NASCAR.com’s Chris Murdock ranks the highest 10 Truck Sequence contenders forward of the collection’ return to Rockingham Speedway on Friday (5 p.m. ET, FS1, NASCAR Racing Community Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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Evaluation: By way of six races of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence season, Corey Heim stays within the high place of the Energy Rankings. He’s presently main the standings and is the one driver to have received a number of races, with victories at Daytona and Las Vegas. Moreover, Heim is driving the excessive of 4 consecutive top-10 finishes. Having made the Championship 4 throughout every of his full-time seasons, he has come near profitable the championship however has fallen quick. Will 2025 lastly be the 12 months he claims the title?
Evaluation: Ty Majeski has had one of the vital constant begins to the Truck Sequence season, firing out of the gate with 5 straight top-10 finishes and his solely blemish being a Thirty third-place end from final weekend’s race at Bristol. With the return to Rockingham on the docket this weekend and a visit to Texas within the not-too-distant future, the defending collection champion remains to be in prime place to vault into Victory Lane.
Evaluation: Maybe a shock winner this early into the marketing campaign, Daniel Hemric cashed in on the short-track pace that McAnally-Hilgemann Racing loved throughout Christian Eckes’ tenure with a victory of his personal at Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville marks the one regular-season victory of Hemric’s profession and may be what the 2021 Xfinity Sequence champ must take the sting off and financial institution extra wins forward of the playoff dialog.
Evaluation: The latest winner within the Truck Sequence — holding Kyle Larson within the rearview mirror this previous weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway — Chandler Smith jumps up two spots within the rankings. With no finishes exterior of the highest 10 up to now this 12 months, Smith might probably be set to go on a run and put the sector on discover as a deep playoff contender.
Evaluation: Becoming a member of his Entrance Row Motorsports teammate in climbing the ranks, Layne Riggs continues to impress in his sophomore Truck Sequence marketing campaign. Whereas the outcomes on paper don’t inform the entire story (solely two top-10 finishes by six races) the 22-year-old continues to place the No. 34 Truck up on the entrance. With Rockingham approaching this weekend, it’s not out of the query to see him boxing for the lead.
Evaluation: Our first drop within the Truck Sequence Energy Rankings, Grant Enfinger’s begin to the 2025 season has left extra questions than solutions out of the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports camp. After a stellar begin to the 12 months, a Twenty ninth-place end from Martinsville and a dip exterior of the highest 10 at Bristol have slid Enfinger down the listing. With Rockingham developing and less-than-ideal finishes from earlier Texas outings, the fast future might look a little bit hazy for the 2023 Sequence runner-up.
Evaluation: Staying regular from the preseason version of Energy Rankings, Ben Rhodes’ want to see that consistency in his race outcomes, as effectively. The motive force from Louisville, Kentucky, has offset subpar outcomes at Daytona and Homestead with two top-five finishes and three high 10s by the primary six races of the season. There have been some brilliant spots, and Victory Lane could possibly be subsequent.
Evaluation: A brand new addition to the second spherical of Energy Rankings brings Stewart Friesen into the combination. A runner-up end at Atlanta Motor Speedway and a sixth-place exhibiting out in Las Vegas have showcased the pace of the No. 52 Toyota crew. With three high-speed race tracks on the horizon, the Canadian driver will want that oomph to seek out Victory Lane and he simply may need it.
Evaluation: Two DNFs to start out Caruth’s 2025 marketing campaign weren’t on the bingo card initially of the 12 months, dropping the 23-year-old 4 spots within the rankings. Though he presently sits exterior of the highest 10 within the season standings, Caruth followers shouldn’t panic simply but, as back-to-back runs inside the highest 10 might signify that the ship is popping in the best path.
Evaluation: Jake Garcia could also be a shocking inclusion on this listing, however his efficiency this season shouldn’t be ignored. Within the first six races, the 20-year-old has already doubled his complete top-10 finishes from your entire earlier season and constantly finds a option to obtain pace at any observe on the schedule. It wouldn’t be shocking to see his sturdy performances proceed, probably main him to Victory Lane.
