2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200

The 2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 was the 9th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 5th iteration of the event. The majority of the race was held on Friday, May 10, 2024, and would end shortly after midnight on Saturday, May 11, due to constant rain showers that delayed the start. The race was held in Darlington, South Carolina at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent asphalt egg-shaped speedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 147 laps, but was increased to 150 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In a wild and action packed race, Ross Chastain, driving for Niece Motorsports, would steal the win after taking the lead on the final restart, and held off a fast charging field to earn his fifth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season.[9] Corey Heim, who started second, was the most dominant driver of the race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 77 laps, but finished 28th after being involved in a late race incident.[10] To fill out the podium, Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, and Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 9 of 23 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date May 10–11, 2024
Official name 5th Annual Buckle Up South Carolina 200
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance 150 laps, 205 mi (330 km)
Scheduled Distance 147 laps, 200 mi (323 km)
Average speed 101.983 mph (164.126 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Rev Racing
Time 29.288
Most laps led
Driver Corey Heim Tricon Garage
Laps 77
Winner
No. 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Report

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Background

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Darlington Raceway, the circuit where the race will be held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Since 2015, the race has hosted NASCAR's Throwback weekend, which features cars sporting paint schemes that pay homage to past teams and drivers. (The lineage of this race includes races billed as the Southern 500 from 2005 to 2020.)[11]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor or throwback
1 Colby Howard Tricon Garage Toyota Coastal Sports Cards
02 Mason Massey Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco Industries
2 Nick Sanchez Rev Racing Chevrolet Drive for Diversity 20th Anniversary
5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota Thompson Pipe Group – Ryan Partridge's No. 48 truck paint scheme.[12][13][14]
7 Kyle Busch (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet BAMF Enterprises
9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment
11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota SafeliteCale Yarborough's 1974 Southern 500 paint scheme.[12][13][14]
13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford Quanta Services
15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota Dead On Tools – Gray's 2018 No. 15 NHRA paint scheme.[12][13][14]
17 Taylor Gray Tricon Garage Toyota ShopTRICON.comMark Green's 2000 No. 63 Superflo paint scheme.[12][13][14]
18 Tyler Ankrum McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet LiUNA! – Russ Wheeler's paint scheme from Days of Thunder.[12][13][14]
19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Gates Hydraulics – Brownie King's 1950s-60s paint scheme.[12][13][15][14]
22 Mason Maggio Reaume Brothers Racing Ford Crawford Garage Doors – Eugene Leicht Sr.'s late model paint scheme.[12][13][14]
25 Ty Dillon Rackley WAR Chevrolet Rackley Roofing
32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet Golden Eagle SyrupBobby Allison's 1969 No. 22 Dodge paint scheme.[12][13][14]
33 Lawless Alan Reaume Brothers Racing Ford AutoParkIt.com – Ricky Schlick's No. 24 Legends car paint scheme.[12][13][14]
38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford Infinity Communications Group – Scott Riggs' 2000 No. 86 RC Cola paint scheme.[12][13][14][16]
41 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet AutoVentive / Precision – Chuck Efaw's 1980 dirt late model paint scheme.[12][13][14][17]
42 Matt Mills Niece Motorsports Chevrolet J. F. Electric / Utilitra
43 Daniel Dye McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet PeakKyle Petty's 1989 No. 42 Peak paint scheme.[12][13][14][18]
45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Buckle Up South Carolina
46 Thad Moffitt (R) Faction46 Chevrolet Petty 75 Years of Racing – Bobby Hamilton's 1996 No. 43 STP paint scheme.[12][13][14][19]
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota Halmar International – Jimmie Johnson's 2010 No. 48 Lowe's Coke 600 paint scheme.[12][13][14]
56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota UNITS Storage
66 Conner Jones (R) ThorSport Racing Ford TSport
71 Rajah Caruth Spire Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet Freedom Warranty – Buck Baker's 1949 paint scheme.[12][13][14]
77 Chase Purdy Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Bama Buggies
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford Chi-Chi's / Menards
91 Jack Wood McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet RTIC OutdoorsTim Flock's 1952 No. 91 paint scheme.[12][13][14]
98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford Soda Sense / Curb Records
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford Campers Inn RV
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice was held on Friday, May 10, at 3:05 PM EST, and would last for 20 minutes.[20] Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.540, and a speed of 166.473 mph (267.912 km/h).[21]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 29.540 166.473
2 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 29.807 164.981
3 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 29.894 164.501
Full practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, May 10, at 3:35 PM EST.[20] Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[22]

Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.288, and a speed of 167.905 mph (270.217 km/h).[23]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 2 Nick Sanchez Rev Racing Chevrolet 29.288 167.905
2 11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 29.436 167.061
3 17 Taylor Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 29.438 167.049
4 7 Kyle Busch (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.488 166.766
5 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 29.507 166.659
6 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 29.517 166.602
7 19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 29.576 166.270
8 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.616 166.045
9 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 29.650 165.855
10 43 Daniel Dye McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 29.656 165.821
11 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 29.789 165.081
12 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 29.891 164.518
13 5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota 29.912 164.402
14 13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 29.927 164.320
15 25 Ty Dillon Rackley WAR Chevrolet 29.932 164.292
16 98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 29.978 164.040
17 41 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.011 163.860
18 1 Colby Howard Tricon Garage Toyota 30.042 163.691
19 77 Chase Purdy Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.068 163.549
20 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 30.126 163.234
21 66 Conner Jones (R) ThorSport Racing Ford 30.198 162.845
22 33 Lawless Alan Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 30.232 162.662
23 91 Jack Wood McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 30.273 162.442
24 18 Tyler Ankrum McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 30.284 162.383
25 42 Matt Mills Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 30.323 162.174
26 71 Rajah Caruth Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.350 162.030
27 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 30.564 160.895
28 32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 30.738 159.984
29 02 Mason Massey Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 30.817 159.574
30 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 31.453 156.348
31 22 Mason Maggio Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 31.558 155.827
Qualified by owner's points
32 46 Thad Moffitt (R) Faction46 Chevrolet 31.977 153.786
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 10
2 19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 9
3 98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 8
4 17 Taylor Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 7
4 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 6
5 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 0
6 5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota 4
7 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 3
9 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 2
10 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 10
2 71 Rajah Caruth Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 8
4 98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 7
5 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 88 Matt Crafton Tricon Garage Toyota 5
7 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 4
8 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 0
9 17 Taylor Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 2
10 13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 1

Stage 3 Laps: 60

Pos.[24] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 6 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 150 3 Running 0
2 1 2 Nick Sanchez Rev Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 35
3 12 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 150 0 Running 37
4 7 19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 150 15 Running 50
5 16 98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 150 36 Running 47
6 19 77 Chase Purdy Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 31
7 18 1 Colby Howard Tricon Garage Toyota 150 0 Running 30
8 3 17 Taylor Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 150 16 Running 38
9 15 25 Ty Dillon Rackley WAR Chevrolet 150 0 Running 28
10 5 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 150 0 Running 27
11 25 42 Matt Mills Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 26
12 22 33 Lawless Alan Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 150 0 Running 25
13 27 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 150 0 Running 24
14 11 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 25
15 29 02 Mason Massey Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 22
16 9 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 150 3 Running 28
17 28 32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 20
18 32 46 Thad Moffitt (R) Faction46 Chevrolet 150 0 Running 19
19 30 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 150 0 Running 18
20 14 13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 150 0 Running 18
21 8 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 148 0 Running 26
22 17 41 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 148 0 Running 15
23 10 43 Daniel Dye McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 148 0 Running 14
24 21 66 Connor Jones (R) ThorSport Racing Ford 145 0 Running 13
25 23 91 Jack Wood McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 139 0 Accident 12
26 24 18 Tyler Ankrum McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 136 0 Running 11
27 31 22 Mason Maggio Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 121 0 Brakes 10
28 2 11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 105 77 Accident 29
29 13 5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota 97 0 Accident 12
30 26 71 Rajah Caruth Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 97 0 Accident 16
31 20 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 97 0 Accident 11
32 4 7 Kyle Busch (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 6 0 Accident 0
Official race results

Standing after the race

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References

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