Rajah Caruth holds off Corey Heim in dramatic Truck Series win at Nashville: In the closing laps of Friday night’s Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, Rajah Caruth had a question for himself. “How bad do you want it?” Caruth thought silently, as four-time winner Corey Heim and Layne Riggs pursued him relentlessly over the final circuits.(Read More)(5-30-2025)
#71-Rajah Caruth won the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway Friday night. The win was his first of the season, first at Nashville, and the second of his career.
#11-Corey Heim and #34-Layne Riggs followed Caruth across the finish line after numerous attempts in the closing laps to make a move for the lead.
Heim started from the pole after qualifying was canceled due to rain. He won stage two and led 58 laps.
Riggs won the opening stage and led 30 laps.
Caruth had some help from his pit crew, taking the lead following pitstops on lap 99. He led the final 50 laps of the race, with a race high 61 laps out front.
#19-Daniel Hemric, #7-Corey Day, #45-Kaden Honeycutt, #38-Chandler Smith, #98-Ty Majeski, #44-Bayley Currey, and #9-Grant Enfinger were the top-10.
There were seven lead changes among four drivers and four cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 116.591mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Nashville
Rajah Caruth won the Rackley Roofing 200, his second victory in 62 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Corey Heim (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2025.
Layne Riggs (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Dawson Sutton (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim became the first driver in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series history to lead 800 laps in the first 12 races of a season.
(NASCAR)(5-30-2025)
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Nashville:
Race 12 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) #71-Rajah Caruth, 1 win
6) #9-Grant Enfinger, 406, +98
7) #34-Layne Riggs, 395, +87
8) #45-Kaden Honeycutt, 378, +70
9) #13-Jake Garcia, 359, +51
10) #98-Ty Majeski, 356, +48
Outside of the Round of 10
11) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 308, –48
12) #52-Stewart Friesen, 307, -49
13) #99-Ben Rhodes, 305, -51
14) #15-Tanner Gray, 274, -82
15) #88-Matt Crafton, 250, -106
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Paint Schemes
Race Updates:
Lap 150: Caruth with the win. Heim, Riggs, Hemric, Day, Honeycutt, Smith, Majeski, Currey, and Enfinger the top-10.
Lap 148: Riggs to the inside of Heim as Caruth drives away.
Lap 146: Riggs to the inside of Heim after contact from him on the last lap. Caruth maintains as they battle.
Lap 145: 5 to go. Heim makes huge gains in half a turn. Unable to make the move.
Lap 142: Riggs realing in Heim as Caruth continues to lap trucks.
Lap 140: 10 to go. Lapped trucks ahead. Heim just under a half second behind Caruth now. Riggs over a second back in third.
Lap 135: 15 to go. Caruth maintains a half second lead over Heim.
Lap 120: 30 to go. Caruth has nearly a 1-second lead over Heim. Riggs sits nearly 3-seconds back.
Lap 104: Restart as Caruth leads. No real challenge on the restart.
Lap 99: Pitstops as Heim leads them down. Caruth fastest off over Heim, Enfinger, Day. Another slow stop for Riggs.
Lap 95: Heim with the stage 2 win. Riggs, Caruth, Day and Honeycutt the top-5. It’s Heim’s 9th stage win of the season. He’s also led over 800 laps this season. Fastest to that number at this point in the season.
Lap 90: As stage 2 winds down, Heim has over a 2-second lead on Riggs and 4-seconds over Caruth in third.
Lap 60: Restart with Caruth once again from the inside, Heim on the high lane. Heim gets a solid push from Riggs outside to move back into the lead.
Lap 56: CAUTION Wood spins mid-pack. Ogata spins into the wall in the melee.
Lap 54: Restart. Caruth from the inside lane, Heim outside. Caruth pulls ahead.
Lap 48: Riggs leads them down pitroad for a round of stops. Caruth, Heim, Riggs on exit.
Lap 45: Riggs wins stage 1. Heim, Caruth, Hemric and Honeycutt follow.
Lap 20: Riggs takes the lead
Lap 18: Riggs challenging Heim
Lap 14: Kyle Busch serves a penalty for a restart violation. Heim leads Riggs, Caruth, Day, Honeycutt
Lap 12: Heim back to the lead.
Lap 11: Day on the outside, Caruth drives to the inside with Heim in the middle. Day to the lead.
Lap 10: Coming to green for the restart, Heim will restart from the inside. Day, Caruth, Honeycutt and Hemric.
Lap 2: CAUTION for fluid from the Muniz truck.
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Heim leads lap 1
8:20pm/et: Green flag
Trucks to the rear: #52-Stewart Friesen(engine change)
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 150 laps / 199.5 Miles
Stages: 45 / 95 / 150
Average time of race: 1:57:07
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 58 laps
Invocation: 8:03:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 8:04:00 p.m.
Command: 8:11:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 8:21:00 p.m.
Pitstall Selections
#11-Corey Heim will start from the pole for the Rackley Roofing 200 the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at Nashville Superspeedway. After rain settled into the area, NASCAR opted to cancel qualifying in order to dry the track to provide the teams with a practice session.
#45-Kaden Honeycutt will start second, followed by #34-Layne Riggs, #9-Grant Enfinger, #7-Corey Day, #44-Bayley Currey, #19-Daniel Hemric, ##18-Tyler Ankrum, #13-Jake Garcia, and #71-Rajah Caruth in the top-10.
See the complete Rackley Roofing 200 Starting Lineup
Practice for the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is over after 50 minutes; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#11-Corey Heim 159.286
#98-Ty Majeski 158.401
#71-Rajah Caruth 158.364
#66-Luke Fenhaus 158.297
#38-Chandler Smith 158.250
Slowest: #33-Frankie Muniz 150.727
Most laps run: 54, #38-Chandler Smith, #5-Toni Breidinger.
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Nashville this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires teams in both of these series have run at Nashville since 2022.
The entry list for the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway has been released. There are 32 drivers/teams for 36 spots. Some notes: #1-William Sawalich, #2-Clayton Green, #07-Kyle Busch, #7-Corey Day, #63-Akinori Ogata. See the complete Nashville Entry List page.
At Track Schedule
Race rules and information:
