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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Love's RV Stop 250

Talladega Superspeedway

September 30th, 2023

Race #21 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 100
- Shortened to 99 laps
Miles Raced : 263.3
Time of Race : 02 Hours 26 minutes 07 seconds
Average Speed: 108.136 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.089 seconds
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 41
Lead Changes: 23
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 19 (53%)

Brett Moffitt celebrates after winning — Talladega, Alabama - September 30th, 2023: Brett Moffitt, driver of the #34 Fr8Auctions Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love's RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. 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	31	34	Brett Moffitt	Ford	0	0	0	0	99	22	5	0	0	Running
2	8	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	41	35	6	0	99	0	0	0	5	Running
3	4	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	37	34	3	0	99	0	0	10	9	Running
4	28	25	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
5	9	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	41	32	9	0	99	0	0	3	10	Running
6	29	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
7	2	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	49	30	19	1	99	25	4	1	2	Running
8	23	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	29	29	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
9	13	75	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	99	10	2	7	1	Running
10	21	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
11	7	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	43	26	17	0	99	5	1	2	3	Running
12	14	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
13	25	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
14	6	51	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
15	32	2	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
16	15	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	30	21	9	0	99	3	1	5	8	Running
17	33	30	Ryan Vargas	Toyota	20	20	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
18	24	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	23	19	4	0	99	1	1	0	7	Running
19	16	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	99	8	2	0	0	Running
20	10	61	Jake Drew	Toyota	17	17	0	0	98	0	0	0	0	Running
21	5	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	30	16	14	0	93	0	0	4	4	Accident
22	35	4	Cory Roper	Ford	15	15	0	0	93	0	0	0	0	DVP
23	17	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	19	14	5	0	92	0	0	6	0	Accident
24	12	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	13	13	0	0	91	1	1	0	0	Accident
25	19	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	20	12	8	0	91	12	3	8	6	Accident
26	26	20	Greg Van Alst	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	Accident
27	36	22	Jason M White	Ford	10	10	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	Running
28	1	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	84	11	3	0	0	Accident
29	3	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
30	34	56	Tyler Hill	Toyota	7	7	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	27	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	58	1	1	0	0	Accident
32	18	38	Zane Smith	Ford	5	5	0	0	55	0	0	0	0	Running
33	22	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	4	4	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	20	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	3	3	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	11	1	David Gilliland	Toyota	4	2	2	0	38	0	0	9	0	Accident
36	30	28	Bryan Dauzat	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	Handling

Race Infractions

Love's RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Bryan Dauzat	Pre-Race to the Rear Missing Driver Introductions	Tail End	0	0	White
Dean Thompson	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jack Wood	Jumping the start Changing lanes	Tail End	0	5	Green
Jake Garcia	Pre-Race to the Rear Pitting before pit road is open - Garage	Tail End	0	0	White
Greg Van Alst	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Bryan Dauzat	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	6	0	Green
Zane Smith	Safety violation	Tail End	23	27	Yellow
Jason M White	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	27	Yellow
Grant Enfinger	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	24	27	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	26	27	Yellow
Jake Drew	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	26	27	Yellow
David Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	39	0	Yellow
Brett Moffitt	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	46	Yellow
Tyler Ankrum	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	46	Yellow
Jason M White	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	46	Yellow
Daniel Dye	Jumping the restart	Tail End	46	50	Green
Grant Enfinger	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	57	Yellow
Matt Crafton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	57	Yellow
Jack Wood	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	57	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	57	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	52	57	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Going above the blend line exiting the pits	Tail End	53	57	Yellow
Jason M White	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	54	57	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	57	Yellow
Carson Hocevar	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	57	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	57	Yellow
Jake Garcia	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	57	Yellow
Greg Van Alst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	57	Yellow
Matt Crafton	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	56	57	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	56	57	Yellow
Tyler Hill	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	59	0	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	62	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	62	Yellow
Jason M White	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	62	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Jumping the restart Laying back	Pass Thru	62	63	Green
Jack Wood	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	72	76	Yellow
Tanner Gray	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	74	76	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	84	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	80	84	Yellow
Colby Howard	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	85	91	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	86	91	Yellow
Matt Crafton	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	92	0	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	92	97	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	97	Yellow
Chase Purdy	Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon - Garage	Tail End	93	0	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	93	97	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Talladega Superspeedway
Love's RV Stop 250
Race Winner: Brett Moffitt
Age: 31
Team : No. 34 - Fr8Auctions Ford
Owner: Bob Jenkins
Crew Chief: Seth Barbour
Brett Moffitt won the Love?s RV Stop 250, his 13th victory in 93 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Ben Rhodes (second) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
Dean Thompson (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Daniel Dye (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 10 points over Carson Hocevar.

Race Recap

Three-wide move propels Brett Moffitt to NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory at Talladega

September 30th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Brett Moffitt made it a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start to remember pulling off an amazing three-wide move to the front during an overtime restart to claim the victory in Saturday’s Love’s RV Stop 250 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – the former series champion’s first series race of the 2023 season ending in his first superspeedway victory.

It was a typically dramatic day on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks, taking an overtime restart to settle the busy day of competition. Moffitt restarted on the front row alongside NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff driver Christian Eckes following a 10-truck accident with two laps remaining in regulation time that forced the OT finish.

Eckes moved up track to block Moffitt from a run, but the veteran Moffitt deftly dropped his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford to the middle of the track and pulled away to a .099-second victory over Playoff driver Ben Rhodes while Kraus lost momentum, drifted backwards and ended up 19^th.

All eight Talladega truck Playoff races have now been won by non-Playoff drivers.

“It’s pretty awesome,’’ said the 31-year old Moffitt, the 2018 series champion. “I’ve notably struggled on the superspeedways in the past and dreaded coming to them. But this was an all pressure-off situation that Front Row gave me to go out there and try to help a teammate. Obviously, that didn’t work out for that group. But to come here and have a shot at a win and to do it, is just amazing.

“Reminds me of the good ole days and I want to get back to doing this on a regular basis so we’ll see what happens.’’

It was an especially dramatic day for the eight Playoff drivers still vying for one of the four championship-eligible positions in the Nov. 3 finale. Among them, Rhodes was the top finishing driver – even though he did not lead a lap Saturday.

“This style of racing, you never know what to expect,’’ said Rhodes, driver of the No. 99 ThorSport Ford. “Just all in all, really happy we were able to finish second. We needed this for a points day. I think last year we were seven points out coming to homestead and we made it to the Championship Four. We’re eight out now so we did what we needed to do just one spot short. It would have been a real luxury to lock ourselves in today.”

TRICON Garage driver Dean Thompson finished third with Rackley W.A.R. Racing’s Chandler Smith and TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim, the championship leader rounding out the Top-5.

There were only three Playoff drivers in the Top-10 and that was a true effort for seventh place finisher Nick Sanchez. Although the Rev Racing driver dominated a lot of the afternoon, winning a stage and leading a race best 25 laps on the day, he received a “pass through” penalty for changing lanes on a restart with 32 laps remaining that set him back in the field. He made his way forward again in the No. 2 Chevrolet only to be involved in the final multi-car accident that forced an overtime restart.

He still finished seventh and having earned 19 stage points on the day while so many other Playoff driers also involved in incidents, he improved his position in the standings and will go into the next race – at Oct. 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He’s ranked fourth, three points ahead of fifth place Grant Enfinger. The top four ranked drivers following the Homestead race advance to the Championship round, Nov. 3 at Phoenix Raceway.

The GMS Racing driver Enfinger was also among those Playoff competitors caught up in multiple accidents on the afternoon. He finished 13^th. Niece Motorsport’s Carson Hocevar was 11^th. ThorSport’s Ty Majeski was 21^st.

Reigning series champion Zane Smith – race winner Moffitt’s teammate – had a rough afternoon from an incident on pit road to mechanical problems that set him back early. His truck hit his crew member Charles Plank coming into the team’s pit stall on the first stop of the day. Plank, a tire carrier, was okay and even finished out the race.

A lap later, however, Smith’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford suffered clutch problems and made multiple stops on pit road before going behind the wall for more extensive repairs.

He returned to the track in the closing laps and with moved up two finishing positions in the race standings to salvage some points. He drops to last place among in the championship standings, however, 36 points behind Sanchez on the cutoff line and needing to win at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“I feel terrible about that, so that wasn’t a great start,’’ Smith said of the pit road incident with his crew member.

“And then after that rolled off pit road down the backstretch, my clutch started slipping and it got worse and worse and worse. So fighting that and changing the clutch to get back out there.

“Just such a bummer. It’s a tough situation here. ‘’

Heim is the only Playoff driver who has already secured a position in the Championship Four thanks to his win at Bristol, Tenn. Hocevar leads the points standings – up 23 points on fifth place. Eckes is third and Sanchez fourth.

Enfinger (-3) is ranked fifth, followed by Rhodes (-5), Majeski (-19) and Smith (-36).

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs continue Oct. 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the top four drivers in the standings after the race set to decide the Championship in the Nov. 3 season finale at Phoenix. Majeski is the defending Homestead-Miami race winner.

Following the race, there was an incident in the garage area between the 47-year old former series champion Matt Crafton and the 22-year old Rookie of the Year Sanchez that left Sanchez’ face bloodied. NASCAR is investigating the situation and will announce its finding and any penalties next week.