Craftsman Truck Series StatChat 2026 - Bristol

By Adam Carabine

Happy weekend everyone, you might be familiar with the Cup Series’ Stats Saturday article, but this year we are branching it out to the Top 3 Series.  It’s now time for another Truck Stats Thursday. This weekend the Craftsman Truck Series travels to Bristol, Tennessee for the Tennessee Army National Guard 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Bristol is a 0.533-mile short track oval, with a concrete surface and heavy banking in the corners.  The track was built in 1961, and has been a staple on the Truck Series calendar since its inception in 1995.  Joe Ruttman won the first Truck Series race there that same year.  Layne Riggs won the last race at Bristol last fall, and Chandler Smith won it in the spring last year.

Friday’s race will be 250 laps long (for a total of 133.25 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 65 – 130 – 250.  The fuel window is between 130-145 laps, though tire wear will likely impact pit schedules quicker than fuel. 

This year, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has run 664 laps, for 994.6 miles so far this season.  Only Chandler Smith has completed all of them.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Bristol:

Layne Riggs	4.50 over 4 races (2 wins)
Daniel Hemric	6.25 over 4 races
Grant Enfinger	8.00 over 14 races
Justin Haley	10.33 over 3 races
Ben Rhodes	11.13 over 16 races

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Bristol:

Kris Wright	33.67 over 3 races
Frankie Muniz	31.00 over 1 race
Cole Butcher	23.00 over 1 race
Tyler Ankrum	19.67 over 12 races
Dawson Sutton	17.00 over 2 races

Bristol is a Short Track

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:

Layne Riggs	5.69 over 23 races (4 wins)
Grant Enfinger	8.31 over 75 races (5 wins)
Ty Majeski	9.75 over 39 races (5 wins)
Chandler Smith	10.57 over 34 races (4 wins)
Justin Haley	11.98 over 23 races (1 win)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:

Frankie Muniz	28.58 over 9 races
Kris Wright	27.98 over 13 races
Dawson Sutton	20.24 over 12 races
Tanner Gray	18.93 over 50 races
Cole Butcher	18.67 over 3 races

The winningest Truck driver at Bristol is Kyle Busch, who has 5 Truck wins there.  As far as current drivers go, Chandler Smith and Layne Riggs each have 2 wins.

Drivers who ran their first Truck Series race at Bristol:

Justin Haley	2015 – P14
Cole Butcher	2025 – P23

Drivers who WON their first Truck Series race at Bristol:

Chandler Smith	34th Career Truck Series Start
Ty Majeski	40th Career Truck Series Start

Drivers whose most recent Truck Series Victory was at Bristol:

Layne Riggs	2025

Notable drivers who have not won at Bristol:

Grant Enfinger	(has won at 11 other tracks)
Stewart Friesen	(has won at 4 other tracks)
Justin Haley	(has won at 3 other tracks)
Tyler Ankrum	(has won at 2 other tracks)

Based on average finish, no driver lists Bristol as their BEST or WORST track.

Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:

Drivers Faring Better than in 2025

Stewart Friesen	+183 pts
Kaden Honeycutt	+90 pts
Frankie Muniz	+33 pts
Chandler Smith	+32 pts
Gio Ruggiero	+27 pts

Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025

Daniel Hemric	-313 pts
Grant Enfinger	-248 pts
Tyler Ankrum	-247 pts
Jake Garcia	-121 pts
Dawson Sutton	-102 pts

Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:

Best Career Year

Kaden Honeycutt	8.00
Gio Ruggiero	11.00
Frankie Muniz	24.00

Worst Career Year

Dawson Sutton	23.20
Andres Perez de Lara	19.80
Grant Enfinger	17.80
Ty Majeski	14.60
Christian Eckes	14.00

Rookie of the Year Battle

Cole Butcher	95
Brenden Queen	93
Mini Tyrell	60

The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position.  (40 for 1^st, 35 for 2^nd, 34 for 3^rd, etc.)  No stage points or playoff points count.

Manufacturer Standings

Toyota	211
Ford	202
Chevrolet	187
RAM	141

Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:

Chartered Team Standings

Front Row	291
TRICON	235
Spire	222
Niece	219
ThorSport	217
McAnally-Hilgemann	210
Kaulig RAM	194
Reaum Bros	123
Halmar Friesen	117
CR7 Motorsports	112
Rackley WAR	82
Freedom Racing	63
Young’s	0

At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions.  Here are the leaders this year:

Stage Point Leaders

#1 Truck	57
Ty Majeski	56
Layne Riggs	48
Kaden Honeycutt	45
#45 Truck	38
#7 Truck	35
Chandler Smith	33
#77 Truck	33
Christian Eckes	28
Tanner Gray	22

Milestone Watch

Layne Riggs	Career Truck Series Start Number 60
Christian Eckes	Looking for his 10th Career Truck Series Win
Kaden Honeycutt	Looking for his 10th Career Top 5
Gio Ruggiero	Looking for his 10th Career Top 5
Ty Majeski	Looking for his 70th Career Top 10

Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:

Winless Streaks

Ben Rhodes	65 races
Grant Enfinger	32 races
Ty Majeski	30 races
Daniel Hemric	25 races
Tyler Ankrum	23 races
Justin Haley	10 races
Christian Eckes	8 races
Stewart Friesen	8 races
Gio Ruggiero	7 races
Chandler Smith	4 races

The race begins Friday, April 10^th at 7:30 pm EST (4:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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