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2 days ago
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Jake Garcia earns first trip to Truck Series Playoffs
ThorSport Racing's Jake Garcia shares his excitement on grabbing the 10th and final Craftsman Truck Series Playoff spot.
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2 days ago
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Heim surges to Richmond win to end regular season; Honeycutt, Garcia make playoffs
Corey Heim led 76 laps to win Friday night's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway, the final race of the regular season. Kaden Honeycutt and Jake Garcia earned the final positions in the 2025 Truck Series Playoffs' 10-driver grid, joining Heim, Layne Riggs, Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Ankrum, Rajah Caruth, Grant Enfinger and Ty Majeski in the postseason field. RELATED: | Heim started on pole, but the race was largely controlled by Majeski, who led a race-best 143 of 250 laps in Friday's eero 250. But contact from ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton at Lap 200 sent both Majeski and Crafton spinning through Turns 3 and 4, dropping Majeski from the lead. Majeski was able to maintain second position after spinning and pitting for new tires, restarting on the front row alongside Sammy Smith. But a check-up in Turn 1 allowed Gio Ruggiero to knock into him from behind, allowing Heim to charge past and set out an attack to pass Smith. Majeski ultimately finished second behind Heim, with Smith, Riggs and Corey LaJoie completing the top five. Ruggiero, Garcia, Ben Rhodes, Chandler Smith and Honeycutt completed the top 10. The Truck Series Playoffs will begin Saturday, Aug. 30 at Darlington Raceway (noon ET, FS1, NASCAR Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). This story will be updated.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Automotive
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NASCAR ejects four car chiefs after Truck Series inspection failures
On Friday, each of the 31 NASCAR Truck Series entries for Kansas Speedway rolled through inspection. Most of the teams made it through without much drama, but not all of them. Four trucks, including three from ThorSport Racing, struggled to pass. They were the No. 99 ThorSport Racing Ford of Ben Rhodes, the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford of Ty Majeski, the No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford of Matt Crafton, as well as the No. 26 Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet of Dawson Sutton. Matt Crafton, ThorSport Racing Ford Matt Crafton, ThorSport Racing Ford Sean Gardner / Getty Images Sean Gardner / Getty Images Advertisement Each of these trucks failed twice before passing on the third attempt. As a result, each team will lose pit stall selection for next weekend's race at North Wilkesboro, but there was a more immediate punishment as well. Each of their car chiefs -- or rather, 'truck' chiefs, have been ejected from the track for the remainder of the race weekend. This is common protocol for when there are two failures in trying to pass pre-race inspection. Brad Means (No. 98), Derek Rohlfing (No. 99), Tyler Kontos (No. 88), and Tucker Scanlon (No. 26) will be watching the race from afar on Saturday. This will be the extent of the penalties. ThorSport, which has won the last two Truck Series titles (Rhodes in 2023 and Majeski in 2024), have yet to visit Victory Lane this year. The team's fourth entry is the No. 66, driven by Luke Baldwin this weekend, which made it through tech without issue. Read Also: Judge warns 23XI and FRM "you can't have your cake and eat it too" Will Buxton: Jeff Gordon BAR move "would have broken F1 in America" decades earlier 2025 NASCAR at Kansas schedule, entry list, and how to watch To read more articles visit our website.
Newsweek
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
NASCAR Truck Series at Kansas: When And How To Watch Live
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to Kansas Speedway this weekend. Corey Heim leads the standings heading into the race with 368 points, followed by Chandler Smith and Daniel Hemric in second and third with 322 and 288 points, respectively. Here is everything you need to know to catch all of the on-track action. When is the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend? Saturday, 10 May 2.05 p.m. ET: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Practice 3.10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Qualifying 7.30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Heart of Health Care 200 Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Kubota Tractor 200 at Kansas Speedway on September 27, 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas. Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Kubota Tractor 200 at Kansas Speedway on September 27, 2024 in Kansas City, to watch NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway Both practice and qualifying will be broadcast on FS2. However, the Heart of Health Care 200 will be shown live on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. What is the purse for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway? The purse for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway this weekend, including all payouts for all positions, contingency awards and contribution to year-end points fund is $782,900. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Heart of Health Care 200 entry list Brandon Jones – TRICON Garage Nathan Byrd – Young's Motorsports Cody Dennison – Reaume Brothers Racing Toni Breidinger – TRICON Garage William Byron – Spire Motorsports Carson Hocevar – Spire Motorsports Grant Enfinger – CR7 Motorsports Corey Heim – TRICON Garage Jake Garcia – ThorSport Racing Tanner Gray – TRICON Garage Giovanni Ruggiero – TRICON Garage Tyler Ankrum – McAnally Hilgemann Racing Daniel Hemric – McAnally Hilgemann Racing Morgen Baird – Reaume Brothers Racing Dawson Sutton – Rackley W.A.R. Frankie Muniz – Reaume Brothers Racing Layne Riggs – Front Row Motorsports Chandler Smith – Front Row Motorsports Matt Mills – Niece Motorsports Bayley Currey – Niece Motorsports Kaden Honeycutt – Niece Motorsports Stewart Friesen – Halmar Friesen Racing Luke Baldwin – ThorSport Racing Rajah Caruth – Spire Motorsports Spencer Boyd – Freedom Racing Enterprises Andres Perez De Lara – Spire Motorsports Connor Mosack – McAnally Hilgemann Racing Matt Crafton – ThorSport Racing Jack Wood – McAnally Hilgemann Racing Ty Majeski – ThorSport Racing Ben Rhodes – ThorSport Racing What are the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings ahead of Kansas?
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03-05-2025
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From elation to disappointment, Rhodes and Hemric reflect on overtime finish
FORT WORTH, Texas — A tale of two cities transpired on pit road as the checkered flag flew on the 25o from Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. With Corey Heim standing tall, victorious at the start/finish line, Ben Rhodes and Daniel Hemric were left with mixed emotions after the final restart in NASCAR Overtime. RELATED: Unofficial Texas results | At-track photos: Texas Rhodes restarted on the outside front row on the final restart on Lap 172 and held pace with Heim, who had the dominant truck all night, leading 96 of the 174 total laps. Advertisement Heading into Turn 3, coming to the white flag, there was slight contact between the two front-runners, pushing the No. 99 of Rhodes up the race track and leaving the door open for the No. 19 of Daniel Hemric to charge to the bottom, making it three-wide at the white flag. When the race was all said and done, neither Hemric nor Rhodes would wind up in Victory Lane, with the No. 11 of Heim taking home the win. Exiting his ThorSport Racing in frustration, Rhodes said he felt he was raced unfairly and had no room to challenge for victory at the end. 'I think we got used up by the 11 being on the outside line with clean air on both of our noses,' Rhodes said on pit road post-race. 'He just decided to run us up the track and out of the groove at both ends of the track. So on the last restart, you know, we're in three and four. We're coming back around to the white; he runs me way high. We both have to lift, pretty unacceptable, in my opinion, because, you know, we could have wrecked there. 'So, you know, I'm not gonna cry about it, but it just stinks when you have a good opportunity to win a race and then you get run a little dirty. But you know, I know how it is with him, and he's got his third win of the season. We're still looking for our first right now, so when you have these opportunities, you need to seize them, and that's what we're trying to do.' Advertisement Parked one spot ahead of the two-time Craftsman Truck Series champion on pit road was the runner-up finisher, Hemric, who was able to capitalize on the Heim-Rhodes scrap to maneuver his Chevrolet to the inside of the two and have a shot at the win entering Turn 1. 'I knew when they got side by side I'd have a big run,' Hemric said. 'I didn't know if I have enough pure tire capability left to make the move, and kind of created just enough angle to get left of the 11 to get three-wide at the bottom, just didn't have enough left to make it stick through one and two.' 'So either way, we were not good when we started. (Crew chief) Josh Graham did the exceptional job of tuning on me correctly, in the right direction, and yeah, ultimately found ourselves with the opportunity and stayed quite close.' Close it was, as the Kannapolis, North Carolina native had a shot on the final lap to punch his ticket to Victory Lane for the second time this season. At the end of the night, that is all Hemric could ask for out of his No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing team. 'Just trying to win,' Hemric said. 'That's what this team deserves. That's what everyone on this No. 19 team deserves. I feel like, you know, we put so much into this deal, and we overcame some adjustments and stuff that we had to go through at the beginning of the race. You've got to go for the win. That's what we did. Came up short, but great execution today.'
