Race Preview – Darlington Raceway

May 5, 2021

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Johnny Sauter | No. 13 Vivitar/ Realtree Toyota Tundra

Making the Calls: Joe Shear Jr.
Eyes in the Sky: Tab Boyd
Darlington Stats: In three series starts at the track, Sauter has one top-five and two top-10 finishes, averaging a 13.0 start and 14.7 finish.
Season Stats: Seven starts, one pole, two top-five and two top-10 finishes averaging a 10.3 start and a 15.7 finish to go along with his 25 laps led.
Series Career Stats: 296 starts, 24 wins, 111 top-five and 179 top-10 finishes to go along with nine pole awards and 2,660 laps led.

Matt Crafton | No. 88 Ideal Door / Menards Toyota Tundra

Making the Calls: Carl “Junior” Joiner
Eyes in the Sky: Jason Hedlesky
Darlington Stats: In seven series starts at the track, Crafton has led four laps, one top-five and four top-10 finishes.
Season Stats: Seven starts, one top-five and three top-10 finishes, averaging a 7.6 start and 12.9 finishing position to go along 14 laps led.
Series Career Stats: 483 consecutive starts, 15 wins, 126 top-five and 291 top-10 finishes in addition to 16 poles and 2,670 laps led.
Welcome Back! This weekend we welcome Ideal Door on the hood of the No. 88 Menards Toyota Tundra.

Grant Enfinger | No. 98 Champion Power Equipment / Curb Records Toyota Tundra

Making the Calls: Jeriod Prince
Eyes in the Sky: Chris Monez
Darlington Stats: Enfinger made his series track debut last year where he started seventh and finished fourth.
Season Stats: Enfinger has four starts with ThorSport Racing in 2021 where he has tallied two top-10 finishes averaging a 8.2 start and 9.0 finish to go along with 86 laps led.
Series Career Stats: 112 starts, 36 top-five and 69 top-10 finishes to go along with five pole awards and 816 laps led.
Welcome Back! This weekend we welcome Curb Records artist Dylan Scotton the the decklid of the No. 98 Champion Power Equipment Toyota Tundra.

Ben Rhodes | No. 99 Bombardier / Learjet 75 Toyota Tundra

Making the Calls: Rich Lushes
Eyes in the Sky: TJ Bell
Darlington Stats: Rhodes made his series track debut last year and goes into the weekend as the defending race winner after starting from the fifth place position.
Season Stats: Seven starts, 29 laps led en route to two wins, three top-five and six top-10 finishes. Rhodes has an averaging start of 6.1 and 6.7 finishing position.
Series Career Stats: 126 starts, five wins, 36 top-five and 66 top-10 finishes to go along with five pole awards and 765 laps led.

Notables:

ThorSport at Kansas: In 13 starts, the team has one win (2020), four top-five and seven top-10 finishes, in addition to eight laps led.
All-Time Numbers: ThorSport Racing sits at 38 wins, 289 top-five and 600 top-10 finishes, 5,985 laps led to go along with 35 pole awards in 1,324 series starts.