- Round: NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race No. 14 of 23
- Track Location: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio
- Race Name: O’Reilly Auto Parts 150
- Broadcast: Saturday, July 8th at 1:30 PM ET live on FS1 (TV), MRN (Radio), and Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90
- Team Entrants:
No. 23 | Grant Enfinger & Jeff Hensley – Sunseeker Resorts Chevrolet
No. 24 | Rajah Caruth & Chad Walter – Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet
No. 43 | Daniel Dye & Blake Bainbridge – Giuseppe’s Steel City Pizza Chevrolet
Rajah Caruth, No. 24 Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet Silverado RST
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Stats
- Rajah Caruth will make his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start at Mid-Ohio on Saturday
- ARCA Starts: 1; Best start: 5th; Best finish: 9th (2022); Top 10s: 1
NCTS Road Course Stats (COTA)
- Combined Starts: 1; Best start: 20th; Best finish: 13th (COTA, 2023)
2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Season Stats
- Starts: 13; Best start: 3rd; Best finish: 6th (Darlington); Top 10s: 1; Laps led: 1; Current points position: 16th
- About the Wendell Scott Foundation: Founded in 2011, The Wendell Scott Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization inspired by Wendell Scott, Sr. and provides services such as job-skill training, STEM education opportunities, mentoring, and other supportive services to at-risk, underserved youth between the ages of 8-18 years in Danville, Virginia and surrounding areas.
The Foundation’s mission of using educational attainment to end racial disparities in education and health is vital in addressing economic inequality and improving future success in African-American communities. For more information, please visit www.wendellscott.org.
- Chassis History/Info: Caruth and the No. 24 team will compete with GMS Racing chassis no. 138. This chassis has raced a total of six times prior to this weekend, all on road courses. Sheldon Creed owns the best finish on this truck’s record with a third place outing at Watkins Glen International in 2021. Grant Enfinger competed with this truck three times last year at all three road courses on the schedule, with his highest finishing position being a 10th place run at COTA. Rajah raced this truck earlier this year out at COTA, where he finished 13th.
- All Around Driver: Outside of the main focus on his NASCAR national series races, Caruth hones his craft racing Micro Sprint Cars and Late Models. Last week, he competed in his second Micro Sprint Car race in his career at Millbridge Raceway in Salisbury, N.C., where he earned a career best fourth place finish. On the asphalt side of things, Rajah will be competing in the NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts Weekly Series “Locked In 200” race at Florence Motor Speedway in Timmonsville, S.C. on August 30th.
- Sunoco Rookie Battle: A fantastic start to the night in Nashville in which Rajah fought for the lead early on resulted in heartbreak as he was forced to bring the truck behind the wall with mechanical issues. A final result of 32nd place was the fifth highest rookie finish of the race. Caruth remains third in the rookie points standings following Nashville, currently 123 points behind leader Nick Sanchez and 60 points behind Jake Garcia in second.
- RC Appearances: Fans attending the O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 will have an opportunity to meet Rajah Caruth on race day at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course:
NCTS Autograph Session I Saturday, July 8th: Caruth will be signing autographs in the Mid-Ohio Frontstretch Pavilion Saturday morning with the majority of the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series field at 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM local time.
- From The Driver’s Seat: What have you done differently to prepare for the road course race at Mid-Ohio than you would for a typical oval track?
“In preparation for Mid-Ohio this weekend, I can’t say I’ve done much different. I have just increased some things from my side from the amount of iRacing and the type of racing I do at home on my simulator to my preparation for the Chevrolet DiL simulator when I go with my crew chief and engineer. I’ve also been heavily reviewing the past few years’ races in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series and even the NASCAR Xfinity Series. I’ll be relying on my experience in the ARCA car last year in both the rain and dry. I feel really good about this weekend; I think we have a really good shot with our Wendell Scott Foundation Silverado.”
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
