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NASCAR Craftman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend, Looking Toward Pocono

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: MillerTech Battery 200
The Place: Pocono Raceway
Track Length: 2.5 Mile Asphalt Paved Tri-oval
The Date: Friday, June 20
The Time: 5 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 5 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (80 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 80)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:

Friday, June 13

NCS Practice 1 (Amazon Prime at 1 p.m. ET)

NXS Practice 1 (CW App at 2 p.m. ET)

NCS Practice 2 (Amazon Prime at 3 p.m. ET)

NXS Practice 2 (CW App at 3:30 p.m. ET)

Saturday, June 14

NXS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 10:30 a.m. ET)

NCS Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at Noon ET)

NXS Race: The Chilango 150 (CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)

Sunday, June 15

NCS Race: Viva Mexico 250 (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)


Looking Ahead – Pocono Storylines and Insights:

  • Next weekend will mark the 16th running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway.
  • Stages for Pocono: Lap 20, Lap 40 Lap 80.
  • Matt Crafton is the only driver to compete in all 15 of the previous CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races held at Pocono Raceway.
  • Truck Series qualifying has been cancelled at Pocono Raceway five times, the other 10 qualifying events have produced 10 different pole winners, no repeats.
  • Only one of the 10 previous Truck Series Pocono pole winners is fulltime this season – Ben Rhodes (2017).
  • The Truck Series has produced six different winners in the last six Pocono races.
  • Kyle Busch leads the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in wins at Pocono Raceway with three.
  • A total of 13 different drivers have won in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at Pocono Raceway, and two are fulltime Truck Series regulars this season – Corey Heim (2024) and Chandler Smith (2022).
  • Toyota has won eight of the last 10 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Pocono (2015-2024), the two exceptions were won by Chevrolet (2019, 2023).
  • Corey Heim led 55 laps of the 70-lap Pocono race last season, the most of any Truck Series winner at Pocono.
  • Nine of the 15 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Pocono were won from a front row starting position.
  • Two of the last five Pocono Truck Series races were won with a last lap pass (2020, 2023).
  • Of the 15 Truck Series races at Pocono Raceway only two have been won by active organizations in the series – Niece Motorsports (1) and TRICON Garage (1). Kyle Busch Motorsports leads the series with eight Pocono wins.
  • Five organizations have won in 2025, four have won multiple races: Spire (4), TRICON (4), Front Row (2), McAnally-Hilgemann (2) and Halmar-Friesen (1).
  • The driver who has led the most laps has won seven of the 13 CRAFTSMAN Truck races in 2025.
  • The last five races of 2025 were won by different drivers.
  • Stewart Friesen’s win last weekend was the second winless streak of 70+ races to end this year (Tyler Ankrum: 130 – Rockingham)
  • Ty Majeski holds the 10th and final Playoff transfer spot on points, up +4 points on Jake Garcia in 11th.