NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: Ecosave 250
The Place: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Track Length: 2.28 Mile Asphalt Road Course
The Date: Friday. October 3
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 152.76 miles (67 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 67)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, Oct. 3
NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 11 a.m. ET)
NCTS Race: Ecosave 250 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Storylines and Insights:
- This week marks the inaugural running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval), and the fourth Playoff race of 2025.
- The Charlotte Roval is the 10th different road course the Truck Series has competed on and the second new road course in 2025.
- The Charlotte Roval is the 57th different track the Trucks have raced on.
- The Charlotte Roval will mark the third time a road course was featured in the Truck Series Playoffs (CTMP – 2018 & 2019)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course serves as the fourth track of the seven-race NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs and the first race of the Round of 8: Charlotte, Talladega and Martinsville, two drivers will be eliminated after Martinsville.
- NCTS race stages at the Charlotte Road Course: 20/40/67.
- Corey Heim led 143 of 181 laps on road courses this season.
- Corey Heim’s four road course poles and four wins are both the most all-time in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
- Heim has won the last four road course races in the Truck Series, the longest streak all-time. No other driver has won more than two straight.
- Three entered drivers have road course wins in the Truck Series: Corey Heim (4), Parker Kligerman (1) and Ben Rhodes (1).
- The driver with the most laps led won each of the last seven road course races in Trucks.
- Corey Heim has 207 laps led on road courses; he is 57 shy of the all-time record of 264 by Ron Hornaday Jr.
- Corey Heim and Layne Riggs have won the last eight races, the last race not won by either driver was Michigan on June 7th (Stewart Friesen).
- No two drivers have won nine straight races in Truck Series history.
- Corey Heim’s New Hampshire win was his 9th of 2025 and tied him with Greg Biffle for most wins in a single season (1999).
- Corey Heim is 95 laps led away from tying the all-time single season laps led record (Mike Skinner, 1533 laps – 1996).
- Corey Heim (311) and Layne Riggs (181) have led 492 of the 572 laps in the Playoffs so far.
- Corey Heim has led 22 consecutive races, the longest streak in Truck Series history.
- 17 races this season have been won by drivers aged 25 or younger, the most ever in a single Truck Series season.
- 21 races in 2025 is the deepest into the season ThorSport has gone without a win.
- Chevrolet has not won in nine races (Rajah Caruth – Nashville in May) after winning six of the first 12 races of 2025. This is Chevy’s longest winless streak in the Truck Series since 2014-15.
- Heading into the Charlotte Road Course Playoff race this week, the four driver above the Championship 4 Round cutline are: Corey Heim (+69 points), Layne Riggs (+22), Daniel Hemric (+1) and Ty Majeski (+0).
- Heading into the Charlotte Road Course Playoff race this week, the four driver below the Championship 4 Round cutline are: Tyler Ankrum (-0 points), Grant Enfinger (-3), Rajah Caruth (-5) and Kaden Honeycutt (-7).
NCTS Clinch Scenarios For Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Playoff Race #4):
Already Clinched
- No drivers have clinched a spot in the 4-driver field of the next round.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 113 points above the 3rd winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from Layne Riggs.
- Corey Heim: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski, Tyler Ankrum, Grant Enfinger, Rajah Caruth, Kaden Honeycutt.
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