NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: Team EJP 175
The Place: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.058 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, September 20
The Time: 12 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 12 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 185.15 miles (175 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 55),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 110), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 175)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
New Hampshire Storylines and Insights:
- This week marks the 21st running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and the first since September 2017.
- New Hampshire held one Truck Series race annually every year between 1996-2011, then again from 2014-2017.
- 2025 is the 10th season of Playoffs in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (2016-2025).
- New Hampshire serves as the third track of the seven-race NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs and the elimination race of the Round of 10: Darlington, Bristol and New Hampshire, two drivers will be eliminated after New Hampshire.
- NCTS race stages at New Hampshire: 55/110/175.
- This is the third Playoff race at New Hampshire, it was previously in the Playoffs in 2016 and 2017, both times serving as the opening race of the postseason.
- The first 14 New Hampshire races were 200 laps; the race was shortened to 175 laps starting in 2010. This is the seventh 175-lap race at New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire is the fifth of six “new” tracks for the Truck Series in 2025, and the fourth that previously held Truck Series races.
- Grant Enfinger and Daniel Hemric are the only Playoff drivers who previously raced in the Truck Series at New Hampshire.
- Christopher Bell is the only driver to win at New Hampshire in the Truck Series, then go on to win the Championship (2017).
- The average start position of the New Hampshire winner in the last 10 races was 1.4. All 10 winners started on the front row.
- 65% of the New Hampshire races have been won from the front row (13 of 20), most of any track in Truck Series history with more than seven races.
- The driver who led the most laps won nine of the last 10 races at New Hampshire, including the last six.
- Corey Heim and Layne Riggs have won the last seven races, the last race not won by either driver was Michigan on June 7th (Stewart Friesen). No two drivers have won eight straight races in Truck Series history.
- Corey Heim is one win away from tying Greg Biffle for most wins in a single season (9 – 1999).
- Corey Heim is 219 laps led away from tying the all-time single season laps led record (Mike Skinner, 1,533 laps – 1996)
- Corey Heim (187) and Layne Riggs (181) have led 368 of the 397 laps in the Playoffs so far.
- Corey Heim has led 21 consecutive races, the longest streak in Truck Series history.
- Chandler Smith’s average finish of 30.0 is the worst among Playoff drivers through two Playoff races in Truck Series history.
- 16 races this season have been won by drivers aged 25 or younger, tied for the most ever in a single Truck Series season (2021).
- Chevrolet has not won in eight races (Rajah Caruth – Nashville in May) after winning six of the first 12 races of 2025. This is Chevrolet’s longest winless streak in the Truck Series since the Fall of 2018.
- This race serves as the cutoff race before the Round of 8, the bottom two drivers in Playoff standings will be eliminated from the Playoffs.
- Heading into New Hampshire this weekend, Daniel Hemric (+51 points) and defending series champion Ty Majeski (+46 points) have the two largest point cushions on the Round of 8 cutline among drivers not locked in.
- Kaden Honeycutt (+18) and Rajah Caruth (+14) sit in the final two spots in the Playoff standings to transfer to the Round of 8 on points. Caruth made his first appearance in the Round of 8 last season.
- Jake Garcia (-14) and Chandler Smith (-24) are the two drivers currently below the Playoffs’ Round of 8 cutline. Smith has made the Round of 8 twice previously in his career – 2021, 2022.
- The 2025 season has produced 223 lead changes in the Truck Series, the sixth-most through 20 races in series history.
- Veteran Matt Crafton leads the Truck Series at New Hampshire in starts (15), top-10 finishes (10), lead lap finishes (12), and laps completed (2,782).
- Five different drivers have won the last five Truck Series races at New Hampshire.
- Corey Heim has held the points lead in the Truck Series for the last 16 consecutive races, dating back to Homestead-Miami (3/21/25).
- Corey Heim has earned six Xfinity Fastest Lap Awards this season; the next highest driver has two.
NCTS Clinch Scenarios For New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Playoff Race #3):
Already Clinched
- The following two drivers have clinched a spot in the 8-driver field of the next round: Corey Heim, Layne Riggs.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 7th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski, Grant Enfinger, Tyler Ankrum, Kaden Honeycutt or Rajah Caruth.
- Daniel Hemric: Would clinch with 5 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 11 points
- Grant Enfinger: Would clinch with 28 points
- Tyler Ankrum: Would clinch with 28 points
- Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch with 39 points
- Rajah Caruth: Would clinch with 43 points
- Jake Garcia: Could only clinch with help
- Chandler Smith: Could only clinch with help
- If there is a new winner from Jake Garcia or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 6th winless driver in the standings.
- Daniel Hemric: Would clinch with 19 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 25 points
- Grant Enfinger: Would clinch with 42 points
- Tyler Ankrum: Would clinch with 42 points
- Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch with 53 points
- Rajah Caruth: Would clinch with 56 points
- Jake Garcia: Could only clinch with help
- Chandler Smith: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski, Grant Enfinger, Tyler Ankrum, Kaden Honeycutt, Rajah Caruth, Jake Garcia, Chandler Smith.
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