Taylor Gray looking for breakthrough victory at Nashville Superspeedway

Taylor Grey appears to be on the verge of victory within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection. 

The 19 year-old driver is placing collectively a particularly constant season thus far in 2024, sitting 72 factors above the playoff lower line with 4 races remaining within the regular-season. 

Nevertheless, Grey hasn’t simply been constant, however constantly within the combine to win races. In a sequence that’s among the many most chaotic racing sequence on this planet, constantly working contained in the top-five isn’t any small feat. Grey boasts seven top-10 finishes by means of the primary 12 races of 2024, together with a stretch of six consecutive top-seven finishes from Las Vegas to Texas. 

Whereas the No. 17 group has fallen on onerous occasions as of late v finishes of thirteenth, twelfth and thirtieth comprise their final three races — they’re able to find velocity at any second, and with a four-week break in between races to regroup, Grey must be seen as an enormous risk when the inexperienced flag flies on Friday. 

Grey’s greatest efficiency of the season on an oval got here at Las Vegas, the place Grey led 16 laps en path to a fourth-place effort. Whereas it was Rajah Caruth who went on to seize the victory, Grey proved that he may compete for the win, holding off Caruth for a couple of laps earlier than the No. 71 truck bought round him. 

A victory for Grey on Friday could be his first within the sequence, assure him a playoff berth and function an enormous momentum increase after a tough three-race stretch. 

For Grey, one win could possibly be all it takes to open the floodgates and see the ultimate type of a No. 17 group that appears to be among the many greatest within the storage space.