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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Week, Las Vegas Next Week

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (Off Week)
Next Race: Ecosave 200
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, March 14
The Time: 9 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 9 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 201.0 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Storylines and Insights:

  • 2025 will mark the 33rd time the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series has competed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (starting in 1996).
  • The first two Truck races of 2025 have combined to produce 49 leads changes (30 at Daytona and 19 at Atlanta) – the series-most through the first two races of a season.
  • The first two Truck races of 2025 have combined to produce 23 different leaders (12 at Daytona and 11 at Atlanta) – the series-most through the first two races of a season.
  • Nineteen different drivers have led laps in the first two Truck races of this season, the second-most through the first two races of a season, behind only 2005 with 20.
  • Grant Enfinger leads the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series standings by one point over reigning series champion Ty Majeski in second following Atlanta.
  • Six different winners in the last six CRAFTSMAN Truck races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2020-2024).
  • Four of the last seven Truck races at Las Vegas have been won by the driver that leads the most laps.
  • In three of the last five Truck races at Las Vegas the last lap for the lead was with 21 or more laps to go: 2024 (21 to go), 2023 (24 to go), 2022 (2 to go), 2021 (4 to go), 2021 (31 to go).
  • In total, 22 different drivers have won the pole at Las Vegas in the Truck Series.
  • Four former Truck Series Las Vegas pole winners have made starts this season – Kyle Busch (three), Rajah Caruth (one), Matt Crafton (one), Johnny Sauter (one) and Ben Rhodes (one).
  • Eleven times the Truck Series race winner at Las Vegas started from the pole or first starting position; the most recent was Rajah Caruth in 2024.
  • In total 26 different drivers have won a race in the Truck Series at Las Vegas.
  • Five former Truck Series Las Vegas winners have made starts this season – Kyle Busch (four), Rajah Caruth (one), Grant Enfinger (one), Johnny Sauter (one) and Chandler Smith (one).
  • Caruth looks to become the first driver in series history to win back-to-back Truck races at Las Vegas.
  • Seven drivers have scored their first career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Rajah Caruth (2024), Christian Eckes (2021), Ben Rhodes (2017), John Wes Townley (2015), Johnny Sauter (2009), Shane Hmiel (2004) and David Starr (2002).