The NASCAR Chevy Truck Series team had a quiet run at Kansas Speedway on September 27th, 2024, but that wasn’t a bad thing. Now that the Round of 12 has wrapped up, that leaves The Bow Tie brand with five trucks still in the title fight.
Christian Eckes, driver of the No. 19 Chevy Silverado RST, brought his truck across the line in third, the best of all the NASCAR Chevy teams. He led 19 laps, but just didn’t have the speed to catch race winner Corey Heim in the No. 11 Toyota TRD Tundra, or the runner-up Layne Riggs in the No. 38 Ford F-150.
Kaden Honeycutt followed in fourth, driving the No. 45 Silverado. Dawson Sutton’s No. 25 Silverado rounded out the top five. Meanwhile, Daniel Dye, driver of the No. 43 Silverado, scraped the wall on two separate occasions during the first stage and had to make multiple unscheduled pit stops to correct the damage. At the end of the day, it wasn’t enough, and he finished 27th, two laps down, eliminating him from championship contention. He was 25 points away from making it.
Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 Silverado, narrowly escaped elimination after finishing ninth, thanks in part to the misfortune of fellow Playoff driver, Ben Rhodes. Rhodes’ No. 99 Ford F-150 finished 22nd after running out of fuel, dooming him to elimination from the Playoffs, allowing Enfinger the chance he needed to make it.
“It was definitely a little bit stressful, definitely too close for comfort there,” Enfinger said. “This is a round we want to forget. We snuck through here, and now we’re looking forward to going to Talladega next week [for the first race in the Round of 8].”
That leaves Eckes, Enfinger, Nick Sanchez (No. 2 Silverado), Raja Caruth (No. 71 Silverado), and Tyler Ankrum (No. 18 Silverado) as the remaining NASCAR Chevy drivers who are still championship eligible.
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 33 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | Safelite Toyota | 134 | 64 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
2 | 13 | 38 | Layne Riggs # | Infinity Communications Group Ford | 134 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
3 | 3 | 19 | Christian Eckes (P) | Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet | 134 | 19 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
4 | 6 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt (P) | AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
5 | 5 | 25 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
6 | 21 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Operation 300 Toyota | 134 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
7 | 16 | 71 | Rajah Caruth (P) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
8 | 22 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
9 | 19 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
10 | 2 | 7 | Connor Mosack (P) | MKS Pipe and Valve Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
11 | 15 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
12 | 7 | 2 | Nick Sanchez (P) | Gainbridge Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
13 | 11 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 134 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
14 | 14 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | LiUNA! Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
15 | 1 | 98 | Ty Majeski (P) | Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford | 134 | 51 | Ford F-150 |
16 | 20 | 32 | Bret Holmes | Beshears Tractor & Equipment Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
17 | 29 | 44 | Conor Daly(i) | Polkadot Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
18 | 17 | 17 | Taylor Gray (P) | Place of Hope Toyota | 133 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
19 | 32 | 02 | Nathan Byrd(i) | CleanCore Solutions Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
20 | 23 | 1 | Brenden Queen | Best Repair Company Toyota | 133 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
21 | 9 | 13 | Jake Garcia | Quanta Services Ford | 133 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
22 | 4 | 99 | Ben Rhodes (P) | Kubota Ford | 133 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
23 | 30 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota | 132 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
24 | 8 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 132 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
25 | 26 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Flex Seal/Menards Ford | 132 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
26 | 27 | 46 | Justin Mondeik | El Bandido Yankee Tequila Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
27 | 10 | 43 | Daniel Dye (P) | NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
28 | 28 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Sesh Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet | 129 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
29 | 31 | 22 | Frankie Muniz | Levrack Ford | 129 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
30 | 24 | 33 | Lawless Alan | AUTOChargit Ford | 128 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
31 | 34 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
32 | 18 | 91 | Corey Day | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
33 | 12 | 42 | Matt Mills | J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
34 | 25 | 4 | Marco Andretti | Group 1001/CarQuest Chevrolet | 43 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
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