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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation

Richmond Raceway

July 29th, 2023

Race #16 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 187.5
Time of Race : 01 Hours 59 minutes 32 seconds
Average Speed: 94.116 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.308 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 27
Lead Changes: 9

Taylor Gray and Dean Thompson race as the sun sets — Richmond, Virginia - July 29th, 2023: Taylor Gray, driver of the #17 Dead On Tools Toyota, and Dean Thompson, driver of the #5 Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, race as the sun sets during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond Raceway. Photo by Jonathan Bachman | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating
Carson Hocevar	17	4	5	1	1	33	8.4	+16	59	33	+26	33	19	85.6%	64	250	121.1
Ty Majeski	1	3	1	2	1	21	3.3	-1	26	7	+19	20	82	93.6%	168	250	136.8
Zane Smith	15	16	4	3	3	20	12.0	+12	48	37	+11	32	4	60.0%	0	250	98.3
Jake Garcia	12	7	6	4	4	22	7.1	+8	57	50	+7	38	18	94.0%	0	250	109.2
Matt Mills	5	13	10	5	5	24	11.2	+0	45	39	+6	30	8	84.4%	0	250	92.1
Corey Heim	2	2	11	6	1	16	3.7	-4	29	34	-5	21	10	99.6%	9	250	110.7
Matt Crafton	8	6	13	7	3	17	6.4	+1	30	30	+0	24	2	98.8%	0	250	104.5
Nicholas Sanchez	14	8	15	8	7	20	11.9	+6	50	45	+5	39	3	97.6%	0	249	83.6
Grant Enfinger	13	10	14	9	9	21	11.8	+4	46	36	+10	39	0	96.4%	0	249	84.3
William Sawalich	3	9	3	10	3	11	7.9	-7	31	37	-6	31	7	100.0%	0	249	88.5
Christian Eckes	6	5	2	11	2	14	4.5	-5	15	22	-7	15	0	100.0%	0	249	94.3
Ben Rhodes	4	1	17	12	1	20	4.2	-8	26	35	-9	17	19	95.6%	9	249	113.9
Tyler Ankrum	21	12	12	13	11	27	16.9	+8	51	52	-1	15	4	49.6%	0	249	74.0
Taylor Gray	19	11	9	14	6	22	13.2	+5	46	36	+10	34	2	72.8%	0	249	71.3
Hailie Deegan	25	18	19	15	5	28	18.4	+10	47	39	+8	18	4	24.4%	0	249	71.3
Tanner Gray	7	14	7	16	4	18	10.0	-9	21	37	-16	21	1	99.2%	0	249	74.2
Matt DiBenedetto	10	15	8	17	5	18	12.2	-7	32	41	-9	30	7	83.6%	0	249	74.5
Bayley Currey	11	17	21	18	2	25	16.5	-7	31	41	-10	13	0	22.4%	0	248	69.0
Rajah Caruth	16	22	23	19	16	28	21.3	-3	32	40	-8	0	0	0.0%	0	248	64.7
Conner Jones	24	19	22	20	12	30	21.1	+4	40	42	-2	7	6	6.8%	0	248	57.1
Daniel Dye	18	28	24	21	16	29	21.6	-3	43	41	+2	0	2	0.0%	0	248	59.5
Chase Purdy	9	29	16	22	6	32	19.9	-13	43	59	-16	17	16	35.6%	0	248	81.1
Timmy Hill	30	23	18	23	17	30	24.7	+7	45	38	+7	0	0	0.0%	0	248	44.5
Colby Howard	27	21	20	24	18	27	22.6	+3	40	42	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	247	46.5
Dean Thompson	20	32	29	25	18	36	25.3	-5	37	31	+6	0	1	0.0%	0	247	58.7
Will Rodgers	29	27	26	26	24	35	28.3	+3	23	21	+2	0	0	0.0%	0	247	41.7
Stewart Friesen	23	20	30	27	18	30	22.9	-4	43	49	-6	0	2	0.0%	0	247	48.5
Lawless Alan	22	24	28	28	20	31	26.0	-6	34	45	-11	0	0	0.0%	0	247	46.0
Bret Holmes	26	25	25	29	18	32	25.3	-3	38	42	-4	0	0	0.0%	0	247	43.2
Ryan Vargas	28	26	27	30	22	31	28.1	-2	24	30	-6	0	0	0.0%	0	246	37.3
Christian Rose	35	33	32	32	31	35	32.8	+3	9	10	-1	0	0	0.0%	0	244	32.2
Derek Lemke	31	34	33	33	30	36	33.5	-2	13	13	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	243	26.2
Mason Massey	33	31	34	34	26	36	32.2	-1	13	8	+5	0	0	0.0%	0	242	38.8
Spencer Boyd	32	36	35	35	30	36	34.6	-3	3	12	-9	0	0	0.0%	0	240	26.0
Josh Reaume	36	35	36	36	34	36	35.4	+0	6	8	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	239	24.8

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Race Fast Facts

Richmond Raceway
Worldwide Express 250
Race Winner: Carson Hocevar
Age: 20
Team : No. 42 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
Owner: Al Niece
Crew Chief: Phil Gould
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.

Race Recap

Carson Hocevar wins at Richmond after late-race pass

July 29th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Carson Hocevar’s race started in the pits with a flat tire even before the green flag for Saturday night’s Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway and ended with a celebration in Victory Lane.

The 20-year-old driver of the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet passed the night’s most dominant driver Ty Majeski with only three laps remaining thanks to pit road strategy and a fast Chevy Silverado to claim his third win of the season by 2.308-seconds over Majeski.

“We didn’t come here to run second," Hocevar said, adding, “I knew we had to do something different and new tires prevailed."

Corey Heim officially secured the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2023 regular season championship with a third-place finish in the opening stage. The 21-year old driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota will start the seven-race Playoff portion of the season with an important 15-point bonus thanks to an incredible run to the regular season title that included a pair of wins. He finished sixth on Saturday – his series best 13th Top-10 finish in 16 races.

“It really means a lot," Heim said. “With TRICON Garage and Toyota Racing coming such a long way from the beginning of the year. I really felt like we had a lot of progress to make in the first four or five weeks and we’ve really been improving ever since.

“Tonight, it was a rough night at Richmond. It is kind of a unique race track. On the normal tracks, we’ve been really consistent. Still a good finish for us, but definitely want to do better leading into the Playoffs.”

After earning his second pole position of the season, Majeski absolutely dominated so much of the race, sweeping both stage wins for the first time in his career and leading a dominating 168 of the 250 laps in the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford. His truck was so good Saturday that he even overcame a mid-race pit stop speeding penalty to regain the lead late race and try to hold off Hocevar. Majeski stayed out while Hocevar pit for tires with 40 laps remaining, however,and was ultimately unable to hold off the fresh tires in the closing laps.

“Just didn’t have enough there," a frustrated Majeski said. “Obviously made a mistake there, speeding on pit road but we had a chance to win even with the penalty. It’s just so disappointing. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a dominant vehicle that much faster than the field and to not win with it is so hard.

“But we have fast race trucks and we’ll make a run at the Playoffs,"he added.

The Playoff field – in points order – includes Heim, the 2022 series champion Zane Smith, who finished third at Richmond, Hocevar, Christian Eckes, Grant Enfinger, Majeski, 2021 series champion Ben Rhodes, rookie Nick Sanchez, Matt DiBenedetto and three-time series champion Matt Crafton.

Stewart Friesen came into the race ranked 11th, trailing Crafton by nine points, but Friesen’s No. 52 Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet had a disappointing qualifying run – 23rd – and never really mounted a challenge forward on Saturday. He finished 27th.

“We brought a dull knife to a gunfight tonight," a disappointed Friesen said.

Hocevar led 64 laps on the evening – moving into the lead position while Majeski was recovering from his pit road penalty.

“We passed every single truck here, the 98 (Majeski) was the class of the field but I thought we were second and won with the second best truck because I have the first best pit crew and first best crew chief on the box," Hocevar said.

“I just love it," he added.

Rookie Jake Garcia and Matt Mills rounded out the Top-5 at Richmond. Heim finished sixth, followed by Crafton, Sanchez, Enfinger and 16-year old William Sawalich making only his third series start.