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NASCAR Truck Series Fans React To Hot Grant Enfinger Outlasting Baptist Health 200 Field At Homestead-Miami Speedway

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Published26 Oct 2024

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NASCAR Truck Series driver Grant Enfinger didn’t allow two late setbacks and low fuel to detour his way to Victory Lane at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 

The winner of consecutive Round of 8 races, Enfinger endured late-race tire rub on a restart and an unscheduled pit stop, but held off Saturday’s Baptist Health 200 field for his second win this season. 

“Hard to beat these two weeks,” Enfinger told Fox Sports. “We’ve had potential all year. Sometimes I didn’t execute. Sometimes we had bad luck.” 

On Saturday, he reached his driving potential by competing with the front pack while conserving fuel. He also got some luck when two opponents ran out of gas last while running in second position.  

With back-to-back postseason wins, Enfinger said he anticipated having the top pit-stall choice for the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 8. 

X (Twitter) s reacted to Enfinger celebrating back-to-back Round of 8 trips to Victory Lane … 

Enfinger displayed his team’s dominance at the 1.5-mile speedway … 

Getting fired up at Homestead-Miami … 

Saturday’s start … 

Pole-sitter Corey Heim led throughout Stage 1 and collected a race-high 68 laps led … 

Nick Sanchez endures a Stage 1 setback after being ticketed for speeding along pit road. He would later suffer a bigger heartbreak … 

Jockeying for the lead … 

Heim racked up top Stage 1 bonus points as seven of the eight playoff pilots ran in the top 10 early Saturday … 

Well, what do you think? … 

With Connor Jones’ No. 66 Ford sending Matt Mills’ No. 42 Chevrolet into a fiery crash, NASCAR race officials reacted strongly to the open-track mele. Mills was transferred to an area hospital … 

Cited for reckless driving, Jones earned a two-lap penalty … 

Heim pitted on Lap 101, setting up his Stage 3 dash for the cash. Seven laps later, Heim reclaimed the lead after ing Riggs … 

Enfinger claimed the lead for good on Lap 113, overtaking Riggs from the outside along Turn 4. Running P2, Riggs ran out of fuel on the white-flag lap … 

After recovering from the early speeding penalty, Sanchez ran behind Enfinger, but ran out of fuel on the backstretch of the final rotation. He fell to P13 … 

Enfinger appeared emotionally prepared for next month’s Championship 4 race … 

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Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He ed the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on Get to know Jeff Hawkins better

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Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He ed the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on All posts by Jeff Hawkins