Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

TSport 200

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

August 11th, 2023

Race #17 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 22
- Extended to 200 laps
Miles Raced : 137.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 49 minutes 39 seconds
Average Speed: 75.075 mph
Margin of Victory : 03.422 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 41
Lead Changes: 3
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 18 (50%)

Ty Majeski celebrates after winning — Indianapolis, Indiana - August 11th, 2023: Ty Majeski, driver of the #98 Road Ranger Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series TSport 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Photo by Justin Casterline | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	60	40	20	7	200	179	2	1	1	Running
2	1	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	50	35	15	0	200	3	1	3	4	Running
3	12	7	Layne Riggs	Chevrolet	43	34	9	0	200	0	0	4	9	Running
4	5	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	44	33	11	0	200	0	0	6	5	Running
5	8	38	Zane Smith	Ford	37	32	5	0	200	0	0	10	7	Running
6	10	1	William Sawalich	Toyota	36	31	5	0	200	0	0	0	6	Running
7	4	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	33	30	3	0	200	0	0	8	0	Running
8	3	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	47	29	18	0	200	18	1	2	2	Running
9	13	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	28	28	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
10	24	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
11	9	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	27	26	1	0	200	0	0	0	10	Running
12	6	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	37	25	12	0	200	0	0	7	3	Running
13	7	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	30	24	6	0	200	0	0	5	0	Running
14	22	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
15	19	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	27	22	5	0	200	0	0	9	8	Running
16	21	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	21	21	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
17	20	61	Jake Drew	Toyota	20	20	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
18	23	51	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
19	28	41	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
20	34	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	17	17	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
21	26	22	Logan Bearden	Ford	16	16	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
22	15	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
23	17	2	Matt Mills		14	14	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
24	36	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
25	32	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
26	30	56	Tyler Hill	Toyota	11	11	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
27	18	66	Conner Jones	Ford	10	10	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
28	29	4	Landen Lewis	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
29	33	30	Chris Hacker	Toyota	8	8	0	0	195	0	0	0	0	Running
30	14	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	7	7	0	0	183	0	0	0	0	Running
31	25	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	6	6	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	11	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	5	5	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	31	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	35	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	3	3	0	0	127	0	0	0	0	Electrical
35	16	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	27	20	Greg Van Alst	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Zane Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Ankrum	Pre-Race to the Rear Back up	Tail End	0	0	White
Lawless Alan	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Logan Bearden	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Nicholas Sanchez	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjusments	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Ankrum	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	15	17	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	15	17	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	15	17	Yellow
Greg Van Alst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	15	17	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	19	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	64	66	Yellow
Lawless Alan	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	65	67	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	65	67	Yellow
Chase Purdy	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	67	69	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	68	70	Yellow
Corey Heim	Safety violation	Tail End	120	122	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	121	123	Yellow
Tanner Gray	Jumping the restart	Pass Thru	127	129	Green
Dean Thompson	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	131	0	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
TSport 200
Race Winner: Ty Majeski
Age: 28
Team : No. 98 - Road Ranger Ford
Owner: Mike Curb
Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr.
Ty Majeski won the TSport 200, his third victory in 60 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Christian Eckes (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
Layne Riggs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Rajah Caruth (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 3 points over Ty Majeski.

Race Recap

Ty Majeski dominates NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff opener

August 11th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Ty Majeski’s timing was impeccable.

Winless this season before Friday night’s TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Majseki put an old-fashioned beating on the rest of the field in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff opener.

The driver of the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford cemented a spot in the Playoffs’ Round of 8 in dominating fashion, leading 179 of 200 laps, sweeping the first two stages of the race and beating pole winner and runner-up Christian Eckes to the finish line by 3.422 seconds.

That was the smallest margin Majeski held at the end of any stage. He held a 3.904-secodn advantage over eventual eighth-place finisher Corey Heim at the finish of Stage 1. He was up by six seconds over Heim before the second stage ended under caution for Chris Hacker’s spin on the backstretch.

Clearly, the short-track ace was in his element at the .686-mile speedway.

“I’m proud of the effort, but this is just the start of our Playoff run,” said Majeski, who failed to win with the fastest truck two weekends ago at Richmond.

In that race, Majeski sped on pit road, and his team failed to cover a late green-flag pit stop by race winner Carson Hocevar. In contrast, the effort of the entire No. 98 team was impeccable on Friday night.

“Mistakes really cost us (at Richmond),” Majeski said. “We learned from those. Obviously, tonight we were in a really similar situation, and we were able to execute on all fronts. The pit crew was great, (crew chief) Joe (Shear Jr.) made great calls, and I felt like I executed pretty good on the restarts.

“We put it all together as a race team tonight, and I’m pretty proud of that.”

Hocevar came home fourth behind non-Playoff driver Layne Riggs. Reigning series champion Zane Smith was fifth after starting from the rear of the field because of unapproved adjustments to his No. 38 Ford.

William Sawalich was a career-best sixth in his fourth Truck Series start, followed by fellow non-Playoff driver Rajah Caruth. Heim in eighth was penalized for too many men over the wall late in the race. Three-time series champion Matt Crafton and Matt DiBenedetto completed the top 10.

The race also was a triumph for another driver who never led a lap and finished 19^th in the first car one lap down. Shane Van Gisbergen, who took the NASCAR world by storm by winning the Chicago Street Race in his only Cup start, avoided all trouble and got plenty of seat time in his first trip around an oval.

“It was awesome,” said the New Zealander. “With 10 to go, I finally dropped off the lead lap. “I had a ball. It was awesome racing with people, a lot of fun… I’m living the dream, it was really cool, and everyone was respectful. It was awesome.”

Heim, the regular-season champion, retained the series lead by three points over Majeski.

After the next two races—at the Milwaukee Mile (Aug. 27) and Kansas Speedway (Sept. 8)—the Playoff field will be cut from 10 drivers to eight. The two drivers currently below the cut line are Crafton and DiBenedetto, who trail eighth-place Nick Sanchez by two points and three points, respectively.