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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Complete Guide to NASCAR's Third National Series

Q: How do you watch the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Complete Guide to NASCAR's Third National Series?

Truck Series races air primarily on FS1, with select races on FOX. Radio coverage is on the Motor Racing Network (MRN), the NASCAR Racing Network, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). Check the schedule for each race's broadcast window.

A complete guide to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the 2026 championship picture, the teams and manufacturers, key storylines, and how to watch every race.

What Is the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series?

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is NASCAR's third national touring series, racing full-size pickup trucks one rung below the Cup Series and the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Title-sponsored by CRAFTSMAN (a Stanley Black & Decker brand), the Truck Series is equal parts proving ground for rising talent and a fiercely competitive home for series veterans, close-quarters, contact-heavy racing that regularly produces last-lap finishes.

A season runs from February to November and is decided at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 6. For the live championship order, see the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series standings, updated after every race.

The 2026 Championship

Ten drivers are in this year's Chase, which ends with the championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 6: Kaden Honeycutt, Layne Riggs, Chandler Smith, Giovanni Ruggiero, Christian Eckes, Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski, Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger and Tyler Ankrum.

For the current order, including owner standings, see the standings page.

Teams and Manufacturers

Four manufacturers now compete in the series, Chevrolet, Toyota, Ford, and RAM:

TRICON Garage (Toyota), Kaden Honeycutt, Gio Ruggiero and Corey Heim.
Front Row Motorsports (Ford), Layne Riggs and Chandler Smith.
Spire Motorsports (Chevrolet), multi-truck program.
Halmar Friesen Racing (Toyota), owner-driver Stewart Friesen.
ThorSport Racing (Ford), veteran Ty Majeski.
Kaulig Racing (RAM), the series' newest manufacturer story, fielding a multi-truck RAM fleet that includes Justin Haley's No. 16 and a No. 25 driven by action-sports star Travis Pastrana.

2026 Storylines

Kaden Honeycutt's breakout. A CARS Tour graduate, Honeycutt has put together the season of his career, highlighted by a rare ARCA-and-Truck same-day sweep at Watkins Glen (only the second driver to do it) and the first weekend sweep in CARS Tour history, and won at Kansas on Sept. 26.

Corey Heim at Michigan. TRICON Garage's Corey Heim held off teammate Kaden Honeycutt by .065 of a second to win the DQS 250 at Michigan on June 6, in a finish where Honeycutt first pushed him to the front and then tried to take the win for himself.

Remembering Kyle Busch. Busch's final career victory came in the Truck Series at Dover on May 15, 2026, a record fifth Dover Truck win, leading 147 of 200 laps and sweeping the stages, days before his death on May 21. The following weekend at Charlotte, Layne Riggs bowed to the crowd in Busch's honor after winning the truck race, one of the sport's most-felt tributes of the season.

History at Dover. In that same Dover race, Dystany Spurlock became the first Black woman to start a NASCAR national series race, a milestone moment for the sport.

RAM returns. Kaulig Racing's expansion brought the RAM nameplate back to the series, with Travis Pastrana's No. 25 debut adding star power to an already-deep field.

Notable 2026 Races

The series runs one of its toughest stretches in early summer, including Michigan International Speedway in June, before the championship is settled at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 6. The complete calendar is on the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series schedule.

How to Watch

Truck Series races air primarily on FS1, with select races on FOX. Radio coverage is on the Motor Racing Network (MRN), the NASCAR Racing Network, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). Check the schedule for each race's broadcast window.

Why It Matters

The Truck Series is where the next generation breaks through, the proving ground that turns CARS Tour standouts like Kaden Honeycutt into national-series winners, and where Cup veterans still come to race hard. For Grand National Today, the Truck Series is a core part of the ladder we cover from regional short tracks all the way to the Cup Series.

Track Guides

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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Complete Guide to NASCAR's Third National Series

What Is the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series?

The 2026 Championship

Teams and Manufacturers

2026 Storylines

Notable 2026 Races

How to Watch

Why It Matters

Track Guides

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Anderson Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway

Caraway Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway

Circuit of the Americas

Darlington Raceway

Daytona International Speedway Track Guide

Dominion Raceway

Dover Motor Speedway

EchoPark Speedway

Florence Motor Speedway

Hickory Motor Speedway

Homestead-Miami Speedway

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Iowa Speedway

Kansas Speedway

Langley Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

Martinsville Speedway

Michigan International Speedway

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Nashville Superspeedway

Naval Base Coronado

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Newport Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Phoenix Raceway

Pocono Raceway

Richmond Raceway

Rockingham Speedway

Sonoma Raceway

South Boston Speedway

Southern National Motorsports Park

Talladega Superspeedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Tri-County Speedway

Wake County Speedway

Watkins Glen International

World Wide Technology Raceway

Driver Profiles

Andy Jankowiak

Anthony Alfredo

Austin Green

Austin Hill

Blaine Perkins

Brandon Jones

Brenden Queen

Brennan Poole

Brent Crews

Brexton Busch

Caden Kvapil

Caesar Bacarella

Team Profiles

Alpha Prime Racing

AM Racing

Big Machine Racing

DGM Racing

Haas Factory Team

Hendrick Motorsports

Jeremy Clements Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing

Joey Gase Motorsports

Jordan Anderson Racing

JR Motorsports

Kaulig Racing