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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News & Notes – Looking Toward Indianapolis

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series

Next Race: TSport 200
The Place: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
Track Length: 0.686 Mile Asphalt Paved Oval
The Date: Friday, July 25
The Time: 8 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 137.2 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:

Friday, July 18

ARCA: General Tire 150 (FS1 at 5 p.m. ET)

Saturday, July 19

NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 11 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 1:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: BetRivers 200 (CW Network, PRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)

Sunday, July 20

NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (TNT, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 – Challenge Altcast (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)


Looking Ahead – Indianapolis Storylines and Insights:nascar craftsman truck series

  • This season marks the 21st running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
  • Defending series champion, Ty Majeski, has won the last two consecutive Truck races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (2023-24). Grant Enfinger (2022) is the only active driver with a win at IRP.
  • Ty Majeski currently occupies the 10th and final Playoff transfer spot in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver point standings, up +38 points on Jake Garcia in 11th, and up +65 points on Giovanni Ruggiero in 12th.
  • Kaden Honeycutt in eighth (+67) and Grant Enfinger in ninth (+64) hold healthy leads above the Playoff cutline with three races to go.
  • Corey Heim has won five of the 15 Truck Series races this season, his best finish at Indianapolis is fifth (2022).
  • Corey Heim has accumulated 39 Playoff points this season. The all-time most Playoff points a Truck Series driver has earned to take into the Playoffs is 49 by John Hunter Nemechek in 2021.

NCTS Clinch Scenarios Following Lime Rock Park:

Already Clinched:

  • The following seven drivers have clinched a spot in the 10-driver postseason field: Corey Heim, Chandler Smith, Layne Riggs, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Ankrum, Stewart Friesen and Rajah Caruth.

Can Clinch Via Win:

The following drivers would clinch on their win alone:

  • Kaden Honeycutt, Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski, Jake Garcia, Giovanni Ruggiero, Ben Rhodes, Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack, Matt Crafton, Andres Perez De Lara, Jack Wood, Matt Mills, Dawson Sutton, Spencer Boyd, Toni Breidinger and Frankie Muniz.

Can Clinch Regular Season Championship:

Additionally, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Regular Season Championship could be clinched by the following drivers:

  • Corey Heim: Would clinch with 39 points.