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UNOH 250 · Thursday 17 September · NCTS Final Practice

The session in numbers

37
trucks ran
in NCTS Final Practice
34
median laps
Half the field ran more than this. Under 10 laps is too few to read a long run.
-0.28s
track change
How much faster the track got per lap from the start of the session to the end, on equal tyres. The board takes this out.
+0.06s
tyre wear, 20 laps
How much slower a typical truck was per lap on 20-lap-old tyres than on fresh ones. The board takes this out too.

The board

Every clean green lap from NCTS Final Practice, with tyre wear and the track changing through the session taken out, so trucks that ran at different times on different tyres compare fairly. Pit laps, caution laps and the lap into the pits are left out. Click a column to sort.

Long runDriverTeamGapLapsOne lapSalaryvs price
1Layne RiggsFront Row Motorsportsfastest ±0.11281$13,5000
2Christian EckesMcAnally Hilgemann Racing+0.057 ±0.103627$10,000+2
3Chandler SmithFront Row Motorsports+0.067 ±0.094230$11,500-1
4Ty MajeskiThorSport Racing+0.067 ±0.10352$9,500+1
5Ben RhodesThorSport Racing+0.077 ±0.11267$8,500+4
6Kaden HoneycuttTRICON Garage+0.080 ±0.10238$10,500-3
7Jake GarciaThorSport Racing+0.118 ±0.10323$7,300+8
8Bayley CurreyTRICON Garage+0.135 ±0.09429$7,000+9
9Corey LaJoieKaulig Racing+0.136 ±0.113018$6,700+11
10Giovanni RuggieroTRICON Garage+0.140 ±0.09444$9,000-4
11Tyler AnkrumMcAnally Hilgemann Racing+0.170 ±0.103219$8,1000
12Connor MosackSpire Motorsports+0.173 ±0.09465$8,700-4
13Cole ButcherThorSport Racing+0.201 ±0.103017$5,900+14
14Nick LeitzTRICON Garage+0.217 ±0.093911$6,300+9
15Tanner GrayTRICON Garage+0.223 ±0.093626$6,900+3
16Justin HaleyKaulig Racing+0.227 ±0.103912$6,600+5
17Daniel HemricMcAnally Hilgemann Racing+0.233 ±0.103425$7,500-4
18Nick Sanchez+0.234 ±0.103114––
19Landen LewisNiece Motorsports+0.235 ±0.094813$7,400-5
20William SawalichHalmar Friesen Racing+0.251 ±0.09406$8,800-13
21Tristan McKeeSpire Motorsports+0.254 ±0.141332$7,900-9
22Brenden QueenKaulig Racing+0.259 ±0.104020$6,100+3
23Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen Racing+0.262 ±0.102722$7,200-7
24Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.+0.279 ±0.112324$5,700+5
25Grant EnfingerCR7 Motorsports+0.295 ±0.093921$8,300-15
26Luke BaldwinTeam Reaume+0.296 ±0.103423$5,600+4
27Regan SmithKaulig Racing+0.304 ±0.112615$6,200-3
28Kris WrightMcAnally Hilgemann Racing+0.309 ±0.112731$5,400+4
29Mini TyrrellKaulig Racing+0.321 ±0.103229$5,300+4
30Connor HallNiece Motorsports+0.359 ±0.094116$5,800-2
31Andres Perez De LaraNiece Motorsports+0.382 ±0.103210$6,500-9
32Caden KvapilFreedom Racing Enterprises+0.408 ±0.1124–$6,000-6
33Jackson Macenko+0.414 ±0.131634––
34Parker EatmonNiece Motorsports+0.471 ±0.103428$6,800-15
35Timmy HillHill Motorsports+0.522 ±0.094133$5,500-4
36Frankie MunizTeam Reaume+0.662 ±0.093836$5,100-2
–Justin S CarrollTerry Carroll Motorsports–2935$5,000–
Long run
Rank on long-run pace, fastest first. A dash means too few clean laps to score.
Gap
Seconds per lap slower than the fastest truck. The ± is the range his pace could really sit in given how many laps he ran; two trucks whose ranges overlap were not clearly different.
Laps
Laps run in the session.
One lap
Rank of his single fastest lap.
vs price
Places above (+) or below (−) his DraftKings salary rank that he ran in practice.

What stood out

Quicker than his price

Ran better than his salary says he should. The vs-price number is how many places above his salary rank he ran.

DriverLapsLong runOne lapSalaryvs price
Cole Butcher3013th17th$5,900+14
Corey LaJoie309th18th$6,700+11
Bayley Currey428th9th$7,000+9
Nick Leitz3914th11th$6,300+9
Jake Garcia327th3rd$7,300+8

Slower than his price

Priced up, but practice did not back it up.

DriverLapsLong runOne lapSalaryvs price
Grant Enfinger3925th21st$8,300-15
Parker Eatmon3434th28th$6,800-15
William Sawalich4020th6th$8,800-13
Tristan McKee1321st32nd$7,900-9
Andres Perez De Lara3231st10th$6,500-9

One-lap truck, not a long-run truck

Quick over a single lap and well down over a long run. That is qualifying trim, and it does not carry into the race.

DriverLapsLong runOne lapSalaryvs price
William Sawalich4020th6th$8,800-13
Andres Perez De Lara3231st10th$6,500-9
Regan Smith2627th15th$6,200-3
Connor Hall4130th16th$5,800-2

Long-run truck the one-lap board missed

The opposite: unremarkable on one lap, strong over a long run.

DriverLapsLong runOne lapSalaryvs price
Christian Eckes362nd27th$10,000+2
Chandler Smith423rd30th$11,500-1

Charts

Long-run pace against salary. Higher is faster. A truck high on the chart and far left ran well above its price. Hover a dot for the driver. Not shown: Hill, Muniz, more than 0.5 seconds a lap off.
Quicker than his priceSlower than his priceEveryone else
+0.0+0.1+0.2+0.3+0.4+0.5$5k$7k$9k$11k$13kDK salaryseconds per lap off the fastestLayne Riggs: $13,500, +0.000s/lap, 28 lapsChristian Eckes: $10,000, +0.057s/lap, 36 lapsChandler Smith: $11,500, +0.067s/lap, 42 lapsTy Majeski: $9,500, +0.067s/lap, 35 lapsBen Rhodes: $8,500, +0.077s/lap, 26 lapsKaden Honeycutt: $10,500, +0.080s/lap, 23 lapsJake Garcia: $7,300, +0.118s/lap, 32 lapsBayley Currey: $7,000, +0.135s/lap, 42 lapsCorey LaJoie: $6,700, +0.136s/lap, 30 lapsGiovanni Ruggiero: $9,000, +0.140s/lap, 44 lapsTyler Ankrum: $8,100, +0.170s/lap, 32 lapsConnor Mosack: $8,700, +0.173s/lap, 46 lapsCole Butcher: $5,900, +0.201s/lap, 30 lapsNick Leitz: $6,300, +0.217s/lap, 39 lapsTanner Gray: $6,900, +0.223s/lap, 36 lapsJustin Haley: $6,600, +0.227s/lap, 39 lapsDaniel Hemric: $7,500, +0.233s/lap, 34 lapsLanden Lewis: $7,400, +0.235s/lap, 48 lapsWilliam Sawalich: $8,800, +0.251s/lap, 40 lapsTristan McKee: $7,900, +0.254s/lap, 13 lapsBrenden Queen: $6,100, +0.259s/lap, 40 lapsStewart Friesen: $7,200, +0.262s/lap, 27 lapsDawson Sutton: $5,700, +0.279s/lap, 23 lapsGrant Enfinger: $8,300, +0.295s/lap, 39 lapsLuke Baldwin: $5,600, +0.296s/lap, 34 lapsRegan Smith: $6,200, +0.304s/lap, 26 lapsKris Wright: $5,400, +0.309s/lap, 27 lapsMini Tyrrell: $5,300, +0.321s/lap, 32 lapsConnor Hall: $5,800, +0.359s/lap, 41 lapsAndres Perez De Lara: $6,500, +0.382s/lap, 32 lapsCaden Kvapil: $6,000, +0.408s/lap, 24 lapsParker Eatmon: $6,800, +0.471s/lap, 34 lapsRiggsEckesSmithCurreyLaJoieButcherSawalichEnfingerEatmon
How the fastest trucks held their pace. Lap time against tyre age for the top 8 on the board, on each truck's longest run, smoothed over five laps, with the track changing through the session taken out. Faster is higher. A flat line kept its speed as the tyres wore; a line dropping to the right fell off.
Layne RiggsChristian EckesChandler Smith4th to 8th
16.016.116.216.316.416.5010203040tyre age (laps)lap time (seconds)Chandler Smith, run of 45 lapsChristian Eckes, run of 45 lapsBayley Currey, run of 45 lapsJake Garcia, run of 34 lapsKaden Honeycutt, run of 25 lapsLayne Riggs, run of 27 lapsSmithEckesRiggs
Team pace. The average long-run gap across each team's trucks, for teams with two or more in the session. Shorter is faster. The number in brackets is how many trucks the team ran.
Front Row Motorsports (2)Front Row Motorsports: 2 trucks, average +0.034s/lap, best 1st+0.034ThorSport Racing (4)ThorSport Racing: 4 trucks, average +0.116s/lap, best 4th+0.116TRICON Garage (5)TRICON Garage: 5 trucks, average +0.159s/lap, best 6th+0.159McAnally Hilgemann Racing (4)McAnally Hilgemann Racing: 4 trucks, average +0.192s/lap, best 2nd+0.192Spire Motorsports (2)Spire Motorsports: 2 trucks, average +0.213s/lap, best 12th+0.213Kaulig Racing (5)Kaulig Racing: 5 trucks, average +0.249s/lap, best 9th+0.249Halmar Friesen Racing (2)Halmar Friesen Racing: 2 trucks, average +0.257s/lap, best 20th+0.257Niece Motorsports (4)Niece Motorsports: 4 trucks, average +0.362s/lap, best 19th+0.362Team Reaume (2)Team Reaume: 2 trucks, average +0.479s/lap, best 26th+0.479average seconds per lap off the fastest truck