Lebanon, Tenn. – Rackly Roofing 200 NASCAR Craftsman at the conclusion of the truck chain race at the Nashville Superspas on Friday, Raja Karutha had a question for himself.
“how bad do you want it?” Karutha thought quietly, as four -time winner Corey Hem and Laye Rigs chased him continuously on the final circuit.
Karuth answered his own question by driving innocently on the last 15 laps and crossed the Finnish line in the third and 0.629 seconds from the rigs in the third and 0.518 seconds ahead of Heim in 0.629 seconds.
The victory was Karuth’s first in Nashville, the first of the season and the second of his career, and it put him in the NASCAR craftsman truck chain playoffs.
Hem won in the second phase – the victory of his ninth stage of the season – a quick pit stop under caution during the stage break gave Karutath a lead to lap 100, and he organized it in the rest manner, which claims the prestigious guitar trophy for the Nashville winners.
Driving number 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Karutha led twice to 61 out of 150 laps including the previous 51.
“I didn’t expect – they were breathing my neck in full run,” Karutha said about Hem and Rigs. “My pit crew won that race. They won the race for us, drove us away from Pit Road twice.
“We are away from this year, but it was good to get it tonight. It was very funny. I asked myself,” How bad do you want it? ” I tried my best, and we had clean wind.
Hem agreed that it was important to lose the lead at the final pit stop.
“With the third phase being so straight – lack of strategy, there was difficulty coming back from not being a lead. But I slipped through my (pit) box during the last stop and did not give my people to my people. … Just something to reflect on my end.
“But very big congratulations to the king. He did a terrible job from the lead. I was really independent behind him, and he made the right option every time as far as I was going.”
Rigs, who won the first phase, reached the heim bumper twice in the fight for the second, but could not claim the runner-up spots.
“I will tell you, at the end of that race I had the best seat in the house,” Rigs said, which fell from Pit Road to second place during the second phase break, as it had trouble removing the tire of his right front. “They were doing something in front of me.
“I expected to stay there in the mixture. I did not have enough time.”
Daniel Hemic came to the fourth house, followed by Corey Day, a dirt-track finom, who posted his first top five in his ninth beginning in the truck chain competition.
Heim extended its series to 122 points on hemic in second place, entering Michigan International Speedway in 7 June DQS Solutions and Staffing 200.
Nascar craftsman truck chain race – racked roof 200
Nashville supersedway
Friday, May 30, 2025
1. (10) King Karutha, Chevrolet, 150.
2. (1) Corey Hem, Toyota, 150.
3. (3) Rigs, Ford, 150.
4. (7) Daniel Hemic, Chevrolet, 150.
5. (5) Corey Day (i), Chevrolet, 150.
6. (2) Kaden Honeycut, Chevrolet, 150.
7. (23) Chandler Smith, Ford, 150.
8. (26) T. Majeski, Ford, 150.
9. (6) Belle Cure, Chevrolet, 150.
10. (4) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 150.
11. (29) Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 150.
12. (9) Jake Garcia, Ford, 150.
13. (17) Geoani Raggio #, Toyota, 150.
14. (15) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 150.
15. (12) Kyle Busch (i), Chevrolet, 150.
16. (21) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 150.
17. (8) Tyler Encrum, Chevrolet, 150.
18. (19) Luke Fenhas, Ford, 150.
19. (16) Andres Pereze de Lara #, Chevrolet, 150.
20. (22) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 150.
21. (13) Stewart Freesen, Toyota, 150.
22. (11) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 150.
23. (20) Connor Mossack #, Chevrolet, 150.
24. (14) William Solich (i), Toyota, 149.
25. (18) Matt Crafton, Ford, 149.
26. (25) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 148.
27. (31) Clayton Green, Ford, 148.
28. (24) Nathan Bird, Chevrolet, 147.
29. (28) Tyler Tomasi (i), Ford, 147.
30. (30) Tony Breeder #, Toyota, 144.
31. (32) Akinori Ogata, Toyota, 144.
32. (27) Frankie Muniz #, Ford, Engine, 2.
Average speed of race winner: 116.591 mph.
Race time: 1 hour, 42 minutes, 40 seconds. Victory margin: 0.518 seconds.
Warning flags: 4 for 27 lap.
Lead changes: 7 of 7 4 drivers.
Lap Leader: C. Hem 1–10; C. Day (i) 11; C. Hem 12–18; l. Rigs 19–48; C. Hem 49; R. Karuth 50-59; C. Hem 60–99; R. Karuth 100-150.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps LED): 2 times for Raja Karuth 61 laps; Corey hem 4 times for 58 laps; Taking 1 time rigs for 30 laps; Corey Day (i) 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 34,11,71,19,45,7,18,9,9,9,44,99
Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,34,71,7,45,9,9,44,19,13,26
-Rid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special for field level media.
