Oh, the NASCAR Truck Series. We have missed you. On Friday night, the Truck Series returned to action for the start of the 2024 season, and it resulted in a perfect beginning for one driver. [autotag]Nick Sanchez[/autotag] claimed his first career Truck Series victory at Daytona International Speedway as chaos ensued behind him.
Rajah Caruth came up the race track and made contact with Jack Wood. It resulted in a massive pileup with Taylor Gray flipping in the air. However, that wasn’t the only major incident of the night, as the Truck Series had 12 cautions, which is a new track record. As for the rest of the race, Johnny Sauter won Stage 1, while Tyler Ankrum won Stage 2.
Rajah Caruth came up the track in Turn 2 and it resulted in a chaotic mess with Taylor Gray flipping.
Nick Sanchez claims his first career NASCAR Truck Series victory at Daytona.pic.twitter.com/IicE91PXxk
— Austin Konenski (@AustinKonenski) February 17, 2024
After a winless rookie season in 2023, Sanchez was disappointed but started the new year in perfect fashion. The No. 2 truck may have been beaten up a bit, but it was enough to push Sanchez to victory.
Fresh from Florida 250 finishing order:
- No. 2 Nick Sanchez
- No. 71 Rajah Caruth
- No. 11 Corey Heim
- No. 32 Bret Holmes
- No. 76 Spencer Boyd
- No. 75 Stefan Parsons
- No. 88 Matt Crafton
- No. 56 Timmy Hill
- No. 28 Bryan Dauzat
- No. 19 Christian Eckes
- No. 18 Tyler Ankrum
- No. 22 Jason M. White
- No. 41 Bayley Currey
- No. 52 Stewart Friesen
- No. 98 Ty Majeski
- No. 15 Tanner Gray
- No. 9 Grant Enfinger
- No. 91 Jack Wood
- No. 17 Taylor Gray
- No. 7 Corey LaJoie
- No. 43 Daniel Dye
- No. 04 Cory Roper
- No. 97 Codie Rohrbaugh
- No. 5 Dean Thompson
- No. 02 Mason Massey
- No. 42 Matt Mills
- No. 1 Toni Breidinger
- No. 77 Chase Purdy
- No. 45 Johnny Sauter
- No. 99 Ben Rhodes
- No. 27 Keith McGee
- No. 33 Lawless Alan
- No. 38 Layne Riggs
- No. 13 Jake Garcia
- No. 25 Ty Dillon
- No. 46 Thad Moffitt