2025 Ecosave 200
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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Race 3 of 25 of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |||
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Date | March 14, 2025 | ||
Official name | 8th Annual Ecosave 200 | ||
Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | ||
Distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km) | ||
Scheduled distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km) | ||
Average speed | 107.010 mph (172.216 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Spire Motorsports | ||
Time | 30.388 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
Laps | 42 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | FS1 | ||
Announcers | Jamie Little, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | NRN |
The 2025 Ecosave 200 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 8th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, March 14, 2025, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. In an action-packed race with numerous rain delays, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, took the lead late in the race and dominated the final stage, leading a race-high 42 laps to earn his 13th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season.[9] To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger, driving for CR7 Motorsports, and Tanner Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Report
[edit]Background
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
[edit]For practice, drivers were separated into two different groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Friday, March 14, at 12:35 PM PST.[10] Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 30.269, and a speed of 178.400 mph (287.107 km/h).
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 30.269 | 178.400 |
2 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 30.271 | 178.389 |
3 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 30.308 | 178.171 |
Full practice results |
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was held on Friday, March 14, at 1:40 PM PST.[10] Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, single-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.[11]
Corey Day, driving for Spire Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.388, and a speed of 177.702 mph (285.984 km/h).[12]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]Stage 1 Laps: 30
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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1 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 10 |
2 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
3 | 7 | Corey Day (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
4 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 7 |
5 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 6 |
6 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 5 |
7 | 07 | Justin Haley (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
8 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 3 |
9 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 30
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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1 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
2 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 9 |
3 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 8 |
4 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 7 |
5 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 6 |
6 | 07 | Justin Haley (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
7 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 4 |
8 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
9 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
10 | 7 | Corey Day (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
Stage 3 Laps: 74
Fin[13] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 16 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 134 | 42 | Running | 54 |
2 | 20 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 35 |
3 | 18 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 34 |
4 | 7 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 134 | 13 | Running | 44 |
5 | 23 | 34 | Layne Riggs | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 134 | 5 | Running | 32 |
6 | 5 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 134 | 14 | Running | 45 |
7 | 6 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 34 |
8 | 17 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 134 | 1 | Running | 41 |
9 | 11 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 28 |
10 | 2 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 39 | Running | 46 |
11 | 4 | 07 | Justin Haley (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 1 | Running | 0 |
12 | 22 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 27 |
13 | 12 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 24 |
14 | 15 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 134 | 6 | Running | 29 |
15 | 8 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 24 |
16 | 24 | 42 | Matt Mills | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 21 |
17 | 13 | 77 | Andrés Pérez de Lara (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 20 |
18 | 19 | 44 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 19 |
19 | 9 | 26 | Dawson Sutton (R) | Rackley W.A.R. | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 18 |
20 | 10 | 81 | Connor Mosack (R) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 17 |
21 | 27 | 5 | Toni Breidinger (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 16 |
22 | 25 | 1 | William Sawalich (i) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 0 |
23 | 26 | 66 | Luke Fenhaus | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 14 |
24 | 29 | 33 | Frankie Muniz (R) | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 133 | 0 | Running | 13 |
25 | 21 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | 133 | 1 | Running | 12 |
26 | 3 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 132 | 1 | Running | 20 |
27 | 1 | 7 | Corey Day (i) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 132 | 2 | Running | 0 |
28 | 28 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 132 | 0 | Running | 9 |
29 | 31 | 02 | Nathan Byrd | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 128 | 0 | Running | 8 |
30 | 14 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 92 | 2 | Accident | 7 |
31 | 30 | 2 | Stephen Mallozzi | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 17 | 0 | Drivetrain | 6 |
Official race results |
Standings after the race
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References
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- ^ "Qualifying Results" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ "Starting lineup" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
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- ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Excellent pit work propels Corey Heim to Truck Series victory at Las Vegas". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
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- ^ "2025 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (March 14, 2025). "Corey Day Collects First Career Truck Series Pole at Las Vegas". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Ecosave 200 – Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved March 15, 2025.