Uneventful Cut Line Drama Sets Truck Series Playoffs
An uneventful night for Matt DiBenedetto, Nick Sanchez, and Matt Crafton end up locking them into the playoffs.
An uneventful night for Matt DiBenedetto, Nick Sanchez, and Matt Crafton end up locking them into the playoffs.
Carson Hocevar took the lead with four laps to go to earn the win at Richmond in the last race of the Truck regular season.
Logano was three laps down by the time his car was brought back to pit road at Pocono.
Corey Heim led early and then late to claim the win at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Rhodes came back from a mid-race spin with Ty Majeski to score a top five.
Though none of ThorSport’s drivers have wins yet this season, Ty Majeski has shined for the team.
On the final lap of the Bristol dirt race, the top two cars were nose to tail out of turn 2 – sound familiar?
When the dust had literally settled on the dirt surface of Bristol, three of the top four finishers were sporting the flags of ThorSport Racing, including winner Joey Logano.
Ben Rhodes, Stewart Friesen, Joey Logano and Matt Crafton won their respective heat races, but due to passing points Zane Smith will start on the pole.
Cody Ware will miss Sunday’s Bristol Dirt Race to deal with a personal matter. He’ll be replaced by Matt Crafton in the No. 51 NASCAR Cup Series Rick Ware Racing Ford.
Though Matt Crafton’s dominance has waned in recent years, the driver of the No. 88 continues to plug along as an elder statesman of the Craftsman Truck Series.
Cup Series regular Justin Haley grabbed three feature wins this week at Volusia, leading a pack of NASCAR drivers that took part in Speedweeks action.
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