HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Chandler Smith, Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes turned the ultimate drivers to punch their tickets to the NASCAR Truck Sequence finale subsequent month when Ty Majeski, already within the title race, gained after Saturday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The drivers rounded out the championship-deciding remaining 4 on factors. Majeski had claimed the primary berth for ThorSport Racing together with his first profession Truck Sequence win in Bristol final month.
“I really feel like we have been one of many 4 strongest vans all through the again half of this season,” Majeski stated. “I really feel actually good about the place our group is at. We put a full-fledged effort in for this race, however our focus has been on Phoenix since we gained Bristol.”
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Zane Smith, the championship runner-up the previous two years, completed second.
“Third time’s the attraction,” Smith stated after the race. “I’ve just about discovered each technique to lose one. No matter what occurs in Phoenix, simply an impressive 12 months, actually.”
The finale might be on Nov. 4 in Avondale, Arizona.
Chandler Smith entered Saturday’s figuring out race with a 27-point cushion over Rhodes, the winner of final 12 months’s championship, and a 12-point lead over Zane Smith.
“We knew we needed to have a strong truck to simply not fully financial institution on factors,” Smith stated. “That being stated, we’re centered on going to win a championship … I could by no means have the ability to do that once more in my profession.”
Rhodes, Majeski’s ThorSport Racing teammate, made the lower Saturday by only one level over Stewart Friesen.
With eight laps to go, Rhodes was battling facet by facet with teammate Matt Crafton however pulled forward for a sixth-place end.
“I had lots of work to do,” Rhodes stated. “I simply did not understand it was gonna be that powerful.”
Rhodes stated he thinks Majeski is the “man to beat” within the finale.
“We actually have momentum on or facet successful two of the final three,” Majeski stated. “I can not actually say who the favourite is and who is not, however I actually like my probabilities going to Phoenix.”
Later Saturday at Homestead-Miami, drivers will proceed battling for the three remaining spots in subsequent month’s Xfinity championship race.