On Friday, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection will start the second spherical of its playoffs on the Talladega Superspeedway. Eight drivers are nonetheless alive within the championship hunt, and all will likely be vying for a spot within the Championship 4. This is every part it is advisable know earlier than the collection kicks off the penultimate spherical of the playoffs.
The place are the races?
The spherical is comprised of Talladega, (Oct. 4, 4:30 p.m. ET, FS1) Homestead-Miami (Oct. 26, midday ET, FS1) and Martinsville (Nov. 1, 6 p.m. ET, FS1). You would be laborious pressed to discover a spherical made up of tracks which can be so completely different from one another, because the spherical will likely be kicked off by the longest oval in NASCAR, (Talladega) and finish on the shortest oval in NASCAR, (Martinsville) with the 1.5 mile intermediate of Homestead sandwiched in between.
What do the factors appear to be?
- Corey Heim (+38)
- Christian Eckes (+29)
- Ty Majeski (+14)
- Nick Sanchez (+8)
- Rajah Caruth (-8)
- Tyler Ankrum (-11)
- Grant Enfinger (-11)
- Taylor Grey (-15)
Who will advance to the Championship 4?
With so little margin for error, the very best groups are positive to rise to the highest. Corey Heim — the latest Truck Collection winner — and Christian Eckes look like positive bets to make the Championship 4 barring catastrophe, however the ultimate two spots are tough to select.
Ty Majeski looks as if a stable choice, nevertheless, particularly with the quick observe — the No. 98’s group’s greatest observe sort — of Martinsville serving because the elimination race.
The opposite 5 drivers within the subject appear to be very related from a pace perspective, so how a few veteran in Grant Enfinger advancing in Yr 1 together with his new group? Enfinger got here tantalizingly near hoisting the championship trophy a 12 months in the past, and he has the playoff expertise to make one other run.
Our Championship 4 picks: Corey Heim, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, Grant Enfinger
Eradicated: Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth, Tyler Ankrum, Taylor Grey
