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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 Entry List: Dates, Event Times At Texas Motor Speedway
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Published28 Apr 2025
Jake Garcia was a bit overshadowed.
At one end of the ThorSport Racing’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series garage in Sandusky, Ohio, Ty Majeski was piecing together a run to the 2024 circuit championship.
At the other end, first-year teammate Jake Garcia struggled to a No. 17 ranking in the final drivers’ standings. Through his opening 10 starts, Garcia failed to a top-10 finish.
Through seven races this season, the 20-year-old Monroe, Georgia, native nearly matched Majeski’s effort. Separated by just four points, No. 6 Majeski (228 points) collected two top fives and three top 10s and one stage win. No. 7 Garcia (224) ed two top fives and five top 10s.
In his past four outings, Garcia, who placed P2 at Rockingham Speedway on April 18, compiled a 4.75 average finish. Garcia claimed the pole and led 43 rocks in the national series’ return to “The Rock.”
“Last year wasn’t a great year for us,” Garcia said, as reported by NASCAR.com. “I don’t know that I really improved a lot, driver-wise. Maybe a little. But we’re running about 20 spots better every week, so it’s certainly refreshing.”
Idle last weekend, the Truck Series returns for Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway. Corey Heim paces the circuit with 312 points, 22 more than No. 2 Chandler Smith (290 points) and Rockingham winner Tyler Ankrum (250).
Garcia will make his Xfinity Series debut Saturday.
Excited to welcome @JakeGarcia35 to the team at Talladega. We have an uphill battle to qualify on time but we will give it all we can. pic.twitter.com/fCo6NPxTTO
— RSS Racing (@RSSRacing__) April 24, 2025
NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway (All Times ET):
Friday
- 2:35 p.m.: Truck Series practice
- 3:40 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying
- 5:05 p.m.: Xfinity Series practice
- 6:10 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
- 8 p.m.: Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 race
Saturday
- 11:05 a.m.: Cup Series practice
- 12:10 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
- 2 p.m.: Xfinity Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 race
Sunday
- 3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Würth 400 race
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— Texas Motor Speedway (@TXMotorSpeedway) April 25, 2025
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 Entry List
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series officials released the entry list for Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway:
Entry, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Brandon Jones, No. 1 Toyota
- 2, Nathan Byrd, No. 02 Chevrolet
- 3, Cody Dennison, No. 2 Ford
- 4, Toni Breidinger, No. 5 Toyota
- 5, Nicholas Sanchez, No. 07 Chevrolet
- 6, Carson Hocevar, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 7, Grant Enfinger, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 8, Corey Heim, No. 11 Toyota
- 9, Jake Garcia, No. 13 Ford
- 10, Tanner Gray, TRICON Garage, No. 15 Toyota
- 11, Giovanni Ruggiero, No. 17 Toyota
- 12, Tyler Ankrum, No. 18 Chevrolet
- 13, Daniel Hemric, No. 19 Chevrolet
- 14, Stefan Parsons, No. 20 Chevrolet
- 15, Josh Reaume, No. 22 Ford
- 16, Dawson Sutton, No. 26 Chevrolet
- 17, Frankie Muniz, No. 33 Ford
- 18, Layne Riggs, No. 34 Ford
- 19, Chandler Smith, No. 38 Ford
- 20, Matt Mills, No. 42 Chevrolet
- 21, Matthew Gould, No. 44 Chevrolet
- 22, Kaden Honeycutt, No. 45 Chevrolet
- 23, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Totota
- 24, Luke Fenhaus, No. 66 Ford
- 25, Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 26, Spencer Boyd, No. 76 Chevrolet
- 27, Andres Perez De Lara, No. 77 Chevrolet
- 28, Connor Mosack, No. 81 Chevrolet
- 29, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Ford
- 30, Jack Wood, No. 91 Chevrolet
- 31, Ty Majeski, No. 98 Ford
- 32, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Ford
The first @NASCAR_Trucks driver to pick up the Xfinity #FastestLap bonus point twice.@CoreyHeim_ was gettin' it done at @Rockingham1965. pic.twitter.com/c5gB5FvetY
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) April 18, 2025
