The last two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series seasons have not been entirely kind to ThorSport Racing.
Sure, Ben Rhodes is the defending champion, but he only has one win in the last two seasons and hasn’t really shown major signs of a championship defense this season.
In fact, ThorSport is completely winless in 2024, one year after winning just three races with three different drivers – one of which was a one-off start from Joey Logano on the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt.
The other driver to win in 2023 for ThorSport was Ty Majeski, who has, by and large, led the way for them the last two seasons. While ThorSport has arguably had a worse 2024 overall, this season feels like a wash, rinse, repeat cycle for Majeski.
Last season, ThorSport was struggling to produce wins. However, Majeski was able to stick around in the top five in points, remaining in contention for the regular-season championship before Corey Heim pulled away in the final few races.
Even without a win, Majeski was able to carry the torch for ThorSport.
Majeski only scored one win last season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, which served as the first race of the 2023 playoffs. He was primed for a big playoff run before a major penalty after the Milwaukee Mile all but derailed his run before it could really get started.
This season, Majeski again enters IRP winless. With two races before the playoffs, though, Majeski again is holding strong in the points. He currently runs fourth, trailing Heim, Christian Eckes and Nick Sanchez – all of whom have won at least twice this season. Majeski has also run well enough to leapfrog Rajah Caruth, the only other full-time driver to win a race this season, in points.
Just how identical is Majeski’s 2024 season to his 2023 season? Much like last season, the Seymour, Wisc. native has had several near-trips to victory lane that have been pulled from under him.
Twice this season, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway, Majeski swept the stages, only to miss out on the true checkered flag. In the case of Las Vegas, Majeski also led the most laps and had the win on lock until he wheel-hopped on his final pit stop on lap 101.
That resulted in a speeding penalty and relegated him to 10th.
The other one that got away from Majeski was Darlington Raceway, where Majeski looked like the truck to beat in the final stage after a bunch of the contenders were taken out in an earlier crash.