2024 Clean Harbors 250 Explained

Type:CUST
Location:Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Announcers:Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Year:2024
Race Name:Clean Harbors 250
Scheduled Mi:187
Course Mi:0.750
Scheduled Laps:250
Scheduled Km:301
Avg:77.426mph
Car:98
First Driver:Ty Majeski
First Team:ThorSport Racing
Most Driver:Grant Enfinger
Most Laps:98
Most Team:CR7 Motorsports
Pole Time:22.755
Pole Team:McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
Date:August 10
Network:FS1
Pole Driver:Christian Eckes
Description:Race 16 of 23 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Official Name:5th Annual Clean Harbors 250
Course Km:1.207
Radio:MRN
Distance Mi:187
Distance Laps:250
Distance Km:301
Details Ref:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The 2024 Clean Harbors 250 was the 16th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the final race of the regular season, and the 5th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, a 0.75miles permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would take the lead from Christian Eckes late in the race to earn his fifth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and won back to back races. Enfinger led a race-high 98 laps. To fill out the podium, Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing and Taylor Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Report

Background

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the IndyCar series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1William SawalichTricon GarageToyotaStarkey / SoundGear
02Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevroletBrunt Workwear
2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevroletGainbridge
5Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyotaThompson Pipe Group
7Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevroletSilver Hare Racing
9Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevroletGrant County Mulch
11Corey HeimTricon GarageToyotaSafelite
13Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFordQuanta Services
14Trey HutchensTrey Hutchens RacingChevroletQuality Roof Seamers
15Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyotaOperation 300
17Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyotaJBL
18Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevroletLiUNA!
19Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevroletInstacoat Premium Products
20Jerry BohlmanYoung's MotorsportsChevroletBowl4Life
21Mason MaggioFloridian MotorsportsFordRock Hill Ace Hardware
22Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFordNugget Trap
25Ty DillonRackley WARChevroletRackley Roofing
32Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevroletBest Value Carriers
33Lawless AlanReaume Brothers RacingFordAutoParkIt.com
38Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFordLove's Travel Stops
41Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevroletDQS
42Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevroletJ. F. Electric / Utilitra
43Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevroletChampion Container
45Kaden HoneycuttNiece MotorsportsChevroletMoore's Venture Foods
46Thad Moffitt (R)Young’s MotorsportsChevroletSafety-Kleen
52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyotaHalmar International
56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyotaShopHillMotorsports.com
66nowrapConner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFordTSport
71Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevroletHendrickCars.com
75Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevroletPopsells.com
76Spencer BoydnowrapFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevroletLatitude Aero
77Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevroletBama Buggies
88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordnowrapSerta / Menards
90Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyotanowrapCarroll's Automotive / Duratain
91Connor HallMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevroletA-All Mini Storage
98Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFordSoda Sense / Curb Records
99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordNashville Stampede
Official entry list

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, August 10, at 2:30 PM EST and would last for 20 minutes.[9] Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 22.685, and a speed of 119.021mph.

Pos.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord22.685119.021
298Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord22.819118.322
313Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord22.835118.240
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, August 10, at 3:00 PM EST. Since Richmond Raceway is a short track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[10]

Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 22.755, and a speed of 118.655mph.[11]

Trey Hutchens was the only driver who failed to qualify.

Qualifying results

Pos.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
119Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet22.755118.655
298Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord22.875118.033
39Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet22.885117.981
438Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord22.946117.668
51William SawalichTricon GarageToyota23.010117.340
611Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota23.022117.279
717Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota23.027117.254
845Kaden HoneycuttNiece MotorsportsChevrolet23.043117.172
92Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet23.074117.015
1018Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet23.096116.903
1199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord23.125116.757
1252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota23.134116.711
1343Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet23.146116.651
145Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota23.166116.550
1541Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet23.185116.455
1671Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet23.193116.414
1788Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord23.198116.389
1842Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet23.204116.359
1925Ty DillonRackley WARChevrolet23.227116.244
2077Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevrolet23.231116.224
2191Connor HallMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet23.367115.548
2232Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet23.411115.330
2313Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord23.447115.153
2456Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota23.461115.085
2533Lawless AlanReaume Brothers RacingFord23.508114.855
2615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota23.543114.684
277Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet23.549114.655
2866Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord23.660114.117
2975Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet23.721113.823
3046Thad Moffitt (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet23.747113.699
3102Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet23.829113.307
Qualified by owner's points
3276Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet23.877113.080
3321Mason MaggioFloridian MotorsportsFord24.118111.950
3490Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota24.249111.345
3522Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFord24.437110.488
3620Jerry BohlmanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet25.063107.729
Failed to qualify
3714Trey HutchensTrey Hutchens RacingChevrolet24.458110.393
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 70

Pos.DriverTeamMakePts
119Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet10
217Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota9
39Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet8
499Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord7
538Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord6
643Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet5
788Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord4
811Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota3
92Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet2
1071Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1
Stage 2 Laps: 70
Pos.DriverTeamMakePts
19Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet10
219Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet9
343Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet8
438Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord7
511Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota6
699Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord5
771Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet4
818Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet3
917Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota2
1066Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1298Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord25070Running40
2119Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet25064Running54
3717Taylor GrayTricon GarageToyota2505Running45
439Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet25098Running51
5438Layne Riggs (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord2500Running45
61018Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2500Running34
71199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord2500Running42
81343Daniel DyeMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2500Running42
91925Ty DillonRackley WARChevrolet2504Running28
102191Connor HallMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2500Running27
112975Stefan ParsonsHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running26
122615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota2500Running25
132313Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord2500Running24
14845Kaden HoneycuttNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running23
151788Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord2500Running26
16611Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota2506Running30
171671Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running25
182533Lawless AlanReaume Brothers Racing Ford2500Running19
192456Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota2500Running18
202077Chase PurdySpire MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running17
212232Bret HolmesBret Holmes RacingChevrolet2500Running16
2251William SawalichTricon GarageToyota2493Running15
231541Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2490Running14
243276Spencer BoydFreedom Enterprises RacingChevrolet2490Running13
251252Stewart FriesenHalmer Friesen RacingToyota2480Running12
263102Mason MasseyYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2470Running11
273490Justin CarrollTC MotorsportsToyota2470Running10
283321Mason MaggioFloridian MotorsportsFord2460Running9
29277Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet2360Accident0
3092Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet2270Accident9
312866Conner Jones (R)ThorSport RacingFord1800Accident7
32145Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota1550Accident5
333046Thad Moffitt (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1480Accident4
343522Keith McGeeReaume Brothers RacingFord1470Accident3
351842Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet550Accident2
363620Jerry BohlmanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet170Slow1

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
11Corey Heim2041
12Christian Eckes2038 (-3)
3Ty Majeski2023 (–18)
4Nick Sanchez2018 (–23)
5Rajah Caruth2009 (–36)
16Grant Enfinger2007 (–34)
17Tyler Ankrum2007 (–34)
8Taylor Gray2003 (–38)
9Ben Rhodes2002 (–39)
110Daniel Dye2001 (–40)
[Official driver's standings]
Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet603
2Toyota560 (-43)
3Ford522 (–81)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . July 13, 2024.
  2. Web site: Richmond Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 10, 2024. January 3, 2013. September 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903070908/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Entry list . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  4. Web site: Practice Results . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  5. Web site: Qualifying Results . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  6. Web site: Starting lineup . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  7. Web site: Race Results . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  8. Web site: Points standings . Jayski.com . . August 10, 2024 . August 10, 2024.
  9. Web site: 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Richmond Race Page . July 13, 2024 . Jayski.com . . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2024 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures . July 13, 2024 . Jayski.com . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Srigley . Joseph . August 10, 2024 . Christian Eckes Wins Pole for Trucks Regular-Season Finale at Richmond . August 10, 2024 . TobyChristie.com.