Fairhope driver racing for NASCAR trucks championship

If Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” blasts out of the speakers at Phoenix Raceway on Friday night, it won’t be the standard crowd-entertainment selection. Instead, the song will signal that Fairhope’s Grant Enfinger has won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship for the 2023 racing season.

Enfinger is one of the four drivers who can capture the circuit crown at the final race of the season – the Craftsman 150, a 150-lap affair on the 1-mile Avondale, Arizona, oval that starts at 9 p.m. CDT Friday. FS1 will televise the race.

The assignment is clear for Enfinger: Have his No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet in front of the other three championship contenders at the finish of the race.

Also vying for the truck-series title are Corey Heim, Carson Hocevar and Ben Rhodes.

“I’d say the biggest thing for our group is just don’t beat ourselves,” Enfinger said. “We have had great trucks all year, and there’s been winning speed at a good amount of…