2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Chandler Smith, the current points leader.

The 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season is the 32nd season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 13 with the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the Baptist Health 200 on November 6 at Homestead–Miami Speedway.

This is the first season with Ram as a manufacturer since 2012.[1] It is the first season since 2000 without Matt Crafton competing full-time after his retirement from full-time racing after the 2025 season. This will also be the first season since 2008 to have Jimmie Johnson run in the Truck Series, as he will run the race at Coronado.[2] This is also the first season since 2005 to have Tony Stewart as he ran the season opening race at Daytona.[3]

Corey Heim, the reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion, will not defend his title, switching to a part-time campaign with his team Tricon Garage.

Teams and drivers

Full-time teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Chevrolet CR7 Motorsports 9 Grant Enfinger Derek Smith [4]
Freedom Racing Enterprises 76 Spencer Boyd 22 Mike Hillman Sr. [5]
Nathan Nicholson 3 [6]
McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 18 Tyler Ankrum Mark Hillman [7]
19 Daniel Hemric Kevin Bellicourt [8]
81 Kris Wright Darren Fraley [9]
91 Christian Eckes Dave Elenz [10]
Niece Motorsports 42 Travis Pastrana 1 Landon Polinski [11][12][13][14]
Tyler Reif 2
Conner Jones 1
Parker Eatmon TBA
TBA 20
44 Andrés Pérez de Lara Wally Rogers [15]
45 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 Phil Gould [16][17][18]
Landen Lewis 1
Ross Chastain 8
TBA TBA
Rackley W.A.R. 26 Dawson Sutton Chad Kendrick [19]
Spire Motorsports 7 Michael McDowell 1 Brian Pattie [20][21][22][23]
Kyle Busch 8
Connor Mosack 12
TBA 4
77 Carson Hocevar 13 Chad Walter [20][24][25][26]
James Hinchcliffe 1
TBA 11
Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 Layne Riggs Dylan Cappello [27]
38 Chandler Smith Jon Leonard [28][29]
Team Reaume 2 Jason White 1 Todd Myers [30][31][32][33][34]
Clayton Green 8
Carter Fartuch 1
Luke Baldwin 8
TBA 7
22 Josh Reaume 2 Will Camilleri [35]
Jackson Lee 1
TBA 22
33 Frankie Muniz Pedro Lopez [36][30]
ThorSport Racing 13 Cole Butcher (R) Rich Lushes [37]
88 Ty Majeski Joe Shear Jr. [38]
98 Jake Garcia Josh Hankish [39]
99 Ben Rhodes Eddie Troconis [40]
Ram Kaulig Racing 10 Daniel Dye Dan Stillman [41][42][43]
12 Brenden Queen (R) Eddie Pardue [44][43]
14 Mini Tyrrell (R) Bruce Cook [45][46]
16 Justin Haley Mike Hillman Jr. [42][43]
25 Tony Stewart 1 Alex Yontz [47][3][43][46][48][49][50]
Ty Dillon 1
Colin Braun 1
Corey LaJoie 1
Carson Ferguson 1
TBA 21
Toyota Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Stewart Friesen Dustin Dunn [51][52]
62 John Hunter Nemechek 5 Jimmy Villeneuve [53][54][52][34]
Wesley Slimp 1
TBA 19
Tricon Garage 11 Kaden Honeycutt David Stewart 3
Scott Zipadelli 22 		[55][56][57]
15 Tanner Gray Jeff Hensley [58][59]
17 Gio Ruggiero Jeff Stankiewicz [58][59]

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races References
Chevrolet Costner Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner Derek Kearns 1 [60]
CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Michael Shelton 1 [61]
FDNY Racing 28 Bryan Dauzat Jim Rosenblum 1 [61]
Freedom Racing Enterprises 67 TBA TBA TBA [6]
GK Racing 95 Clay Greenfield Trip Bruce 1 [61]
Henderson Motorsports 75 Corey LaJoie Chris Carrier 1 [62]
Niece Motorsports 4 Garrett Mitchell Mike Shiplett 1 [63]
Ben Maier 1 [64]
Connor Hall 1 [65]
Norm Benning Racing 6 Norm Benning Rick Todd 1 [61]
Rackley W.A.R. 27 Toni Breidinger Willie Allen 8 [66]
Ford MBM Motorsports 69 Tyler Tomassi Jason Miller 2 [67][68]
Derek White 1 [69]
ThorSport Racing TBA Matt Crafton TBA TBA [70]
Toyota Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Greg Van Alst Kevin Shannon 1 [71]
Hill Motorsports 56 Timmy Hill Terry Elmore 17 [72]
Tricon Garage 1 Taylor Gray Jerame Donley 2
Jimmie Johnson 1
TBA 1 		1 [73]
Corey Heim 1 [74]
Dario Franchitti 1 [75][76]
Jimmie Johnson 1 [2]
5 Nick Leitz Seth Smith 1 [77][78][79]
Adam Andretti 4
Corey Heim 1
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 1 		TC Motorsports 90 Justin Carroll Terry Carroll 2 [61]
TBA Mike Harmon Racing TBA Nick Anglace TBA 5 [80]

Notes:

Team changes

A showtruck for a Kaulig Racing 2026 Ram at the 2025 South Point 400.
  • Kaulig Racing, which has fielded entries in the Cup Series since 2020 and the Xfinity Series since 2016, will debut in the Truck Series for the first time in 2026 and be the flagship team for Ram, which is re-entering the sport in 2026 for the first time since 2012.[41]
  • Halmar Friesen Racing will field two full-time trucks in 2025 with the No. 62 expanding from being fielded part-time to full-time.[81]
  • Reaume Brothers Racing announced that they would rebrand to Team Reaume starting in 2026.[82]
  • Rackley W.A.R. will field a second truck part-time in 2026, the No. 27, and it will be driven by Toni Breidinger. The team did not field a part-time second truck in 2025 but they did in 2024.[66]
  • Caleb Costner, who competed part-time in the series in 2025 in the Mike Harmon Racing No. 74 truck, will bring his ARCA Menards Series team, Costner Motorsports, to the Truck Series in 2026 and they will field the No. 93 truck part-time.[83]
  • Niece Motorsports announced in a tweet that they would renumber their No. 41 truck to the No. 4 for 2026.[84]

Driver changes

Moving between series

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § Craftsman Truck Series

Retirement

  • After competing full-time in the Truck Series for 25 years and winning three championships, Matt Crafton retired from full-time racing following the 2025 season. Ty Majeski, his ThorSport Racing teammate, will move from the No. 98 truck to the No. 88 truck for 2026.[38] Crafton will return to ThorSport on a part-time basis in another one of their trucks in 2026.[70]

Crew chief changes

Rule changes

  • NASCAR Cup Series drivers with three or more years of experience can participate in eight (up from five) regular season races. They are still prohibited from participating in The Chase and the championship race.[88]
  • Similar to the Cup Series, NASCAR changed the Chase format for the first time since the Craftsman Truck Series adapted the playoffs in 2016, the format changed on January 12, 2026.[89] The amount of races in the Chase would remain. The win-and-you're-in, as well as the playoff point after a driver won a stage has been removed.[89]
  • On January 16, 2026, NASCAR announced that drivers who enter the garage during a race will no longer be eligible for the "Xfinity Fastest Lap Award". However, the driver's fastest lap before they entered the garage will still stand.[90]

Schedule

The schedule was released on August 20, 2025.[91]

Notes:

  • Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed.
  • The Triple Truck Challenge races are listed in bold.
O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
No Race title Track Location Date Time (ET) TV
1 Fresh From Florida 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 13 7:30 pm FS1
2 Fr8 208  O  EchoPark Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 21 1:30 pm
3 OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 at St. Petersburg[92]  S  St. Petersburg street circuit St. Petersburg, Florida February 28 12 pm FOX
4 Buckle Up South Carolina 200[93]  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina March 20 7:30 pm FS1
5 Black's Tire 200  O  Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 3 4:30 pm
6 Tennessee Army National Guard 250[94]  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 10 7:30 pm
7 SpeedyCash.com 250  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 1 8 pm
8 Mission 176 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York May 8 4:30 pm
9 Ecosave 200[95]  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware May 15 5 pm
10 North Carolina Education Lottery 200  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 22 7:30 pm
11 Flote 200[96]  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 29 8 pm
12 DQS Solutions & Staffing 250  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan June 6 1:30 pm
13 TBA  S  Coronado Street Course San Diego, California June 19 7 pm
14 LiUNA! 150  R  Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 11 1 pm
15 Window World 250  O  North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina July 18 12:30 pm
16 TSport 200  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana July 24 8 pm
17 eero 250  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia August 14 7:30 pm
18 EJP 175  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire August 22 1:30 pm
The Chase[89]
19 UNOH 250  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 17 8 pm FS1
20 Heart of Health Care 200  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 26 1 pm
21 Ecosave 250  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte, North Carolina October 9 5 pm FOX
22 Craftsman 150  O  Phoenix Raceway Phoenix, Arizona October 16 7:30 pm FS1
23 Love's RV Stop 225  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 23 4 pm
24 Slim Jim 200  O  Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia October 30 6:30 pm
25 Baptist Health 200  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida November 6 7:30 pm

Schedule changes

Season Summary

Regular Season

2024 series champion Ty Majeski won the pole at Daytona. The race featured the return of Tony Stewart and Ram in the sport since 2016 and 2012, respectively. Carson Hocevar won stage 1, and Chandler Smith won stage 2. Smith made a thrilling four-wide move in the tri-oval on the final lap to win the race.[102]

Jake Garcia won the pole at Atlanta. Corey Heim won stage 1, and Stewart Friesen won stage 2. The race was shortened due to time constraints with the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race, ending ten laps short. Kyle Busch would win the race, marking his third consecutive win for the Truck Series race at Atlanta.[103]

Connor Mosack won the pole at St. Petersburg, the first ever Truck Series race on a street course. Ben Rhodes won stage 1, and Layne Riggs won stage 2. Riggs, who dominated the later half of the event, with 41 laps led, would win the race.[104]


Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Fastest race lap Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team Report
1 Fresh From Florida 250 Ty Majeski Carson Hocevar
Justin Haley
Michael McDowell[N 1] 		Daniel Hemric Chandler Smith Ford 38 Front Row Motorsports Report
2 Fr8 208 Jake Garcia Ben Rhodes Tanner Gray Kyle Busch Chevrolet 7 Spire Motorsports Report
3 OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 Connor Mosack Layne Riggs Layne Riggs Layne Riggs Ford 34 Front Row Motorsports Report
Reference:[105]
  1. ^ Hocevar, Haley, and McDowell all led 20 laps.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner

Pos. Driver DAY ATL STP DAR ROC BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts. Stage
1 Chandler Smith 12 6 4 152 33
2 Ben Rhodes 12 4* 31 118 26
3 Ty Majeski 4 28 2 102 25
4 Gio Ruggiero 2 3 25 98 17
5 Layne Riggs 31 27 1*2F 96 24
6 Kaden Honeycutt 8 21 5 87 10
7 Andrés Pérez de Lara 13 15 7 85 9
8 Stewart Friesen 10 202 26 70 15
9 Christian Eckes 3 36 15 69 12
10 Justin Haley 22* 10 12 67 –
11 Brenden Queen (R) 7 16 24 66 2
12 Tyler Ankrum 9 14 31 64 7
13 Daniel Dye 17 13 17 64 –
14 Jake Garcia 32 7 18 58 4
15 Cole Butcher (R) 14 31 14 52 –
16 Kris Wright 25 18 19 49 –
17 Tanner Gray 23 30F 20 48 9
18 Landen Lewis 6 47 16
19 Daniel Hemric 26F 34 8 46 2
20 Mini Tyrrell (R) 19 19 28 45 –
21 Corey Heim 51 44 12
22 Tyler Reif 17 16 41 –
23 Grant Enfinger 29 22 22 41 3
24 Frankie Muniz 16 25 30 40 –
25 Adam Andretti 12 23 39 –
26 Connor Mosack 13 33 9
27 Nick Leitz 11 31 5
28 Josh Reaume 20 24 30 –
29 Colin Braun 9 28 –
30 James Hinchcliffe 10 27 –
31 Spencer Boyd 21 26 27 –
32 Ben Maier 11 26 –
33 Travis Pastrana 15 22 –
34 Clay Greenfield 18 19 –
35 Dawson Sutton 27 32 33 19 –
36 Dario Franchitti 27 18 8
37 Carter Fartuch 21 16 –
38 Clayton Green 23 14 –
39 Tyler Tomassi DNQ 29 8 –
40 Jackson Lee 29 8 –
41 Jason Kitzmiller 30 7 –
42 Timmy Hill DNQ 32 5 –
43 Jason White 33 4 –
44 Caleb Costner 33 4 –
45 Nathan Nicholson 34 3 –
46 Justin Carroll DNQ 35 2 –
47 Derek White 35 2 –
48 Tony Stewart 36 1 –
49 Wesley Slimp 36 1 –
50 Garrett Mitchell 37 1 –
Norm Benning DNQ –
Toni Breidinger DNQ –
Bryan Dauzat DNQ –
Greg Van Alst DNQ –
Ineligible for Craftsman Truck Series driver points
Pos Driver DAY ATL STP DAR ROC BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts. Stage
Kyle Busch 1
Carson Hocevar 35*1 2
John Hunter Nemechek 5 8
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6 9
Ty Dillon 11
Michael McDowell 24*
Taylor Gray 28
Corey LaJoie 34
Pos Driver DAY ATL STP DAR ROC BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts. Stage
Reference:[106]

Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner

Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL STP DAR CAR BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Points
1 38 Bob Jenkins 12 6 4 152
2 7 Jeff Dickerson 24* 1 13 127
3 99 Duke Thorson 12 4* 31 118
4 45 Greg Fowler 6 9 6 115
5 88 Rhonda Thorson 4 28 2 102
6 17 David Gilliland 2 3 25 98
7 34 Bob Jenkins 31 27 1*2F 96
8 77 Jeff Dickerson 35*1 2 10 89
9 11 Johnny Gray 8 21 5 87
10 44 Greg Fowler 13 15 7 85
11 1 Kevin Ray 28 51 27 81
12 62 Chris Larsen 5 8 36 72
13 52 Chris Larsen 10 20 26 70
14 5 Johnny Gray 11 12 23 70
15 91 William Hilgemann 3 36 15 69
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL STP DAR CAR BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Points
Reference:[107]

Manufacturers' championship

After 3 of 25 races

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Ford 2 143
2 Chevrolet 1 120
3 Toyota 0 101
4 Ram 0 85
Reference:[107]

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