2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race


The 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race was the 25th and final stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the The race was held on Friday, October 31, 2025, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a tri-oval track. The race was contested over 161 laps, extended from 150 laps due to multiple overtime restarts.
In an action-packed race with late drama, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would finish off a record-breaking season, rebounding from a late restart and making a seven-wide pass from the tenth position, and after climbing to second when another caution came out, he passed Ty Majeski on the final restart to earn his 23rd career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and a series record 12th of the season, clinching his first career Truck Series championship. Majeski settled for second to finish second in the championship, Kaden Honeycutt finished third in the championship with a third-place finish, and Tyler Ankrum rounded out the Championship 4 drivers with a 14th place finish, and fourth in the championship standings.
This was the fifth and last consecutive championship race held at Phoenix as the event will move to Homestead–Miami Speedway in 2026 for the first time since 2019. Phoenix will continue to serve as the championship race in the future, but on a rotational deal.
This was also the final full-time race for longtime veteran Matt Crafton, who announced his retirement from full-time racing on August 18.

Report

Background

Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The raceway was originally constructed with a road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991, the track was reconfigured with the current interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth, and hosts the championship race on the schedule. In 2026, Homestead-Miami would host the championship race, while Phoenix would retain its second date in the Round of 8.

Championship drivers

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes championship contender. denotes owner's championship truck.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, October 30, at 4:35 PM MST, and would last for 50 minutes. Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 26.913, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, October 31, at 12:35 PM MST. Since Phoenix Raceway is a mile oval, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 26.707, and a speed of. Although he was credited with the pole, Riggs will start from the rear of the field, and serve a pass-through after the green flag due to failing pre-race inspection multiple times.
No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
111Corey Heim 'Tricon GarageToyota0
21Brent CrewsTricon GarageToyota9
398Ty Majeski 'ThorSport RacingFord0
471Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet7
515Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota6
677Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet5
752Kaden Honeycutt 'Halmar Friesen RacingToyota0
87Stefan ParsonsSpire MotorsportsChevrolet3
913Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord2
1017Gio Ruggiero 'Tricon GarageToyota1

Stage 2 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
111Corey Heim 'Tricon GarageToyota0
298Ty Majeski 'ThorSport RacingFord0
31Brent CrewsTricon GarageToyota8
452Kaden Honeycutt 'Halmar Friesen RacingToyota0
571Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet6
615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota5
734Layne Riggs 'Front Row MotorsportsFord4
813Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord3
97Stefan ParsonsSpire MotorsportsChevrolet2
1017Gio Ruggiero Tricon GarageToyota1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 71''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Toyota925
2Chevrolet877
3Ford865

  • Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.