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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
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 7 (19%)

Carson Hocevar lifts the Worldwide Express 250 trophy — Richmond, Virginia - July 29th, 2023: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, lifts the Worldwide Express 250 trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond Raceway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	17	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	46	40	6	5	250	64	2	0	5	Running
2	1	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	55	35	20	2	250	168	4	1	1	Running
3	15	38	Zane Smith	Ford	34	34	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
4	12	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	42	33	9	0	250	0	0	7	6	Running
5	5	51	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	35	32	3	0	250	0	0	9	10	Running
6	2	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	47	31	16	0	250	9	1	3	3	Running
7	8	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	40	30	10	0	250	0	0	5	7	Running
8	14	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	31	29	2	0	249	0	0	0	9	Running
9	13	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
10	3	1	William Sawalich	Toyota	35	27	8	0	249	0	0	6	8	Running
11	6	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	40	26	14	0	249	0	0	4	4	Running
12	4	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	43	25	18	0	249	9	3	2	2	Running
13	21	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	24	24	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
14	19	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	23	23	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
15	25	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	22	22	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
16	7	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	21	21	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
17	10	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	21	20	1	0	249	0	0	10	0	Running
18	11	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
19	16	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
20	24	66	Conner Jones	Ford	17	17	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
21	18	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
22	9	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	18	15	3	0	248	0	0	8	0	Running
23	30	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	14	14	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
24	27	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
25	20	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	12	12	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
26	29	2	Will Rodgers	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
27	23	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	10	10	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
28	22	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
29	26	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
30	28	30	Ryan Vargas	Toyota	7	7	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
31	34	90	Justin Carroll	Toyota	6	6	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
32	35	22	Christian Rose	Ford	5	5	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Running
33	31	33	Derek Lemke	Ford	4	4	0	0	243	0	0	0	0	Running
34	33	20	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	242	0	0	0	0	Running
35	32	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	240	0	0	0	0	Running
36	36	34	Josh Reaume	Ford	1	1	0	0	239	0	0	0	0	Running

Race Infractions

Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Josh Reaume	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Carson Hocevar	Pre-Race to the Rear Tire Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Nicholas Sanchez	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Carroll	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Purdy	Unspecified Restart Violation - Changing Lanes	Pass Thru	79	89	Green
Dean Thompson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	112	116	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	113	116	Yellow
Chase Purdy	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	114	116	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	143	149	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	144	149	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	144	149	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	174	177	Green
Bret Holmes	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Pass Thru	202	206	Green
Daniel Dye	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	211	217	Green
Bayley Currey	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	212	217	Green
Ben Rhodes	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	216	219	Green

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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.