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Baptist Health 200

Saturday, October 21st, 2023

Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL

  • 17 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 10 Toyota

  • Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • Baptist Health Cancer Care 200
  • Pole Winner: Nick Sanchez
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No. 2 - Gainbridge Chevrolet
  • Owner: Max Siegel
  • Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
  • Nick Sanchez won the Pole Award for the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 with a lap of 32.319 seconds, 167.084 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 22 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his fifth pole and 15th top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in one races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Carson Hocevar (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Grant Enfinger (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 12th in 22 races this season.
  • Nick Sanchez (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 21st, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Carson Hocevar Takes the Checkered Flag at Miami; Joins, Corey Heim, Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes in Championship 4

Carson Hocevar secured his first NASCAR CRATSMAN Truck Series Championship 4 appearance with a victory Saturday in the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway earning all four of his career series wins this season – the trophy Saturday most impactful among them.

Hocevar put his No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet into the lead with 11 laps remaining and held off the hard-charging Zane Smith by 2.705-seconds to claim the win over the reigning series champion, whose runner-up effort was disqualified by NASCAR after a post-race technical inspection found the defending series champion’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford was illegal – using an unapproved windshield support.

“We are disappointed in the disqualification,’’ Front Row Motorsports said in a statement after the NASCAR inspecition. “We will continue to work and discuss with NASCAR officials back at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C. before making any further comment.’’

The DQ moved ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes into runner-up on the afternoon helping him to advance to the Playoffs – prevailing in a tiebreaker with rookie Nick Sanchez; the polesitter who finished 17th after making contact with another truck coming to pit road for his final stop.

Regular season champion, TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim, GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger and Hocevar’s Niece Motorsports teammate Bailey Curry rounded out the top five at Homestead.

Heim, Hocevar, Enfinger and Rhodes will now race for the championship Nov. 3 at Phoenix Raceway.

Hocevar celebrated the clutch win by climbing high atop the flag stand to claim the checkered flag in person. He threw it down to the cheering fans behind the fence then climbed back down on the grandstand side to high-five fans and celebrate the biggest win of his life – to date.

“It kills me I can’t do a burn-out but we have to take this truck to Phoenix,’’ a grinning Hocevar said. “This truck was so good. We just got behind on pit stops and just lost track position which was unfortunate, but man, it’s so good to feel [like this]. I love it.

“I thought we could win today with our truck, even with all the setbacks from the debris and everything, we had a shot to win and we did just that.’’

The battle for that final Playoff position was as dramatic as the fight for the victory.

Rhodes came into this final regular season race only five points behind Sanchez for the fourth championship-eligible transfer position. He finished 24th in the opening stage and 10th in the second stage. It still left him outside looking into the Championship 4, so Rhodes’ ThorSport team opted to pit for fresh tires early and out of pit sequence. The move allowed his No. 99 ThorSport Ford to take the race lead as the other frontrunners pit later.

He held the point with 30 laps remaining only to have Hocevar and Smith chase him back down. Hocevar passed him with 11 laps remaining, Smith a lap later.

“We failed Ben today, we didn’t give him a very good truck and he bailed us out at the end there,’’ Rhodes’ crew chief Rich Lushes said. “It was the only call we had. We had to do something different than everybody else and it all worked out so I guess we’re going to [championship] again.’’

It was a heartbreaking ending for the 22-year old Sanchez, who is from nearby Miami and raced often at Homestead-Miami Speedway as he was coming up the junior ranks. He won the pole and led the opening five laps, only to see his Playoff hopes in jeopardy after a miscue approaching his final pit stop with 34 laps remaining. His No. 2 Rev Racing Chevrolet hit the back of Tanner Gray’s truck as the two were slowing to enter pit road causing noticeable damage to Sanchez’ Chevrolet.

“Obviously I lost a lot of time there and just lost time in the pits trying to fix it,’’ Sanchez said. “Just my fault, no two ways to it. I really didn’t know the 15 was pitting and didn’t slow down [enough]. So that’s on me. I apologize to my team. They’re going to support me. To miss by one-point is pretty rough, but all you can do it go to Phoenix and try to win.’

Heim led a race best 57 of the 134 laps and swept both Stage victories. His third place finish marked the series best 15th-consecutive top-10 finish of the season.

“I really thought we had them covered today, I mean we were smoking the first two stages and kind of waiting on the third stage and then it went out like a light switch so we’ll look everything over,’’ Heim said, adding, “We’ve got bigger things on the horizon so we’ll focus on that.’’

Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton, Rajah Caruth, Ty Majeski and Chase Purdy rounded out the top 10 finishing order. Majeski joins Smith, Sanchez and Christian Eckes to be eliminated from Playoff contention.

Eckes finished 20th after what looked like a sure-bet top-10 finish was hampered by penalties and miscues on the afternoon. He was called for moving lanes on a restart and another time for speeding on his pit road exit late in the race.

“We had a truck able to advance and just kept making mistakes,’’ Eckes said. “Just wasn’t good enough today.’’

IndyCar star Marco Andretti finished 18h in his second series start in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. He’s scheduled to race at Phoenix in two weeks.

  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 134
  • Margin of Victory: 02.705 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 48 Minutes 41 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 110.965
  • Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,695 (16.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • Baptist Health Cancer Care 200
  • Race Winner: Carson Hocevar
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 42 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
  • Owner: Niece Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Phil Gould
  • Carson Hocevar won the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200, his fourth victory in 76 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Zane Smith (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Ben Rhodes (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Rajah Caruth (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Carson Hocevar, Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes join Corey Heim in clinching spots in the Championship 4
  • Chevrolet clinched the first championship title of the season in the NASCAR national ranks by earning the 2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Manufacturer Championship. This marks the 11th time in NCTS history that Chevrolet has captured the title.
Carson Hocevar celebrates his Craftsman Truck Series victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, Florida - October 21, 2023 : Carson Hocevar celebrates his Craftsman Truck Series victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway
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Baptist Health 200 at Homestead Miami Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
15 32 25 Trevor Bayne Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 Running
5 3 23 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 38 32 6 0 134 0 0 5 0 Running
8 22 88 Matt Crafton Ford 35 29 6 0 134 0 0 9 7 Running
6 17 41 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 39 31 8 0 134 0 0 0 3 Running
34 30 12 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 Electrical
31 24 9 Colby Howard Chevrolet 6 6 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 Running
23 26 56 Tyler Hill Toyota 14 14 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
2 7 38 Zane Smith Ford 51 35 16 0 134 34 1 4 2 Running
7 9 52 Stewart Friesen Toyota 41 30 11 0 134 0 0 6 5 Running
3 21 99 Ben Rhodes Ford 35 34 1 0 134 22 1 0 10 Running
26 16 16 Tyler Ankrum Toyota 11 11 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
33 28 4 Spencer Davis Ford 4 4 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 Electrical
21 10 19 Christian Eckes Chevrolet 20 16 4 0 133 0 0 7 0 Running
11 14 4 Chase Purdy Chevrolet 30 26 4 0 134 0 0 10 8 Running
10 4 98 Ty Majeski Ford 41 27 14 0 134 1 1 2 6 Running
1 2 42 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 55 40 10 5 134 11 1 3 9 Running
12 6 15 Tanner Gray Toyota 25 25 0 0 134 4 1 0 0 Running
29 20 13 Hailie Deegan Ford 8 8 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 Running
4 8 11 Corey Heim Toyota 55 33 20 2 134 57 3 1 1 Running
20 23 45 Lawless Alan Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
17 5 5 Dean Thompson Toyota 20 20 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
13 11 51 Jack Wood Chevrolet 24 24 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 Running
32 34 46 Armani Williams Toyota 5 5 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 Running
14 12 17 Taylor Gray Toyota 23 23 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 Running
18 1 2 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 29 19 10 0 133 5 1 8 4 Running
25 18 2 Brad Perez Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
9 13 24 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 Running
16 15 35 Jake Garcia Chevrolet 21 21 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
28 29 22 Mason Maggio Ford 9 9 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 Running
24 25 20 Nick Leitz Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
19 27 7 Marco Andretti Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
22 19 43 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 Running
30 31 33 Memphis Villarreal Ford 7 7 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 Running
27 33 30 Jonathan Shafer Toyota 10 10 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 Running

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Jonathan Shafer Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Armani Williams Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Trevor Bayne Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Chase Purdy Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Tanner Gray Pre-Race to the Rear Missing Driver Introductions Tail End 0 0 White
Taylor Gray Pre-Race to the Rear Missing Driver Introductions Tail End 0 0 White
Chase Purdy Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 25 27 Green
Hailie Deegan Tire violation Tail End 34 39 Yellow
Nick Leitz Tire violation Tail End 34 39 Yellow
Memphis Villarreal Safety violation Tail End 35 39 Yellow
Marco Andretti Improper fueling Tail End 35 39 Yellow
Memphis Villarreal Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 38 39 Yellow
Mason Maggio Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 38 39 Yellow
Mason Maggio Speeding on pit road Tail End 38 39 Yellow
Grant Enfinger Tire violation Tail End 55 58 Yellow
Christian Eckes Unspecified Restart Violation - Changing Lanes Tail End 58 67 Green/Yellow
Tyler Ankrum Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 68 74 Yellow
Hailie Deegan Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 74 Yellow
Hailie Deegan Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area 2 Laps - DVP Other - See Notes 69 73 Yellow
Jack Wood Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 74 Yellow
Colby Howard Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 70 74 Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 79 84 Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 81 84 Yellow
Nick Leitz Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 83 84 Yellow
Christian Eckes Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 98 100 Green