Ben Rhodes

Eleven days after announcing his move to the NASCAR Cup Series for the 2024 season, Carson Hocevar will receive an opportunity to contend for this year's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.

The 2018 Craftsman Truck Series champion from Grimes, Iowa, led 22 of 99 over-scheduled laps and regained the lead on the final lap amid an overtime shootout to notch his first Truck victory in three seasons and first driving for Front Row Motorsports.

The 21-year-old Heim from Marietta, Georgia, overtook Christian Eckes with six laps remaining to become the first Playoff competitor to transfer to this year's Championship 4 round by winning at Thunder Valley.

The 22-year-old Eckes from Greenville, New York, led the final two of 134-scheduled laps and capitalized through two late-race cautions to score his third Truck Series victory of the 2023 season in the Round of 10 finale amid a final lap overtake on Playoff rivals Corey Heim and Zane Smith.

The 37-year-old Enfinger from Fairhope, Alabama, led a race-high 95 of 175-scheduled laps and notched an emphatic and dominant Truck victory at Milwaukee four days after the announcement of GMS Racing's closure at season's end.

The 28-year-old Majeski from Seymour, Wisconsin, led a race-high 179 of 200 laps and became the first competitor to transfer to the Round of 8 after winning the 2023 Truck Series Playoff opener at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

The 20-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, led 64 of 250-scheduled laps and executed on a late pit strategy to overtake Ty Majeski with four laps remaining and storm to his third Truck Series victory of his career and the season at Richmond.

LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Standing on pit road, I saw Matt Crafton and Ben Rhodes exchange tense words. So I asked Rhodes what happened.

The 2021 Truck Series champion from Louisville, Kentucky, led 37 of 134-scheduled laps, including the final 25, to become the series' sixth different winner and claim the first of three Triple Truck Challenge bonus.

The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, led a race-high 138 of 150-scheduled laps en route to his second Truck Series career victory at Thunder Valley.