Roulette Recap follows a randomly selected driver throughout a race to break down their efforts. There is no telling ahead of time how the race will go. The driver could face calamity on the opening lap or start from the rear and win the race. With that, may the odds be ever in the driver’s favor.

Grant Enfinger is no stranger to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series veteran has 13 starts at LVMS with a win (2018) and eight top-10 finishes. Now, in 2024, he heads to the track for the first time with his new team, CR7 Motorsports.

Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200

Enfinger’s weekend started with a short, twenty-minute practice session where he ran ninth fastest. In qualifying, he put down a lap that would have him line up P10 for the Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200.

During qualifying, he was interviewed by Fox Sports and noted he wanted “more drivability.” Fans of the Fairhope, Alabama native would have to wait and see if crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz would make any adjustments to the No. 9 CR7 Chevrolet Silverado.

Coming the the green, Enfinger thanked his team for “the beautiful, brand new truck” and “all the time” put into it.

Stankiewicz responded and said, “Let’s be smart and ready for anything. We’ll be in contention at the end.”

Spotter Tim Fedewa reminded Enfinger to “protect the right rear” all night.

Stage 1

As teams completed the opening lap, Enfinger was immediately top of three, getting a push from Zane Smith. He worked his way to P6 when the caution waved as Bayley Currey spun out and slammed the wall in Turn 2.

While the No. 9 team opted to stay on track, Enfinger told Stankiewicz, “I feel like we’re better than in practice.”

It was a quick clean-up and the racing resumed on Lap 8 with Enfinger in P6. As the racing went three-wide, Enfinger fluctuated between P7 and P8. Within three laps, he settled in at P8.

Lap 14 saw Enfinger drop to P10. Fedewa said, “Work hard, you got a bunch of them back there. Find what works.”

Halfway through the stage. Enfinger was holding off Truck Series veteran, Matt Crafton while a three-wide battle for the lead occurred ahead of him.

Stankiewicz encouraged Enfinger, noting, “Lap times are coming back,” as the laps quickly ticked by. A few laps later, he chimed in again, “Definitely getting better. Speed is coming to us.”

With seven to go in the opening stage, Enfinger maintained his position at P10, 6.33 seconds behind leader, Ty Majeski. At the stage end, Enfinger was scored P9 and earned two stage points.

Stage 2

He radioed in an update, “Got tight halfway through that run. The balance wasn’t bad, but then it got about a two-tight.” Stankiewicz quickly formulated a plan and brought Enfinger to the pits for fuel, tires, and adjustments. Enfinger was fifth off pit road and returned to the track in P5 to start the second stage (Lap 36).

In the opening stage, the top lane had the momentum, however for stage two, that did not repeat. Enfinger fell to P6 but was in a great battle again with Crafton in the opening laps of stage two.

He fell to P8 as the field stretched to single file. With 12 to go and sitting in seventh, Enfinger radioed in, “That’s the best the truck’s been, Jeff!”

With three to go, Stankiewicz noted, “That was the fastest lap on the track.” Stage two ended with Enfinger in P7 and three stage points.

Stage 3

For the second pit stop of the race, Enfinger came in for fresh tires and fuel. Stankiewicz opted to skip out on any adjustments since the truck was starting to come to Enfinger. He was sixth off pit road and started the final stage in P6 (Lap 67). This time, the team opted for the inside lane.

Coming down the backstretch, Enfinger gave a solid push to Nick Sanchez, but before any ground could be made, the caution was out as the No. 5 of Dean Thompson got into the wall. When Enfinger caught his breath, he asked Fedewa to make sure Sanchez knew he was trying to help him. “He helped me the past two weeks, I wanted to repay the favor. I think he knows, but make sure.”

Throughout the caution, the discussion was all about which lane to take, along with the advantages and disadvantages of both.

When it came to choose, Enfinger took the inside lane once again to start P6 with 63 laps remaining. He was lined up behind Kyle Busch and Taylor Gray. Enfinger did not have any help but immediately went three wide toward the front.

He worked his way to P5 but settled in at P7. With 58 to go, Enfinger lost two more spots as the field stretched to single file.

Fedewa worked to encourage Enfinger, noting, “It’ll get better.”

With 54 to go, Enfinger, in P9, radioed in, “I touched the wall in (Turn) two.” But, it seemed any damage was minimal as he continued to run and hold his spot ahead of Crafton.

Enfinger found himself in a fierce battle with Crafton and Christian Eckes with 50 to go. When it shook out, he was sitting P11. Three laps later, he lost another spot and radioed in, “I burned up my front tires, I think.” In anticipation of green flag pit stops, he also noted, “We’re tighter than we have been.”

With the field stretched out around the 1.5-mile track, Enfinger sat P13 with 34 to go as green flag stops began.

Final Stretch

Stankiewicz immediately called his driver in for fresh tires, fuel, and adjustments. After returning to the track, teams were awaiting one more team to pit and Enfinger was sitting P11 with 23 laps to go.

With 20 to go, Mason Massey finally took to pit road, and that brought Enfinger to P10. A lap later, he was sitting P9. Fedewa said, “Use that clean air. It’s all out front. Nothing out back.”

Enfinger got around Daniel Dye with 18 to go to claim P8.  At this time, he was just under 12 seconds behind the leader.

With eight to go, Enfinger was running P9 and on an island of his own. He was encouraged to use the opportunity to “try some stuff”.

As Rajah Caruth took his first career win, Enfinger brought it home P9.

Stankiewicz noted, “Not the finish we wanted, but we’ll keep working at it. Nice job!”

Enfinger gave a brief update on the handling from the final laps and thanked his team once again.

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NASCAR fans know sponsors make the sport go ’round. We want to give a shoutout to Champion Power Equipment who played a huge part of the weekend for Grant and the No. 9 team.

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