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USA Today
02-05-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
NASCAR starting lineup for Truck race at Texas in May 2025
NASCAR starting lineup for Truck race at Texas in May 2025 Texas Motor Speedway is up next for the NASCAR Truck Series, and McAnally-Hilgemann Racing will lead the field to the green flag. Tyler Ankrum won the pole for the 2025 250 at Texas this weekend after rain canceled qualifying on Friday. Daniel Hemric will join Ankrum on the front row for Friday night's event. Jake Garcia and Corey Heim will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Matt Crafton, Stewart Friesen, Ty Majeski, Tanner Gray, Luke Fenhaus, and Ben Rhodes all qualified 20th or worse for Friday's event. The lineup was set with the qualifying order, from the lowest to highest metric scores. The full NASCAR starting lineup is available below. NASCAR starting lineup: Truck Series race at Texas (May 2025) No. 18 Tyler Ankrum No. 19 Daniel Hemric No. 13 Jake Garcia No. 11 Corey Heim No. 9 Grant Enfinger No. 45 Kaden Honeycutt No. 71 Rajah Caruth No. 34 Layne Riggs No. 38 Chandler Smith No. 91 Jack Wood No. 17 Gio Ruggiero No. 81 Connor Mosack No. 07 Nick Sanchez No. 77 Andres Perez de Lara No. 1 Brandon Jones No. 76 Spencer Boyd No. 44 Bayley Currey No. 02 Nathan Byrd No. 7 Carson Hocevar No. 26 Dawson Sutton No. 5 Toni Breidinger No. 88 Matt Crafton No. 52 Stewart Friesen No. 98 Ty Majeski No. 15 Tanner Gray No. 33 Frankie Muniz No. 66 Luke Fenhaus No. 99 Ben Rhodes No. 22 Josh Reaume No. 42 Matt Mills No. 2 Cody Dennison No. 20 Stefan Parsons More: NASCAR odds for the Truck Series race at Texas in May 2025
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jamie Little Faces Backlash and Calls for Ouster After Botched Final-Lap Call at Rockingham
NASCAR made its return to Rockingham Speedway for the first time in a dozen years on Friday night with the Truck Series. It was an entertaining race as drivers were able to pass throughout the 200-lap event. Interestingly, in the final laps, it wasn't about the passing but who would have enough fuel to make it to the end. Turns out it was Tyler Ankrum who had conserved enough down the stretch and took the checkered flag for his first win since 2019. Advertisement While Ankrum's first win in 130 races was a big storyline, it wasn't the only one. Unfortunately, the Fox broadcast was, and more specifically, the final call by Jamie Little as the No. 18 truck crossed the finish line. Jamie Little during the Daytona 500 at Daytona International J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Here are the words of the Fox broadcast crew (Little, Michael Waltrip and guest analyst Carson Hocevar) as the trucks made their way around the mile-long track for a final time on the white flag lap: "He could coast. He could slow down,' Hocevar said of Ankrum with second-place truck Jake Garcia more than seven seconds behind. 'Final lap guys, the white flag is out,' Little noted. 'Coast to the finish. Tyler Ankrum – hang on. 130 races since he has gone to Victory Lane. Last pitted on Lap 112. The others behind him last pitted on 119. They're out. He hangs on. 'How slow is he going on this final lap?' the lead announcer posed the question at the exact moment Ankrum crossed the finish line for the win.' The McAnally-Hilgemann truck had almost reached Turn 1 before Little realized the race was over. 'The checkered flag is in the air,' she said. 'He gets it done. Tyler Ankrum, your winner.' Advertisement Unsurprisingly, the completely mishandled call got the attention of fans who took to social media and responded with a vengeance to Fox's post of the final laps on X. 'Please. I am begging you. Get rid of Jamie. She's absolutely ATROCIOUS,' one fan wrote. 'Please for the love of everything. Get Jamie out of the booth,' another upset fan replied. 'Y'all really got to get it together. Between the Cup Bristol finish and this finish, it's embarrassing.' 'Nothing unites nascar fans more than hatred for Jamie Little's performance in the booth,' another fan suggested. 'If they are broadcasting remotely, shame on Fox for making it extra difficult, but the booth was aweful again. Please put her back on pit road where she is great.' 'Bruh put Jamie Little back in the pits plz she is a fantastic pit reporter yall are setting her up for failure forcing her to do PxP from a remote booth,' another fan offered. Advertisement 'Jamie is a great pit reporter,' wrote another fan. 'She sucks in the booth. Please get her out of there and get someone good to call races!' Related: Richard Petty Calls Out Fox's Coverage and Says What Fans Have Been Saying for Years
