Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Baptist Health 200

Homestead Miami Speedway

October 21st, 2023

Race #22 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 134
Miles Raced : 201.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 48 minutes 41 seconds
Average Speed: 110.965 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.705 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 29
Lead Changes: 8
Cars in Race : 34
Finished On Lead Lap: 15 (44%)

Homestead, Florida - October 21st, 2023: Carson Hocevar celebrates his Craftsman Truck Series victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	50	40	10	5	134	11	1	3	9	Running
2	7	38	Zane Smith	Ford	51	35	16	0	134	34	1	4	2	Running
3	21	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	35	34	1	0	134	22	1	0	10	Running
4	8	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	53	33	20	2	134	57	3	1	1	Running
5	3	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	38	32	6	0	134	0	0	5	0	Running
6	17	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	39	31	8	0	134	0	0	0	3	Running
7	9	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	41	30	11	0	134	0	0	6	5	Running
8	22	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	35	29	6	0	134	0	0	9	7	Running
9	13	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
10	4	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	41	27	14	0	134	1	1	2	6	Running
11	14	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	30	26	4	0	134	0	0	10	8	Running
12	6	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	25	25	0	0	134	4	1	0	0	Running
13	11	51	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
14	12	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	23	23	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
15	32	25	Trevor Bayne	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
16	15	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
17	5	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	20	20	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
18	1	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	29	19	10	0	133	5	1	8	4	Running
19	27	7	Marco Andretti	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
20	23	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
21	10	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	20	16	4	0	133	0	0	7	0	Running
22	19	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
23	26	56	Tyler Hill	Toyota	14	14	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
24	25	20	Nick Leitz	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
25	18	2	Brad Perez	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
26	16	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	11	11	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	Running
27	33	30	Jonathan Shafer	Toyota	10	10	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
28	29	22	Mason Maggio	Ford	9	9	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
29	20	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	8	8	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
30	31	33	Memphis Villarreal	Ford	7	7	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
31	24	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	Running
32	34	46	Armani Williams	Toyota	5	5	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	Running
33	28	4	Spencer Davis	Ford	4	4	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	Electrical
34	30	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Electrical

Race Infractions

Baptist Health 200 at Homestead Miami Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Trevor Bayne	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Purdy	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Tanner Gray	Pre-Race to the Rear Missing Driver Introductions	Tail End	0	0	White
Armani Williams	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Taylor Gray	Pre-Race to the Rear Missing Driver Introductions	Tail End	0	0	White
Jonathan Shafer	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Purdy	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	25	27	Green
Hailie Deegan	Tire violation	Tail End	34	39	Yellow
Nick Leitz	Tire violation	Tail End	34	39	Yellow
Marco Andretti	Improper fueling	Tail End	35	39	Yellow
Memphis Villarreal	Safety violation	Tail End	35	39	Yellow
Mason Maggio	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	38	39	Yellow
Mason Maggio	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	38	39	Yellow
Memphis Villarreal	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	38	39	Yellow
Grant Enfinger	Tire violation	Tail End	55	58	Yellow
Christian Eckes	Unspecified Restart Violation - Changing Lanes	Tail End	58	67	Green/Yellow
Tyler Ankrum	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	68	74	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	69	74	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area 2 Laps - DVP	Other - See Notes	69	73	Yellow
Jack Wood	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	69	74	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	70	74	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	79	84	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	81	84	Yellow
Nick Leitz	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	83	84	Yellow
Christian Eckes	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	98	100	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Homestead-Miami Speedway
Baptist Health Cancer Care 200
Race Winner: Carson Hocevar
Age: 20
Team : No. 42 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
Owner: Niece Motorsports
Crew Chief: Phil Gould
Carson Hocevar won the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200, his fourth victory in 76 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Zane Smith (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
Ben Rhodes (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Rajah Caruth (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Carson Hocevar, Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes join Corey Heim in clinching spots in the Championship 4
Chevrolet clinched the first championship title of the season in the NASCAR national ranks by earning the 2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Manufacturer Championship. This marks the 11th time in NCTS history that Chevrolet has captured the title.

Race Recap

Carson Hocevar Takes the Checkered Flag at Miami; Joins, Corey Heim, Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes in Championship 4

October 21st, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Carson Hocevar secured his first NASCAR CRATSMAN Truck Series Championship 4 appearance with a victory Saturday in the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway earning all four of his career series wins this season – the trophy Saturday most impactful among them.

Hocevar put his No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet into the lead with 11 laps remaining and held off the hard-charging Zane Smith by 2.705-seconds to claim the win over the reigning series champion, whose runner-up effort was disqualified by NASCAR after a post-race technical inspection found the defending series champion’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford was illegal – using an unapproved windshield support.

“We are disappointed in the disqualification,’’ Front Row Motorsports said in a statement after the NASCAR inspecition. “We will continue to work and discuss with NASCAR officials back at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C. before making any further comment.’’

The DQ moved ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes into runner-up on the afternoon helping him to advance to the Playoffs – prevailing in a tiebreaker with rookie Nick Sanchez; the polesitter who finished 17th after making contact with another truck coming to pit road for his final stop.

Regular season champion, TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim, GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger and Hocevar’s Niece Motorsports teammate Bailey Curry rounded out the top five at Homestead.

Heim, Hocevar, Enfinger and Rhodes will now race for the championship Nov. 3 at Phoenix Raceway.

Hocevar celebrated the clutch win by climbing high atop the flag stand to claim the checkered flag in person. He threw it down to the cheering fans behind the fence then climbed back down on the grandstand side to high-five fans and celebrate the biggest win of his life – to date.

“It kills me I can’t do a burn-out but we have to take this truck to Phoenix,’’ a grinning Hocevar said. “This truck was so good. We just got behind on pit stops and just lost track position which was unfortunate, but man, it’s so good to feel [like this]. I love it.

“I thought we could win today with our truck, even with all the setbacks from the debris and everything, we had a shot to win and we did just that.’’

The battle for that final Playoff position was as dramatic as the fight for the victory.

Rhodes came into this final regular season race only five points behind Sanchez for the fourth championship-eligible transfer position. He finished 24th in the opening stage and 10th in the second stage. It still left him outside looking into the Championship 4, so Rhodes’ ThorSport team opted to pit for fresh tires early and out of pit sequence. The move allowed his No. 99 ThorSport Ford to take the race lead as the other frontrunners pit later.

He held the point with 30 laps remaining only to have Hocevar and Smith chase him back down. Hocevar passed him with 11 laps remaining, Smith a lap later.

“We failed Ben today, we didn’t give him a very good truck and he bailed us out at the end there,’’ Rhodes’ crew chief Rich Lushes said. “It was the only call we had. We had to do something different than everybody else and it all worked out so I guess we’re going to [championship] again.’’

It was a heartbreaking ending for the 22-year old Sanchez, who is from nearby Miami and raced often at Homestead-Miami Speedway as he was coming up the junior ranks. He won the pole and led the opening five laps, only to see his Playoff hopes in jeopardy after a miscue approaching his final pit stop with 34 laps remaining. His No. 2 Rev Racing Chevrolet hit the back of Tanner Gray’s truck as the two were slowing to enter pit road causing noticeable damage to Sanchez’ Chevrolet.

“Obviously I lost a lot of time there and just lost time in the pits trying to fix it,’’ Sanchez said. “Just my fault, no two ways to it. I really didn’t know the 15 was pitting and didn’t slow down [enough]. So that’s on me. I apologize to my team. They’re going to support me. To miss by one-point is pretty rough, but all you can do it go to Phoenix and try to win.’

Heim led a race best 57 of the 134 laps and swept both Stage victories. His third place finish marked the series best 15th-consecutive top-10 finish of the season.

“I really thought we had them covered today, I mean we were smoking the first two stages and kind of waiting on the third stage and then it went out like a light switch so we’ll look everything over,’’ Heim said, adding, “We’ve got bigger things on the horizon so we’ll focus on that.’’

Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton, Rajah Caruth, Ty Majeski and Chase Purdy rounded out the top 10 finishing order. Majeski joins Smith, Sanchez and Christian Eckes to be eliminated from Playoff contention.

Eckes finished 20th after what looked like a sure-bet top-10 finish was hampered by penalties and miscues on the afternoon. He was called for moving lanes on a restart and another time for speeding on his pit road exit late in the race.

“We had a truck able to advance and just kept making mistakes,’’ Eckes said. “Just wasn’t good enough today.’’

IndyCar star Marco Andretti finished 18h in his second series start in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. He’s scheduled to race at Phoenix in two weeks.