The only Sunoco rookie from this season’s class to make the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs, is Rev Racing’s Nick Sanchez. The Miami, Florida native is in first season in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and in comparison to the ARCA Menards Series, where he won his last championship, it is starkly different having no postseason. Though the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs will be new to Sanchez, he knows he will be fast every weekend.
“I think it is a very strong field from top to bottom,” said Sanchez. “Week-by-week you really don’t know who will be in Victory Lane. But if you are talking raw speed, I think you can put us right up there with the No. 11 (Corey Heim) as some of the fastest trucks in qualifying and just the fastest on speed.”
Sanchez has no doubt been fast this season, in 16 starts he has collected two top fives, eight top 10s and four poles.
“I think my expectations (for the Playoffs) is just to compete for wins and ultimately get to Phoenix,” said Sanchez. “But I feel like I want to treat every race as its own season. Not really worry about points too much, not really worry about the end goal of Phoenix, but live in the moment. At this point, we really just want to compete for wins.”
Though this weekend will be his series track debut at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, he does have one ARCA Menards Series start at .686-mile track posting a seventh-place finish last season.
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
