The 2024 LiUNA! 175 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that held on August 25, 2024, at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. Contested over 175 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack, it was the 17th race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would take the lead from Ty Majeski late in the race to earn his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, being the first father and son duo to win in the series since Bob and Brad Keselowski with his dad Scott Riggs. Majeski led a race-high 71 laps. To fill out the podium, Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing and Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2024 LiUNA! 175
Race details[1]
Race 17 of 23 in the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25)
Location Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 175 laps, 175 mi (281 km)
Average speed 97.537 miles per hour (156.971 km/h)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 29.815
Most laps led
Driver Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing
Laps 71
Winner
No. 38 Layne Riggs Front Row Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Layne Riggs with his crew after winning.

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Background

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The Milwaukee Mile is a 1.015 mi (1.633 km) oval race track in the central United States, located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Its grandstand and bleachers seats approximately 37,000 spectators. Paved 70 years ago in 1954, it was originally a dirt track. In addition to the oval, there is a 1.800 mi (2.897 km) road circuit located on the infield.

As the oldest operating motor speedway in the world, the Milwaukee Mile has hosted at least one auto race every year from 1903 to 2015 (except during U.S. involvement in World War II). The track has held events sanctioned by major bodies, such as the AAA, USAC, NASCAR, CART/Champ Car World Series, and the IndyCar Series. There have also been many races in regional series such as ARTGO.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
  • (P) denotes playoff driver.
  • (OP) denotes owner's playoff truck.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 William Sawalich Tricon Garage Toyota Starkey / SoundGear
02 Dexter Bean (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Badger Environmental
2 Nick Sanchez (P) Rev Racing Chevrolet Gainbridge
04 Marco Andretti Roper Racing Chevrolet Group 1001 / CarQuest
5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota Thompson Pipe Group
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet MDIA INC
7 Sammy Smith (i) (OP) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Golden Harvest
9 Grant Enfinger (P) CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment
11 Corey Heim (P) Tricon Garage Toyota Safelite
13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford Quanta Services
15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota Dead on Tools
17 Taylor Gray (P) Tricon Garage Toyota JBL
18 Tyler Ankrum (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet LiUNA!
19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet NAPA Auto Care
21 Jayson Alexander Floridian Motorsports Ford
22 Mason Maggio Reaume Brothers Racing Ford Flitz Polish
25 Ty Dillon Rackley WAR Chevrolet Rackley Roofing
32 Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet Best Value Carriers
33 Lawless Alan Reaume Brothers Racing Ford AUTOChargit
38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford Zorn Compressor & Equipment
41 Bayley Currey Niece Motorsports Chevrolet AutoVentive/Precision
42 Matt Mills Niece Motorsports Chevrolet J. F. Electric / Utilitra
43 Daniel Dye (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Champion Container
44 Matt Gould Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Niece
45 Kaden Honeycutt (OP) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Moore Venture Foods
46 Thad Moffitt (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Petty's Garage
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota Halmar International
56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota Coble Enterprises
66 Conner Jones (R) ThorSport Racing Ford TSPORT
71 Rajah Caruth (P) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet CampCowboy.org
77 Chase Purdy Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Bama Buggies
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford Ideal Door/ Menards
90 Justin Carroll TC Motorsports Toyota Carroll's Automotive / Duratain
91 Jack Wood McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet High Fives Foundation / GoPro
98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford Road Ranger / Soda Sense
99 Ben Rhodes (P) ThorSport Racing Ford Bommarito Automotive Grou
Official entry list


Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, August 24, at 3:00 PM CT and would last for 20 minutes.[2] Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.585, and a speed of 119.470 mph (192.268 km/h).

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 30.585 119.470
2 17 Taylor Gray (P) Tricon Garage Toyota 30.608 119.381
3 19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 30.624 119.318
Full practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 24, at 3:00 PM CT.[2] Since Milwaukee Mile is a mile oval, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole. [3]

Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.816, and a speed of 122.552 mph (197.228 km/h).

Norm Benning would fail to qualify.

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 29.815 122.552
2 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 29.836 122.469
3 19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 29.997 121.812
Official qualifying results

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 55

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 25 Ty Dillon Rackley WAR Chevrolet 10
2 13 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 9
3 19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 8
4 98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 7
5 2 Nick Sanchez (P) Rev Racing Chevrolet 6
6 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 5
7 43 Daniel Dye (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 4
8 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 3
9 17 Taylor Gray (P) Tricon Garage Toyota 2
10 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 55

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 10
2 98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 9
3 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 8
4 2 Nick Sanchez (P) Rev Racing Chevrolet 7
5 17 Taylor Gray (P) Tricon Garage Toyota 6
6 43 Daniel Dye (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 5
7 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 4
8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 3
9 45 Kaden Honeycutt (OP) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 9 Grant Enfinger (P) CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 65

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 16 38 Layne Riggs (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 175 53 Running 53
2 1 98 Ty Majeski (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 175 71 Running 51
3 3 19 Christian Eckes (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 175 45 Running 52
4 5 2 Nick Sanchez (P) Rev Racing Chevrolet 175 0 Running 46
5 5 17 Taylor Gray (P) Tricon Garage Toyota 175 0 Running 40
6 9 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 175 0 Running 36
7 4 11 Corey Heim (P) Tricon Garage Toyota 175 0 Running 30
8 10 43 Daniel Dye (P) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 175 0 Running 38
9 10 99 Ben Rhodes (P) ThorSport Racing Ford 175 0 Running 28
10 14 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 175 0 Running 30
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Milwaukee Race Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "2023 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved July 13, 2024.


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