenge for a Playoff position in the right race circumstances Saturday night. Three-time series champion Matt Crafton is just behind Friesen in the standings, 43 points back.

McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Eckes holds a 50-point advantage on TRICON Garage’s Heim for the regular season title despite Heim’s series best five-win tally. The 23-year-old Eckes could clinch the Regular Season Championship by scoring 11 or more points on Saturday – the regular season title includes the all-important 15-point bonus Playoff points to carry throughout the seven-race postseason. If Eckes claims that title, he would be the eighth different driver to do so.

Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet, is the only fulltime driver in the field that has a previous win at Richmond, claiming the 2020 victory in the series’ first race back at the three-quarter miler after a 15-year break. And Enfinger’s 5.5 average finish (four top-10s in as many races) is best among those with at least four starts at the track.

Carson Hocevar – now a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series – won the Richmond truck race last year by more than 2-seconds over Majeski, who led a race best 168 of the 250 laps. Among the four drivers closest to the cutoff mark, Rhodes was 12th last year, Tanner Gray was 16th, Dye was 21st and Friesen was 27th.

Of that foursome, Rhodes boasts the best average finish of 10.0 in his four Richmond starts with a pair of top-10s and 79 laps led. Tanner Gray has never scored a top-10 at Richmond with a best showing of 16th-place in three of his four starts there. Dye has just one previous race at the track and Friesen has one top-10 in his four starts – 10th place in 2020 – and has never led a lap.

Highly-touted young ARCA Menards Series drivers Connor Zilisch, 18, and William Sawalich, 17, will be on the starting grid this Saturday. Zilisch will drive the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet making his second of five scheduled starts on the season. Sawalich will be making his make his fourth start this season driving the No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra. He scored a season best 12th-place finish at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in the last race. He finished 10th at Richmond last year.

  • Clean Harbors 250
  • Pole Winner: Christian Eckes
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No 19 - Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet
  • Owner: Bill McAnally
  • Crew Chief: Charles Denike
  • Christian Eckes won the Pole Award for the Clean Harbors 250 with a lap of 22755 seconds, 118655 mph
  • This is his ninth pole in 107 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his third pole and 14th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in four races at Richmond Raceway
  • Ty Majeski (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2024 and his third in three races at Richmond Raceway
  • Grant Enfinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Richmond Raceway It is his 10th in 16 races this season
  • Layne Riggs (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, August 10th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Majeski wins second consecutive race in regular season finale; Truck Playoff field set

Ty Majeski took the lead on a restart with eight laps remaining in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series regular season finale Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway to hoist his second consecutive race trophy.

Majeski’s No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford led Christian Eckes’ No. 19 Chevy across the finish line by a slight .936-seconds to earn the win and vindicate a gut-wrenching loss at the three-quarter mile Richmond track from a year ago when he dominated the race only to lose the lead with four laps remaining.

That tough loss was still very much on the mind of the 29-year old Wisconsin native this weekend. And he nearly gave this one away too after receiving a pit road penalty when a tire got loose on his first pit stop during the Stage 1 break.

“This feels good, we’ve had great ThorSport trucks here at Richmond the last two years, but found different ways to lose them (races) and tried to do that again tonight ’’ said Majeski, who now has five career wins in the series.

“We really need to clean that stuff up.’’

Eckes, driver of the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Chevrolet officially claimed the regular season championship in winning Saturday night’s opening stage – his series best eighth stage victory of the season.

“Confidence is high for sure,’’ said Eckes, a three-race winner in 2024. “I feel like we’re in a better position than we were last year and I thought we were in a pretty good position last year too. Real proud of the team. We didn’t have quite what we needed today but proud of everybody and ready to get these next seven races underway.”

For the first time in the modern Playoff format, a driver raced his way into championship contention in the last cutoff race. Daniel Dye, 20, finished eighth in the No. 43 McAnally-Hilgemann Chevrolet – good enough to put him in the Playoffs by 12-points over TRICON Garage Racing’s Tanner Gray, who finished 12th.

“Just all the hard work these guys have put in and it’s really good to validate myself and the work I’ve put in to change up what I’ve been doing,’’ Dye said. “It’s so cool to have our 43 in the Playoffs.

Tanner Gray stood by his car, understandably frustrated with the night.

“We just weren’t good enough,’’ Tanner Gray said. “Didn’t have the speed, didn’t have the balance and I didn’t do a good enough job, so I’m really frustrated.”

His younger brother Taylor Gray finished third Saturday night, followed by veteran Grant Enfinger and rookie Layne Riggs. The third-place finish was enough to secure Gray’s position in the 10-driver Playoff field and comes in his first full-time season. Fourth-place finisher Enfinger led the most laps – 98 of the 250 – and earned the Stage 2 win; his first stage victory since last season.

Tyler Ankrum, defending series champion Ben Rhodes, Dye, Ty Dillon and rookie Connor Hall rounded out the top-10 in Saturday’s race.

The 10-driver Playoff field will include TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim, a five-race winner who holds a three-point advantage on Eckes to start the seven-race Playoff run. Majeski goes into the Playoff run ranked third, followed by fellow race winners this season, Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth.

Enfinger is seeded sixth followed by Ankrum, Taylor Gray, Rhodes and Dye.

The Playoff opener, the LiUNA 175, is Aug. 25 at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway (4 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

“These are my first two wins outside of the playoffs and they’re right on the cusp of the playoffs, so this team just seems to click right around playoff time,’’ Majeski said. “Between that and a lot of these racetracks are just our bread and butter. [Crew chief] Joe [Shear] and I, I feel like we’re pretty good at these last two racetracks and we’re going to another familiar one in Milwaukee and the way that this playoff schedule lays out is pretty good for our team. I’m excited to get going.”

  • Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: 0.936 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 25 Minutes 18 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.426
  • Cautions: 9 for 69 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,254 (6.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Clean Harbors 250
  • Race Winner: Ty Majeski
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No 98 - Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford
  • Owner: Mike Curb
  • Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr
  • Ty Majeski won the Clean Harbors 250, his fifth victory in 82 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his second victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Richmond Raceway
  • Christian Eckes (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Richmond Raceway
  • Layne Riggs (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Christian Eckes leads the point standings by 74 points over Corey Heim
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
Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond Raceway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Grant Enfinger 3 4 Running 3 30.026 10 14.703 2 44.729 1 44.119 45.625
Christian Eckes 1 2 Running 3 29.434 1 15.682 4 45.116 2 44.836 45.425
Taylor Gray 7 3 Running 3 29.761 8 15.558 3 45.318 3 44.786 46.168
Jake Garcia 23 13 Running 2 31.418 21 14.465 1 45.882 4 41.862 49.902
Tyler Ankrum 10 6 Running 3 29.908 9 16.096 5 46.005 5 45.642 46.629
Layne Riggs 4 5 Running 3 30.272 12 16.483 6 46.754 6 45.320 48.973
Corey Heim 6 16 Running 4 29.505 3 18.144 11 47.650 7 45.782 50.138
Ty Majeski 2 1 Running 3 30.651 16 17.065 8 47.716 8 46.393 49.494
William Sawalich 5 22 Running 3 29.758 7 18.056 10 47.814 9 39.535 52.532
Connor Zilisch 27 29 Accident 4 30.446 13 17.453 9 47.899 10 45.819 49.463
Tanner Gray 26 12 Running 5 31.791 23 16.823 7 48.614 11 46.771 52.104
Rajah Caruth 16 17 Running 4 29.461 2 19.529 15 48.990 12 45.938 55.421
Nicholas Sanchez 9 30 Clutch 4 29.597 5 19.553 16 49.150 13 47.647 50.888
Stefan Parsons 29 11 Running 2 29.755 6 19.686 17 49.441 14 48.098 50.783
Connor Hall 21 10 Running 3 30.876 18 18.718 12 49.594 15 47.106 53.268
Ben Rhodes 11 7 Running 3 30.210 11 20.053 19 50.264 16 48.754 52.483
Bret Holmes 22 21 Running 4 31.220 19 19.196 14 50.416 17 48.270 53.748
Stewart Friesen 12 25 Running 2 30.648 15 19.887 18 50.535 18 50.467 50.603
Matt Crafton 17 15 Running 4 30.514 14 20.262 20 50.776 19 45.384 59.055
Daniel Dye 13 8 Running 3 30.772 17 20.362 21 51.134 20 46.460 58.556
Kaden Honeycutt 8 14 Running 2 29.572 4 21.955 25 51.526 21 51.372 51.680
Chase Purdy 20 20 Running 4 32.718 25 19.172 13 51.890 22 49.687 55.478
Ty Dillon 19 9 Running 3 31.373 20 21.515 23 52.887 23 48.109 59.195
Dean Thompson 14 32 Accident 2 32.769 26 21.520 24 54.289 24 49.121 59.456
Timmy Hill 24 19 Running 2 31.479 22 23.055 29 54.534 25 51.554 57.513
Lawless Alan 25 18 Running 5 31.853 24 22.962 28 54.815 26 51.731 56.875
Conner Jones 28 31 Electrical 3 33.423 28 22.274 27 55.697 27 54.430 57.976
Spencer Boyd 32 24 Running 3 33.648 29 22.232 26 55.880 28 53.723 57.822
Bayley Currey 15 23 Running 4 38.252 33 20.404 22 58.656 29 49.026 82.001
Keith McGee 35 34 Accident 2 34.951 32 24.206 30 59.157 30 55.467 62.847
Justin Carroll 34 27 Running 2 34.747 30 25.074 31 59.821 31 57.904 61.737
Mason Maggio 33 28 Running 2 34.840 31 25.472 32 60.312 32 60.095 60.528
Mason Massey 31 26 Running 1 33.198 27 28.395 33 61.593 33 61.593 61.593

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond Raceway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Grant Enfinger 129 129 29.939 14.180 44.119 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 225 225 29.796 14.648 44.444 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 57 57 30.343 15.282 45.625 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 225 225 29.601 15.783 45.384 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 58 57 30.007 16.383 46.390 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 168 168 31.121 21.154 52.275 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 130 129 31.327 27.728 59.055 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 74 72 31.768 19.786 51.554 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 145 143 31.190 26.323 57.513 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 225 225 30.591 17.518 48.109 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 144 143 31.110 20.248 51.358 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 73 72 32.417 26.778 59.195 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 58 57 30.041 18.985 49.026 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 185 182 31.079 18.951 50.030 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 240 238 30.477 23.089 53.566 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 144 143 61.412 20.589 82.001 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 240 238 34.371 19.352 53.723 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 58 57 32.471 23.623 56.094 4-wheel change
Spencer Boyd 74 72 34.102 23.720 57.822 4-wheel change
Mason Massey 145 143 33.198 28.395 61.593 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 225 225 29.112 18.986 48.098 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 58 57 30.397 20.386 50.783 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 144 143 30.713 19.754 50.467 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 58 57 30.583 20.020 50.603 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 57 57 30.403 18.351 48.754 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 225 225 30.201 19.353 49.554 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 129 129 30.027 22.456 52.483 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 129 129 30.254 15.388 45.642 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 225 225 29.934 15.809 45.743 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 73 72 29.537 17.092 46.629 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 225 225 28.987 15.849 44.836 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 129 129 29.137 15.949 45.086 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 57 57 30.177 15.248 45.425 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 73 72 32.091 17.596 49.687 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 184 183 31.794 18.218 50.012 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 58 57 33.031 19.352 52.383 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 130 129 33.957 21.521 55.478 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 225 225 30.332 16.061 46.393 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 129 129 30.179 17.083 47.262 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 73 72 31.443 18.051 49.494 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 225 225 31.656 15.115 46.771 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 183 183 31.781 15.349 47.130 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 130 129 31.925 15.982 47.907 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 74 72 32.609 16.550 49.159 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 239 238 30.985 21.119 52.104 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 183 183 29.727 16.055 45.782 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 225 225 29.240 17.751 46.991 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 129 129 29.536 18.151 47.687 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 57 57 29.518 20.620 50.138 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 169 167 31.044 20.687 51.731 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 73 72 30.904 22.645 53.549 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 130 129 33.852 21.888 55.740 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 239 238 30.758 25.421 56.179 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 58 57 32.707 24.168 56.875 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 130 129 32.004 17.117 49.121 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 58 57 33.534 25.922 59.456 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 130 129 30.453 17.817 48.270 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 225 225 30.389 19.429 49.818 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 58 57 31.511 18.318 49.829 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 74 73 32.527 21.221 53.748 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 145 141 34.382 21.085 55.467 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 74 71 35.520 27.327 62.847 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 225 225 29.746 15.040 44.786 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 129 129 29.550 15.451 45.001 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 57 57 29.986 16.182 46.168 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 225 225 29.429 18.218 47.647 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 129 129 29.598 18.818 48.416 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 143 143 29.526 20.121 49.647 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 58 57 29.834 21.054 50.888 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 129 129 29.080 16.858 45.938 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 183 183 28.966 17.816 46.782 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 58 57 30.000 17.817 47.817 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 225 225 29.796 25.625 55.421 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 145 144 32.319 9.543 41.862 Left-sides only
Jake Garcia 225 225 30.516 19.386 49.902 4-wheel change
Justin Carroll 145 141 34.016 23.888 57.904 4-wheel change
Justin Carroll 74 71 35.477 26.260 61.737 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 58 57 29.451 21.921 51.372 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 129 129 29.692 21.988 51.680 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 130 127 34.946 25.149 60.095 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 58 56 34.734 25.794 60.528 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 129 129 30.172 15.148 45.320 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 225 225 30.021 15.949 45.970 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 57 57 30.622 18.351 48.973 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 129 129 30.745 15.715 46.460 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 57 57 31.001 17.384 48.385 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 225 225 30.570 27.986 58.556 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 225 225 29.174 10.361 39.535 Right-sides only
William Sawalich 130 129 30.822 20.554 51.376 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 183 183 29.279 23.253 52.532 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 58 57 35.245 19.185 54.430 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 72 72 35.231 19.453 54.684 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 129 129 29.792 28.184 57.976 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 225 225 29.749 16.070 45.819 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 129 129 29.752 18.052 47.804 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 168 168 31.151 17.360 48.511 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 73 72 31.133 18.330 49.463 4-wheel change
Connor Hall 225 225 29.989 17.117 47.106 4-wheel change
Connor Hall 58 57 30.457 17.951 48.408 4-wheel change
Connor Hall 129 129 32.181 21.087 53.268 4-wheel change