Sunday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence race was extra than simply the sequence’ first occasion on the Milwaukee Mile since 2009. For Maury Gallagher, the Clear Harbors 175 was formally the primary race of GMS Racing‘s swan track because it came about simply days after asserting he would shutter operations on the finish of the 12 months.
Grant Enfinger, who received the 2015 ARCA championship with GMS, was greater than keen to provide his boss another title earlier than GMS closes their doorways. After beginning on the pole, he led 95 of 175 laps and swept the phases en path to his third victory of the season. The win locks him into the Spherical of 8 of the playoffs for the second 12 months in a row.
“I don’t need to ever hear from anyone ask me if we’re going to put down once more,” mentioned Enfinger. “Jeff Hensley (crew chief) has been targeted the entire 12 months. There’s been distractions happening all 12 months lengthy, so if something, this provides readability. None of those guys, together with me, have a job subsequent 12 months, however I really feel like we proved that we deserve one.”
Corey Heim broke up Enfinger’s run to start out the second stage, however misplaced the lead with twenty laps remaining within the leg. Likewise, Carson Hocevar was the highest driver in Stage #3 solely to be handed by Enfinger on lap 159.
William Sawalich, who received the ARCA race earlier within the day, crashed on lap 136 whereas racing Ben Rhodes however nonetheless reached the end. The identical couldn’t be mentioned for ARCA Daytona winner Greg Van Alst, whose poor nationwide sequence luck continued after he and Brad Pérez wrecked on lap 66, and Josh Bilicki, who bowed out after his tyre exploded from melted brakes.
Whereas Enfinger clinched his spot within the subsequent spherical, Nick Sanchez and Matt DiBenedetto discovered themselves in rocky waters coming into Kansas, the ultimate race within the Spherical of 10. Sanchez was spun by Heim on lap 142 and relegated to twenty-fourth, whereas DiBenedetto struggled all day and positioned twenty-seventh, two laps down. Sanchez stays above the minimize line, however solely by three factors on Rhodes, whereas DiBenedetto is twenty ponts again.
ARCA West factors chief Sean Hingorani completed twenty-third in his first Truck Sequence race.
