NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection driver Rajah Caruth continues to climb up the factors after Saturday evening’s race in Bristol. Caruth, a senior at Winston-Salem State College, is now third in factors simply 22 factors out of first place.
Caruth completed within the No. 8 spot within the Climate Guard Truck Race on Saturday evening after beginning in sixth place. It was an evening the place Caruth needed to come again from a few errors on pit street. He slid via his pit field on one cease, and pitted exterior of the field on one other. NASCAR penalized the driving force of the No. 71 Chevrolet forcing him to restart on the tail finish of the longest line late within the race.
“Pit street, I simply actually didn’t modify properly for my field with how sizzling my brakes had been and sort of how lengthy my pedal was getting,” stated Caruth. “So sort of my fault for the pit stops.”
Rajah Caruth has managed an ideal begin to the 2024 season, ending within the prime ten of every of his 4 begins, together with his first profession win final week in Las Vegas.
On prime of the success within the factors standings has been the constructive momentum with sponsorship. Rick Hendrick signed up for sponsoring Caruth for the whole lot of the season within the week main as much as the Las Vegas race.
“It was a possibility on the finish of final 12 months to place him in a automobile, it was a collaboration between Chevrolet and Rick (Hendrick). It was a Hendrick Motorsports effort however it’s actually Rick, Rajah’s dad and Chevrolet that had the preliminary conversations. However what has advanced since then it’s simply how impressed we’re with him. Rick and I talked about it the opposite day, we’ve seen him a number of instances and whether or not it’s on the banquet or on the Corridor of Fame, and simply each time he’s arising, shaking our fingers, he’s properly put collectively, properly spoken, and really pushed, very captivated with it. Once you see that in a younger driver, that’s what you’re in search of,” stated Jeff Gordon, Vice President of Hendrick Motorsports.
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