Former NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes heads into this season’s Playoffs with boat loads of confidence knowing his experience at winning a championship in this postseason format will pay dividends. Though his experience goes so far, he and his team are prepared for a depo run into the Playoffs.
“It takes the pressure off for sure (having Playoff experience),” said Rhodes. “But it (experience) only goes so far. You can’t make up with experience a slow truck or you can’t make up for dumb mistakes that are made. The frame of mind is good. It should lead to less risk. It should lead to smarter decisions. But all that is in theory. But I feel like as whole that pressure being off my shoulders definitely helps.”
Rhodes enters the Playoffs seeded seventh in the Playoff standings, 17 points back from the standings lead.
Keep an eye on Rhodes this weekend, in last season’s Playoff opener the 2021 champion started ninth and finished runner-up to Grant Enfinger.
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
