NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: Fresh From Florida 250
The Place: Daytona International Speedway
Track Length: 2.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, February 14
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,262,900
TV: FS1, 7:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 250 miles (100 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 100)
How To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Wednesday, February 12
o NCS Practice 1 (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 10 a.m. ET)
o NCS Qualifying (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 8 p.m. ET)
Thursday, February 13
o NCTS Practice (FS1 at 5 p.m. ET)
o Duel at Daytona (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 7 p.m. ET)
Friday, February 14
o NCTS Qualifying (FS1 at 3 p.m. ET)
o NXS Practice (CW App at 4:30 p.m. ET)
o NCS Practice 2 (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 5:30 p.m. ET)
o NCTS Race (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 7:30p.m. ET)
Saturday, February 15
o NXS Qualifying (CW App at 10 a.m. ET)
o ARCA Race (FOX, MRN, SiriusXM at 12 p.m. ET)
o NCS Final Practice (FS2, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)
o NXS Race (CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)
Sunday, February 16
o DAYTONA 500 (FOX, FOX Deportes, MRN, SiriusXM at 2:30 p.m. ET)
Daytona Storylines and Insights:
- 2025 marks the 31st season for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and the 26th Truck race at Daytona (one race every season since 2000). Daytona has been the season opening race every year since 2000
- Ty Majeski won the pole for two of the last three Daytona races.
- Five of the six longest (distance) races in Truck history were at Daytona.
- 21 different drivers have won the 25 CRAFTSMAN Truck Daytona races led by Johnny Sauter with three wins. Only three drivers won more than once (Sauter, Todd Bodine, Zane Smith)
- Rajah Caruth finished top-10 in the last three races on drafting tracks, the longest active streak.
- Five of the last six Daytona races were won by drivers 24 years old or younger.
- Toyota leads all manufacturers with 10 wins at Daytona, followed by Ford (eight), Chevrolet (four), and Dodge (three).
- 12 cautions in the 2024 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Daytona race set a new all-time record.
- The last Daytona Truck race to end at its scheduled distance was 2018 (7 races ago). Five of the last six Daytona races finished in overtime, the other was rain shortened.
- There are five tracks on the 2025 schedule that were not part of the 2024 schedule, and there are 25 races on the 2025 schedule, the most since 2011.
- For the first time ever, there are no 1.5-mile tracks in the Playoffs in 2025 and the three road courses in 2025 are tied for the most in a season.
- The first five races of 2024 were won by different drivers.
- Ford went winless for the first 14 races of 2024 but won five of the final nine races of the season including the Championship Race. Ford drivers have won the championship the last three seasons.
- The last two races of 2024 were won by the pole winner, the last time three straight races were won by the pole winner was 2017.
- ThorSport Racing is two wins away from tying RFK Racing for second in all time wins at 50.
- Twelve drivers on the preliminary entry list weren’t born when Matt Crafton made his first series start