Ben Rhodes has a strong 71-point hole to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection Chase lower line with 5 races left within the common season, however the two-time collection champion is not letting his guard down.
“Not stress-free one bit,” Rhodes stated Wednesday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “It is fairly humorous that we had been second in factors. We had been attempting to take the lead, we had our sights on the lead.”
Rhodes was second within the standings after race 3 at St. Petersburg on Feb. 28 however hasn’t been inside the highest 5 since after Texas on Could 1. The Louisville, Kentucky, native is looking for consistency, as he has three prime 10s over the past seven races.
Ben Rhodes not stress-free in any respect
“Issues out of our management, a couple of components failures, a couple of incidents and we discover ourselves again in seventh,” Rhodes stated. “That simply wasn’t that approach not that way back. Positively not stress-free, undoubtedly very targeted on the large image and getting factors.”
Rhodes can be seeking to break a 75-race winless drought relationship again to Charlotte in Could 2023 going into Saturday’s race at Lime Rock Park. The ultimate 5 races of the common season provide a brief track-heavy schedule. Saturday’s street course occasion might be adopted by 4 brief observe races at North Wilkesboro, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Richmond and New Hampshire earlier than the Chase opens at one other brief observe in Bristol on Sept. 17.
