TJ DeCaire Dominates Pro Late Model 100 at Nashville Fairgrounds

TJ DeCaire Dominates Pro Late Model Feature at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

In a report from Short Track Scene, TJ DeCaire captured his second win of the season in the Pro Late Model 100-lap feature at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway on Saturday, November 8, 2026, during the All American 400 weekend.

Since joining AJ Frank’s team in the second half of the year, DeCaire has racked up multiple top-five finishes alongside his first CARS Tour victory at Hickory in August. Driving for Low Country Motorsports, DeCaire started on the pole at Nashville and controlled the pace for the majority of the race.

His only major setback arrived during a late-race restart when he spun his tires coming out of Turn 2. That slip opened the door for Trey Craig to grab the top spot. DeCaire managed to battle back around Craig and cruise to the finish.

That was probably honestly one of the best cars I’ve ever driven, DeCaire told Short Track Scene after the race. I felt like I could do no wrong until I did on that next to last restart. It was a little cold on the restart, spun the tires exiting Turn 2. It is probably one of the worst aero tracks I’ve been to. I got behind Trey there and I started plowing tight, so I knew I had to, you know, capitalize on that last restart to get a good run at the top. But yeah, I like winning restarts—kind of looking back at recent years, it’s kind of like this with multiple restarts at the end. It’s really cool. I’m really excited.

Trey Craig Navigates Chaos to Finish Second

Trey Craig qualified second but dropped back due to the race’s starting invert, forcing him to carve his way through the field. He bided his time through the opening 50 laps as competitors tangled ahead of him.

That first 50 laps I was just kind of biding my time, picking them off whenever I could, and just trying to make our way up to the front, Craig explained. And then the seas kept parting. They kept either wrecking each other in front of us, getting sent to the tail, and I was like, ‘Well, I’ll take that position for free.’

Craig eventually capitalized on a restart with 25 to 35 laps remaining to briefly take the lead from DeCaire before settling for second place. Operating as a small, independent team working out of their own shop, Craig expressed pride in keeping pace with heavily supported operations despite battling motor issues that limited them to just two finishes across eight starts this year.

Gage Gilby Overcomes Flat Tire for Third

Gage Gilby rounded out the podium in third place after surviving a chaotic race that included multiple incidents and a flat right-rear tire. After avoiding a multi-car wreck on the frontstretch involving Kasey Kleyn, Vito Cancilla, and Jackson Boone, Gilby pitted for a tire change and drove a fast car back through the field.

It was just a chaotic night overall, Gilby noted. When the three wrecked there on the frontstretch… we went low to avoid and got tagged by somebody. And we lined up, but found out we had a right-rear flat. So came into the pits, and got that changed, but the car never really changed. It was still a rocket ship. I thought we had a second-place car, but for the night we had, for all the events we went through, third’s pretty good.

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