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Friday, April 12th, 2024

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

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Kyle Busch ties Todd Bodine for Truck Series most wins at Texas

A handful of late race cautions only made it more dramatic but veteran Kyle Busch still managed to hold off a hard-charging field to claim a record-tying sixth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race victory at Texas Motor Speedway, just bettering Corey Heim by a mere .112-second to win Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250.

Maybe while competing in Texas Busch should consider changing his nickname from “Rowdy” to the popular Texas greeting, “Howdy” because the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has absolutely created an unbelievable mark of excellence competing at the Fort Worth 1.5-miler.

Busch’s sixth win in a Texas Motor Speedway truck race ties him with Todd Bodine for most ever. Busch has won the last four truck races he’s entered at the track. And. ..it is Busch’s 20th overall win at TMS – an unprecedented tally that also includes four NASCAR Cup Series victories and 10 Xfinity Series race wins.

He led a race best 112 of the 167 laps in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Friday and won both stages.

“Great team, everybody here at Spire [Motorsports],” said Busch, who has won a record 66 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races in his career – two this season.

“They definitely kept me honest, I’ll give them that,” said Busch, who compared the robust competition all night to another inspired win when he had to come from 15th place with two laps remaining to win a race.

“Corey [Heim] kept us honest right there,” he continued. “He started to find that top over there and got some momentum over there with three to go. I chattered really bad, so my front just wasn’t working over there. … he made it and got to my rear bumper getting into [turn] three and I just didn’t know which way to go so I ran the middle then to the bottom and then he slipped up top and I guess we had enough of a gap after that.”

Heim’s runner-up finish in the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota continues his perfect streak of top-10 finishes in every Truck race this season (seven). The margin of victory Friday was the second closest ever at the Texas track.

“It just seemed like a big track position game at the end there,” said the 21-year old Heim. “He’d get really big runs on the straightaways and once you get to the corner it’s really hard to stay behind someone and keep the momentum.

“I did all I could there trying to pick up three [positions] on that last restart but got another caution there unfortunately and just tried to build a run on him, but he’s just too good and does a really good job. Really happy with our run tonight, picked up stage points and finished second.”

Despite Busch’s laps led tally, It was really a highly-competitive race at the front of the field. Christian Eckes led 31 laps and Nick Sanchez led 16. The three drivers – Heim, Eckes and Sanchez – exchanging positions among the top five all evening in pursuit of Busch.

REV Racing’s Sanchez finished third, followed by McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Eckes and former series champion – now a NASCAR Cup Series rookie – Zane Smith, who also competed for McAnally-Hilgemann Friday night.

Daniel Dye, brothers Tayler and Tanner Gray, Stefan Parsons and Ty Majeski rounded out the top-10 finishers.

It was a rough night for early-season championship leader Tyler Ankrum, who was collected in an accident only two laps into the race and finished last, 34th place.

The championship standings changed up with the Texas results and Eckes – the series’ only two-race winner so far in 2024 – takes the lead by two-points over Heim. Majeski, who came into the race leading the points, is now third, 12 points back. Ankrum drops to sixth place, 43 points behind Eckes.

  • Drivers Entered: 34
  • Laps Scheduled: 147
  • Laps Actual: 167 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.112 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 6 Minutes 52 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 118.471
  • Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,146 (9.0 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
Taylor Gray 9 7 3 26.587 5 14.904 1 41.491 1 40.829 42.151
Kyle Busch 4 1 3 26.348 2 15.393 2 41.741 2 41.585 42.025
Corey Heim 14 2 3 26.675 7 16.261 3 42.936 3 41.310 43.940
Christian Eckes 2 4 3 26.586 4 16.550 4 43.136 4 42.598 43.674
Nicholas Sanchez 1 3 3 26.763 8 16.939 6 43.702 5 43.379 43.884
Ty Majeski 11 10 2 27.423 12 16.600 5 44.023 6 43.784 44.262
Grant Enfinger 5 29 3 26.900 10 17.373 9 44.273 7 42.608 47.523
Dean Thompson 17 16 3 26.901 11 17.450 10 44.351 8 43.079 46.263
Stewart Friesen 3 13 3 26.333 1 18.318 12 44.652 9 42.850 46.073
Matt Crafton 22 15 3 27.554 15 17.317 8 44.871 10 43.589 46.125
Rajah Caruth 10 12 4 28.114 23 17.186 7 45.300 11 36.814 50.721
Jake Garcia 13 19 3 27.540 14 18.292 11 45.831 12 44.188 47.142
Johnny Sauter 18 17 3 27.451 13 18.585 14 46.036 13 45.666 46.726
Matt Mills 20 26 3 27.877 21 18.342 13 46.219 14 38.299 52.013
Bayley Currey 8 14 2 28.089 22 18.735 15 46.824 15 45.094 48.554
Zane Smith 12 5 3 27.821 20 19.041 16 46.862 16 45.267 48.144
Layne Riggs 7 31 3 26.671 6 20.198 18 46.869 17 44.191 49.955
Daniel Dye 6 6 3 26.850 9 20.576 20 47.426 18 46.939 47.993
Bret Holmes 27 22 3 27.627 16 20.009 17 47.636 19 43.871 53.729
Ben Rhodes 19 24 3 26.523 3 21.141 22 47.664 20 45.298 50.619
Chase Purdy 15 25 3 28.404 25 20.209 19 48.613 21 45.758 53.080
Stefan Parsons 25 9 3 27.717 17 21.288 23 49.005 22 46.419 51.465
Kris Wright 26 30 3 28.903 30 20.687 21 49.590 23 45.865 53.400
Timmy Hill 30 21 2 27.748 18 22.589 24 50.337 24 49.481 51.193
Ty Dillon 24 23 3 27.815 19 23.457 25 51.272 25 47.661 55.399
Tanner Gray 34 8 1 28.317 24 23.723 27 52.040 26 52.040 52.040
Mason Massey 29 20 3 28.666 28 23.480 26 52.146 27 48.586 54.035
Conner Jones 16 18 2 28.643 27 23.757 28 52.400 28 49.336 55.464
Lawless Alan 21 11 2 28.426 26 24.842 29 53.268 29 53.139 53.396
Keith McGee 32 28 1 28.847 29 29.429 30 58.276 30 58.276 58.276

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
Johnny Sauter 42 42 27.681 17.985 45.666 4-wheel change
Johnny Sauter 117 116 27.332 18.385 45.717 4-wheel change
Johnny Sauter 82 82 27.340 19.386 46.726 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 82 82 26.403 15.182 41.585 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 127 127 26.231 15.382 41.613 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 42 42 26.409 15.616 42.025 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 82 82 27.093 15.515 42.608 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 121 120 26.906 15.782 42.688 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 42 42 26.702 20.821 47.523 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 127 126 27.340 16.249 43.589 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 42 42 27.715 17.184 44.899 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 82 82 27.607 18.518 46.125 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 42 42 27.092 22.389 49.481 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 132 131 28.404 22.789 51.193 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 124 122 27.541 20.120 47.661 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 42 42 28.000 22.756 50.756 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 82 82 27.905 27.494 55.399 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 121 120 26.676 18.418 45.094 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 42 42 29.502 19.052 48.554 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 42 42 29.457 8.842 38.299 Right-sides only
Matt Mills 83 82 27.086 21.258 48.344 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 137 135 27.088 24.925 52.013 4-wheel change
Mason Massey 137 136 27.732 20.854 48.586 4-wheel change
Mason Massey 83 82 28.988 24.828 53.816 4-wheel change
Mason Massey 44 43 29.277 24.758 54.035 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 82 82 27.433 18.986 46.419 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 125 124 27.776 21.354 49.130 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 42 42 27.942 23.523 51.465 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 82 82 26.782 18.485 45.267 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 42 42 27.456 19.720 47.176 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 136 136 29.225 18.919 48.144 4-wheel change
Kris Wright 137 136 27.647 18.218 45.865 4-wheel change
Kris Wright 43 42 30.686 18.819 49.505 4-wheel change
Kris Wright 83 82 28.375 25.025 53.400 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 127 126 26.100 16.750 42.850 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 82 82 26.447 18.585 45.032 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 42 42 26.453 19.620 46.073 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 82 82 26.212 19.086 45.298 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 42 42 26.620 20.454 47.074 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 125 124 26.736 23.883 50.619 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 128 128 26.749 15.849 42.598 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 82 82 26.385 16.750 43.135 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 42 42 26.624 17.050 43.674 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 82 82 27.206 18.552 45.758 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 119 118 26.748 20.253 47.001 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 42 42 31.258 21.822 53.080 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 122 121 27.401 16.383 43.784 4-wheel change
Ty Majeski 82 82 27.445 16.817 44.262 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 137 137 28.317 23.723 52.040 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 122 121 26.095 15.215 41.310 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 42 42 27.107 16.450 43.557 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 82 82 26.823 17.117 43.940 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 42 42 29.048 24.091 53.139 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 136 136 27.804 25.592 53.396 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 123 122 26.496 16.583 43.079 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 42 42 26.753 16.959 43.712 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 82 82 27.454 18.809 46.263 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 126 124 26.954 16.917 43.871 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 82 82 27.623 17.684 45.307 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 42 42 28.304 25.425 53.729 4-wheel change
Keith McGee 128 121 28.847 29.429 58.276 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 123 122 26.114 14.715 40.829 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 82 82 26.846 14.648 41.494 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 42 42 26.802 15.349 42.151 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 82 82 26.763 16.616 43.379 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 121 120 26.693 17.150 43.843 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 42 42 26.834 17.050 43.884 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 22 21 27.065 9.749 36.814 Right-sides only
Rajah Caruth 128 126 27.899 17.617 45.516 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 83 82 29.761 18.388 48.149 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 14 13 27.732 22.989 50.721 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 123 122 27.872 16.316 44.188 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 82 82 27.327 18.837 46.164 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 42 42 27.420 19.722 47.142 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 82 82 26.707 17.484 44.191 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 42 42 26.308 20.153 46.461 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 109 108 26.999 22.956 49.955 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 82 82 26.719 20.220 46.939 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 120 119 26.925 20.420 47.345 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 42 42 26.905 21.088 47.993 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 42 42 28.849 20.487 49.336 4-wheel change
Conner Jones 82 82 28.437 27.027 55.464 4-wheel change