Faulty pit strategy, a pit road penalty and a late-race caution while leading could not keep Ty Majeski from completing back-to-back wins in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Majeski captured his second win of the 2024 Truck Series season in the Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond Raceway on Saturday, August 10, defending the lead on the final two restarts of the race. It is the fifth win of Majeski’s Truck Series career.
Regular season champion Christian Eckes crossed the line second, just .936 seconds behind Majeski. Taylor Gray, with a strong No. 17 TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra, was able to battle back to the front in the closing laps to take third. Grant Enfinger and Layne Riggs completed the top five.
Tyler Ankrum, Ben Rhodes, Daniel Dye, Ty Dillon and Connor Hall, making his Truck Series debut for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, rounded out the top 10.
Majeski dominated to start the race, but he and his team decided to stay out on the first caution at the end of stage one for Matt Mills. Majeski immediately fell to the back of the field by the end of stage one.
To make matters worse, Majeski was issued an uncontrolled tire penalty during the stage one caution, forcing him to restart 22nd.
He only made it back to 13th by the end of stage two, but multiple cautions in stage three allowed Majeski to advance, and a strong truck in the long run helped him close in on Corey Heim and Enfinger.
A caution for Kaden Honeycutt spinning allowed Majeski to take the lead. However, Majeski held off for one more restart after Chase Purdy got into Bret Holmes, causing his Spire Motorsports teammate to crash.
He was able to keep three hungry drivers behind him of Eckes, Riggs and Enfinger to take the victory.
Dye entered Richmond five points below Tanner Gray for the final playoff spot. However, with 13 total stage points and struggles from Tanner Gray, Dye was able to work his way into the final transfer spot to make it into the playoffs.
Enfinger led the most laps in the race, leading 94 of 250 laps. But the multiple cautions in stage three allowed contenders like Majeski, Riggs and Eckes to close the gap and get by Enfinger, costing him what would have been his first win of the season.
The Round of 10 of the Truck Series playoffs will kick off at The Milwaukee Mile Speedway on Sunday, August 25, at 4 p.m. ET. FOX Sports 1 will carry the television broadcast.
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