The 2024 Fresh From Florida 250 was the 1st stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 16, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, a 2.5 miles (4.0km) permanent tri-oval shaped asphalt superspeedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 100 laps, but was extended to 101 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In a wild race that saw several crashes, Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would win his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race when a multi-truck accident occurred on the final lap with him in the lead when the caution was thrown. Sanchez was a consistent presence during the race, leading a race-high 26 laps, despite his involvement in an earlier accident.[9] To fill out the podium, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, and Rajah Caruth, driving for Spire Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
On the final lap of the race, a significant pileup occurred exiting turn two after Rajah Caruth drifted up the track into the side of Jack Wood, spinning him out and collecting numerous trucks. Tricon Garage driver Taylor Gray was turned into the outside wall and went airborne after being hit almost head-on at high speed by Daniel Dye, doing a complete backwards barrell roll on top of other trucks before coming rest on all four tires. He exited under his own power and was taken and released from the infield care center shortly after.[10]
Daytona International Speedway, the circuit where the race was held.
Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[11] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0km) long.[12] The track's turns are banked at 31degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18degrees.[12]
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, February 15, at 5:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[13]Johnny Sauter, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 47.258, and a speed of 190.444mph (306.490km/h).[14]
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 16, at 3:00 PM EST.[13] Since Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round will move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.[15]
Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would advance from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 50.345, and a speed of 178.767mph (287.698km/h).[16]
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