LAS VEGAS — Former Las Vegas winner Grant Enfinger holds a one-point lead over reigning champion Ty Majeski in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings entering Friday night’s Ecosave 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Driving a Ford for owner Mike Curb, Enfinger took the checkered flag in 2018, before Toyota ran off a string of seven straight victories at the 1.5-mile intermediate track. Kyle Busch and Rajah Caruth have won the two most recent races at LVMS in Chevrolets, both from the pole.
If Caruth can win on Friday in the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Silverado, he’ll be the first driver to go back-to-back at the track.
Caruth currently is 30th in the series standings after crashing out at Daytona and Atlanta to start the season, and he’s happy to get back on the track after a two-week hiatus in the schedule.
“It’s great to go back to Las Vegas,” Caruth said. “It will be my first time on the grounds since the win. That night was obviously such a milestone for myself, and from a confidence standpoint, I know I can get the job done at that facility.
“Coming off a couple bad weeks, it sticks in your mind when you have multiple weekends between races. My motivation for the weekend is definitely at a heightened level since I know I run well at Vegas. But in terms of preparation, it’s just another race.”
ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton will make his 200th start in the series on a 1.5-mile intermediate track. Only one other active Truck Series driver — ThorSport teammate Ben Rhodes — has made 200 or more starts in the series at all tracks combined.
Rhodes will make his 213th start in the series on Friday.
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