Jake Garcia claims first career NASCAR Truck win as top Chase seeds falter at Bristol: For Jake Garcia, it was a case of stealing thunder. For the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Chase drivers, it was blunder after blunder.(Read More)(9-17-2026)
Paint Schemes
#98-Jake Garcia played the spoiler in the first race of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Chase and won the UNOH 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is the first of his career after 94 starts.
#5-Bayley Currey transitioned from TRICON Garage truck chief to driver and finished an impressive second. #52-Stewart Friesen finished third. #16-Justin Haley scored his and RAM’s highest finish of the season in fourth, and 16-year-old #77-Tristan McKee closed out the top-five.
The top seed for the Chase, #34-Layne Riggs, started from the pole and paced 135 laps winning the opening stages, but trouble began under caution following stage two. Riggs pit from the lead, but lost five spots on exit. Under the exchange on pitroad, Garcia inherited the lead for the first time.
Riggs then pit under green on lap 160 for a loose wheel and fell two laps down. Later in the race, contact forced him to pit yet again. He ended the race 32nd.
As for Garcia, he led a total of 104 laps. He lost the lead temporarily following a restart on lap 220 after #52-Friesen made a gutsy three-wide move from the high side. Garcia reclaimed the lead 10 laps later and maintained through the final 20 laps of the race.
#17-Gio Ruggiero was the highest finishing Chase driver in sixth. #62-William Sawalich, #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #88-Ty Majeski, and #9-Grant Enfinger complete the top-10.
There were five lead changes among four drivers and four caution flags for 38 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 85.295mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts: Bristol
Jake Garcia won the UNOH 250 presented by Ohio Logistics, his first victory in 94 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Bayley Currey (second) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Stewart Friesen (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brenden Queen (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
Layne Riggs (C) leads the point standings by 3 points over Kaden Honeycutt (C).
Race Updates:
Lap 250: Jake Garcia with his first career Truck Series win. Bayley Currey, Friesen, Haley, McKee the top-5. Gio Ruggiero the highest finishing Chase driver in 6th. Sawalich 7th, followed by Chase drivers Honeycutt, Majeski, Enfinger, Rhodes, Hemric, Ankrum. Smith in 24th, Eckes in 30th, Riggs in 32nd.
Lap 245: Smith on pitroad as the crew works on the right front. Garcia leads by 1.47-seconds over Currey and Friesen.
Lap 240: Smith tells his crew he thinks he has a tire going down – 10 to go as Garcia leads Friesen
Lap 235: Currey now eyeing the inside on Friesen for the second spot
Lap 230: Garcia completes the pass – Riggs parked on pitroad as the crew tends to the damage on his Ford
Lap 228: Garcia keeps diving to the inside but Friesen pulls ahead off of exit
Lap 227: Fender rub for Riggs as he gets into Leitz
Lap 224: Garcia drives to the inside of Friesen but unable to make the pass
Lap 220: Restart/ Garcia leads over Currey, Friesen – makes it 3-wide on the high side and takes the lead
Lap 214: Honeycutt pits
Lap 213: CAUTION Garcia leads. Honeycutt has lost a few spots. He radioed a vibration so the yellow will allow him to pit under the caution.
Lap 200: Nothing has changed out front. Garcia maintains the lead over Honeycutt, Currey, Friesen, Ruggiero, Haley, Enfinger, Smith, McKee and Sawalich.
Lap 183: Restart Garcia leads Honeycutt, Friesen, Currey. Garcia and Honeycutt choose the inside with Friesen, Ruggiero on the outside.
Lap 179: Majeski pits after his spin at the yellow.
Lap 172: Back to yellow.
Lap 171: Red Flag
Lap 169: CAUTION Leitz with a hard hit to the rear of the truck. Majeski also spins separately. Oil was laid down on track.
Lap 164: Riggs is 2 laps down in 27th
Lap 160: Riggs pits under green for a loose wheel
Lap 147: Garcia leads Honeycutt, Riggs, Friesen and Currey now.
Lap 142: Restart as Garcia leads Friesen.
Lap 137: Pitstops as Riggs leads them down. Garcia, Friesen, Smith, Honeycutt, Currey and Riggs on the exit. Too fast for Smith on pitroad. He will have to serve a penalty.
Lap 130: Stage 2 in the books. Riggs wins that one, too. Honeycutt, Smith, Garcia, Majeski follow.
Lap 110: 20 to go in the stage. Riggs leads Honeycutt, Smith, Garcia. Garcia first truck that pit under the last stage break with fresh tires.
Lap 90: Butcher to pitroad. He gets contact from the Perez truck.
Lap 78: Restart – Top 6 trucks stayed out. Riggs leads them over Smith, Honeycutt, Majeski.
Lap 65: Riggs leads from start to finish of stage 1. Honeycutt, Smith, Garcia, Majeski, McKee, Hemric, Rhodes, Friesen and Haley the top-10. Ankrum, Enfinger, Ruggiero 11-13th. Eckes 6 laps down in 35th.
Lap 50: Eckes is now 5 laps down. Also penalized for too many crew members over the wall.
Lap 42: Trouble for Eckes. Contact from Enfinger. He has to pit under green.
Lap 40: Honeycutt now rides in second behind Riggs, who has led every lap. Smith, Majeski, Garcia, McKee, Hemric
Lap 20: Riggs maintains as Ruggiero is the only Chase driver outside of the top-20
Lap 5: Riggs leads Smith, McKee, Honeycutt, Friesen the top-5
8:20pm/et: Green flag as Riggs leads the field to green for the first race of the Chase
To the rear: #4-Connor Hall, #76-Caden Kvapil (unapproved adjustments)
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 250 laps / 133.25 miles
Stages: 65 / 130 / 250
Average time of race: 1:27:42
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution car speed: 35 mph
Fuel window: 140 laps
Invocation: 8:03:00 p.m.
National Anthem: 8:04:00 p.m.
Command: 8:11:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 8:20:00 p.m.
Pit Stall Selections
#34-Layne Riggs will start from the pole for the UNOH 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Riggs was awarded the pole based on metrics after weather in the area forced NASCAR to cancel the qualifying session.
#38-Chandler Smith will start second, followed by #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #77-Tristan McKee, #52-Stewart Friesen, #62-William Sawalich, #19-Daniel Hemric, #88-Ty Majeski, #16-Justin Haley, and #9-Grant Enfinger close out the top-10.
Did not qualify: #90-Justin Carroll.
See the complete UNOH 250 Starting Lineup
Practice for the UNOH 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is complete. Top-5 fastest, slowest, and notes:
#34-Layne Riggs 124.987
#88-Ty Majeski 124.484
#98-Jake Garcia 123.961
#17-Gio Ruggiero 123.937
#7-Connor Mosack 123.881
Most laps run: 95, #45-Landen Lewis
Notes: #15-Tanner Gray and #77-Tristan McKee had mechanical issues and will not qualify. One truck will DNQ tonight.
See the complete UNOH 250 practice results.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will also race on familiar Goodyear Racing Eagles on the Bristol concrete this weekend. O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams have used the setup at Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway this season, while the left-side tire has been raced five further times, including during Bristol’s spring race. Craftsman Truck Series teams have raced the left-side tire four times this season; the right-side tire will make its first appearance in the series.
The entry list for the UNOH 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway has been released. There are 37 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-Nick Leitz, #2-Luke Baldwin, #4-Connor Hall, #5-Bayley Currey, #7-Connor Mosack, #22-Jackson MacEnko, #25-Regan Smith, #62-William Sawalich, #75-Parker Kligerman, #77-Tristan McKee.
See the complete Bristol entry list page.
At Track Schedule
Race rules and information:
