Meet the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs field

The 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs field is set, with 10 drivers slated to race for the championship crown, beginning at Darlington Raceway Aug. 30. 

The playoffs will consist of three rounds, starting with Darlington, Bristol Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the Round of 10. The Round of 8 will include the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, Talladega Superspeedway and Martinsville Speedway, while the Championship 4 will do battle in the desert at Phoenix Raceway for title glory. 

View the playoff drivers vying for a chance at championship hardware this season. 

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10. Jake Garcia, 2,002 points 

No. 13 ThorSport Racing Ford 

Reached playoffs by: Points.

Favorable track(s): Martinsville (four starts, one top five, one top 10), Phoenix (three starts, one top five, one top 10). 

Outlook: Garcia has 68 career starts in the Truck Series with five top fives and 19 top-10 finishes. Garcia arguably has the hardest road to advance past the first round of the playoffs, but even if a Round of 10 exit occurs, there’s still plenty to be impressed by, including career-highs in poles (two) and laps led (48).

9. Kaden Honeycutt, 2,003 points

No. 52 Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota

Reached playoffs by: Points.

Favorable track(s): Darlington (one start, one top 10), Phoenix (three starts, three top 10s). 

Outlook: Honeycutt has had a strange last few weeks leading to the playoffs. He was surprisingly released by Niece Motorsports, even though he was sixth in the standings at the time, did a one-off start for Young's Motorsports at Watkins Glen, and, starting at the regular-season finale at Richmond, will race the remainder of the season in Stewart Friesen's No. 52 machine. (Friesen was injured July 28 in a dirt modified race.) Even still, Honeycutt has put together a steady campaign, with career highs in top 10s (10) and laps led (44). Anything can happen come playoff time, and noise from Honeycutt shouldn’t be discounted.

8. Rajah Caruth, 2,005 points 

No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 

Reached playoffs by: Win (Nashville).

Favorable track(s): Bristol (five starts, one top five, four top 10s), Martinsville (four starts, two top 10s). 

Outlook: Like most of his Truck Series peers, Caruth will be making his first effort at New Hampshire, which could be a challenge. If he manages to get past the first round, he and the bulk of his companions will have to contend with the Charlotte Roval for the first time, too. Capitalizing on short tracks, starting with Bristol in the Round of 10, will be critical.

7. Grant Enfinger, 2,007 points 

No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 

Reached playoffs by: Points. 

Favorable track(s): Talladega (11 starts, two wins, three top fives, four top 10s), Martinsville (14 starts, one win, three top fives, six top 10s). 

Outlook: Enfinger has earned at least one win in six of the last nine seasons but remains winless thus far in 2025. (He finished runner-up twice during the regular season, doing so at Las Vegas and Michigan.) To advance far come postseason time, he first has to get through the first round, where he must tackle Bristol (five top fives and eight top 10s in 10 starts) and New Hampshire (one top five in one start). If he can advance to the Round of 8, he very well could be golden, with two tracks -- Talladega and Martinsville -- being venues where the racing veteran has triumphed in years prior. He is in his ninth full-time Truck Series season and is still seeking his first championship, finishing runner-up in 2023.

6. Ty Majeski, 2,010 points 

No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford

Reached playoffs by: Points. 

Favorable track(s): Bristol (five starts, one win, one top five, two top 10s), Darlington (four starts, two top fives). 

Outlook: With zero wins, five top fives and 11 top 10s in the first 18 races this season, Majeski has not performed like the same driver he was en route to last year’s Truck championship, when he found Victory Lane three times. In addition to being winless, his second largest struggle this year has been qualifying; he earned six poles last year but has zero thus far this season. Of the seven tracks in the playoffs, Majeski has never raced at New Hampshire nor the Charlotte Roval, which could be problematic, but one of his best finishes so far this season came at Lime Rock (second), a new course on the Truck Series schedule. In other words, don't count Majeski out.

5. Tyler Ankrum, 2,010 points 

No. 18 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet

Reached playoffs by: Win (Rockingham).

Favorable track(s): Bristol (eight starts, two top fives, four top 10s), Martinsville (10 starts, two top fives, four top 10s). 

Outlook: This has been Ankrum’s best season to date, with career bests thus far in wins (tied with one), top-five finishes (eight) and laps led (102), and there’s still seven races to go. With solid short-track success, there’s a pathway to the Round of 8 and potentially beyond, provided the No. 18 pilot puts on a steady showing at Darlington (where he has one top 10 in six attempts) and New Hampshire, where he’s never raced before in the Truck Series.

4. Daniel Hemric, 2,011 points 

No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 

Reached playoffs by: Win (Martinsville).

Favorable track(s): Martinsville (six starts, one win, one top five, two top 10s). 

Outlook: Considering the fact he hasn’t raced the Truck Series full-time in nine seasons, Hemric definitely matured as a driver in his previous Cup and Xfinity tenures. That has helped make him a much better driver in the circuit, with one win, eight top five and 13 top 10 finishes through 18 starts. If he can get through the first playoff round (he’s never raced a race truck at Darlington, has two top-five finishes in three starts at Bristol and one top 10 in two career starts at New Hampshire), he has a legitimate chance at reaching the championship round.

3. Chandler Smith, 2,019 points 

No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford 

Reached playoffs by: Wins (Bristol, North Wilkesboro). 

Favorable track(s): Bristol (five starts, two wins, four top fives, five top 10s), Phoenix (four starts, one win, four top fives, four top 10s). 

Outlook: Smith loves Bristol (he won there earlier this year) and will need a repeat performance to hold off Heim, another heavyweight contender at the iconic short track. Should he navigate through a tricky Round of 8, the Championship 4 bout will occur at his bread-and-butter track in Phoenix. If he advances that far, the championship crown could very well be his for the taking.

2. Layne Riggs, 2,026 points

No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Reached playoffs by: Wins (Pocono, Indianapolis Raceway Park).

Favorable track(s): Bristol (three starts, one win, one top five, three top 10s). 

Outlook: The son of former NASCAR driver Scott Riggs, Layne needs to get off to a strong start in the playoff opener at Darlington. His only prior finish there has been 21st (2024), so he must improve this year, lest he be too far behind the 8-ball heading to Bristol, a track where he has excelled. Past difficulty at Talladega and Martinsville will additionally need to be improved if the No. 34 wants a shot at the Championship 4.

1. Corey Heim, 2,065 points 

No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota 

Reached playoffs by: Wins (Daytona, Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Richmond).

Favorable track(s): Bristol (five starts, one win, three top fives, five top 10s), Martinsville (five starts, one win, one top five, four top 10s).

Outlook: Heim has dominated the Truck Series this season, and there’s no reason to think he won’t continue to do so in the playoffs. He has been on an upward progression in the last two seasons, finishing third in 2023 and second in 2024. Will he end up No. 1 in 2025? If his regular-season dominance translates, the title might be his to lose.