Ty Majeski can finally call himself a winner in NASCAR.
After several races this season left Majeski wondering what could have been, he finally broke through at Bristol Motor Speedway, notching his first career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
And the win was perfect timing, too — Majeski is now the first driver to lock himself into the Championship 4. He can now sit back for the final two races of the Round of 8 and let the other drivers duke it out while his No. 66 team prepares for Phoenix Raceway in November.
Zane Smith, Parker Kligerman, Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton rounded out the top five.
Chandler Smith Dominates, Bitten by Strategy
Chandler Smith was far and away the dominant truck of the night. He started the night on outside pole next to Derek Kraus, who just barely edged him for the pole in qualifying. While Kraus led 27 laps, Smith eventually broke away with the lead.
Smith swept both stages and led 89 laps of the 200 total. With the recent momentum he has had and conversations of whether or not the championship runs through the No. 18, it looked as if Smith was going to win back-to-back paved Bristol truck races.
However, when Smith and other leaders pitted under the stage two caution, several other drivers stayed out in an attempt to stretch their fuel to the end of the race.
It worked, as everyone who finished in the top five were drivers who stayed out and mired Smith deep in traffic. As he spent most of the night out front, he never knew how his car worked in traffic and was unable to crack the top five again. He finished a “disappointing” ninth on the night.
Henderson Motorsports’ Small Team Continues to Improve
What a year for Kligerman and Henderson Motorsports.
The small team based in Abingdon, Va., has shown speed at every race it’s entered so far in the 2022 season and is on pace for a record year with Kligerman: six top 10s in 10 starts, including an upset win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Bristol was no different. Kligerman found himself in the top five for most of the final stage and was battling for as high as second toward the end before coming home third.
It raises the question of what could happen should the team and Kligerman decide run for a championship.
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