#42-Carson Hocevar won the Worldwide Express 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night after a pass over #98-Ty Majeski just three laps from the finish. The win was his third of the season, first at Richmond, and the third of his career.
#98-Majeski started from the pole, won the opening stages, and dominated the race for 168 of the 250 laps. A pit road penalty following stage 2 sent him to the rear of the field. He made up the lost positions and returned to the lead on lap 210.
Hocevar, along with the majority of the lead lap trucks, made pitstops under green for tires in the closing laps. Majeski stayed on track. Despite lapped trucks coming into play on a few occasions, the fresher tires for Hocevar made the difference.
#38-Zane Smith was third, followed by #35-Jake Garcia, #51-Matt Mills, #11-Corey Heim, #88-Matt Crafton, #2-Nick Sanchez, #23-Grant Enfinger, and #1-William Sawalich in the top-10.
Sixth place finisher #11-Corey Heim won the regular season championship.
#88-Matt Crafton finished seventh and earned the final playoff spot.
Entering the next race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the 10 playoff drivers are: #11-Heim, #38- Smith, #98-Majeski, #99-Rhodes, #23-Enfinger, #19-Eckes, #42-Hocevar, #25-DiBenedetto, #2-Sanchez, and #88-Crafton.
There were nine lead changes among four drivers and four cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 94.116mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Reset Driver Points, Owner Point Standings, Reset Owner Points, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Richmond Raceway
Carson Hocevar won the Worldwide Express 250, his third victory in 70 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
Ty Majeski (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
Zane Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
Jake Garcia (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 51 points over Ty Majeski.
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Truck Series Playoff Driver Point Standings reset after Richmond:
1) #11-Corey Heim, 2 wins, 2030
2) #38-Zane Smith, 2 wins, 2022
3) #42-Carson Hocevar, 3 wins, 2021
4) #19-Christian Eckes, 2 wins, 2019
5) #23-Grant Enfinger, 2 wins, 2017
6) #98-Ty Majeski, 2014
7) #99-Ben Rhodes, 1 win, 2013
8) #2-Nick Sanchez, 2005
9) #25-Matt DiBenedetto, 2002
10) #88-Matt Crafton, 2002
See the Driver Point Standings, Reset Driver Points, Owner Point Standings, Reset Owner Points
Paint Schemes
To the rear: #02-Rodgers, #42-Hocevar, #90-Carroll(unapproved adjustments)
Pitstall Selections
#98-Ty Majeski won the pole for the Worldwide Express 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway with a speed of 119.000 mph for his second pole of the season, second at Richmond, and the fifth pole of his career.
#11-Corey Heim will start second. Heim enters Richmond 42 points ahead of reigning series champion #38-Zane Smith in the regular season championship points. Smith will start 15th.
#1-William Sawalich, #99-Ben Rhodes, #51-Matt Mills, #19-Christian Eckes, #15-Tanner Gray, #88-Matt Crafton, #4-Chase Purdy, and #25-Matt DiBenedetto are the remainder of the top-10.
Did not qualify: #13-Trey Hutchens and #46-Memphis Villarreal.
See the complete Worldwide Express 250 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Richmond:
Ty Majeski won the Pole Award for the Worldwide Express 250 with a lap of 22.689 seconds, 119.000mph.
This is his fifth pole in 59 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his second pole and 13th top-10 start in 2023.
This is his second pole in two races at Richmond Raceway.
Corey Heim (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Richmond Raceway.
William Sawalich (third) posted his first top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his second in three races this season.
Jake Garcia (12th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Practice for the Worldwide Express 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#98-Majeski 118.354
#88-Crafton 118.193
#19-Eckes 117.417
#66-Jones 116.757
#42-Hocevar 116.716
Slowest: #90-Caroll 109.029
Most laps run: 41, #17-Gray
Notes: See complete results on the Practice speeds page.(7-28-2023)
The Entry List for the Worldwide Express 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway has been released. There are 38 drivers/teams for 36 spots. Since 38 teams are entered, two will miss the race. Some notes: 1-Sawalich, 02-Rodgers, 14-Hutchens, 20-TBA, 22-TBA, 33-TBA, 34-TBA, 41-Currey, 51-Mills, 66-Jones. See the complete Entry List page.
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