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.(https://www.jayski.com/2024/07/19/ty-majeski-mounts-successful-defense-of-victory-at-indianapolis-short-track/)(7-19-2024)
#98-Ty Majeski won the TSport 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday night. The win was his first of the season, second at Indianapolis, and the fourth Truck Series win of his career.
Majeski battled back from an early restart violation penalty on lap 51. He took the lead on lap 145 of the 200 and went unchallenged through the finish, as he crossed the finish line 4.129-seconds over the second place truck of #19-Christian Eckes.
Eckes won the opening stages and led a race high 73 laps, while the third place truck of #9-Grant Enfinger, led 71. The top three were the only race leaders through the night.
#18-Tyler Ankrum finished fourth.
Enfinger and Ankrum clinched playoff spots on points with their finishes at Indianapolis. Majeski was mathematically in as well, with the win adding icing on the cake. Three playoff spots remain up for grabs as the series moves to its next event at Richmond Raceway on August 10th.
#38-Layne Riggs, #7-Sammy Smith, and #66-Luke Fenhaus finished fifth through seventh.
#71-Rajah Caruth started from the pole and finished eighth.
#5-Dean Thompson and #2-Nick Sanchez closed out the top-10.
There were five lead changes among three drivers and four cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 82.238mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Indianapolis
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.
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Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Indianapolis:
Race 15 of 16 of the regular season
1) #11-Corey Heim, 5 wins
2) #19-Christian Eckes, 3wins
3) #2-Nick Sanchez, 2 wins
4) #98-Ty Majeski, 1 win
5) #71-Rajah Caruth, 1 win
6) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 460, +49
7) #9-Grant Enfinger, 454, +46
8) #17-Taylor Gray, 425, +48
9) #99-Ben Rhodes, 399, +22
10) #15-Tanner Gray, 382, +5
Outside of the playoffs
11) #43-Daniel Dye, 377, -5
12) #52-Stewart Friesen, 366, -16
13) #88-Matt Crafton, 339, -43
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Paint Schemes
Race Updates:
Lap 200: Majeski gets the win on a night he earlier locked himself into the playoffs on points. First win of the year. Eckes, Enfinger, Ankrum, Riggs, Sammy Smith, Fenhaus, Caruth, Thompson and Sanchez the top-10.
Lap 190: Over 2.5-second lead for Majeski as Eckes, Enfinger and Ankrum trail.
Lap 180: Majeski driving off, lapping trucks with a steady lead.
Lap 144: Majeski to the inside of Eckes for the lead. Lapped truck of Moffitt may have come into play as Eckes loses position, tries the crossover, but fails as Majeski drives off.
Lap 130: Restart as Eckes leads Heim, Majeski. Eckes pulls away as Heim tries to hold off Majeski, challenging for second.
Lap 124: Eckes leads them down pitroad. First in, first off. Heim, Majeski, Thompson, Sanchez follow on exit.
Lap 120: Eckes wins stage 2. Heim, Majeski, Crafton, Ankrum the top-5.
Lap 115: Just 5 to go in the stage and Heim has moved into 3rd after his pitstop for the flat under the last yellow. Eckes leads Majeski, who also overcame his own issues, a restart violation…. further back, in 6th, is Matt Crafton. He had a speeding penalty earlier as well. Night of the comebacks so far.
Lap 94: Back to green. Eckes leads Chastain, Ankrum… Enfinger slipping back in the field from the front row restart.
Lap 87: CAUTION Flat tire for Daly. Also a left flat tire for Heim. He’s upset and swerves towards Eckes while under yellow due to earlier contact between the two that caused the damage. Eckes leads Enfinger, Chastain, Ankrum, Sanchez, Riggs, Caruth, Thompson, Fenhaus, and Majeski, who served a restart violation on lap 51, has climbed back into the top-10.
Lap 68: Restart as Eckes leads. Enfinger takes advantage of the restart and reclaims the lead.
Lap 60: Stage 1 complete. Eckes with the win. Enfinger, Heim, Ankrum, Caruth, Chastain, Sanchez, Thompson, Sammy Smith and Dye the top-10.
Lap 55: 5 to go in stage 1. Eckes, new leader.
Lap 51: Majeski serving a restart violation from 2nd. On track, Eckes drops the nose inside of Enfinger, who maintains the lead for now.
Lap 50: Restart as Enfinger leads. Majeski, Eckes try for 3-wide but Enfinger pulls away.
Lap 44: CAUTION for Mason Massey getting into the wall and a spin by Ty Dillon.
Lap 25: Enfinger leads Majeski, Ankrum, Eckes, Caruth, Crafton, Friesen, Heim, Fenhaus, and Thompson are the top-10.
Lap 1: 3-wide for he lead with Caruth, Enfinger and Majeski. Enfinger gets the position, as pole-sitter Caruth falls back to third. Eckes challenging.
8:50pm/et: Caruth leads the field to green from the outside lane. Enfinger on the inside of row 1.
Trucks to the rear: #44-Daly, #16-Sauter, #42-Mills, #99-Rhodes (unapproved adjustments)
Race Information:
Distance: 200 laps / 137.2 Miles
Stages: 60 / 120 / 200
Average time of race: 1:55:43
Pit road speed: 35 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 40 mph
Fuel window: 105 laps
Invocation: 8:31
National Anthem: 8:32
Command: 8:39
Green Flag: 8:45pm/et
Pitstall Selections
#71-Rajah Caruth won the pole for the TSport 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with a speed of 108.017 mph for his second pole of the season, first at Indianapolis, and the second pole of his career.
#9-Grant Enfinger will start second, followed by #18-Tyler Ankrum, #98-Ty Majeski, #88-Matt Crafton, #18-Christian Eckes, #43-Daniel Dye, #52-Stewart Friesen, #11-Corey Heim and #77-Chase Purdy in the top-10.
35 entered, all made the race.
See the complete TSport 200 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Practice for Clean Harbors 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#98-Ty Majeski 106.187
#38-Layne Riggs 105.036
#66-Luke Fenhaus 104.853
#9-Grant Enfinger 104.791
#41-Bayley Currey 104.671
Slowest: #46-Thad Moffitt 100.252
Most laps run: 28, #9-Grant Enfinger
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.
The entry list for the TSport 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park has been released. There are 35 drivers/teams for 36 spots. Since 35 teams are entered, none will miss the race. Some notes: #1-William Sawalich, #04-Marco Andretti, #7-Sammy Smith, #16-Johnny Sauter, #44-Conor Daly,#45-Ross Chastain, #66-Luke Fenhaus, #91-Jack Wood. See the complete TSport 200 Entry List page.
Goodyear Tire Notes