Homestead-Miami Speedway was a hotbed of action during the Truck Series race on October 26th, 2024. The No. 9 NASCAR Chevy Silverado RST of Grant Enfinger visited Victory Lane after a lengthy battle with the No. 98 Ford F-150 of Ty Majeski, and on the other side of the results, the No. 42 Silverado of Matt Mills was wrecked by a Ford competitor, seemingly on purpose.
Enfinger’s success can be attributed to a risky call from the pit box. He and his competitors had to manage dwindling tanks of fuel in the closing laps, but elected to stay out during a late-race pit stop cycle in hopes of staying out front. At one point, Enfinger had a 17.5-second lead over Majeski as two other race trucks on a similar pit stop strategy ran out of fuel, including the No. 38 F-150 of Layne Riggs and the No. 2 NASCAR Chevy Silverado of Nick Sanchez.
“At the end of the day, [crew chief] Jeff [Stankiewicz] just had the best truck out here,” said Enfinger, who battled back from an earlier incident that damaged the No. 9 NASCAR Chevy truck and put him a lap down. “Our car was really fast after about five laps yesterday [in practice] and was the same way today. Jeff did a good job managing me with the tires and then managing me with the fuel. I feel like I saved at least 20 percent more than I did in the first run. Jeff was on me pretty hard obviously and the 38 [Layne Riggs] ran out and the 2 [Nick Sanchez] did too.”
Meanwhile, on Lap 76 of 134, the No. 42 NASCAR Chevy Silverado of Matt Mills was taken out by the No. 66 F-150 of Conner Jones. Mills’ race truck slammed the wall and sustained heavy right-side damage before bursting into flames and coming to a rest in the infield. Mills was able to exit the truck under his own power, but was transported to a hospital due to smoke inhalation and held for observation before being discharged on October 28th, 2024.
Glad to be heading home. Appreciate everyone that reached out over the last couple of days. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/lN7Ph8y2fy
— Matt Mills (@mattmillsracing) October 28, 2024
“I can’t wait to be back at the racetrack at Martinsville this weekend and continue doing what I love. It was definitely a scary situation I’ve had but it’s part of the sport,” Mills said on social media after being released.
Jones was given a two-lap penalty during the race. At this time, NASCAR has not announced further penalty to the No. 66 Ford team.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 134 | 32 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 2 | 5 | 98 | Ty Majeski (P) | Road Ranger/Poppi Ford | 134 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 3 | 10 | 7 | Connor Mosack | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | Safelite Toyota | 134 | 68 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 5 | 15 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | LiUNA! Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 6 | 12 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 134 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 7 | 7 | 43 | Daniel Dye | Giuseppe's Pizza Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 8 | 3 | 71 | Rajah Caruth (P) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 9 | 8 | 19 | Christian Eckes (P) | NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet | 134 | 3 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 10 | 2 | 17 | Taylor Gray (P) | Place of Hope Toyota | 134 | 4 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 11 | 22 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Denali Aire/Menards Ford | 134 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 12 | 19 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | Campers Inn RV Ford | 134 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Nick Sanchez (P) | Gainbridge Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 14 | 6 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt | Moore's Venture Foods Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 15 | 18 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 133 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 16 | 21 | 91 | Corey Day | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 17 | 20 | 1 | William Sawalich | Starkey/Soundgear Toyota | 133 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 18 | 16 | 75 | Connor Zilisch(i) | Team Silver Hare Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 19 | 14 | 25 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 20 | 33 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Dead On Tools Toyota | 133 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 21 | 27 | 33 | Lawless Alan | AUTOChargit Ford | 133 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 22 | 13 | 38 | Layne Riggs # | Love's RV Stops Ford | 133 | 27 | Ford F-150 |
| 23 | 25 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Coble Enterprises Toyota | 132 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 24 | 26 | 13 | Jake Garcia | Quanta Services Ford | 132 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 25 | 23 | 66 | Conner Jones # | TSPORT/Breast Cancer Awareness Ford | 132 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 26 | 17 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 27 | 34 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Tenikle Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 28 | 28 | 44 | Conor Daly(i) | Polkadot Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 29 | 29 | 02 | Nathan Byrd(i) | FARA Chevrolet | 130 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 30 | 30 | 04 | Marco Andretti | Group 1001/CarQuest Chevrolet | 127 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 31 | 11 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet | 125 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 32 | 32 | 46 | Justin Mondeik | El Bandido Yankee Tequila Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 33 | 31 | 22 | Frankie Muniz | More Core Ford | 105 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 34 | 24 | 42 | Matt Mills | Utilitra/J.F. Electric Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
No Comments yet