Carson Hocevar continues his roll with NASCAR Truck Series win at Texas: The glass slipper still firmly on his foot from last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega, Carson Hocevar mashed the gas in overtime on Friday night and ran away to victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.(Read More)(5-1-2026)
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Following two red flag periods and an overtime restart, #77-Carson Hocevar won the SpeedyCash.com 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. The win is his first of the season, second at Texas, and the sixth win of his career.
#7-Kyle Busch finished second over #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #1-Brandon Jones, #99-Ben Rhodes, #34-Layne Riggs, #19-Daniel Hemric, #91-Christian Eckes, #88-Ty Majeski, and #38-Chandler Smith in the top-10.
#77- Hocevar led the most laps of the night with 75 out front. He also won stage two.
Pole-sitter #99-Rhodes won the opening stage and led 41 laps before finishing fifth.
There were 14 lead changes among nine drivers and eight caution flags for 39 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 112.924 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Texas
Carson Hocevar(i) won the SpeedyCash.com 250, his sixth victory in 87 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch(i) (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 16 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2026.
Kaden Honeycutt (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Brenden Queen (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kaden Honeycutt leads the point standings by 14 points over Chandler Smith.
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Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Texas:
Race 7 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #11-Kaden Honeycutt, 257, +103
2) #38-Chandler Smith, 243, +89
3) #34-Layne Riggs, 238, +84
4) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 226, +72
5) #99-Ben Rhodes, 223, +69
6) #91-Christian Eckes, 220, +66
7) #88-Ty Majeski, 212, +58
8) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 165, +11
9) #52-Stewart Friesen, 163, +9
10) #98-Jake Garcia, 155, +1
Below the cutline:
11) #16-Justin Haley, 154, -1
12) #19-Daniel Hemric, 146, -9
13) #14-Brenden Queen, 144, -11
14) #15-Tanner Gray, 135, -20
15) #9-Grant Enfinger, 132, -23
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Hocevar with the win over Busch, Honeycutt, Jones, Rhodes, Riggs, Hemric, Eckes, Majeski and Smith
Overtime restart: 2×2 for the lead as Hocevar pulls ahead for the lead. Ruggiero gets loose from second and Honeycutt goes 3-wide with Riggs – as this happens Hocevar drives off
Choose choice: Ruggiero takes the inside with Hocevar outsife. Honeycutt behind Ruggiero and Riggs outside with Hocevar.
Lap 167: Race has hit overtime
Lap 166: Trucks rolling again under caution
Race will go into overtime.
Red Flag again for cleanup
Lap 165: CAUTION Heavy damage to Jones and Garcia. Haley also caught up. Looks like Garcia got into Gray and cut a tire to ignite the incident – Ruggiero scored the leader at time of caution as he and Hocevar battled for the lead.
Lap 164: Ruggiero pulls alongside in the low lane as they battle for the lead. Honeycutt has moved into third over Riggs and Busch.
Lap 163: Busch riding second with a challenge from Ruggiero. Hocevar leads with 5 to go.
Lap 162: Hocevar wth the lead as they go 3-wide for second.
Lap 161: Hocevar leads from the inside with Busch outside.
Lap 159: Trucks rolling under caution
Red Flag for cleanup
Lap 156: CAUTION Friesen and Enfinger with heavy damage. Friesen gets loose, spins down track. Enfinger avoids him, but drives through the grass which destroyed his front end. Honeycutt and Busch traded second as that happened. Hocevar leads. Ruggiero and Jones 4th and 5th.
Lap 152: Hocevar to the lead on the inside of Honeycutt
Lap 150: Honeycutt crosses the line with the lead and Busch drives around for second, but Hocevar makes the move to reclaim the position.
Lap 149: Restart Honeycutt wheels it in the high lane to take the lead as Hocevar drops inside of Ruggiero with Riggs outside of 3-wide.
Lap 147: Lining up for the restart, Ruggiero chooses the inside with teammate Honeycutt on the outside. Hocevar will line up behind Ruggiero low with Riggs behind Honeycutt in the high lane
Lap 144: CAUTION Ankrum spins. Ruggiero had a half second lead over Honeycutt, Riigs was over 5 seconds back and Hocevar in 4th was 7 seconds back.
Lap 133: Ruggiero now leads as Sutton pits. Honeycutt follows with Riggs in 3rd nearly 5 seconds back, with Hocevar and Enfinger trailing. The amount of time Hocevar trails is about how much time he lost on pitroad.
Lap 132: Gray in. Sutton rotates to the lead with Ruggiero second. Replay shows Majeski and Chastain contact, track stays green as they gather it up.
Lap 128: Friesen in. Gray now leads. Ruggiero first truck to pit is running 4th.
Lap 127: Riggs to pitroad from the lead. Busch also in. Friesen to the top of the board.
Lap 124: Smith on pitroad as his teammate stays out and leads.
Lap 123: Hocevar surrenders the lead for pitroad. Trouble with the right side and he has an extended stop.
Lap 122: Honeycutt and Ruggiero pit as green flag stops underway.
Lap 113: Despite his issues on pitroad with his rear window, Riggs has moved into 4th as he passes his teammate Smith.
Lap 110: Hocevar maintains the lead by nearly a second over Honeycutt, Ruggiero, Smith and Riggs
Lap 86: Restart – Hocevar with a push from Ankrum and Ankrum sttles behind him over Honeycutt as they run single-file.
Lap 85: Choose lane Hocevar goes inside, Honeycutt outside. Ankrum will line up behind Hocevar.
Lap 80: Hocevar wins the stage over Honeycutt, Ruggiero, Sutton and Ankrum.
Lap 79: Restart as Sutton on the inside and Tyrell outside. They had stayed out. They quickly get 4-wide with the trucks with fresher tires.
Lap 74: CAUTION Wright into the wall. Hocevar leads Riggs and they head down an open pitroad. Rhodes heads down with the leaders as well. Chastain, Honeycutt, Rhodes ad Hocevar out on exit. Riggs parked on pitroad as the crew makes repairs to the rear window with tape – appears the window brace is loose.
Lap 62: Hocevar leads Rhodes, Chastain, Riggs, Jones – all single-file at the moment.
Lap 61: Hocevar with the lead and Jones falls back and scuffs the wall as Riggs battles him for position.
Lap 60: Hocevar on the outside of Jones. Riggs and Rhodes also in the mix.
Lap 57: Restart as Jones chooses the inside, Hocevar outside. Jones with a heavy push at the start from Riggs.
Lap 53: CAUTION Cole Butcher spins, entire rear of that truck is destroyed. He got loose on the inside of Garcia.
Lap 47: Restart as Jones chooses the inside with Gray outside.
Lap 46: Some trucks stayed out – Jones, Gray, Kligerman, Sawalich, Wright, followed up the fuel only trucks of Majeski, Riggs – Rhodes with 4 fresh tires restarts 8th.
Lap 43: Pitstops. Majeski out first; he pit on lap 27 – takes no tires this time. Riggs, Green follow. Also pit earlier. Rhodes out in 4th.
Lap 40: Rhodes gets the stage win. Hocevar, Ruggiero, Honeycutt, Smith, Friesen, Enfinger, Riggs, Majeski, Chastain the top-10.
Lap 39: Last lap in the stage. Hocevar pulls within a truck length.
Lap 37: Hocevar closing in on Rhodes.
Lap 30: Rhodes leads Smith, Ruggiero, Hocevar, Honeycutt. Rhodes chooses the inside with Smith on the outside.
Lap 28: Majority of the top-20 stayed out. Garcia pit from the top-10, said he was really tight, but lost a ton of positions on pitroad.
Lap 27: Some pitstops. Garcia, Riggs, Majeski, LaJoie, a number of drivers pit. Busch pits again to get the fender pulled out.
Lap 24: CAUTION Roper into the wall off of 2.
Lap 19: Bush pits under green for tires. Rhodes maintains the lead.
Lap 18: Busch gets into the wall.
Lap 5: Rhodes leads Garcia, Ruggiero, Smith and Gray.
8:23pm/et: Green flag as Rhodes maintains from the pole over Garcia.
Pitstall Selections
#99-Ben Rhodes won the pole for the SpeedyCash.com 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 185.096mph for his first pole of the season, first at Texas, and the seventh pole of his career.
#98-Jake Garcia will start second, followed by #17-Gio Ruggiero, #13-Cole Butcher, #15-Tanner Gray, #7-Kyle Busch, #52-Stewart Friesen, #38-Chandler Smith, #9-Grant Enfinger, and #11-Kaden Honeycutt in the top-10.
Did not qualify: none.
See the complete SpeedyCash.com 250 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Texas:
Ben Rhodes won the Pole Award for the SpeedyCash.com 250 with a lap of 29.174 seconds, 185.096 mph.
This is his seventh pole in 242 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in 16 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Jake Garcia (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2026 and his third in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Giovanni Ruggiero (third) posted his first top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in seven races this season.
Cole Butcher (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Practice for the SpeedyCash.com 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race from Texas Motor Speedway; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#98-Jake Garcia 184.498
#99-Ben Rhodes 183.855
#9-Grant Enfinger 183.773
#88-Ty Majeski 183.057
#13-Cole Butcher 182.939
Slowest: #93-Caleb Costner 171.570
Most laps run: 49, #11-Kaden Honeycutt
See the complete Practice Speeds page.
Qualifying Order
Pre-race inspection NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series pre-race inspection is complete at Texas Motor Speedway.
- 17 of 35 trucks passed on their first attempt.
- 18 of 18 trucks passed on their second attempt.
- The #5, #15, #17, & #88 trucks will be held for 10 minutes at the start of practice
- The #2 & #93 will be held for 20 minutes.
- The #22 & #33 will be held for all of practice.
Goodyear Tire Notes: The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series setup is the same, but that series hasn’t run these tires yet in 2026. The 15-inch tires will also use inner liners, as is customary on tracks one mile and longer.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the SpeedyCash.com 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway has been released. There are 35 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
#1-Brandon Jones, #5-William Sawalich, #25-Parker Kligerman, #27-Toni Breidinger,#45-Ross Chastain, #62-Cory Roper, #77-Carson Hocevar.
See the complete SpeedyCash.com 250 Entry List page.
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Race rules and information:
