NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: eero 250
The Place: Richmond Raceway
Track Length: 0.75 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, August 15
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 7:30 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 187.5 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 70), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 140), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Richmond Raceway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 17th running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway, fourth most among all short tracks in series history.
- Richmond hosted a race annually since 2020 after previously hosting one race a year from 1995-2005.
- Richmond is the fifth of seven short track races in 2025.
- NCTS Stages at Richmond: 70 laps, 70 laps, 110 laps.
- Corey Heim clinched the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Regular Season Championship following Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
- With his win at Watkins Glen last weekend, Corey Heim became the first driver since William Byron in 2016 to win six of a season’s first 17 races.
- The Truck Series Playoff bubble went from 61 points to 16 points after Stewart Friesen missed Watkins Glen.
- All drivers more than 57 points below 10th are in a must win situation.
- Last year’s Richmond race had 12 lead changes, the second most in a Richmond race behind 17 in 1999.
- Only two stage winners have gone on to win at Richmond, both from winning Stage 2: John Hunter Nemechek (2021) and Chandler Smith (2022).
- Three drivers have earned their first CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Richmond: Terry Labonte (1995), Bob Keselowski (1997) and Tony Stewart (2002).
- None of the five races since the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returned to Richmond in 2020 ended in overtime.
- Three of the last five races at Richmond had a final lead change in the final eight laps of the race.
- The driver who led the most laps failed to win the last two Richmond races.
- Qualifying was rained out/cancelled for each of the last three CRAFTSMAN Truck Series short track races.
- Front Row Motorsports won four of the last six short track races, including each of the last three.
- Chandler Smith has one Truck Series, and two Xfinity Series wins at Richmond.
- Corey Heim led 347 of 905 laps on short tracks this season (38.3%) yet hasn’t won.
- Tyler Ankrum finished in the top-10 in the last 11 races on short-tracks, the longest active streak.
- Daniel Dye raced his way into the Playoffs from five points below the cut line entering Richmond in 2024, the only driver to get in from below the cut line on points in the last race of the regular season.
- The all-time record for wins in a season is nine by Greg Biffle in 1999, Corey Heim currently has six wins with eight races remaining in the season.
NCTS Clinch Scenarios Following Watkins Glen International:
Already Clinched
- The following eight drivers have clinched a spot in the 10-driver postseason field: Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski, Tyler Ankrum, Rajah Caruth.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 5th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski or Kaden Honeycutt.
- Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch regardless of finish
- Jake Garcia: Would clinch with 45 points
- Ben Rhodes: Could only clinch with help
- Giovanni Ruggiero: Could only clinch with help
- The following drivers could clinch on points with a win by Jake Garcia:
- Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch regardless of finish
- If there is a new winner from Ben Rhodes or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 4th winless driver in the standings.
- Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch with 3 points
- Jake Garcia: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Kaden Honeycutt, Jake Garcia, Ben Rhodes, Giovanni Ruggiero, Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack, Matt Crafton, Andres Perez De Lara, Matt Mills, Jack Wood, Dawson Sutton, Spencer Boyd, Toni Breidinger, Frankie Muniz
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