# 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. 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. To fill out the podium, Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, and Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

## Report
### Background

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.)

### Entry list

* (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. |
| 7 | Kyle Busch (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | BAMF Enterprises |
| 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | Champion Power Equipment |
| 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | Safelite – Cale Yarborough's 1974 Southern 500 paint scheme. |
| 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. |
| 17 | Taylor Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | ShopTRICON.com – Mark Green's 2000 No. 63 Superflo paint scheme. |
| 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | LiUNA! – Russ Wheeler's paint scheme from Days of Thunder. |
| 19 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | Gates Hydraulics – Brownie King's 1950s-60s paint scheme. |
| 22 | Mason Maggio | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | Crawford Garage Doors – Eugene Leicht Sr.'s late model paint scheme. |
| 25 | Ty Dillon | Rackley WAR | Chevrolet | Rackley Roofing |
| 32 | Bret Holmes | Bret Holmes Racing | Chevrolet | Golden Eagle Syrup – Bobby Allison's 1969 No. 22 Dodge paint scheme. |
| 33 | Lawless Alan | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | AutoParkIt.com – Ricky Schlick's No. 24 Legends car paint scheme. |
| 38 | Layne Riggs (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | Infinity Communications Group – Scott Riggs' 2000 No. 86 RC Cola paint scheme. |
| 41 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | AutoVentive / Precision – Chuck Efaw's 1980 dirt late model paint scheme. |
| 42 | Matt Mills | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | J. F. Electric / Utilitra |
| 43 | Daniel Dye | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | Peak – Kyle Petty's 1989 No. 42 Peak paint scheme. |
| 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. |
| 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | Halmar International – Jimmie Johnson's 2010 No. 48 Lowe's Coke 600 paint scheme. |
| 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. |
| 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 Outdoors – Tim Flock's 1952 No. 91 paint scheme. |
| 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | Soda Sense / Curb Records |
| 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | Campers Inn RV |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice

The first and only practice was held on Friday, May 10, at 3:05 PM EST, and would last for 20 minutes. 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).
| 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

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 10, at 3:35 PM EST. 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.
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).
No drivers would fail to qualify.

### Qualifying results

| 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

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. | 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

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Christian Eckes | 387 |
| 1 | 2 | Corey Heim | 373 (-14) |
| | 3 | Nick Sanchez | 330 (–57) |
| | 4 | Ty Majeski | 326 (–61) |
| 2 | 5 | Taylor Gray | 297 (–90) |
| | 6 | Rajah Caruth | 276 (–111) |
| 2 | 5 | Tyler Ankrum | 275 (–112) |
| | 8 | Matt Crafton | 233 (–154) |
| | 9 | Tanner Gray | 228 (–159) |
| 2 | 10 | Ben Rhodes | 225 (–162) |
| Official driver's standings ||||
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 348 |
| 2 | Toyota | 309 (-39) |
| 3 | Ford | 284 (–64) |