Rajah Caruth, a senior at Winston-Salem State College, grabbed the pole place for Friday night time’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Qualifying was held simply earlier than the race which begins on Friday night time at 8:30pm EST on FS1.
“I used to be truthfully shocked, I used to be enthused with our Hendrick Automobiles.com Silverado, Type of after a future in apply I’m actually truthfully shocked by the qualifying velocity. Gotta thank the women and men there at Spire Motorsports, Group Chevy, We’ll hopefully have a superb night time immediately and one thing good for our workforce to consider for the Olympic break,” Caruth mentioned instantly after qualifying ended.
Caruth ran a quick lap of twenty-two.86 at IRP, the racetrack the place he completed seventh a 12 months in the past.
The thrill for followers of Caruth is palpable due to one attention-grabbing reality. The final time, and solely time, Caruth received a NASCAR pole place, he additionally received the race. Caruth pulled off that double win earlier this 12 months in Las Vegas.
After fourteen races this 12 months Rajah Caruth is at present fifth within the standings for the Truck Sequence. He’s 188 factors behind factors chief Christian Eckes and because of his Vegas win, Caruth has secured a spot within the playoffs. He’s completed within the high ten in half of the races up to now this season.
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