Grant Enfinger wins first NASCAR Truck race at Milwaukee since 2009

Sunday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race was more than just the series’ first event at the Milwaukee Mile since 2009. For Maury Gallagher, the Clean Harbors 175 was officially the first race of GMS Racing‘s swan song as it took place just days after announcing he would shutter operations at the end of the year.

Grant Enfinger, who won the 2015 ARCA championship with GMS, was more than eager to give his boss one more title before GMS closes their doors. After starting on the pole, he led 95 of 175 laps and swept the stages en route to his third victory of the season. The win locks him into the Round of 8 of the playoffs for the second year in a row.

“I don’t want to ever hear from anybody ask me if we’re going to lay down again,” said Enfinger. “Jeff Hensley (crew chief) has been focused the whole year. There’s been distractions going on all year long, so if anything, this adds clarity. None of these guys, including me, have a job next year, but I feel like we proved that we deserve one.”

Corey Heim broke up Enfinger’s run to start the second stage, but lost the lead with twenty laps remaining in the leg. Likewise, Carson Hocevar was the top driver in Stage #3 only to be passed by Enfinger on lap 159.

William Sawalich, who won the ARCA race earlier in the day, crashed on lap 136 while racing Ben Rhodes but still reached the finish. The same could not be said for ARCA Daytona winner Greg Van Alst, whose poor national series luck continued after he and Brad Pérez wrecked on lap 66, and Josh Bilicki, who bowed out after his tyre exploded from melted brakes.

While Enfinger clinched his spot in the next round, Nick Sanchez and Matt DiBenedetto found themselves in rocky waters entering Kansas, the final race in the Round of 10. Sanchez was spun by Heim on lap 142 and relegated to twenty-fourth, whereas DiBenedetto struggled all day and placed twenty-seventh, two laps down. Sanchez remains above the cut line, but only by three points on Rhodes, while DiBenedetto is twenty ponts back.

ARCA West points leader Sean Hingorani finished twenty-third in his first Truck Series race.

Race results

Finish	Start	Number	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Status
1	1	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
2	3	42	Carson Hocevar	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
3	6	19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
4	8	11	Corey Heim	TRICON Garage	Toyota	175	Running
5	22	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	175	Running
6	7	4	Chase Purdy	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
7	13	98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	175	Running
8	25	7	Derek Kraus*	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
9	9	35	Jake Garcia	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
10	14	41	Bayley Currey	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
11	11	15	Tanner Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	175	Running
12	18	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	175	Running
13	4	17	Taylor Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	175	Running
14	15	24	Rajah Caruth	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
15	19	5	Dean Thompson	TRICON Garage	Toyota	175	Running
16	10	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	175	Running
17	24	9	Colby Howard	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
18	28	66	Conner Jones	ThorSport Racing	Ford	175	Running
19	29	32	Bret Holmes	Bret Holmes Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
20	16	16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	175	Running
21	20	45	Lawless Alan	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
22	17	13	Hailie Deegan	ThorSport Racing	Ford	175	Running
23	27	61	Sean Hingorani	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	175	Running
24	2	2	Nick Sanchez	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	175	Running
25	26	51	Matt Mills^	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	175	Running
26	12	1	William Sawalich	TRICON Garage	Toyota	175	Running
27	23	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	173	Running
28	5	43	Daniel Dye	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	173	Running
29	32	56	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	173	Running
30	21	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	172	Running
31	33	33	Derek Lemke	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	172	Running
32	30	12	Spencer Boyd	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	172	Running
33	35	22	Josh Reaume	AM Racing	Ford	171	Running
34	36	20	Greg Van Alst	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	63	Accident
35	34	30	Brad Pérez*	On Point Motorsports	Toyota	62	Accident
36	31	02	Josh Bilicki*	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	9	Accident
DNQ		21	Dexter Bean*	BlackJack Racing	Chevrolet

Bold – Currently in playoffs
^ – Currently in owner playoffs
Italics – Competing for Rookie of the Year
* – Ineligible for points