2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Three Las Vegas

Cars in field: 32
Pole: Rajah Caruth (71)
Outside pole: Christian Eckes (19)
Stages: 30-30-74
Weather: 69°F, Wind SSW 25 mph, Wind Gusts 32 mph

Congrats to Rajah on his first series pole.

Caution on lap 3 of 134 for a spin by Bayley Currey (41).

Red flag is out at 2120 eastern time according to nascar.com, seconds later it displays a caution flag. Strange.

Restarting on lap 8 of 134 with Christian Eckes (19) and Kyle Busch (7) on the front row.

It’s been a long, hard work week. This needs to be an exciting race for me to make it to the end of the broadcast. We’ve been watching qualifying and pre-race shows. The wacky camera shots began during qualifying and have continued in the early laps of this event.

Ty Majeski (98) wins stage one.

Ty Majeski (98) wins stage two.

Restarting on lap 65 of 134.

Caution on lap 66 of 134 for a visit with the wall by Dean Thompson (5). MRN’s Kurt Becker is blaming the high wind carrying sand and making the track extra slippery.

Restarting on lap 72 of 134 with Kyle Busch (7) and Ty Majeski (98) up front.

Matt Mills (42) tags the wall on lap 74 of 134 and head to pit road. The event stays green.

Matt Mills (42) hits the wall again on lap 80 of 134. We stay green.

Rajah Caruth (71) scrapes the wall on lap 85 of 134 and keeps going.

Rajah Caruth (71) wins his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race.

The race was okay. Sleep won for the third stage, so I missed almost half the race since the first two stages were a total of sixty laps while the third stage was 74. When I woke up they were doing the on-track post-race interview. Long works weeks, plus late start times equal me sleeping through some or all of the events. I hope the camera-work/shot selection today is not indicative of what we’ll see for the rest of the weekend. It was atrocious.

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Next Race: Bristol

GO 7 & 9 & 52 & 71!!!!