NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series At Watkins Glen
Next Race: NCTS Race at Watkins Glen
The Place: Watkins Glen International
Track Length: 2.45 Mile Asphalt Road Course
The Date: Friday, August 8
The Time: 5 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 5 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 176.4 miles (72 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 72)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:
Friday, August 1
ARCA Race: Atlas 150 (FS1, MRN at 7 p.m. ET)
Saturday, August 2
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 11 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM at 1:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: Hy-Vee Perks 250 (CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, August 3
NCS Race: Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol (USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
Other motorsports TV listings for the week: Motorsports TV Listings For July 29 – August 3, 2025
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Looking Ahead – Watkins Glen Storylines and Insights:
- Next weekend will mark the seventh running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International (1996-1999, 2000, 2021). The second of three road courses on the schedule this season.
- The event will be the 17th race of the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series schedule, two races to go until the Playoffs (Richmond and Watkins Glen).
- Corey Heim clinched the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Regular Season Championship with his third-place finish at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Heim has won the NCTS Regular Season Championship twice in his career (2023, 2025).
- Seven of 10 Playoff positions are now held by race winners with three to go in the regular season, every driver with a win is locked into the Playoffs. ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski currently holds the 10th and final Playoff transfer spot on points, up +61 points on his teammate Jake Garcia in 11th.
- Corey Heim has won six Xfinity Fastest Lap Awards this season; no other driver has more than two.
- Austin Hill is the most recent Truck Series winner at WGI (2021).
- Four of the six previous NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Watkins Glen International have been from the pole or first starting position (66.7%); the most recent driver to win from the pole or first starting position was Austin Hill (8/7/2021).
NCTS Clinch Scenarios Following Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway 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, Rajah Caruth.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the third winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from Grant Enfinger or Kaden Honeycutt.
- Grant Enfinger: Could only clinch with help
- Kaden Honeycutt: Could only clinch with help
- If there is a new winner from Ty Majeski or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the second winless driver in the standings.
- Grant Enfinger: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone:
- Grant Enfinger, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski, Jake Garcia, Ben Rhodes, Giovanni Ruggiero, Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack, Matt Crafton, Andres Perez De Lara, Jack Wood, Matt Mills, Dawson Sutton, Spencer Boyd, Toni Breidinger, Frankie Muniz.