The opening stage of Saturday (August 14) night’s Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway was all Ty Majeski.
While the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series polesitter didn’t lead the first lap, he led the next 73 amid winning stage 1. That didn’t stick as Majeski ended up third behind a pair of Kyle Busch Motorsports trucks, but he put himself in a position to move on to the next round of the playoffs with a 33-point cushion above the cutline.
“The KBM trucks were just a little bit better than us tonight,” Majeski said on pit road after the race. “Tried making some swings at it after the second and third stops. Got it closer at the end — I had something for the [No.] 4, maybe, found a little bit on the high side at the end [but] just not quite enough. Like I said, they were probably just a little better than us tonight, so overall, really, really solid night for us, good points day. I think we can be decently relaxed going into Kansas, but still need to put together a good race.”
The No. 66 was on rails heading into the opening round of pit stops … at least, until the ThorSport Racing truck’s jack man fell in front of the Toyota Tundra’s bumper as he raced to the other side of the box.
A fall for Paul Steele, the No. 66 jack man, during Ty Majeski’s stop in Richmond.
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“No doubt [it was scary],” Majeski said. “Once I [saw] him trip and lost his footing, I was just on the brakes hard to try [to stop]. I knew I was gonna hit him, but obviously was trying not to hit him hard and he did a great job recovering and really making a solid stop — even the one he tripped on — and the next two were awesome. So [I] can’t ask for any more than that, obviously — things happen, right? We’re all competing as hard as we can to get the most out of out of everything, whether that’s [on] pit road or on the racetrack.”
The slower stop set Majeski back a couple spots, where he stayed the rest of the night. On the ensuing restart, he made a move for third, but couldn’t make a run at John Hunter Nemechek or eventual winner Chandler Smith.
“[It] just does everything worse,right?” Majeski said of the truck being stuck in traffic. “It gets loose and tighter in the center and freer off, we all know that, right? It’s the nature of the…
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