The 2024 Fresh From Florida 250 was the 1st stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 25th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 16, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent tri-oval shaped asphalt superspeedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 100 laps, but was extended to 101 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In a wild race that saw several crashes, Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would win his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race when a multi-truck accident occurred on the final lap with him in the lead when the caution was thrown. Sanchez was a consistent presence during the race, leading a race-high 26 laps, despite his involvement in an earlier accident.^[9] To fill out the podium, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, and Rajah Caruth, driving for Spire Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

On the final lap of the race, a significant pileup occurred exiting turn two after Rajah Caruth drifted up the track into the side of Jack Wood, spinning him out and collecting numerous trucks. Tricon Garage driver Taylor Gray was turned into the outside wall and went airborne after being hit almost head-on at high speed by Daniel Dye, doing a complete backwards barrell roll on top of other trucks before coming rest on all four tires. He exited under his own power and was taken and released from the infield care center shortly after.^[10]

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that is one of five superspeedways, the others being Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, and Talladega Superspeedway.^{[citation needed]}

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.^[11] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.^[12] The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[12]

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

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#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	Toni Breidinger	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Celsius
02	Mason Massey	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	BRUNT Workwear
2	Nick Sanchez	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	Gainbridge
04	Cory Roper	Roper Racing	Chevrolet	Fly Alliance / Carquest
5	Dean Thompson	Tricon Garage	Toyota	David Mancini & Sons
7	Corey LaJoie (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	Bluegreen Vacations
9	Grant Enfinger	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	Grant County Mulch
10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	Chevrolet	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing
11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Safelite
13	Jake Garcia	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Quanta Services
15	Tanner Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Dead On Tools
17	Taylor Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	JBL
18	Tyler Ankrum	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	LiUNA!
19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Care
21	Mason Maggio	Floridian Motorsports	Toyota	East Coast Lumber & Supply
22	Jason White	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	Powder Ventures Excavations
25	Ty Dillon	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	Rackley Roofing
27	Keith McGee	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	More Core
28	Bryan Dauzat	FDNY Racing	Chevrolet	FDNY Racing / O. B. Builders
32	Bret Holmes	Bret Holmes Racing	Chevrolet	Precision Garage Doors
33	Lawless Alan	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	AutoChargIt.com
36	Ryan Huff	Ryan Huff Motorsports	Toyota	Ryan Huff Motorsports
38	Layne Riggs (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Love's RV Stop
41	Bayley Currey	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	AutoVentive / Precision
42	Matt Mills	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	J. F. Electric / Utilitra
43	Daniel Dye	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	Champion Container
45	Johnny Sauter	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	Niece / IEDA
46	Thad Moffitt (R)	Faction46	Chevrolet	Customers Bank
52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	Halmar International
56	Timmy Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	Coble Enterprises / UNITS
71	Rajah Caruth	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com
75	Stefan Parsons	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	BallPark Buns and Rolls
76	Spencer Boyd	Freedom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	Tibbetts Lumber
77	Chase Purdy	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	Bama Buggies
88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Ideal Door / Menards
91	Jack Wood	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	Klotz Synthetics
95	Clay Greenfield	GK Racing	Chevrolet	Backyard Blues Pools
97	Codie Rohrbaugh	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	Grant County Mulch
98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Road Ranger 50th Store
99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Ranch Fuel Energy Drink
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The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, February 15, at 5:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.^[13] Johnny Sauter, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 47.258, and a speed of 190.444 mph (306.490 km/h).^[14]

Qualifying was held on Friday, February 16, at 3:00 PM EST.^[13] Since Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round will move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.^[15]

Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would advance from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 50.345, and a speed of 178.767 mph (287.698 km/h).^[16]

Four drivers would fail to qualify: Mason Maggio, Clay Greenfield, Jennifer Jo Cobb, and Ryan Huff.

Stage 1 Laps: 20

Stage 2 Laps: 20

Stage 3 Laps: 61