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TSport 200

Friday, July 19th, 2024

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN

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  • Thursday, July 18th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
In a star-crossed season, Ty Majeski looks for turnaround at LOIRP

Justifiably, there will be two primary areas of focus as the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series visits Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for Friday night’s TSport 200.

The first will be the front of the field. The second will be the Playoff cut line, and, of course, the two areas may intersect.

Ty Majeski will try to defend the dominating victory he scored at LOIRP last year after leading 179 of 200 laps. He beat runner-up Christian Eckes to the finish line by 3.422 seconds at the 0.686-mile short track.

With two races left before the Truck Series Playoff field is set, Majeski is securely 125 points above the cutoff (needing just three points on Friday to clinch a berth in the postseason), but the driver of the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford has scored just five top fives and no wins in 14 races this season.

Also hoping for excellent results on Friday are four “bubble” drivers clustered around the current cut line.

Defending series champion Ben Rhodes is 18 points to the good entering Friday’s race and far from a certainty when it comes to qualifying for the 10-driver Playoffs field. Tenth-place Daniel Dye is in a more perilous position, leading 11th-place Tanner Gray by a single point.

Stewart Friesen is four points behind Dye in 12th, all but assuring a wild scramble for the final two Playoff spots at LOIRP and Richmond Raceway, where the final regular-season race will take place on Aug. 10.

  • TSport 200
  • Pole Winner: Rajah Caruth
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 71 - HendrickCarscom Chevrolet
  • Owner: Jeff Dickerson
  • Crew Chief: Chad Walter
  • Rajah Caruth won the Pole Award for the TSport 200 with a lap of 22863 seconds, 108017 mph
  • This is his second pole in 42 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in two races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Grant Enfinger (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2024 and his third in three races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Tyler Ankrum (third) posted his first top-10 start at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park It is his seventh in 15 races this season
  • Layne Riggs (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Friday, July 19th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Ty Majeski mounts successful defense of victory at Indianapolis short track

Ty Majeski’s victory in Friday night’s TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park wasn’t the sort of dominating performance he enjoyed last year—until the final stage of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race.

Majeski overcame a restart violation on Lap 50 that sent him to the rear of the field but rallied to defend his 2023 victory at the 0.686-mile short track. The driver of the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford earned his first victory of the season and the fourth of his career.

Majeski, who swept the stages and led 179 laps in last year’s win, was penalized for jumping the restart after the first caution of the race for Ty Dillon’s spin in Turn 3 on Lap 43. He scored no points in Stage 1, but by the time the second stage ended, Majeski had charged to third.

Sixteen laps after the restart for the final stage, Majeski took the lead for the first time, using the lapped truck of Thad Moffitt as a pick and charging past Eckes through Turns 1 and 2.

The Seymour, Wisconsin, driver led the final 56 of 200 laps and took the checkered flag 4.129 seconds ahead of Eckes.

“It’s huge,” Majeski said. “Obviously, I made a little bit of a mistake. It was probably a little bit of a close call on that restart. I had to pony up and get it back. Obviously, when you make a mistake as a driver, you drive a little bit harder to make up for it, but these guys had my back—awesome pit stops.

“It’s been an up-and-down year. We’ve had the speed to win. Just haven’t been able to put it together, had some bad luck along the way, some of it self-inflicted. But, man, so proud of this Road Ranger group.”

Grant Enfinger finished third after leading 71 laps. Tyler Ankrum was fourth, followed by Layne Riggs, Sammy Smith, Luke Fenhaus, pole winner Rajah Caruth, Dean Thompson and Nick Sanchez.

Fenhaus’ seventh-place result was his best in three Truck Series starts.

By the time he took the checkered flag, Majeski already had clinched a Playoff spot on points, leaving three berths still available in the postseason, with the Aug. 10 race at Richmond left to decide the final Playoff grid.

With a 20th-place finish on Friday, Tanner Gray took over the 10th and final Playoff-eligible position from Daniel Dye, who came home 27th after an unscheduled pit stop on Lap 81. Dye trails Gray by five points entering the last regular-season race.

Five-time race winner Corey Heim finished 17th, a lap down, after contact from Eckes’ No. 19 Chevrolet cut his left-front tire and forced him to the pits under caution on Lap 88. Forced to use his last set of tires prematurely, Heim finished second in Stage 2 on the fresh rubber but faded in the final stage.

“I just misjudged the straightaway,” said Eckes, who led a race-high 73 laps. “He’s got every right to be mad.”

Eckes retained the series lead by 50 points over second-place Heim.

  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 04.129 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 40 Minutes 6 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 82.238
  • Cautions: 4 for 27 laps
  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,377 (8.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • TSport 200
  • Race Winner: Ty Majeski
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No 98 - Road Ranger Ford
  • Owner: ThorSport Racing
  • Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr
  • Ty Majeski won the TSport 200, his fourth victory in 81 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Christian Eckes (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Grant Enfinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Layne Riggs (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Christian Eckes leads the point standings by 50 points over Corey Heim
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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TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 Johnny Sauter Necedah, WI May 1, 1978 46 Toyota AISIN Hattori Racing Enterprises Richard Wauters
2 9 Grant Enfinger Fairhope, AL Jan 22, 1985 39 Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment CR7 Motorsports Jeff Stankiewicz
3 88 Matt Crafton Tulare, CA Jun 11, 1976 48 Ford Dutch Boy/Menards ThorSport Racing Jeriod Prince
4 56 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 31 Toyota Units Storage Hill Motorsports Terry Elmore
5 25 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Rackley Roofing Rackley W.A.R Shane Wilson
6 45 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Alliance Highway Safety Niece Motorsports Phil Gould
7 41 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet Niece Niece Motorsports Cody Efaw
8 76 Spencer Boyd Creve Coeur, MO Jun 26, 1995 29 Chevrolet KIR Ammo.com 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 02 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 27 Chevrolet BRUNT Young's Motorsports Trip Bruce III
11 52 Stewart Friesen Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Jul 25, 1983 41 Toyota Halmar International Halmar Friesen Racing Jimmy Villeneuve
12 99 Ben Rhodes Louisville, KY Feb 21, 1997 27 Ford Campers Inn RV ThorSport Racing Doug Randolph
13 18 Tyler Ankrum San Bernardino, CA Mar 6, 2001 23 Chevrolet LiUNA! McAnally Hilgemann Racing Mark Hillman
14 19 Christian Eckes MIddletown, NY Nov 10, 2000 23 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Care McAnally Hilgemann Racing Charles Denike
15 77 Chase Purdy Meridian, MS Nov 11, 1999 24 Chevrolet Bama Buggies Spire Motorsports Jason Trinchere
16 98 Ty Majeski Seymour, WI Aug 18, 1994 30 Ford Road Ranger ThorSport Racing Joe Shear Jr
17 15 Tanner Gray Artesia, NM Apr 15, 1999 25 Toyota Bucket Boss TRICON Garage Jerame Donley
18 44 Conor Daly Noblesville, IN Dec 15, 1991 32 Chevrolet Power Plus Niece Motorsports Wally Rogers
19 11 Corey Heim Marietta, GA Jul 5, 2002 22 Toyota Safelite TRICON Garage Scott Zipadelli
20 33 Lawless Alan Los Angeles, CA Feb 2, 2000 24 Ford AUTOChargit Reaume Brothers Racing Doug George
21 5 Dean Thompson Anaheim, CA Aug 30, 2001 23 Toyota Thompson Pipe Group TRICON Garage Derek Smith
22 32 Bret Holmes Munford, AL May 5, 1997 27 Chevrolet Best Value Carriers Bret Holmes Racing Mike Shiplett
23 91 Jack Wood Loomis, CA Aug 7, 2000 24 Chevrolet Children's Museum Indianapolis McAnally Hilgemann Racing Kevin Bellicourt
24 17 Taylor Gray Denver, NC Mar 25, 2005 19 Toyota JBL TRICON Garage Jeff Hensley
25 46 Thad Moffitt Trinity, NC Sep 12, 2000 24 Chevrolet Tasty Duck Young's Motorsports Tyler Young
26 2 Nicholas Sanchez Miami, FL Jun 10, 2001 23 Chevrolet Gainbridge Rev Racing Kevin Manion
27 71 Rajah Caruth Atlanta, GA Jun 11, 2002 22 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Spire Motorsports Chad Walter
28 13 Jake Garcia Monroe, GA Mar 3, 2005 19 Ford Quanta Services ThorSport Racing Rich Lushes
29 7 Sammy Smith Johnston, IA Jun 4, 2004 20 Chevrolet Golden Harvest Spire Motorsports Brian Pattie
30 38 Layne Riggs Bahama, NC Jun 11, 2002 22 Ford Long John Silver's Front Row Motorsports Dylan Cappello
31 04 Marco Andretti Nazareth, PA Mar 13, 1987 37 Chevrolet Group 1001 Roper Racing Bruce Cook
32 43 Daniel Dye DeLand, Florida Dec 4, 2003 20 Chevrolet Bettenhausen Automotive McAnally Hilgemann Racing Blake Bainbridge
33 1 William Sawalich Eden Prairie, MN Oct 3, 2006 17 Toyota Starkey/Soundgear TRICON Garage Seth Smith
34 66 Luke Fenhaus Wausau, WI Apr 8, 2004 20 Ford Soda Sense ThorSport Racing Josh Hankish
35 22 Tyler Tomassi West Greenwich, RI Jul 16, 2003 21 Ford Levrack Reaume Brothers Racing Pedro Lopez