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After 17 races featuring 10 different winners — including seven championship contenders — it all comes down to Friday night’s eero 250 at Richmond Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) to formally set the 10-driver field for the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs.

Corey Heim and Layne Riggs have each won two of the last four races and come into Richmond riding solid momentum. Heim, the driver of the No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota, has turned in a season for the ages, winning a series-best six races — triple that of any other full-time competitor — and carries a 178-point advantage over Riggs in the standings, having already clinched the Regular Season Championship weeks ago.

RELATED: Richmond entry list | Truck Series standings

Riggs and his Front Row Motorsports teammate Chandler Smith are the only other multiple-race winners, each collecting a pair of trophies and challenging for that runner-up position to Heim in the standings.

Former Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric, McAnally Hilgemann Racing’s Tyler Ankrum, Spire Motorsports’ Rajah Caruth and Halmar Friesen Racing’s owner-driver Stewart Friesen are the other drivers with wins this season, although Friesen will not be competing for the driver’s championship after sustaining major injuries in a dirt modified crash two weeks ago.

That leaves four positions to be decided by the points standings, and currently veteran Grant Enfinger, former series champ Ty Majeski, Kaden Honeycutt and Jake Garcia are above the elimination line. Two-time series champion Ben Rhodes is only 11 points back from Garcia and rookie Gio Ruggiero is 21 markers behind.

Majeski is the defending race winner. Smith (2022) and Enfinger (2020) also have previous wins at the Richmond three-quarter miler. Smith has a pair of Xfinity Series wins at Richmond, too.

Practice followed by Kennametal Pole Qualifying is set for 2:05 p.m. ET on Friday — available on FS2. Christian Eckes, who now races full-time in the Xfinity Series, is the defending pole-winner and will join the McAnally Hilgemann Racing fold during his off week. The outside polesitter (Majeski and Smith) has won two of the last three races.

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Very few drivers find themselves in a position to get a new ride with only eight races left in a season. Insert Corey Lajoie, who will take over the driving duties in the No. 77 Craftsman Truck Series entry for Spire Motorsports for the rest of 2025 after it was announced that Andrés Pérez de Lara would move over to the No. 44 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet for the remainder of the year.

The former driver of the No. 7 Spire Chevy in the Cup Series entered the 2025 season without a full-time seat in any of the three NASCAR national series. Still under contract with the team, LaJoie has made one appearance in the Truck Series, driving the No. 07 for Spire when the opportunity arose at Michigan and finished fifth.

RELATED: Truck Series Schedule | Truck Series standings

“They had a team shuffle with the 77 and it’s consolidated some efforts and some personnel,” LaJoie told NASCAR.com. “And maybe because they already told me that we’re going to finish the year, they just plug me into it to have a little fun, try to contend for some wins. And it’s been fun working with Chad Walter in that No. 77 group.

“I think it really is, truly, they’re trying to get their money’s worth out of me. The last couple of months, they’re paying me out of the contract. So it gets me off the couch. Get me out of my, you know, blowing some leaves and raking my backyard on a Sunday afternoon or Saturdays. Nonetheless, I want to go out there and give those guys a good effort.”

LaJoie is entering the final stretch of the Truck Series with a fresh mindset, one focused on chasing checkered flags, racing on his favorite tracks, and reconnecting with familiar faces.

“There’s a lot of my favorite race tracks in the Truck Series Playoffs,” LaJoie added. “So it’ll be cool to be in that garage and see some familiar faces. It’s also cool to go back through the shop and see a lot of familiar faces. I’ve been used to being around for the last couple years, so it’s nice to see that and have those conversations. But anytime you can drive, get behind the wheel or something, especially a good truck like that, I’m ready and willing to do.”

As with any situation in life, there is always another side to the coin. The host of the “Stacking Pennies Podcast” has enjoyed the time away from the demanding grind that is the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

MORE: Richmond weekend schedule

When it comes to a potential return to full-time racing at any level, LaJoie is taking it one day at a time, unsure what the future holds and when or if he will want to jump back into the seat every weekend.

“It’s been a nice little change of pace this year,” LaJoie said. “You know, I think I’ve been pretty outspoken with my desire to drive in the Cup Series. And, you know, as hard and as mentally and physically and just overall time-consuming being a Cup driver is, it would have to be a really enticing scenario to go back and commit to that grind and that experience and that adventure, because it really is an all-consuming 24/7 profession.

“I’m not beating on anybody’s door to go back to Sunday racing and or even to drive it all if it really has to be people who I want to do it with. It has to be a situation where it makes sense, and if not, then I’ll just do something else. For the first time in my life, I’m not chasing the dragon because, you know, probably a little bit disgruntled with how everything’s went the last 12 months anyways.

“But to be able to plug and recharge the battery and kind of take the blinders off and see the sport a bit more for what it is. See it more as a media side with the podcast and analysts on Amazon; it was a lot of fun. I’m pretty content with where I’m at now.”

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And yet, the hottest driver in NASCAR might still be the most underrated, too.

Chase Briscoe has always been an easy driver to support. At various times throughout his career, things haven’t gone his way — from having to crash on a friend’s couch in North Carolina while chasing a seat to nearly giving up on racing before a call about an ARCA test changed everything. But he persisted, even winning the Southern 500 last year as his team at Stewart-Haas Racing was preparing to shut down. The fan favorite — he was the Truck Series’ Most Popular Driver in 2017 — has come a long way, through good times and bad.

RELATED: Chase Briscoe driver page | Cup Series schedule

Now Briscoe is reinventing himself again, this time in a top-tier Joe Gibbs Racing seat. He has a win at Pocono Raceway and ranks eighth in the playoff standings, and he sits eighth in average Driver Rating and fifth in Adjusted Points+ index. Not bad for a guy who debuted in Cup later — in many cases, much later — than all of the other top drivers from this season:

Chart showing late bloomers in NASCAR

Briscoe has been a playoff driver twice before (2022, 2024), and he advanced at least one round in each of those trips. But now, it feels like his sights ought to be set even higher: Riding for JGR in the same No. 19 car that used to belong to former champion Martin Truex Jr., is this the year Briscoe swaps the “underdog” label for the ultimate redemption — raising the biggest trophy of them all?

If momentum and recent form are any indication, he could do it. Since Kansas Speedway on May 11, Briscoe boasts both the highest average Driver Rating (98.1) and Adjusted Points+ index (204, or 104% better than Cup average) of any regular driver. On a week-in, week-out basis, you could make a fairly clear case that Briscoe has been the Cup Series’ top performer over a sustained period of three full months:

Chart showing how Chase Briscoe has been the best driver in the Cup Series over the past three months.

Showcasing the raw speed of his No. 19 Camry, Briscoe also has a series-high five poles in that span, including streaks of three in a row (Charlotte, Nashville, Michigan) and, later, two in a row (Indianapolis, Iowa). His average start of 10.0 leads all drivers this season, and while that would be the first time since 2006 — when Jeff Gordon posted a matching 10.0 mark — that the fastest qualifying driver in a Cup season didn’t have an average start in single-digits, it does prove Briscoe’s ability to run faster than his equipment has carried over from SHR to JGR.

So overall, that stretch alone would be impressive. But lately, Briscoe has found yet another gear, with his rolling nine-race averages — nine races being exactly one-quarter of the 36-race Cup Series schedule — reaching new season-highs in both Adjusted Pts+ (216.3) and Driver Rating (102.4) in his latest nine outings, including a fifth-place finish at Watkins Glen International that was his fourth top five in the span of five races.

Chase Briscoe's rolling nine-race averages by Adjusted Pts+ and average Driver Rating.

So in an otherwise wide-open title race, we appear to have a driver who has been the most productive in the sport for a while now, and who is currently peaking at exactly the right time heading into the playoffs. Lest we think that makes an open-and-shut case for Briscoe as a title frontrunner, however, we have to ask: How much does a late regular-season hot streak really tell us about his performance down the stretch of the schedule?

To check this, I looked back to the earliest season of Driver Rating data at Racing-Reference.info (2005) and measured — among drivers who were above average entering the fourth quarter of the calendar — how well a stat from an earlier quarter predicted that same stat in Q4. The big takeaway is that, at the very least, Driver Rating from the period when Briscoe has been his best does tend to carry over into the final leg of the schedule.

Chart showing how NASCAR mid-season success carries over into the late season.

A driver’s combined Q2+Q3 Driver Rating tracks most strongly with Q4 Driver Rating, with a correlation coefficient of 0.74, and Q3 alone is nearly as good (0.71). Q1 and Q2 Driver Ratings tell us less, so there is a meaningful effect by which the best predictor of late-season form is who’s doing the best right now. By comparison, Adjusted Pts+ is noisier as a leading indicator — which makes sense, given how strategy and luck can inflate or deflate pure finishes in ways that Driver Rating is more resistant to — and the quality of a driver’s finishes early in the season is roughly as important as finishes in Q2+Q3.

Still, in the most predictive of stats during the most meaningful of season segments, Briscoe has been NASCAR’s best driver — and that should translate into sustained speed in the playoffs, if history is any guide.

Not that the oddsmakers have paid much attention: According to DraftKings’ odds, Briscoe is tied (with Shane van Gisbergen) for the ninth-best championship odds of any driver, at +2000 as of Tuesday. (The favorite, Kyle Larson, sits at +350 by comparison, even though his recent form has been nowhere near as good as Briscoe’s.)

In some ways, though, that’s par for the course in the journeyman-underdog arc of Briscoe’s career. Even during the season of his life, driving for an elite team with his best-ever shot at winning a title, he still finds himself fighting for respect. And for Chase Briscoe, maybe that’s also exactly where he’s most dangerous.

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 14, 2025) – Today, NASCAR announced Anduril, a renowned defense products company, as the presenting sponsor of the NASCAR San Diego Weekend and NASCAR Cup Series street race entitlement partner of the new event at Naval Base Coronado on June 19-21, 2026. The headline event of NASCAR San Diego Weekend presented by Anduril will be the Anduril 250 Race the Base Cup Series street race that honors the 250th anniversary of the United States Navy. As part of the multi-year agreement, Anduril has also been named the Official Defense Partner of NASCAR.

“NASCAR has long been woven into the fabric of Americana — it’s a sport that connects with fans across generations and reflects the energy and determination that define us,” said Craig Stimmel, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at NASCAR. “Anduril is an American company that’s pushing boundaries in defense technology, and they bring that same drive and forward-thinking mindset. We’re excited to welcome them as the title partner of NASCAR San Diego Weekend and as NASCAR’s Official Defense Partner. It’s a great match — two high-performance teams coming together with a shared vision for the future, both on and off the track.”

RELATED: San Diego ticket options

The Anduril 250, second-ever Cup Series street course, will take place on Sunday, June 21, 2026. The NASCAR San Diego Weekend presented by Anduril will be the first NASCAR event on an active military base. The Anduril 250 will be preceded by high-energy races for the Xfinity Series and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races on Friday, June 19, 2026 and Saturday, June 20, 2026. The official NASCAR San Diego street course layout will be unveiled in the near future.

“NASCAR is one of America’s most iconic platforms with a huge fan base among U.S. service members, veterans and their families, said Jeff Miller, Vice President of Marketing at Anduril. “Partnering with NASCAR for the Race on the Base is a natural fit reflecting our shared values of technical innovation, speed, and support of our military. We’re proud to be part of an event that celebrates the Navy’s 250th anniversary and honors everyone who serves.”

Anduril builds advanced defense technology products designed to strengthen national security and deter conflict. Its systems — including autonomous aircraft, underwater vehicles, AI-powered sensor platforms, and electronic warfare tools — are used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allied militaries around the world. Anduril takes a different approach from traditional defense contractors, combining private capital with rapid product development to deliver advanced capability at speed and scale.

The Anduril 250 will be the final race of Prime Video’s five-race Cup Series broadcast window for 2026. The Xfinity Series race will air on The CW and the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race will be broadcast by FOX Sports.

Tickets for the 2026 NASCAR San Diego Weekend will go on-sale this fall. Tickets are expected to go fast, so fans can put down a deposit for advance pricing today at NASCARSanDiego.com. Additional details and elements of the weekend will be announced soon, and fans can follow @NASCARSanDiego on Facebook, Instagram, and X for the latest real-time updates on all aspects of the event.

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Carson Hocevar hasn’t been everyone’s best friend on the track during the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

That continued last weekend at Watkins Glen International as the second-year Spire Motorsports driver had separate run-ins with RFK Racing co-owner and driver Brad Keselowski and Spire teammate Michael McDowell.

During Saturday’s qualifying session at the New York road course, video emerged of Keselowski, the 2012 series titleholder, making a beeline down pit road toward the No. 77 car and appearing to speak to Hocevar before walking away with some No. 6 crew members.

On Wednesday, Hocevar says Keselowski impeded his lap during qualifying and still didn’t know why Keselowski ran at him.

RELATED: Richmond schedule | Cup Series standings

“I didn’t really understand why he was so upset because we were upset at him,” Hocevar said. “I think just emotions get high in qualifying. I felt like we started our lap, and he was kind of in the way, or just let us go in a really bad spot that I felt like it impeded our lap. As we’re doing our cool-down lap, I didn’t want to swerve out of his way or anything going down the backstretch, and I just stayed in line and had him go around me. I think everybody didn’t know the full story, potentially, right? You just get done with your lap, and you feel like somebody gets in your way. I was frustrated. Our group was frustrated, and then, obviously, he was frustrated with us.

“When you get back to your trailers, I would imagine that his guys kind of looked and realized that we just kind of impeded both of our laps, and we can clean it up going forward, or maybe his spotter can make sure that he gives us a little bit more room and we can do the same moving forward.”

Hocevar was able to start eighth on Sunday, while Keselowski went 16th on the grid for the race.

During the 90-lapper at The Glen, Hocevar was spun by McDowell entering Turn 1 on Lap 52. The longtime Cup veteran got to the right-rear quarter panel of Hocevar down the frontstretch, resulting in the No. 71 contacting the No. 77 and sending Hocevar around.

The pair of teammates met again on the final lap, battling for 18th. McDowell contacted Hocevar again and got to the inside of Hocevar, but it was Hocevar outdueling McDowell to the line to get the better of the No. 71 driver.

Hocevar said the two haven’t spoken yet but have plans to when they get to Richmond Raceway for Saturday’s race (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

“No, we hadn’t talked or whatever. He wanted to sit down at Richmond,” Hocevar said. “I’m gone racing, and he’s gone as well. Maybe it’s best-case scenario that we’re both gone. It didn’t seem like that big of a deal to me — either he made a mistake or misjudged and obviously turned me. Then we were just fighting for the last lap and last corner and felt like that was plenty of OK to do considering the contact right. I can play defense for one corner to try to get the spot.”

Hocevar also added that securing a better qualifying draw for Richmond was also on his mind, trying to fend off McDowell for the spot.

“I think Richmond being the next week with qualifying draw being so important, that one spot I think matters a lot for qualifying, especially for how tough that place is to pass, but also super easy to go a lap down at that place,” Hocevar said. “Qualifying means everything, and especially going out late, you’re going to have a massive advantage. So the later we could have got, the better. So I’m glad we at least got a decent position. Michael wanted to sit down and talk about it a little bit of just how we can move forward, and just help each other and next time to avoid that.”

While nothing of note took place between Hocevar and Zane Smith on Sunday, Hocevar shed light on giving a spot up to the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports driver before entering Turn 6 on the road course and why he told Smith on pit road after the race to “expect that in the next couple weeks.”

MORE: Smith on Hocevar after Iowa run-in: ‘He’s an idiot’

“He was on newer tires, so he was faster than me,” Hocevar said of letting Smith by. “Number one, I don’t really think it would have been smart for me to play defense, nor could I, so I might as well just let him go right? Like I killed two birds, one stone. It was really gonna be hard for me to play defense for a lap or two left in the race …

“I felt like that was his frustration level over the last few weeks of getting right-reared by Preece and then Bell and then me hitting the bump and wrecking him. I know that kind of boiled over onto us. If I could have just pointed him by where it’s not going to cost me anything, it’s an easy decision for me.”

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In the wake of Connor Zilisch’s broken collarbone at Watkins Glen International, NASCAR has no plans to change its Victory Lane protocols in the future. But there will be more attention paid to the location of the window net during driver celebrations.

Zilisch seemed to get his left foot caught in the window net and then took a hard fall while trying to dismount the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

“I think that was part of the problem that the window net was flapping on the outside,” NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said during the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast. “I think Connor even said that may have been a problem, and one of our safety guys actually mentioned the same thing. So, we may do just sort of a check to make sure that if that’s inside the car, it’s one less thing you can slip on.”

NASCAR has given drivers no guidance to avoid climbing onto their doorsill in Victory Lane celebrations. “We have not put in any policies or best practices or anything like that,” Forde said.

Though Zilisch’s injury made national headlines, injuries have occurred before in the frenzy of Victory Lane. Brad Keselowski needed several stitches in his right hand after breaking a champagne bottle while celebrating a 2014 victory at Kentucky Speedway. A member of Justin Allgaier’s team suffered a similar wound in Phoenix Raceway’s Victory Lane after the 2024 Xfinity championship.

Zilisch underwent surgery Tuesday on his broken collarbone, and his status is uncertain for the Xfinity Series’ Aug. 22 race at Daytona International Speedway. The points leader already secured a playoff waiver for missing the May 2 race at Texas Motor Speedway with a back injury sustained in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway.

Forde confirmed that Zilisch would need to request another waiver to remain championship-eligible if he missed Daytona or subsequent races.

“He has to miss a race first, so we’re probably a good two weeks away from even receiving a waiver request from Connor,” Forde said. “We’ll get with the doctors and find out where he is.”

Zilisch also would need to be medically cleared before returning. Forde said if Zilisch were approved to race by a doctor but wanted to sit out races to continue healing before the playoffs, NASCAR might allow it. While recovering from a concussion in 2022, Alex Bowman missed a race at Martinsville Speedway just after being cleared.

“We would consider it,” Forde said. “It’s a case-by-case basis.”

With the Craftsman Truck Series regular-season finale Friday at Richmond Raceway, NASCAR was awaiting an expected waiver request from injured driver Stewart Friesen, who missed last week’s race at Watkins Glen and could be out the rest of the season. Forde said NASCAR planned to make a decision on Friesen’s status before the truck garage opened Friday morning at Richmond.

If Friesen were granted a waiver, there would be one spot left in the 10-driver field, and Kaden Honeycutt would likely clinch by starting Friday’s race. But if Friesen were excluded from the playoffs, a second spot would be available with multiple drivers in the hunt.

“The goal is to make sure that fans, our broadcast partners at FOX and all the media and everyone knows really what’s on the line Friday night, whether there is one spot available or two,” Forde said. “I think fans will know by Friday morning at the latest.”

Other topics covered by Forde and Ellis during the 27th episode of “Hauler Talk,” which explores competition issues in NASCAR:

— NASCAR will consider making course adjustments at Watkins Glen to establish track limits.

— Why Austin Hill and Connor Zilisch faced no penalties for hooking other drivers in wrecks.

— Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet being inspected after setting the fastest lap.

— Upcoming drivers meetings at Richmond Raceway.

Click on the embed above to listen or search for “Hauler Talk” wherever you download podcasts to hear it on your phone, tablet or mobile device.

Nate Ryan has written about NASCAR since 1996 while working at the San Bernardino Sun, Richmond Times-Dispatch, USA TODAY and for the past 10 years at NBC Sports Digital. He is a contributor to the “Hauler Talk” show on the NASCAR Podcast Network. He has also covered various other motorsports, including the IndyCar and IMSA series.

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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series goes to Richmond Raceway on Friday for the eero 250 (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the final race in the regular season for the trucks. FS2 will air Truck Series qualifying at 3:10 p.m. ET Friday.

QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Truck Series

The qualifying order is determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).

Friday’s qualifying session will consist of one round, with each truck completing two laps. The faster of the two laps will count toward the lineup.

MORE: Richmond schedule | How to watch the Truck Series on FS1, FS2

# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points

Pos.Car No.DriversMetric ScoreGroup
197Carson Kvapil(i)59.01
241Matthew Gould58.71
374Caleb Costner42.21
467Ryan Roulette41.31
584Patrick Staropoli(i)40.41
66Norm Benning39.21
72Stephen Mallozzi33.81
802TBA32.81
991Jack Wood30.31
105Toni Breidinger #28.41
1177Corey LaJoie28.21
1233Frankie Muniz #27.31
1371Rajah Caruth26.91
1422Clayton Green26.21
1544Andres Perez De Lara #26.11
1615Tanner Gray24.41
1799Ben Rhodes21.81
1866Luke Fenhaus21.71
1916Christian Eckes(i)21.31
2076Spencer Boyd20.42
219Grant Enfinger18.92
2226Dawson Sutton #17.32
2338Chandler Smith17.02
2481Connor Mosack #16.62
2588Matt Crafton15.12
2613Jake Garcia13.82
271Brent Crews13.42
2842Matt Mills13.22
2934Layne Riggs7.62
3045Bayley Currey7.42
3198Ty Majeski7.32
3252Kaden Honeycutt7.02
3318Tyler Ankrum6.22
3417Giovanni Ruggiero #6.02
357Sammy Smith(i)5.72
3619Daniel Hemric2.62
3711Corey Heim1.02

 

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NASCAR suspended Marshall Hill, car chief for the No. 99 ThorSport Racing Ford in the Craftsman Truck Series, following Friday’s Mission 176 at Watkins Glen International. Late in that race, the right-rear axle of the vehicle driven by Ben Rhodes came loose, sending the truck hard into the outside wall and bringing out a caution.

RELATED: Richmond schedule | Truck Series standings

Hill will miss Friday’s eero 250 at Richmond Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the regular-season finale in the Truck Series. Rhodes, who finished 26th at Watkins Glen, sits 11 points below the elimination line as the two-time Truck Series champ tries to get back in the playoffs to make a run at title No. 3.

NASCAR listed the infraction as a safety violation noted in Sections 10.5.2.5.G of the Rule Book: the loss or separation of an improperly installed rear axle from the vehicle during the event.

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The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Richmond Raceway as the penultimate contest before the Cup Series Playoffs officially begin. Qualifying at the Virginia short track is scheduled for 5:40 p.m. ET on Friday (truTV, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Truck Series

Short-track practice and qualifying procedure will be in effect this weekend, with cars split into two groups for a 50-minute practice session (25 minutes for each group), followed by qualifying. Qualifying is two laps, one round.

The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).

The race itself will occur on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

MORE: How to watch NASCAR on USA | Weekend schedule

# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points

Pos. Car No. Driver Metric Score Group
1 67 Corey Heim (i) 41.9 1
2 33 Jesse Love (i) 40.1 1
3 41 Cole Custer 34.0 1
4 21 Josh Berry 31.7 1
5 51 Cody Ware 31.1 1
6 10 Ty Dillon 30.6 1
7 42 John Hunter Nemechek 29.3 1
8 34 * Todd Gilliland 28.9 1
9 5 Kyle Larson 28.8 1
10 54 Ty Gibbs 28.2 1
11 7 Justin Haley 27.9 1
12 6 Brad Keselowski 27.4 1
13 35 * Riley Herbst # 27.3 1
14 4 * Noah Gragson 24.6 1
15 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 23.9 1
16 8 Kyle Busch 20.2 1
17 38 * Zane Smith 20.0 1
18 71 Michael McDowell 19.9 1
19 3 Austin Dillon 18.9 1
20 9 Chase Elliott 18.8 2
21 77 Carson Hocevar 18.6 2
22 11 Denny Hamlin 18.4 2
23 48 Alex Bowman 16.7 2
24 2 Austin Cindric 15.7 2
25 43 Erik Jones 14.7 2
26 22 Joey Logano 13.7 2
27 99 Daniel Suárez 13.6 2
28 16 AJ Allmendinger 13.1 2
29 60 Ryan Preece 12.7 2
30 1 Ross Chastain 11.2 2
31 23 * Bubba Wallace 8.9 2
32 45 * Tyler Reddick 8.4 2
33 88 Shane van Gisbergen # 8.2 2
34 12 Ryan Blaney 6.0 2
35 19 Chase Briscoe 5.9 2
36 17 Chris Buescher 5.1 2
37 24 William Byron 3.1 2
38 20 Christopher Bell 2.6 2
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To celebrate 75 years worth of memories, the legendary Wood Brothers Racing team will be celebrated throughout the summer with “Wood Brothers Wednesdays” on The NASCAR Channel.

Wood Brothers Racing has been around since 1950, when Glen and Leonard Wood teamed up to pioneer a legacy that has transcended time.

Glen was behind the wheel of their car in 1960 at Bowman Gray Stadium and took the Wood Brothers Racing team to Victory Lane for the first time. The team scored its 101st NASCAR Cup Series victory in 2025, when Josh Berry claimed the checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Bookending those victories were triumphs everywhere from Daytona to Darlington to Rockingham and everywhere in between. Twenty of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers have piloted a car for the team throughout its storied history, one that is well worth celebrating.

RELATED: How to watch The NASCAR Channel

The theme for this week’s content will focus on former Wood Brothers Racing driver Kyle Petty.

“Memory Lane — The Wedding,” a piece of NASCAR original content, will air on Wednesday. Leonard Wood and Petty talk about the day the Pettys and the Woods “got married,” a.k.a. teamed up together for the first time.

Petty won two races during his time racing for the Wood Brothers family, and both races will be streamed in full on Wednesday.

His first career NASCAR Cup Series victory came in the 1986 Miller High Life 400 at Richmond Raceway, which is also the site of this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event.

Petty was also victorious in the 1987 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was Petty’s only victory in the famed No. 21 car for the team, as he took the No. 7 to Victory Lane in 1986 at Richmond.

The NASCAR Channel delivers 24/7, always-on content, featuring the latest news and information from around the sport, original programming and race replays.

It is a FAST channel (Free-Ad Supported Television) and can be watched on your TV or mobile device via one of the streaming partners, such as Tubi or Xumo Play.