Starting from 2nd place Truck 19 Christian Eckes Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet won the Long John Silver’s 200, his 7th win in 97 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 2nd win & 5th Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 6 races at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford, started from pole posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Truck 77 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet, started from 11th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Martinsville Speedway.
Credit: MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – APRIL 05: Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Craftsman Long John Silver’s 200 at Martinsville Speedway on April 05, 2024 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
4th Place Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet, started from 9th place. 6th Place Truck 17 Taylor Gray JBL Toyota, started from 12th place followed by 7th place Truck 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 16th place. 8th Place Truck 7 Sammy Smith(i) TMC Transportation Chevrolet, started from 13th place followed by 9th place Truck 45 Kaden Honeycutt Chevy Accessories Chevrolet, started from 17th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota, in 10th place, started from 4th place. Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Aim Autism/Halmar Toyota finished in 19th place Layne Riggs (15th) was the highest finishing rookie. Ty Majeski leads the point standings by 7 points over Corey Heim.
Credit: MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – APRIL 05: Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Long John Silver’s 200 at Martinsville Speedway on April 05, 2024 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
The race had 11 Cautions for 81 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 31 for No. 46 Spin Turn 3. 2nd Caution on lap 52 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 66 for Nos. 15, 88, 02, 90 Crash in Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 77 for Nos. 38, 91 Crash in Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 99 for Nos. 38, 43, 76 Crash in Turn 1 / Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 135 for Nos. 43, 45 Crash on the Backstretch. 7th Caution on lap 147 for Nos. 5, 9, 99 Crash in Turn 1. 8th Caution on lap 159 for Nos. 45, 32, 90 Crash in Turn 1. 9th Caution on lap 166 for Nos. 32, 13, 33, 91, 66, 43 Crash in Turn 4. 10th Caution on lap 178 for Nos. 38, 13, 9, 41, 66 Crash in Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 191 for Nos. 52, 42, 9 Crash in Turn 2.
The race had 5 Lead Changes among 3 drivers; C. Eckes 1-104; T. Majeski 105-153; N. Sanchez 154; T. Majeski 155-171; C. Eckes 172-200.
Stage:
Stage 1 Top 10: 19, 98, 38, 11, 2, 99, 18, 13, 45, 77
Stage 2 Top 10: 19, 18, 77, 98, 45, 13, 5, 41, 17, 1
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 6
Race Results for the Long John Silver’s 200 – Friday, April 5, 2024
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 105.2 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Friday, 4/5/2024 @ 10:00 PM Eastern
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 2. Truck 19 Christian Eckes Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 200 Running
2. 1. Truck 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 200 Running
3. 11. Truck 77 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 200 Running
4. 5. Truck 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet 200 Running
5. 9. Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 200 Running
6. 12. Truck 17 Taylor Gray JBL Toyota 200 Running
7. 16. Truck 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 Running
8. 13. Truck 7 Sammy Smith(i) TMC Transportation Chevrolet 200 Running
9. 17. Truck 45 Kaden Honeycutt Chevy Accessories Chevrolet 200 Running
10. 4. Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 200 Running
11. 29. Truck 02 Mason Massey BRUNT Chevrolet 200 Running
12. 24. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 200 Running
13. 23. Truck 43 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet 200 Running
14. 6. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes TSPORT Trucks Ford 200 Running
15. 3. Truck 38 Layne Riggs # Infinity Communications Group Ford 200 Running
16. 19. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Dead On Tools Toyota 200 Running
17. 15. Truck 41 Bayley Currey Sparco Chevrolet 200 Running
18. 10. Truck 91 Jack Wood Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet 200 Running
19. 14. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Aim Autism/Halmar Toyota 200 Running – Canadian
20. 27. Truck 56 Timmy Hill Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota 200 Running
21. 7. Truck 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 200 Running
22. 20. Truck 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 200 Running
23. 18. Truck 25 Ty Dillon Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 200 Running
24. 28. Truck 32 Bret Holmes Best Value Carriers Chevrolet 200 Running
25. 30. Truck 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Warranty Chevrolet 200 Running
26. 21. Truck 1 William Sawalich Starkey/Soundgear Toyota 200 Running
27. 33. Truck 46 Thad Moffitt # Induction Innovations Chevrolet 200 Running
28. 31. Truck 22 Stephen Mallozzi Ozark Rods Ford 198 Running
29. 25. Truck 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 193 Accident
30. 22. Truck 66 Cam Waters Tradie Ford 176 Accident
31. 26. Truck 33 Lawless Alan AUTOChargit Mobile Ford 166 DVP
32. 34. Truck 90 Justin Carroll Carroll’s Automotive/Duratain Toyota 158 Accident
33. 8. Truck 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 145 Accident
34. 32. Truck 20 Blake Lothian GGT Energy Solutions Chevrolet 17 Overheating
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 52 Mins, 54 Secs. Average Speed: 55.908 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.644 Seconds. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 52 Mins, 54 Secs. Average Speed: 55.908 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.644 Seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 81 laps. Lead Changes: 5 among 3 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 12, 2024 – Texas Motor Speedway
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