NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: Weather Guard Truck Race
The Place: Bristol Motor Speedway
Track Length: 0.533 Mile Concrete Oval
The Date: Friday, April 11
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 7:30 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 133.25 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 65),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 130), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Saturday, April 5
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (The CW App at 10 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 12:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 (The CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, April 6
NCS Race: Goodyear 400 (FS1 & FOX Deportes, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)
Looking Ahead – Bristol Storylines and Insights:
- Next weekend will be the 29th running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (1995-2025).
- McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Daniel Hemric won the first race of the 2025 Triple Truck Challenge at Martinsville Speedway taking home the $50K bonus. If he wins at Bristol and Rockingham, he can win up to $500k in bonus prize money.
- Each Triple Truck Challenge Event will award a $50,000 bonus to the highest finishing eligible driver. If a driver wins two of the three Triple Truck Challenge awards, that race winner will receive an additional $50,000 bonus for a total of $150,000.
- If an eligible driver wins all three of the Triple Truck Challenge awards that race winner will receive an additional $300,000 bonus for a total of $500,000.
- Bristol Motor Speedway is the second of seven short track races in 2025 for the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
- There have been 12 different winners in the last 12 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
- Four former CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Bristol race winners are active this season: Corey Heim-1, Ty Majeski-1, Layne Riggs-1, Chandler Smith-1.
- Corey Heim has won double the races of any other driver since the start of 2024. Heim leads the Truck Series with two wins this season (Daytona, Las Vegas).
- Corey Heim leads the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver standings following Martinsville by 20 points over last year’s champion Ty Majeski in second place.
- Corey Heim has led 278 laps this season, three times more than the next driver (Kyle Busch-80), and 229 more than any other series regular. Heim is the only driver to lead laps all five Truck Series races this season.
- Five different drivers have finished runner-up in the first five races of the 2025 Truck Series season.
- Two drivers have finished inside the top-five in three of the first five races of 2025: Corey Heim and Tyler Ankrum.
- Chandler Smith leads all Truck Series drivers in top-10 finishes this season with five in the first five races.
- Four drivers have finished every lap of all five of the Truck Series races this season (100% laps completed): Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Tanner Gray and Ty Majeski.
- There have been 88 lead changes in the first five CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races, the most through five races in series history.
Triple Truck Challenge Rundown:
- 2025 Triple Truck Challenge features three races: Martinsville (March 28th – Daniel Hemric won), Bristol (April 11th) and Rockingham (April 18th).
- All Truck Series drivers are eligible; however, the Triple Truck Challenge will not be open to NASCAR Xfinity Series or NASCAR Cup Series regulars who participate in the races.
- The highest finishing full-time CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver of the race will receive a $50k bonus.
- If a driver wins the Triple Truck Challenge in two of the three events, they are awarded the $50,000 bonus for the second win an additional $50,000 bringing the total prize winnings to $150,000.
- If a driver wins the Triple Truck Challenge in all three designated events, they are awarded the $50,000 bonus for the third win an additional $300,000 bringing the total prize winnings to $500,000.
- Since its inception into the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in 2019, the Triple Truck Challenge has awarded $1,000,000 in bonus prize money.
- Daniel Hemric won his first Triple Truck Challenge bonus of his career last weekend at Martinsville. Hemric became the 16th different driver to win a Triple Truck Challenge bonus.
Former Triple Truck Challenge Winners:
- 2019 Winners: Texas: Greg Biffle ($50k), Iowa: Brett Moffitt ($50k), Gateway: Ross Chastain ($50k).
- 2020 Winners: Daytona RC and Gateway: Sheldon Creed ($150k), Dover: Zane Smith ($50k).
- 2021 Winners: Darlington: Sheldon Creed ($50k), COTA: Todd Gilliland ($50k), Charlotte: John H. Nemechek ($50k).
- 2022 Winners: Gateway: Corey Heim ($50K), Nashville: Ryan Preece ($50K), Mid-Ohio: Parker Kligerman ($50K).
- 2023 Winners: Charlotte: Ben Rhodes ($50K), Gateway: Grant Enfinger ($50K), Nashville: Carson Hocevar ($50K).
- 2024 Winners: Charlotte: Nick Sanchez ($50K), Gateway: Corey Heim ($50K), Nashville: Christian Eckes ($50K)
- 2025 Winners: Martinsville: Daniel Hemric ($50k).