Rajah Caruth thought he would ‘cry like a baby’ after winning in Las Vegas

“As a kid, right, you always think about oh if I win and I get my first win, it’s gonna feel like this,” Caruth said Tuesday, via SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “I thought I was gonna cry like a baby. And I took the white flag and I’m like, ‘Is this like real?’ Get onto the frontstretch — it just didn’t sink in, you know. I’m a pretty docile, lowkey kinda dude anyway, so I don’t know why, it just didn’t feel real. But it’s definitely feeling like business as usual because not having the ride situation sorted out till late in the offseason. I definitely feel like I’ve been written off with how things went last year, so it feels good to get going and hopefully we can put together some more.”

NASCAR community congratulates Rajah Caruth on victory at Las Vegas

Nobody’s writing him off anymore. They’re now taking notice of one of the bright young stars in NASCAR today. One veteran, in particular, sees a great future ahead for Caruth after his win at Las Vegas.

“Absolutely great accomplishment for sure,” Denny Hamlin said Monday. “It’s not like he’s been in the sport a ton, you know, a really long time either. And he won it, you know, he won it outright, right? He did it. And it wasn’t some kind of trick, you know, strategy or anything like that. … And he showed speed the entire race. You know, he was up front. I saw all that.

“So, um, congratulations to him and his team and Spire [Motorsports] for winning another race. It’s just — they’re definitely on a roll and it seems this could be a big momentum boost for Rajah and could propel him to who knows where, right? I think if he can continue to continue on this trajectory, uh, you know, winning a handful of races, he could be the next level, you know, the next level soon.”