One of the notable underdog victories of the 2019 season was Spencer Boyd’s win in the Sugarlands Shine 250 at Talladega in the Gander Outdoor Truck Series. Boyd’s win remains his only victory in the Truck Series, and it marked the first win for Young’s Motorsports. The No. 20 Alabama Roofing Specialists Silverado’s win was not without controversy, but forever cemented Boyd as a NASCAR winner.
Boyd, then 23, was driving his first season with Young’s when the series traveled to Talladega on Oct. 12, 2019, for The Sugarlands Shine 250. It was the fourth race of the playoffs and first in the Round of 6 with Matt Crafton, Tyler Ankrum, Brett Moffit, Austin Hill, Stewart Friesen and Ross Chastain competing for the title.
Though Boyd had posted his best career finish, fourth, earlier that season at Daytona, he nearly missed the Talladega race due to sponsorship issues. However, the No. 20 team secured sponsorship from Alabama Roofing Specialists and Freedom Warranty less than two weeks before the race. Freedom Warranty CEO Chris Miller is co-owner of Boyd’s current Truck Series team, Freedom Racing Enterprises.
With his one-time sponsorship deal, Boyd qualified 25th of 32 entries and slowly gained positions throughout the first and second stages.
As the field came off turn four with seven laps remaining, leader Ross Chaistain went down the track to block, leading to an 11-car wreck which Chastain would apologize for after the race. Boyd narrowly missed Chastain’s spinning No. 45 truck, escaping with relatively light contact with the truck ahead in the pack.
Boyd, who had been riding on the low lane for multiple laps, made his move to the middle line to try and push into the top-10 with two laps to go. Just as Boyd pushed forward, his teammate Gus Dean spun on the backstretch, bringing out the caution and forcing an overtime finish.
Boyd started overtime in 10th and locked onto the double-yellow line, working his way up to third as the field exited turn four for the last time. Boyd, Riley Herbst and Johnny Sauter separated slightly from the rest of the pack. Herbst made a move to the low lane. Sauter countered and moved low, with both trucks traveling below the double-yellow line. Sauter then moved up to block Boyd’s move on the high side, taking the checkered flag alone as Boyd narrowly beat out Todd Gilliland and Herbst to the line in a three-wide finish for second.
A second-place finish would have been impressive enough for the fledgling driver making just his 23rd Truck Series start, but shortly after the checkered flew, Boyd drove to victory lane. NASCAR penalized Sauter for blocking Herbst below the double-yellow, allowing Boyd to earn his first, and to this date only, win in the Truck Series.
“You dream of winning a NASCAR race,” Boyd said in Victory Lane. “Four years ago I was selling cars with my dad at Hendrick Automotive Group. A lot of people believed in me to get to this point…I don’t drink beer, but it may happen tonight.”
Boyd’s Talladega win was commemorated with a run of 588 Raced Win and 99 autographed Raced Win 1/24 diecasts. A 1/64 version was not produced.
Recent eBay sales show three examples sold over the last six weeks. Two autographed versions with COAs sold for $45 and $65, and an in-person signed example sold for $45.
The Talladega winner was the second Boyd diecast produced. His 2018 No. 78 Grunt Style Xfinity ride had 505 examples produced in 1/24 scale only.
Other Boyd diecasts include his 2020 Plan B Sales Veterans Day truck in 1/24 and 1/64; his 2021 Freedom Warranty truck in 1/24; the No. 76 Tibbets Lumber 2024 Silverado in 1/24; and the 2025 No. 76 Tohatsu Silverado in 1/24 and 1/64.
Of note, Boyd ran an updated and slightly different Alabama Roofing Professionals No. 20 in the 2020 Talladega trucks race where he finished 38th after being involved in an early wreck.
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