The 2024 SpeedyCash.com 250 was the 7th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, a permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for Spire Motorsports, would take advantage of the lead on the final restart, and held off a fast charge from Corey Heim in the final few laps to earn his 66th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Busch would also win the race in dominating fashion, winning both stages and leading a race-high 112 laps. With his win, he ties Todd Bodine for the most Truck Series wins at Texas Motor Speedway with six. To fill out the podium, Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.
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Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake1Kris WrightTricon GarageToyota02Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet5Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota7Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet9Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet11Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota13Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord15Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota17Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota18Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet19Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet20Memphis VillarrealYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet22Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFord25Ty DillonRackley WARChevrolet32Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet33Lawless AlanReaume Brothers RacingFord38Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord41Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet42Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet43Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet45Johnny SauterNiece MotorsportsChevrolet46Thad Moffitt (R)Faction46Chevrolet52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota66Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord71Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet75Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet76Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet77Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevrolet88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord91Zane Smith (i)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet98Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice was held on Friday, April 12, at 3:05 PM CST, and would last for 20 minutes. Rajah Caruth, driving for Spire Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.863, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed171Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet29.863180.826218Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.867180.802342Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.906180.566Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, April 12, at 3:35 PM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.
Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.219, and a speed of .
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed12Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet29.219184.811219Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.290184.363352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota29.341184.04347Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet29.346184.01159Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet29.401183.667643Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.430183.486738Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord29.462183.287841Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.475183.206917Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota29.485183.1441071Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet29.486183.1381198Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord29.524182.9021291Zane Smith (i)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.540182.8031313Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord29.548182.7531411Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota29.552182.7291577Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevrolet29.612182.3591666Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord29.660182.063175Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota29.677181.9591845Johnny SauterNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.693181.8611999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord29.718181.7082042Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.778181.3422133Lawless AlanReaume Brothers RacingFord29.780181.3302288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord29.854180.8802346Thad Moffitt (R)Faction46Chevrolet29.886180.6872425Ty DillonRackley WARChevrolet29.971180.1742575Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet29.981180.114261Kris WrightTricon GarageToyota29.999180.0062732Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet30.247178.5302876Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet30.342177.9712902Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.344177.9593056Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota30.449177.3463120Memphis VillarrealYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.079173.500Qualified by owner's points3222Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFord31.124173.5003318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet––3415Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts17Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0219Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet932Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet8491Zane Smith (i)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet0552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota6643Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet5738Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord489Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet3911Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota21017Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts17Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet022Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet9319Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet8411Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota7517Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota6638Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord5791Zane Smith (i)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet0843Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet399Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet21045Johnny SauterNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 87 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts147Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet167112Running021411Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota1670Running44312Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet16716Running514219Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet16731Running5051291Zane Smith (i)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1678Running06643Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1670Running397917Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota1670Running3783415Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1670Running2992575Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running28101198Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord1670Running27112133Lawless AlanReaume Brothers RacingFord1670Running26121071Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running2513352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1670Running3014841Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running23152288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1670Running2216175Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota1670Running21171845Johnny SauterNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running21181666Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord1660Running19191313Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1660Running18202902Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1660Running17213056Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1660Running16222732Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet1660Running15232425Ty DillonRackley WARChevrolet1660Running14241999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1650Running13251577Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevrolet1650Running12262042Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1650Running11272876Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1620Running10283222Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFord1590Running92959Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1510Accident1330261Kris WrightTricon GarageToyota1450Accident731738Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord1350Accident15322346Thad Moffitt (R)Faction46Chevrolet10Accident5333120Memphis VillarrealYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet10Accident4343318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet10Accident3Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Christian Eckes 287 2 Corey Heim 285 (-2) 2 3 Ty Majeski 275 (–12) 2 4 Nick Sanchez 260 (–27) 5 Taylor Gray 249 (–38) 3 6 Tyler Ankrum 244 (–43) 7 Rajah Caruth 233 (–54) 8 Matt Crafton 195 (–92) 2 9 Tanner Gray 171 (–116) 1 10 Grant Enfinger 167 (–120)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 273 2 Toyota 239 (–34) 3 Ford 223 (–50) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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