The 2024 Love's RV Stop 225 was the 20th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the first race of the Round of 8, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, a 2.66 miles (4.28km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 85 laps to complete. In a wild finish, Grant Enfinger, driving for CR7 Motorsports, would hold off a hard-charging field in the final nine laps, and eventually won the race after the caution came out on the frontstretch with one lap to go. This was Enfinger's 11th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, his first of the season, and the first win for CR7 Motorsports as an organization. Enfinger also dominated the majority of the race, leading a race-high 34 laps. Along with the win, he would claim a spot in the Championship 4.[8] To fill out the podium, Taylor Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, and Daniel Dye, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
↑ After Keith McGee failed to qualify in his No. 02 truck, Dauzat would give up his ride and allow McGee to pilot the No. 28 truck during the race.[9]
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, October 4, at 12:30 PM CST.[10] Since Talladega Superspeedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to set a time to determine positions 11-36. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round to determine positions 1-10. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.[11]
William Sawalich, driving for Tricon Garage, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 54.482, and a speed of 175.764mph (282.865km/h).[12]
The #46 truck team for Young's Motorsports was planning to make an attempt to race, but the entry list showed that they withdrew from the race. Timmy Hill was the only driver who failed to qualify. Keith McGee had originally failed to qualify in his No. 02 truck, but after Bryan Dauzat gave up his No. 28 FDNY Racing ride, he allowed McGee to take over the truck during the race.[13]
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