Grant Enfinger’s Chevrolet Silverado lastly was a pumpkin on the Phoenix Raceway.
A fifth-place end solely netted Enfinger a fourth-place factors end, ending his Cinderella run within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection championship race.
It was a 12 months for Enfinger and CR7 Motorsports that completely encapsulated the underdog story that everybody likes to root for.
On Friday evening, nonetheless, the No. 9 staff had neither the pace nor the technique to upend the dominant run put forth by eventual race winner and champion Ty Majeski.
Enfinger, together with fellow Championship 4 driver Christian Eckes, pitted with 38 laps to go with the intention to achieve a tire benefit, placing each drivers on offense for the race’s ultimate inexperienced flag run.
Whereas Eckes and Enfinger have been capable of make their approach again into the top-five, neither driver had something for Majeski or runner-up finisher Corey Heim.
“I believe we have confirmed to ourselves and our rivals that we are able to do that, we are able to compete for wins and contend for championships,” Enfinger said. “I am actually pleased with the group we have had all 12 months, the shopping for in from everyone we have had all 12 months. We nonetheless have an extended approach to go from a corporation (standpoint) to get us to some extent the place me and (crew chief) Jeff, (Stankiewicz) and Sheldon and (staff proprietor) Codie (Rohrbaugh) envision.”
“I am pleased with how far we have come. I really feel like we earned out spot right here. On the finish of the day, we simply did not have the pace just like the No. 11 and the No. 98.”
