While the No. 98 Ford F-150 race truck of Ty Majeski rallied back from an early race restart violation to win at Indianapolis Raceway Park on July 19th, 2024, the No. 19 NASCAR Chevy Silverado RST of Christian Eckes could only watch as he followed to a second-place finish behind him.
Eckes led for most of the race. In fact, he racked up 73 laps led, the most of any Truck Series driver on Friday night. Eckes surrendered the lead to Majeski when the Ford driver used a lapped truck to stall Eckes’ run. Majeski passed Eckes in Turns 1 and 2, and never looked back, leading the No. 19 NASCAR Chevy across the line by an impressive 4.129 seconds.
That wasn’t the only issue Eckes had during the race. He made contact with the No. 11 Toyota TRD Tundra of Corey Heim on Lap 88, relegating Heim to a 17th-place finish. Heim’s truck suffered a cut tire from the contact and had to use up an extra set of tires prematurely, meaning he had to finish the race on older tires than the rest of the field.
Eckes, for his part, took fault for the incident.
“I just misjudged the straightaway,” he said. “He’s got every right to be mad.”
Grant Enfinger’s No. 19 Silverado finished third, followed by the No. 18 Silverado of Tyler Ankrum. Layne Riggs’ No. 38 F-150 rounded out the top five. Currently, Eckes retains the point lead over Heim by 50 points.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 98 | Ty Majeski | Road Ranger Ford | 200 | 56 | Ford F-150 |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | Christian Eckes | NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet | 200 | 73 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 3 | 2 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 200 | 71 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | LiUNA! Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 5 | 17 | 38 | Layne Riggs # | Long John Silver's Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 6 | 12 | 7 | Sammy Smith(i) | Golden Harvest Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 7 | 14 | 66 | Luke Fenhaus | Soda Sense Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 8 | 1 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 9 | 19 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 10 | 11 | 2 | Nick Sanchez | Gainbridge Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 11 | 16 | 45 | Ross Chastain(i) | Alliance Highway Safety Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 12 | 26 | 1 | William Sawalich | Starkey/Soundgear Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 13 | 10 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 14 | 22 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Niece Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 15 | 23 | 91 | Jack Wood | Children's Museum Indianapolis Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 16 | 13 | 17 | Taylor Gray | JBL Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 17 | 9 | 11 | Corey Heim | Safelite Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 18 | 20 | 25 | Ty Dillon | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 19 | 25 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Units Storage Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 20 | 21 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Bucket Boss Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 21 | 15 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | Campers Inn RV Ford | 199 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 22 | 34 | 42 | Matt Mills | J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 23 | 28 | 16 | Johnny Sauter | AISIN Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 24 | 5 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Dutch Boy/Menards Ford | 199 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 25 | 29 | 04 | Marco Andretti | Group 1001 Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 26 | 30 | 32 | Bret Holmes | Best Value Carriers Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 27 | 7 | 43 | Daniel Dye | Bettenhausen Automotive Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 28 | 24 | 33 | Lawless Alan | AUTOChargit Ford | 198 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 29 | 35 | 44 | Conor Daly(i) | Power Plus Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 30 | 18 | 13 | Jake Garcia | Quanta Services Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 31 | 31 | 22 | Tyler Tomassi | Levrack Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 32 | 33 | 46 | Thad Moffitt # | Tasty Duck Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 33 | 8 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 194 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 34 | 32 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | KIR Ammo.com Chevrolet | 164 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 35 | 27 | 02 | Mason Massey | BRUNT Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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