2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

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Corey Heim, the defending champion.

The 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season is the upcoming 32nd season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a Pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.

This will be the first season since 1999 without Matt Crafton, as he retired following 2025. It will also be the first season with Ram as a manufacturer since 2012.

Teams and drivers

Full-time teams

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	References
Chevrolet	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	18	Tyler Ankrum	TBA	[1]
	Rackley W.A.R.	26	Dawson Sutton	TBA	[2]
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	Layne Riggs	Dylan Cappello	[3]
	ThorSport Racing	88	Ty Majeski	TBA	[4]
Ram	Kaulig Racing	10	TBA	TBA	[5] [6] [7]
		TBA	Brenden Queen (R)	TBA
		TBA	Justin Haley	TBA
		TBA	Daniel Dye	TBA
		TBA	TBA	TBA
Toyota	Halmar Friesen Racing	52	Stewart Friesen	TBA	[8]
		62	TBA	TBA
	Tricon Garage	TBA	Kaden Honeycutt	TBA	[ citation needed ]

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Races	References
Chevrolet	FDNY Racing	28	TBA	TBA	1	[ citation needed ]
	Niece Motorsports	TBA	Landen Lewis	TBA	TBA	[9]

Driver changes

Moving between series

• Rajah Caruth will move up to the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2026, driving full-time split between JR Motorsports and Jordan Anderson Racing. ^[10]
• Landen Lewis will drive part-time for Niece Motorsports in 2026. ^[9]
• Daniel Dye will return to the Truck Series full-time after driving full-time in the Xfinity Series for one year in 2025. He will drive one of Kaulig Racing's new full-time entries. ^[7]
• Justin Haley will return to the Truck Series full-time for the first time since 2018. He competed in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 2022 to 2025. ^[7]

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § Craftsman Truck Series

• Brenden Queen, the 2025 ARCA Menards Series champion, will compete full-time for Kaulig Racing. ^[6]

Retirement

• After competing full-time in the Truck Series for 25 years and winning three championships, Matt Crafton will retire following the 2025 season. Ty Majeski, his ThorSport Racing teammate, will move from the No. 98 truck to the No. 88 truck for 2026. ^[4]

Team changes

A showcar for Kaulig Racing's Ram Trucks entry at the 2025 South Point 400.

• Kaulig Racing, which has fielded entries in the Cup Series since 2020 and the Xfinity Series since 2016, will debut in the Truck Series for the first time in 2026 and be the flagship team for RAM, which is re-entering the sport in 2026 for the first time since 2012. ^[5]
• Halmar Friesen Racing will field two full-time trucks in 2025 with the No. 62 expanding from being fielded part-time to full-time. ^[8]

Rule changes

• NASCAR Cup Series drivers with three or more years of experience can participate in eight (up from five) regular season races. They are still prohibited from the final race of the regular season, playoffs, and the championship race. ^[11]

Schedule

Notes:

• Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed.

O Oval track

R Road course

S Street course

No	Race title	Track	Location	Date
1	Fresh From Florida 250	O  Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	February 13
2	Fr8 208	O  EchoPark Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	February 21
3	TBA	S  St. Petersburg street circuit	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 28
4	Sober or Slammer 200	O  Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	March 20
5	Black's Tire 200	O  Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, North Carolina	April 3
6	Weather Guard Truck Race	O  Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	April 10
7	SpeedyCash.com 250	O  Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	May 1
8	Mission 176 at The Glen	R  Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 8
9	TBA	O  Dover Motor Speedway	Dover, Delaware	May 15
10	North Carolina Education Lottery 200	O  Charlotte Motor Speedway	Charlotte, North Carolina	May 22
11	Rackley Roofing 200	O  Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, Tennessee	May 29
12	DQS Solutions & Staffing 250	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	June 6
13	TBA	S  Coronado Street Course	San Diego, California	June 19
14	LiUNA! 150	R  Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 11
15	Window World 250	O  North Wilkesboro Speedway	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina	July 18
16	TSport 200	O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Indianapolis, Indiana	July 24
17	eero 250	O  Richmond Raceway	Richmond, Virginia	August 14
18	Team EJP 175	O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	August 22
NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 10
19	UNOH 200	O  Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, Tennessee	September 17
20	Heart of Health Care 200	O  Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	September 26
21	EcoSave 250	R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval)	Charlotte, North Carolina	October 9
Round of 8
22	Craftsman 150	O  Phoenix Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	October 17
23	Love's RV Stop 225	O  Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, Alabama	October 23
24	Slim Jim 200	O  Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, Virginia	October 30
Championship 4
25	Baptist Health 200	O  Homestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	November 6

Schedule changes

• The series will race at the St. Petersburg street circuit and the Coronado Street Course for the first time. ^{[12] [13]}
• The series will not race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first time since the series inception in 1995.
• Homestead–Miami Speedway will return to being the season finale for all three national series. ^[14]
• The series will return to Dover Motor Speedway for the first time since 2020. ^[15]

See also

• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
• 2026 ARCA Menards Series
• 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

References

1. "Tyler Ankrum returns to McAnally-Hilgemann Racing for 2026 NASCAR season". Motorsports Wire. October 30, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
2. "Dawson Sutton, Rackley W.A.R. to Return Full Time in Trucks in 2026". Frontstretch. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
3. "Layne Riggs "planning on" front row return in 2026: UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. October 29, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
4. "Matt Crafton set to retire after 2025 season, Ty Majeski to drive No. 88 for ThorSport". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
5. Miktuk, Carly (August 23, 2025). "Kaulig Racing Named Anchor Team for Ram's Return to NASCAR". Kaulig Racing . Retrieved August 23, 2025.
6. "Brenden "Butterbean" Queen named first RAM driver for Kaulig Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
7. "Kaulig Racing adds Daniel Dye and Justin Haley to RAM 1500 roster". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. October 29, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
8. Srigley, Joseph (October 30, 2025). "Halmar Friesen Racing Planning to Field Two Full-Time Trucks in 2026". TobyChristie.com.
9. "Landen Lewis signed to Truck Series opportunity with Niece Motorsports". nascar.com . Niece Motorsports. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
10. Srigley, Joseph (October 21, 2025). "Rajah Caruth Lands Part-Time JR Motorsports Deal for 2026". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
11. "NASCAR to allow Cup drivers to run more lower series races UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
12. "St. Petersburg joins Craftsman Truck schedule; Rockingham, Lime Rock return". NASCAR.com. August 20, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
13. "San Diego to host NASCAR's latest cup series innovation with a street race at Naval Base Coronado". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. July 23, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
14. "NASCAR Championship Weekend to return to Homestead in 2026". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media. May 7, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
15. "NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race". August 20, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.