Pit Stops : World Wide Technology Raceway

• World Wide Technology Raceway
• Toyota 200
• Pole Winner: Ty Majeski
• Age: 28
• Team : No. 98 - Road Ranger Ford
• Owner: Mike Curb
• Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr.
• Ty Majeski won the Pole Award for the Toyota 200 with a lap of 32.569 seconds, 138.168 mph.
• This is his fourth pole in 55 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
• This is his first pole and 11th top-10 start in 2023.
• This is his first pole in four races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
• Ben Rhodes (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2023 and his sixth in eight races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
• Christian Eckes (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his ninth in 12 races this season.
• Jake Garcia (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

• Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
• NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer

Opportunistic Grant Enfinger grabs NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win at Gateway

Taking advantage of Ty Majeski’s and Zane Smith’s wreck at the front of the field, Grant Enfinger grabbed his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the season in Saturday’s Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

During a two-lap overtime that took the race two laps past its scheduled distance of 160 laps, Enfinger held off Christian Eckes to claim his first win at WWT Raceway and the ninth of his career.

Enfinger crossed the finish line .256 seconds ahead of Eckes and collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the second event in the Triple Truck Challenge.

“I forgot about that, to be honest with you right now,” Enfinger said of the Triple Truck Challenge bonus. “It's just so hard to win these races. And if it was about money, we'd have quit a long time ago... It's been a rocky year. But these last five races, I feel like we've come to our own.

“(Crew chief) Jeff Hensley made great calls and overall just a just a great day, and the stars aligned.”

Enfinger likely would have settled for third place, had Majeski and Smith not wiped out in front on him on Lap 155. Smith held the lead at that point, even though he had made his last pit stop on Lap 90.

On older tires, Smith held an advantage of nearly 1.5 seconds when Lawless Alan’s spin on Lap 150 necessitated the 10th caution of the race.

After the subsequent restart on Lap 155, Majeski, the pole winner, charged into second place and ran side by side with Smith until Majeski spun sideways in Turn 2, destroyed his own truck and knocked Smith into the wall in the process.

The wreck sent the race to the overtime, with Enfinger in the lead and Eckes beside him for a restart on Lap 161. Enfinger cleared Eckes on the first overtime lap and pulled away to win by a truck-length.

“I don't know if we were just kind of living right there the end or whatever, but Ty kind of did what I did last year… and Ty just got loose underneath him. It's hard to make those moves here. But I'm just so proud of these guys…

“It’s as good as time as they need to announce that we're expecting another baby, so I'll be home tonight to see (my wife), so life is good.”

Stewart Friesen ran third, followed by Carson Hocevar and Chase Purdy. Matt DiBenedetto, Ben Rhodes, Nick Sanchez, Jesse Love and Jake Garcia completed the top 10.

Love was making his first start in the series, substituting for Corey Heim, who was sidelined by illness.

• Drivers Entered: 35
• Laps Scheduled: 160
• Laps Actual: 162 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
• Margin of Victory: 0.256 Seconds
• Time of Race: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 29 Seconds
• Average Speed: 80.740
• Cautions: 11 for 61 laps
• Lead Changes: 11
• Green Flag Passes: 1,252 (12.4 passes per green flag lap)

• World Wide Technology Raceway
• Toyota 200
• Race Winner: Grant Enfinger
• Age: 38
• Team : No. 23 - Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet
• Owner: Maurice Gallagher, Jr.
• Crew Chief: Jeff Hensley
• Grant Enfinger won the Toyota 200, his ninth victory in 162 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
• This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2023.
• This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
• Christian Eckes (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
• Stewart Friesen (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
• Nick Sanchez (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
• Corey Heim leads the point standings by 1 points over Ty Majeski.