DQS Solutions & Staffing 200

It was a wild finish at Michigan International Speedway as Stewart Friesen broke a 72-race winless streak to win the DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 in the Craftsman Truck Series. Grant Enfinger came in second with pole winner Luke Fenhaus third. Ben Rhodes and Corey Lajoie finished fourth and fifth. 

The race began with Luke Fenhaus starting out front after winning his first career Craftsman Truck Series pole and Cup regular Carson Hocevar beside him. Fenhaus led the first lap, but Hocevar passed him in turn one of the second lap. Connor Mosack took the lead on lap seven before Hocevar got back in front of him. Corey Heim started seventh and worked his way to the front on the final lap of the stage to get the first stage win of the day.

Heim started in the lead of stage two and Hocevar passed him back to lead on lap 43. Hocevar picked up some debris on his grill and pointed Heim by him on the inside so he could get it off his grill near the end of the stage. Heim held on to win the stage and for the fourth time this year, swept both stages of the race.

Heim started the final stage in the lead with Hocevar in second. Hocevar moved back into the lead on lap 71 and then on the next lap, Jack Wood spun out to bring out the caution. They did not finish a lap on the restart before Rajah Caruth got together with Matt Mills causing Caruth to hit the wall, ending his chance for back-to-back wins. They were able to make a few laps before Morgen Baird lost control of his truck in front of Nathan Byrd, causing significant damage to both trucks. With the pit stops during the caution, the field was mixed up for the first time of the day. Grant Enfinger found himself up front with Gio Ruggiero beside him. The red flag came out for wall repairs due to the last incident. Enfinger took control of the race until Ross Chastain passed him with 14 laps to go but Enfinger was able to take the lead back the next lap. Hocevar made it back up front with 11 laps to go. The caution came out with ten to go when Layne Riggs lost a tire. Hocevar had to make a pit stop due to a tire going down along with Enfinger who had to get more fuel and several others, moving Ruggiero to the lead. The green flag dropped with five laps to go and there was a major wreck up front, causing damage to several of the front runners on the restart. Ten trucks in all were involved in the accident, all running at the front of the field at the time, setting up the overtime finish. Corey Lajoie led the field to the green flag but the caution came out before they could make a full lap when Daniel Hemric blew a tire, giving another overtime shootout. Enfinger was able to get in front of Lajoie before the caution came out again when Matt Mills wrecked on the backstretch. Stewart Friesen got in front of Enfinger and held on for the win.

Rajah Caruth held off a hard charging Corey Heim for his first win of the year. Caruth’s pit crew helped him get out front for the final restart and for the last ten laps, Caruth had a spirited battle with Heim and Layne Riggs, but he was able to hold them both off in his Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Heim finished second and Riggs third. Daniel Hemric finished fourth with Corey Day coming home fifth.

After rain washed out qualifying, Corey Heim started on the pole with Kaden Honeycutt on the outside. Heim jumped out front to start the race and soon the yellow flag was dropped for oil on the tract from the Frankie Muniz truck. On the restart, Corey Day jumped out front for a lap, but Heim got back by him and stayed there until lap 20. On lap 21, Layne Riggs passed Heim for the lead and held on for his third career stage win. 

Rajah Caruth was out front for the start of the second stage with Heim in second. Caruth led for a couple of laps until the caution came out for a spin involving Jack Wood and Akinori Ogata. When the green flag came back out, Heim was able to take the lead from Caruth. Heim led the rest of the stage to win his ninth stage of the season.

After the pit stops, Caruth found himself back up front with Heim beside him. Caruth was able to grab the lead at the start and stayed there until the end for his first win of the year.

It was another dominating race for Corey Heim as he led the most laps in route to another Craftsman Truck Series win in overtime. Daniel Hemric started and finished second with Rajah Caruth third. Pole sitter Tyler Ankrum finished fourth and Tanner Gray came home in fifth place.  

After a rainy day with no qualifying or practice, the lineup was set with teammates Tyler Ankrum on the pole and Daniel Hemric beside him. Ankrum jumped out front with Jake Garcia close behind him. Ankrum led until the competition caution on lap 20. Layne Riggs was able to jump out front on the restart and took the lead on lap 27. On lap 31 the caution flag came out again, this time for a big wreck involving three trucks. Giovanni Ruggiero got a little too low in turn one and got into the grass causing the accident. Kaden Huneycutt and Brandon Jones were caught up in the wreck, ending their race. After the pit stops under caution, Grant Enfinger jumped out front at the restart and held on to win stage 1.

Enfinger started stage 2 in front and stayed there until Cory Heim passed him right before the next caution flag when Riggs got loose and spun out. At the restart, Andres Perez spun out and made contact with the outside wall in turn two, sending him to the garage for repairs. Riggs brought out another caution as he contacted Luke Fenhaus, sending Riggs into the grass and ending his night. At the restart, Enfinger was able to get in front of Heim to take the lead with eight laps left in the stage. Heim passed Enfinger back with four laps to go in the stage and held on to win stage 2. 

Ty Majeski started out front for the final stage and stayed there until Heim was able to work his way back up through the field and take the lead again with 71 laps remaining. Stewart Friesen took the lead with 40 laps left when Heim made a green flag pit stop. Two laps later, Rajah Caruth assumed the lead and kept it for four laps, then Jake Garcia took the lead. Garcia pitted with 31 laps remaining, putting Heim back out in front of the field.  Frankie Muniz brought out the next caution with 21 laps remaining when he tagged the wall in turn 1. Friesen lost control of his truck and collected Enfinger and Chandler Smith causing a red flag situation with 11 laps to go. They only made a few laps before Connor Mosack contacted Garcia, bringing out the final caution and setting up an overtime finish. Matt Mills brought out yet another caution. Heim kept the lead until the last lap when Ben Rhodes led at the white flag, but Heim was able to get back by Rhodes for the win. 

Tyler Ankrum won at Rockingham Speedway; it had been 130 races since his last win in the Craftsman Truck Series. The pole sitter, Jake Garcia, had a strong night and finished second. Daniel Hemric finished third, continuing a strong start of the year with Rajah Caruth fourth and Grant Enfinger fifth. 

Jake Garcia started on the pole with Chandler Smith beside him. Garcia jumped out to the lead but there was a caution after just three laps as Conner Mosack spun while running in the eighth position. Bailey Currey suffered damage to the rear of his truck but continued. Garcia maintained the lead until he was passed by Layne Riggs with two laps to go in stage 1. Riggs held on to win his first career stage win, with Garcia finishing second.

Grant Enfinger jumped out front to start the second stage in his Chevrolet. Enfinger stayed out front until Kaden Honeycutt passed him midway through the stage. With twelve laps to go in the stage, Riggs retook the lead. Riggs held on to sweep both stages.

Smith started the final stage out front and moved out to a one-second lead before the yellow flag came out again, this time for Ty Majeski who was running in the tenth position. Majeski was on the inside of Enfinger and lost the rear of his truck and spun out hitting the rear of the truck on the outside wall. The race was red flagged as they worked on the outside wall. When the race started back, they were only able to complete one lap before Stuart Freisen and Tanner Gray got together on the frontstretch after Rajah Caruth got loose coming out of turn four. Matt Mills also suffered damage in the accident. After the yellow flag pit stops, Corey Heim decided to stay out and took the lead for the restart. Heim stayed up front until he made a green flag pit stop with 29 laps to go and Giovanni Ruggiero took the lead. Ruggiero would make his pit stop on the next lap, turning the lead over to Tyler Ankrum. Ankrum would hold on for his first win of the year.

Chandler Smith won his first truck race of the year holding off Cup series regular Kyle Larson at Bristol Motor Speedway. Smith led 127 of the 250 laps on his way to winning an additional $250,000 in the Triple Truck Challenge Event. 

Daniel Hemric jumped out to the lead to start the race and stayed up front until Chandler Smith overtook him on lap 10. Conner Mosak brought out the first caution on lap 18 as he spun his truck without collecting any damage. Ty Majeski and Frankie Muniz brought out the second caution as the trucks of Stewart Friesen and Brandon Jones also suffered damage. Smith maintained the lead to pick up the stage 1 win. 

The second stage started with Smith leading the field to the green flag. A cation flag flew after just one lap when Kaden Honeycutt got into the back of Rajah Caruth and sent him for a spin on the frontstretch. Bayley Currey passed Smith with just eight laps to go in the second stage and held on to win his first career stage. 

Caruth did not pit during the caution and jumped to the lead at the restart of the final stage. Toni Breidinger brought out the caution when Friesen got into her in the turn causing her to make contact with the outside wall. Caruth remained in the lead until 27 laps to go when Corey Heim took the lead for the first time. The caution flag was put out with 23 laps left for light rain. With fourteen laps to go they restarted the race, but they only made it one lap before the caution flag came out again, but Smith was able to get in front of Heim to take over the top spot. After the final restart, Smith jumped out front and was able to hold off a hard charging Kyle Larson who finished second. Corey Heim was third in his Toyota with Tyler Ankrum and Ben Rhodes rounding out the top five in fourth and fifth respectively. 

Next week the series moves to Rockingham. 

It was an action-packed night at Martinsville Speedway for The Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200, with Daniel Hemric ending the night with his first Craftsman Truck Series win. Hemric collected his first grandfather clock trophy along with a $50,000 Triple Truck Challenge bonus and celebrated the victory with his impressive back flip. 

Corey Heim dominated most of the night, winning both stages and leading 149 of the 200 laps before cutting a tire and making an unscheduled pit stop. Kaden Honeycutt was in the lead at the restart on lap 166 but was hit by Ty Majeski, sending both trucks into the wall. Tyler Ankrum worked his way into the lead and with four laps left, his teammate Hemric bumped Ankrum out of the way. Hemric pulled away to secure the win for his McAnally-Hilgemann Racing team and locked himself into the playoffs. 

Teammate Ankrum finished second, and although he was disappointed in not winning, he was happy for the team. “I honestly would much rather have a teammate give me the bumper for the win, so we can just get a win for MHR.” Three Fords finished behind the Chevrolet teammates, Jake Garcia was third, followed by Chandler Smith in fourth and Ben Rhodes rounded out the top five. 

Although Heim ran out of time getting back to the front of the field, he finished as the top Toyota in sixth place and leads the series by 20 points. Next up on the schedule is Bristol in two weeks. 

The Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway was dominated by Corey Heim for most of the race before having technical issues. Kyle Larson stormed back from a spin to take the lead from Layne Riggs with two laps left and held on for the win. Heim led the most laps of the race and was never out of the top three. Riggs had a solid race and finished in the third position. Tyler Ankrum and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five.

Corey Heim started on the pole and led the first 12 laps before being passed by Kyle Larson. Heim was able to pass Larson back at the end of the stage to win stage on. The stage began with a first lap wreck as Gio Ruggiero spun out in turn 2 and Ben Rhodes suffered front end damage from the incident.

Heim dominated stage two with the only real challenge being by Ty Majeski before he faded with his tires falling off. Heim led every lap of the stage. Larson finished second in both stages.

The final stage started with Heim again out front and Larson starting second. Ross Chastain passed Heim for the lead on lap 71 and remained there until Heim passed him back with 47 laps to go. The caution flag flew as Larson spun in turn one with 45 laps left after making contact with Layne Riggs. Chastain regained the lead after the restart and hels it until Heim passed him back with 30 laps to go. Heim had a technical issue and relinquished the lead and Chastain was back up front until Heim regained the lead with 12 laps left. Riggs passed Heim when his truck continued to cut off with four laps left before being passed by Kyle Larson with two to go. 

Corey Heim scored his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win for 2025 in the Ecosave 200 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Heim had an early pit road speeding penalty that he overcame and ended up leading a race-high 42 laps in his TRICON Garage Toyota.

Grant Enfinger had a strong run to finish second in his number 9 Chevrolet, with Tanner Gray in another Toyota. Rounding out the top five was Ty Majeski and Layne Riggs, both in Fords.

The series will resume next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Baptist Health 200 on Friday night.  

Kyle Busch won the Fr8 208 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 67th Craftsman Truck Series victory, in the Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Busch passed Stewart Friesen coming out of turn four on the last lap to secure the win. 

While it was disappointing to finish second in his Toyota Tundra after leading near the end of the race, Friesen was pleased that “we’ve finally gotten some stuff going in the right direction”. 

Tyler Ankrum finished in third and Bayley Currey fourth both driving Chevrolet Silverado’s while Chandler Smith in a Ford F150 finished in fifth place. 

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season takes a three week break and will resume at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the running of the Ecosave 200.

Corey Heim was awarded the victory in the Fresh From Florida 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at Daytona International Speedway. On track Heim finished behind Parker Kligerman but was declared the winner in his Toyota Tundra from TRICON Garage. Kligerman took the checkered flag in the event, but his truck did not pass post-race inspection as it was deemed too low in the rear of the truck. 

The race had multiple incidents including a serious wreck involving Clay Greenfield who was transported to a local hospital. Ben Rhodes won the first stage and then Chandler Smith took stage two in a strong showing during the middle of the race.