Craftsman Truck Series StatChat 2026 - Phoenix
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 Avondale, Arizona for the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered by POET at Phoenix Raceway.
Phoenix is a 1-mile oval with a signature dogleg just past the start/finish line. It served as the Championship Race for the past six years, though that has changed in 2026. The track opened in 1964, but the Truck Series didn’t exist until 1995. Mike Skinner won the first race there in this series that year. Corey Heim won this race last year.
Friday’s race will be 150 laps long (for a total of 150 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 45 – 95 – 150. The fuel window is 72-78 laps, though tires will likely wear before that. Pit road speed is 45 mph, while the Caution Car runs at 50 mph.
This year, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has run 3,305 laps, for 3,931.76 miles so far this season. No driver has completed all of them, but Gio Ruggiero is the closest, 11 laps behind.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Phoenix:
Chandler Smith | 3.60 over 5 races (1 win) |
Kaden Honeycutt | 6.75 over 4 races |
Layne Riggs | 9.00 over 3 races |
Stewart Friesen | 9.44 over 9 races (1 win) |
Ty Majeski | 9.60 over 5 races (1 win) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Phoenix:
Kris Wright | 32.00 over 1 race |
Gio Ruggiero | 31.00 over 1 race |
Dawson Sutton | 27.00 over 2 races |
Frankie Muniz | 26.50 over 2 races |
Cole Butcher | 23.00 over 1 race |
Phoenix is a 1-mile track, and for the purposes of this article it is looked as a short track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Layne Riggs | 6.17 over 29 races (6 wins) |
Grant Enfinger | 8.84 over 81 races (5 wins) |
Ty Majeski | 9.78 over 45 races (5 wins) |
Chandler Smith | 9.98 over 40 races (4 wins) |
Kaden Honeycutt | 10.31 over 31 races (1 win) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Frankie Muniz | 28.56 over 15 races |
Kris Wright | 26.98 over 19 races |
Cole Butcher | 22.05 over 9 races |
Dawson Sutton | 20.46 over 18 races |
Tanner Gray | 18.58 over 56 races |
Drivers who ran their first Truck Series race at Phoenix:
Ty Majeski | 2019 – P11 |
Drivers who WON their first Truck Series race at Phoenix:
No One | -- |
Drivers whose most recent Truck Series Victory was at Phoenix:
Ty Majeski | 2024 |
Notable drivers who have not won at Phoenix:
Grant Enfinger | (has won at 12 other tracks) |
Layne Riggs | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
Ben Rhodes | (has won at 7 other tracks) |
Kaden Honeycutt | (has won at 3 other tracks) |
Justin Haley | (has won at 3 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, Ty Majeski lists Phoenix as as his BEST track, while Gio Ruggiero lists it as his WORST.
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
Kaden Honeycutt | +214 pts |
Layne Riggs | +172 pts |
Stewart Friesen | +144 pts |
Chandler Smith | +77 pts |
Andres Perez de Lara | +24 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025
Tyler Ankrum | -237 pts |
Ty Majeski | -179 pts |
Grant Enfinger | -144 pts |
Daniel Hemric | -111 pts |
Tanner Gray | -89 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Kaden Honeycutt | 8.10 |
Worst Career Year
Frankie Muniz | 26.48 |
Dawson Sutton | 20.76 |
Andres Perez de Lara | 19.05 |
Grant Enfinger | 17.62 |
Justin Haley | 16.52 |
Ty Majeski | 16.19 |
Ben Rhodes | 15.90 |
Gio Ruggiero | 12.48 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
Brenden Queen | 364 |
Cole Butcher | 258 |
Mini Tyrell | 256 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (55 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Ford | 898 |
Toyota | 844 |
Chevrolet | 797 |
RAM | 545 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Front Row | 1,277 |
TRICON | 1,210 |
Spire | 998 |
ThorSport | 994 |
McAnally-Hilgemann | 983 |
Niece | 882 |
Kaulig RAM | 830 |
CR7 | 649 |
Halmar Friesen | 638 |
Rackley WAR | 520 |
Reaume Bros | 459 |
Freedom Racing | 314 |
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
Milestone Watch
Christian Eckes | Looking for his 10th Career Truck Series Win |
Chandler Smith | Looking for his 10th Career Truck Series Win |
Kaden Honeycutt | Looking for his 20th Career Top 5 |
Chandler Smith | Looking for his 40th Career Top 5 |
Ben Rhodes | Looking for his 70th Career Top 5 |
Jake Garcia | Looking for his 30th Career Top 10 |
Justin Haley | Looking for his 40th Career Top 10 |
Stewart Friesen | Looking for his 100th Career Top 10 |
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Ben Rhodes | 81 races |
Ty Majeski | 46 races |
Daniel Hemric | 41 races |
Tyler Ankrum | 39 races |
Justin Haley | 26 races |
Christian Eckes | 24 races |
Stewart Friesen | 24 races |
Gio Ruggiero | 23 races |
Grant Enfinger | 7 races |
Chandler Smith | 6 races |
The race begins Friday, October 16th at 7:30 pm EST (4:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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