Championship 4 contender Ty Majeski to lead Truck field to green
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Wisconsin’s Ty Majeski will lead the field to the green flag Friday at Phoenix Raceway as he chases his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.
Majeski earned his sixth pole of the 2024 season, averaging 138.18 MPH in his pole-winning lap.
Championship 4 competitor Corey Heim will share the front row with him. The other championship contenders, Grant Enfinger and Christian Eckes, will start fourth and fifth, respectively.
Going into the championship race, Eckes leads the championship drivers in every stat except for average start and wins. Majeski has the best average start and Heim has the most wins this season. Combined with being fourth in practice among the championship drivers and Eckes may face some challenges.
In third, Stewart Friesen qualified the best of any of the non-Championship 4 drivers.
Dean Thompson, Nick Sanchez, Connor Mosack, Kaden Honeycutt and Chase Purdy rounded out the top-10 starters in sixth through 10th, respectively.
Lawless Alan crashed in qualifying and will start in the rear of the field. His team will either need to repair the truck or go to a backup truck.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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