Stewart Friesen wins thrilling triple-overtime NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Michigan: Stewart Friesen hoisted his first trophy of the season in Saturday afternoon’s triple overtime DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 at Michigan International Speedway – a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that didn’t want to end, ultimately featuring 24 extra laps.(Read More)(6-7-2025)
#52-Stewart Friesen won the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway. The series return after a five-year absence from the schedule was more than a typical truck race. It saw a red flag for repairs to the wall, and three overtime restarts. When it was said and done, the race tied the record as the longest in Truck Series history, logging in at 139 laps for 278 miles, rather than the scheduled 250.
As for Friesen, he took the top spot following the final restart attempt and paced the final two laps. The win was his first of the season, first at Michigan, and the fourth of his career. The win ended a 72-race winless streak for the Canada native.
#9-Grant Enfinger finished second, followed by #66-Luke Fenhaus in third. Fenhaus started from the pole and capped his day with a career-best finish.
#99-Ben Rhodes, #07-Corey LaJoie, #88-Matt Crafton, #13-Jake Garcia, #38-Chandler Smith, #77-Andres Perez, and #34-Layne Riggs were the remainder of the top-10.
#11-Corey Heim won stages one and two but finished 18th after being involved in a 10-truck wreck on lap 122.
There were 20 lead changes among 11 drivers and nine cautions for 47 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 112.792mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Michigan
Stewart Friesen won the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 Powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics, his fourth victory in 197 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Michigan International Speedway.
Grant Enfinger (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2025.
Luke Fenhaus (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Michigan International Speedway.
Andres Perez De Lara (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim leads the point standings by 133 points over Chandler Smith.
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Paint Schemes
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Michigan:
Race 13 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #11-Corey Heim, 4 wins
2) #38-Chandler Smith, 2 wins
3) #19-Daniel Hemric, 1 win
4) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 1 win
5) #52-Stewart Friesen, 1 win
6) #71-Rajah Caruth, 1 win
7) #9-Grant Enfinger, 441, +52
8) #34-Layne Riggs,424, +35
9) #45-Kaden Honeycutt, 408, +19
10) #98-Ty Majeski, 393, +4
Outside of the Round of 10
11) 13-Jake Garcia, 389, -4
12) #99-Ben Rhodes, 338, -55
13) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 337, –56
14) #15-Tanner Gray, 297, -96
15) #88-Matt Crafton, 281, -112
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
On the restart: Enfinger pulls ahead but Friesen drives by on the inside lane. No last ditch drive by Enfinger. Friesen, Enfinger, Fenhaus, Rhodes, LaJoie, Crafton, Garcia, Smith, Perez and Riggs the top-10 at Michigan.
Restart: Friesen will start to the inside of leader Enfinger for the (hopefully) final restart. Pole-sitter Fenhaus will start to the inside of row 2 next to LaJoie on the high side.
CAUTION: Wrecking again. Mills, Breidinger among those involved. Hocevar gets a restart violation from the 7th spot for dropping low inside of Sutton.
Restart: Enfinger drops to the inside of LaJoie for the lead.
LaJoie takes the outside again with Garcia to the inside for the restart. Enfinger, Rhodes will line up behind LaJoie on the high side.
CAUTION: Alan hits the wall, it stays green. Hemric’s tire blows and he goes hard into the outside wall. For the second attempt at the overtime restart, LaJoie leads Garcia, Enfinger, Sutton and Rhodes
Overtime: Sutton will restart on the inside with LaJoie in the outside lane.
Lap 124: Looks like 10 trucks were involved in the restart pile-up.
Lap 120: Second lane with heavy pushing sends Ruggiero sideways and he tags Chastain who spins and most of the field bounces off of each other with some sort of side damage.
Lap 119: Hocevar has to surrender the lead as his left rear is flat. Ruggiero leads Heim, Chastain, Hemric, Gray in the top-5
Lap 118: Hocevar keeping an eye on the left rear. Says he’s staying out, wants to win. Leads Ruggiero, Heim, Enfinger, Chastain.
Lap 116: CAUTION for debris.
Lap 114: Chastain to the lead after a battle with Hocevar. Chastain slides sideways
Lap 111: Chastain, Riggs, Enfinger 3-wide. Enfinger dropping to the apron, maintains the lead. Chastain and Riggs drop back with Heim moving into the picture.
Lap 106: 20 to go and Hocevar who led most laps so far today creeping back up through the field is now 6th, behind Heim.
Lap 105: Enfinger maintains the lead but Riggsis now second. Ruggiero, Chastain, eim now the top-5.
Lap 93: Enfinger maintains the lead on the restart on lap 91.. Ankrum bounces off of the wall but the race stays green.
Lap 88: Red lifted. Enfinger, Ruggiero, Crafton, Mills, Garcia the top-5 after the stop shake-ups.
RED FLAG for wall repairs.
Lap 87: Pitstops and major changes on exit of pitroad with different strategies. Hemric first off, a gain of 10. Heim experiencing issue from Homestead with his truck shutting off.
Lap 85: CAUTION. Multi-truck wreck. Baird spins and Byrd collected. Heavy damage to both.
Lap 83: Back to green. Some teams opted to pit under the yellow, but none from the front. Hocevar leads the restart from the outside.
Lap 77: Restart – but not long. Back to yellow. Caruth into the wall with heavy damage.
Lap 72: CAUTION Jack Wood in a single-truck spin. Hocevar leads Heim, Honeycutt, Majeski, Chastain, Hemric
Lap 70: Restart with Heim on the outside. Honeycutt, inside. Hocevar drops down and inside of Heim. He takes the lead coming to lap 71.
Lap 64: Heim leads them down pitroad and maintains on exit. Honeycutt follows.
Lap 60: Heim wins stage 2. Hocevar, Majeski, Honeycutt and Mosack follow.
Lap 51: Heim to the lead. Hocevar says temps slowly climbing from debris on the nose of his grille.
Lap 50: Hocevar leads Heim, Majeski, who run nose to tail.
Lap 41: Hocevar back to the lead.
Lap 38: Back to green as Heim leads the restart in the high lane. Hocevar behind him with Mosack in the inside lane.
Lap 34: Pitstops. Heim maintains the lead on exit over Hocevar, Mosack, Majeski,Ankrum follow.
Lap 30: Last lap of the stage, Heim drops down and makes the move off of T3 to the lead over Hocevar. Gets the stage win. Hocevar, Mosack, Majeski, Honeycutt the top-5.
Lap 13: Field has settled a bit with more single-file breakups around the track. Hocevar leads with Heim a close second. Mosack, Fenhaus, Ankrum, Majeski follow.
Lap 5: Mosack drives by Hocevar for the lead, but reclaims the spot on the backstretch.
Lap 4: Caruth pits under green for a flat right rear.
Lap 2: Hocevar drives by with ease, to the lead. Mosach now second.
Lap 1: Teammate Garcia to the inside of Fenhaus as Fenhaus maintains the lead. Mosack pulls to the outside as they cross the line.
12:29pm/et: Fenhaus leads the field to green.
Trucks to the rear: #02-Nathan Byrd, #2-Morgen Baird, #5-Toni Breidinger, #38-Chandler Smith
Race Information:
Broadcast: FOX, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 125 laps / 250 Miles
Stages: 30 / 65 / 125
Average time of race: 2:02:25 (est. based on NXS)
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution car speed: 65 mph
Fuel window: 39 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Green Flag: 12:26:00 p.m.
Pitstall Selections
#66-Luke Fenhaus won the pole for the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at Michigan International Speedway with a speed 183.505mph for his first career pole.
#7-Carson Hocevar will start second, alongside Fenhaus on the front row.
#88-Matt Crafton, #13-Jake Garcia, #91-Jack Wood, #98-Ty Majeski, #11-Corey Heim, #81-Connor Mosack, #99-Ben Rhodes and #18-Tyler Ankrum complete the top-10.
See the complete DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Michigan:
Luke Fenhaus won the Pole Award for the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 Powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics with a lap of 39.236 seconds, 183.505 mph.
This is his first pole in 12 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in one races at Michigan International Speedway.
Carson Hocevar(i) (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2025 and his first in one race at Michigan International Speedway.
Matt Crafton (third) posted his 11th top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway. It is his first in 13 races this season.
Connor Mosack (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Practice for the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#15-Tanner Gray 185.922
#66-Luke Fenhaus 185.099
#44-Ross Chastain 184.559
#38-Chandler Smith 184.483
#18-Tyler Ankrum 184.459
Slowest: #6-Norm Benning 164.711
Most laps run: #91-Jack Wood, #33-Frankie Muniz, 33
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: This is the first time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will race at Michigan since 2020 . . . being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Michigan this weekend.
The entry list for the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway has been released. There are 32 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-Lawless Alan, #2-Morgen Baird, #7-Carson Hocevar, #44-Ross Chastain, #66-Luke Fenhaus.
See the complete Michigan Entry List page.
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Race rules and information:
