After Grant Enfinger took his second straight win at Homestead on Saturday, he denied other drivers who qualified for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoff the opportunity to qualify for the Championship 4.

The Fairhope, Alabama native took the win in the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway after Jeff Stankewicz defended his 9th position in the final stage of the race after an alternative strategy call.

In reality, this strategy was only possible when Enfinger and Christian Eckes made significant contact on the restart, causing the Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet to suffer serious tire scuffing and a forced trip to pit road to repair the damage.

A single caution on the final stage of the race, which formed the alternative strategy played by many drivers in the closing laps, gave Enfinger the opportunity to secure free passage, get back on the lead lap and pit one lap later in the race. race leaders.

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“Man, we actually had an equally good truck at Darlington, we just had bad conditions,” Enfinger said. “Dude Tyler Young tore up our grille, that kind of took us out of contention, but I think the truck we had here was just as good.”

Enfinger, a veteran NASCAR Truck Series driver, was struggling on the same strategy as other drivers, including Layne Riggs and Nick Sanchez, but took the lead from the Front Row Motorsports driver with 22 laps remaining and never looked back until the checkered flag came on. is displayed.

“Whatever happens on the restart, I think we might be at a disadvantage. I didn’t think I did anything wrong and I think my mate Christian (Eckes) cut our tire when he tried to split it in the middle. I’m racing a little bit.”

Corey Heim, who led a race-high 68 laps, was the main pursuer throughout the final run of the race after a final stop at the green flag on Lap 100. In the end, things didn’t work out as the TRICON Garage driver finished the race. fourth, 18.664 seconds behind the race winner.

While Layne Riggs, Nick Sanchez and a few others following a similar strategy ran out of gas, Enfinger used his talent to take the lead and win the race by 17.516 seconds over ThorSport Racing driver Ty Majeski.

Connor Mosack earned a career-best third-place finish in the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports. Corey Heim finished fourth, while Tyler Ankrum achieved a miraculous fifth place.

Stewart Friesen executed the strategy work to finish in sixth place, with pursuers Daniel Dye, Rajah Caruth, Christian Eckes and Taylor Gray rounding out the top 10 finishers.

Grant Enfinger, who left Homestead-Miami Speedway, remains the only driver with a shot at the championship in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway in the NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs.

Corey Heim (+49), Christian Eckes (+38) and Ty Majeski (+22) are currently on the line heading into the final qualifying race at Martinsville, while Rajah Caruth (-22), Taylor Gray (-24), Tyler Ankrum (-41) and Nick Sanchez (-43) are below the cut line.

The Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 takes place at Martinsville Speedway on Friday, November 1st at 6pm ET. Coverage of the event will air on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).