Joey Logano had an absolute stranglehold on the Craftsman Truck Series field at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday (April 8), winning his heat, the pole, both stages and the race on the half-mile dirt track. If that wasn’t dominant enough, he led all but 12 laps and no one was really able to challenge him for the win.
ThorSport Racing teammate Ty Majeski finished second and William Byron, making his first of three starts in Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 51, finished third. Matt Crafton finished fourth with Grant Enfinger finishing right behind him in fifth.
Top Storylines of the Race
- Dean Thompson returned to the track for the first time since his scary wreck at Texas Motor Speedway just one week ago. TRICON Garage tweeted after Texas that Thompson would need clearance from NASCAR to return to the track, which he got before the weekend started.
- Norm Benning made his first Truck Series start since 2021 after performing well enough in his heat race to qualify himself into the show. He told Frontstretch that he had a goal of finishing top 10, and while he didn’t quite achieve that, he was able to bring his self-owned No. 6 home in 24th.
- With the impossibility of painting a choose cone on the track, NASCAR debuted the “Choose Drone,” a drone that hovered over the track with an orange box light that served as the point in which drivers choose which lane they restarted in. It looks like something straight out of Mario Kart and it served its purpose well.
- Left-rear tire failures were an issue for most of the night, with several drivers suffering from the same fate throughout the night. Tyler Ankrum perhaps suffered worst from it, as he was forced to pit before the race even began to change a flat tire and did not start the race with everyone else. He was taken out in an accident that brought out the second caution of the night.
- Some drivers who encountered multiple issues throughout the night included Tyler Carpenter, Ben Rhodes, Chase Purdy, Kris Wright and last week’s winner Carson Hocevar. Carpenter was involved in the most incidents, with four different cautions involving the No. 41.
- Logano’s Team Penske Cup Series teammate, Ryan Blaney, served as the spotter of Logano’s No. 66, therefore earning his first career win as a spotter.
- Similarly, Ryan Vargas, typically behind the wheel, served as a crew member for his Truck Series team, On Point Motorsports, where he handed driver Tanner Carrick fresh…
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