NASCAR Truck: Ty Majeski Repeats at Indy

By AMANDA VINCENT

Ty Majeski won for the second straight year at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with his victory in the TSport 200 on Friday night. His latest Indy victory was his first of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season and his fourth win in the series. The win was also the first of the Truck Series season for ThorSport Racing and Ford.

“It was an up and down year,” Majeski said. “We had the speed to win, but we couldn’t do it together. So proud of this group.”

Majeski took the lead from Christian Eckes on lap 145 of the 200-lap race. Eckes finished second after leading a race-high 73 laps.

Grant Enfinger finished third after leading 71 laps.

The race winner led for 56 laps.

Eckes won the 60-lap opening stage after taking the lead from Enfinger on lap 56. Enfinger was in second place at the end of the stage after dominating the entire stage.

Enfinger started the race on the front row and took the lead from polesitter Rajah Caruth on the first lap. Caruth was fifth at the end of the first stage.

Majeski moved into second place early and challenged Enfinger for the lead. However, Majeski was given a restart violation after being cautioned for spinning Ty Dillon in an incident that also involved Mason Massey and Corey Heim with 18 laps remaining in the stage.

“Of course I made a little mistake. It was probably close on that restart,” Majeski said. “I had to make amends and get it back. When you make a mistake as a driver, you drive a little bit harder to make up for it.”

Eckes won the second 60-lap stage on lap 120 to complete his victory.

Enfinger took the lead from Eckes on lap 69, but Eckes regained the position on lap 85.

Eckes and Enfinger were first and second at the restart after a caution was issued with 33 laps to go when Heim and Conor Daly suffered punctures.

Heim moved back into second place at the dnd of stage two. Meanwhile, Ross Chastain rode in second place for most of the second half of the stage, before dropping back to sixth place at the end of the stage.

Enfinger finished the stage in 15th place, outside the top 10.

Tyler Ankrum and Layne Riggs rounded out the top five of the race-finishing order. Sammy Smith was sixth, Luke Fenhaus seventh, Caruth eighth, Dean Thompson ninth and Nick Sanchez finished in 10th.