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Ty Majeski wins Clean Harbors 250 at Richmond, Daniel Dye clinches playoff spot

JHby:Jonathan Howard•08/10/24•

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Ty Majeski Richmond
Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Heading into the NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs, Ty Majeski caps off the regular season with back-to-back checkered flags. He is a short track master and gets it done at Indy before the break and now Richmond.

Ty Majeski knows how to race these short tracks. His time in the ASA Stars Tour has done him well. In fact, he has had bounties put on him, extra money for taking him down in a race, on the local circuits.

Ben Rhodes and Daniel Dye clinch the final two playoff spots on points. Majeski walks away with the win. Christian Eckes clinches the regular season championship.

Ty Majeski is a threat to win the championship. He loves these short tracks and what is Phoenix? A one mile short track. It is going to be a very fun postseason in NASCAR.

Christian Eckes wins Stage 1, clinches regular season

The regular season championship was decided after Stage 1 tonight. Christian Eckes won the pole and went on to dominate the opening stage. Richmond is a tough track at times, but Eckes made it look smooth early.

While he wouldn’t maintain that same smooth composure and speed late into the race, it was enough to get the championship locked down. Overall, the opening stage was without much drama.

Matt Mills got into the wall and was knocked out of the race. Otherwise, this was a green-flag affair. Ty Majeski tried to keep pace, but Grant Enfinger was the only early challenger for Eckes.

That would change in the second and third stages.

Grant Enfinger hits back in Stage 2

To begin the stage, Ty Majeski had an uncontrolled tire on pit road. That sent him to the rear of the lead lap in the field. Not where he wanted to be. However, not an unfamiliar situation for Majeski, who is a short-track racer by trade.

Slowly but surely, Grant Enfinger was able to reel in Christian Eckes. Once he passed the 19 truck, he didn’t look back. But that is when Corey Heim began to come on strong. Majeski was marching from the rear to the front again.

Stage 2 would go to Enfinger in the end. However, it was just the calm before the storm. This race, and the battle on the playoff cutline, only got more intense as the race went on.

In Stage 2, we had more green flag racing with some mistakes sprinkled in throughout the field.

Ty Majeski rallies in final stage to win, final spots clinched

Not only did we have a good race for the win tonight between Eckes, Majeski, and Enfinger, there were great playoff points battles as well. Tanner Gray and Daniel Dye were going back and forth all night over the final playoff position.

Ben Rhodes had a somewhat comfortable lead on the bubble. While he wasn’t sweating it out like Dye, he did have to hold his own to make it into the postseason. Rhodes is going to have a chance to defend his championship.

Ty Majeski kept plugging away. As the experienced short track racer that he is, when there were about 70 laps to go, Majeski turned it on and began to pick up ground on the leaders. It was a great move, and showed how taking care of your tires is still important in NASCAR.

With his second win of the season, Majeski is coming into form at the right time. Seven races between these NASCAR Playoff drivers and a championship. Who will claim it?