NASCAR Truck Series Power Rankings after 2019 Digital Ally 250
By Mark Kristl
#5 through #1
Chevrolet, LW: 4. BRETT MOFFITT. #5. Brett Moffitt had a fast #24 GMS Racing Chevrolet, but on lap 140, he made contact with Grant Enfinger, and the two drivers spun out. Moffitt recovered to finish the race in eighth place. After second place finishes in stage one and stage two, however, he probably felt as though he could’ve won the race. As it is, he currently sits in second in the championship standings, so his odds of making another run at consecutive championships look good at the moment.. No. 24, GMS Racing
Chevrolet, LW: 5. STEWART FRIESEN. #4. Stewart Friesen had the best truck in the Digital Ally 250. He won stages one and two, and he appeared to be in line to earn the first Truck Series win of his career. Curiously, after his pit road snafu, he never returned to pit road to ensure that his #52 Chevrolet had enough fuel, even when the caution flag flew on lap 140. It would’ve been a smart idea to bring him down pit road and put fuel in his truck at that time, but his Halmar Friesen Racing team opted against that decision despite the fact that there were only a dozen or so trucks on the lead lap. With a fast truck and some luck, who knows what would’ve happened? Alas, I’m not his crew chief, and he was left feeling more disappointment after yet another victory eluded him.. No. 52, Halmar Friesen Racing
No. 98, ThorSport Racing. Ford, LW: 1. GRANT ENFINGER. #3. Contact between Grant Enfinger and Brett Moffitt on lap 140 led both drivers to spin out and bring out the caution flag. Enfinger rebounded to finish in seventh place. Enfinger is still the Truck Series points leader. While he hasn’t clinched a playoff berth yet, I am quite confident that he and his #98 ThorSport Racing team will be racing in the playoffs this season.
#2. Austin Hill led only one lap in the Digital Ally 250, but that one lap led proved that he and Hattori Racing Enterprises can contend at 1.5-mile tracks. He wheeled his #16 Toyota inside the top 10 for virtually the whole race at Kansas Speedway. Now comes the next challenge for Hill: earn playoff points. He has only earned five of them so far this season as a result of his season-opening victory in the race at Daytona International Speedway.. No. 16, Hattori Racing Enterprises. Toyota, LW: 1. AUSTIN HILL
No. 13, ThorSport Racing. Ford, LW: 2. JOHNNY SAUTER. #1. Johnny Sauter finished the Digital Ally 250 a total of 70 laps down in 22nd place. What impressed me is the fact that he continued racing even after his issues. That demonstrated that he and his ThorSport Racing team don’t quit. Sauter moves to the top of the power rankings because of the fact that he won the race at Dover International Speedway and has a series-high seven playoff points to boot.