The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returned to action this past weekend at Talladega Superspeedway and as always, the action didn’t disappoint.
Here’s this weeks power rankings.
1. Grant Enfinger – Enfinger continued to show his superspeedway dominance this past weekend. After starting fourth, he stayed in the top 10 for most of the race by finishing winning Stage 1, but failed to finish in Stage 2 in the top 10 due to strategy. After getting caught with a penalty for removing equipment, Enfinger worked his way back up in the field and was leading on lap 72. He and Todd Gilliland made contact with Todd getting the worst of it, as he went sliding to the inside wall. On a restart, he was accidentally turned by David Gilliland after the incident. Unfortunately, Enfinger’s strong day was regulated to a 19th place finish, two laps down. On the flip side, he is locked in to the Round of 6.
2. Myatt Snider – Snider quietly earned a second place finish after all the melee on Saturday afternoon at Talladega. He finished third and tenth, respectively in both stages. Snider was able to miss the big one on lap 58 and on the last lap. At the end of the day, Snider and the No. 13 Thorsport Racing team finished second. It’s what could have been, should Snider qualified for the playoffs.
3. Justin Haley – Haley had a strong Round of 8 with a surprise win at Mosport, third at Las Vegas, and ultimately fourth at Talladega. After starting 16th, it didn’t take long for the No. 24 to find himself in the top 10. He finished eighth in both stages and escaped the crashes to finish in the top five. Expect Haley to continue his strong runs in the Round of 6.
4. Matt Crafton – Crafton needed to do what he did to make it in to the next round. The results may not show it due to him being involved on the big one on lap 58, he managed to finish fourth and second, respectively in both stages. Crafton led seven laps before being regulated to a 26th place finish. He’ll look to have a strong run in the Round of 6.
5. Todd Gilliland – Despite the results and the finish, it doesn’t replicate of how strong Todd was throughout the race. Todd started sixth and finished sixth, and won Stage 2. He led 13 laps and drafted with his dad, David briefly. Todd’s day started to go south in Stage 3. He found himself contending for the win with race leader, Enfinger. With 12 laps to go, Todd was under Enfinger and both made contact, thus saw Todd wrecking out and was regulated to a 20th place finish.
