No. 42 J.F. Electric / Utilitra Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Matt Mills | Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
– Key Takeaway: Matt Mills and the No. 42 team checked off an important box by running all of the laps and finishing all 200 laps at Martinsville Speedway. Mills, who started the week off in the hospital, went back to work and had no issues behind the wheel. After qualifying 21st, Mills finished 22nd and 24th in both stages, and was able to take advantage of the free pass to drive into a top-20 result. The J.F. Electric / Utilitra team was credited with a 19th-place run.
– Matt Mills’ Post-Race Thoughts: “It was good to be back out there, feel normal again, and do my job driving a race truck. It wasn’t the best night as far as us lacking a little bit of speed. We didn’t really carry that long run speed that we had in practice that we thought we had, but overall, we brought home a clean race truck. I’m very fortunate for everyone at Niece Motorsports for all of the hard work that they put into me and the race truck this weekend. We’ll continue to try and find a little bit of momentum to head into Phoenix, but we’ll take today. Thanks to J.F. Electric and Utilitra for everything they do for us.”
No. 41 DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Bayley Currey | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
– Key Takeaway: Bayley Currey and the No. 41 team nearly secured a top-15 finish after a long night at Martinsville Speedway. Currey qualified 25th, but the DQS Solutions & Staffing team continued to make adjustments which helped the handling on his truck. They climbed to 18th in stage one, dropped to 21st in stage two, but ultimately came out on top for Niece Motorsports with a 16th-place finish.
– Bayley Currey’s Post-Race Thoughts: “I’m really proud of the effort from everyone at Niece Motorsports on our No. 41 team. We struggled early, but we stuck with it. We got our DQS / Masked Owl Technologies / AutoVentive / Precision Chevy pretty good, I think. We were way better than we were in the beginning and to finish where we did, I’m pretty happy. Obviously, it’s not great – just one spot out of the top-15, but these guys stuck with it all race and kept digging and kept fighting. We ended up making a decent night out of it, but we’ll go onto Phoenix and try to get it a little bit better next week.”
No. 44 Niece Equipment Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Matt Gould | Crew Chief: Jon Leonard
– Key Takeaway: Matt Gould, in just his second-career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start, showed signs of legitimate pace at Martinsville Speedway. The No. 44 Niece Equipment team was in position to have a solid night, however, a faulty kill switch issue dropped them multiple laps behind the leaders. From a 22nd-place start to a 27th-place race finish, Gould improved on his personal-best in both categories but was left with more to desire.
– Matt Gould’s Post-Race Thoughts: “Well, we obviously had a good truck today. We were really fast in practice, just a little too free in qualifying. That put us in a small hole to start the race off, but I knew we had speed in our No. 44 Chevy tonight. We were the 10th-fastest truck on the track up until the kill switch button broke and engaged which caused the engine to shut off. We got it to work again, but went a lot of laps down. Still had a lot of speed, but we were offset on older tires. But we definitely had a fast Niece Equipment Chevrolet, so hopefully I get another chance. Thank you to Al (Niece), Cody (Efaw), and all the guys at the shop for believing in me to get this opportunity tonight.”
No. 45 Moore’s Venture Foods Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Kaden Honeycutt | Crew Chief: Phil Gould
– Key Takeaway: Kaden Honeycutt and the No. 45 team had their promising night cut short due to a tire failure at Martinsville Speedway. Honeycutt qualified ninth and secured two top-10 stage finishes (seventh and ninth, respectively). However, during the closing laps of the race, the right front tire’s bead melted resulting in a hard crash in turn one. The Moore’s Venture Foods team finished 33rd in the penultimate race of the season.
– Kaden Honeycutt’s Post-Race Thoughts: “Just an unfortunate way to end a good night for us. We had decent speed all night, but just couldn’t do anything to prevent the right front tire from going down. I wish I could have caught it sooner, but that’s just how it goes sometimes. I’m thankful to all of these No. 45 guys for bringing me a fast truck tonight and to Moore’s Venture Foods for their support. We have one more race to end the year with another good run and that is everyone’s goal for next week at Phoenix.”
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