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SpeedyCash.com 250

Friday, April 12th, 2024

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Texas Motor Speedway
  • SpeedyCashcom 250
  • Pole Winner: Nick Sanchez
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 2 - Gainbridge Chevrolet
  • Owner: Max Siegel
  • Crew Chief: Kevin Manion
  • Nick Sanchez won the Pole Award for the SpeedyCashcom 250 with a lap of 29219 seconds, 184811 mph
  • This is his sixth pole in 30 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his second pole in two races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Christian Eckes (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2024 and his fifth in five races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Stewart Friesen (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway It is his second in seven races this season
  • Layne Riggs (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Friday, April 12th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
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)

  • SpeedyCashcom 250
  • Race Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 38
  • Team : No 7 - Realtree Chevrolet
  • Owner: Spire Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
  • Kyle Busch won the SpeedyCashcom 250, his 66th victory in 174 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races - a winning percentage of 379%
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his sixth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 15 races at Texas Motor Speedway Busch ties Todd Bodine for the Truck Series most wins at Texas with six each
  • Corey Heim (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2024
  • Nick Sanchez (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Conner Jones (18th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Christian Eckes leads the point standings by 2 points over Corey Heim
Kyle Busch celebrates in victory lane
Fort Worth, Texas - April 12, 2024 : Kyle Busch, driver of the #7 Realtree Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
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SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
17 18 45 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 21 20 1 0 167 0 0 0 10 Running
1 4 7 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 167 112 3 1 1 Running
29 5 9 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 13 8 5 0 151 0 0 8 9 Accident
15 22 88 Matt Crafton Ford 22 22 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
21 30 56 Timmy Hill Toyota 16 16 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
23 24 25 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
14 8 41 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 23 23 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
27 28 76 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 10 10 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 Running
26 20 42 Matt Mills Chevrolet 11 11 0 0 165 0 0 0 0 Running
20 29 02 Mason Massey Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
9 25 75 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
5 12 91 Zane Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 167 8 1 4 7 Running
30 26 1 Kris Wright Toyota 7 7 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 Accident
13 3 52 Stewart Friesen Toyota 30 24 6 0 167 0 0 5 0 Running
24 19 99 Ben Rhodes Ford 13 13 0 0 165 0 0 0 0 Running
34 33 18 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Accident
4 2 19 Christian Eckes Chevrolet 50 33 17 0 167 31 3 2 3 Running
25 15 77 Chase Purdy Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 165 0 0 0 0 Running
10 11 98 Ty Majeski Ford 27 27 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
8 34 15 Tanner Gray Toyota 29 29 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
2 14 11 Corey Heim Toyota 44 35 9 0 167 0 0 9 4 Running
11 21 33 Lawless Alan Ford 26 26 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
16 17 5 Dean Thompson Toyota 21 21 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
22 27 32 Bret Holmes Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
28 32 22 Keith McGee Ford 9 9 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 Running
7 9 17 Taylor Gray Toyota 37 30 7 0 167 0 0 10 5 Running
32 23 46 Thad Moffitt Chevrolet 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Accident
3 1 2 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 51 34 17 0 167 16 1 3 2 Running
12 10 71 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 167 0 0 0 0 Running
19 13 13 Jake Garcia Ford 18 18 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
31 7 38 Layne Riggs Ford 15 6 9 0 135 0 0 7 6 Accident
6 6 43 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 39 31 8 0 167 0 0 6 8 Running
18 16 66 Conner Jones Ford 19 19 0 0 166 0 0 0 0 Running
33 31 20 Memphis Villarreal Chevrolet 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Tanner Gray Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Truck Tail End 0 0 White
Tyler Ankrum Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Truck Tail End 0 0 White
Bret Holmes Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Rajah Caruth Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Tyler Ankrum Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 2 0 Yellow
Rajah Caruth Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 3 8 Yellow
Kris Wright Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 5 8 Yellow
Kris Wright Speeding on pit road Tail End 5 8 Yellow
Tanner Gray Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 42 46 Yellow
Timmy Hill Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 82 86 Yellow
Keith McGee Tire violation Tail End 84 86 Yellow
Chase Purdy Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 120 122 Green
Keith McGee Speeding on pit road Tail End 129 141 Green/Yellow
Timmy Hill Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 133 141 Yellow
Layne Riggs Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 133 141 Yellow
Matt Mills Speeding on pit road Tail End 138 141 Yellow
Kris Wright Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 146 0 Yellow
Dean Thompson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 151 157 Yellow
Grant Enfinger Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 151 0 Yellow