Craftsman Truck Series StatChat 2026 - St. Petersburg

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 St. Petersburg, Florida for the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 at the St. Petersburg Street Circuit.

The Street Circuit at St. Petersburg is a 14-turn 1.8-mile course that takes over some streets, as well as one of the runways at Albert Whitted Airport. This is the first time that NASCAR will participate at the track, but it has been a staple on the IndyCar schedule for years.

While usually the Trucks race on Friday, this week they’re racing early Saturday morning.  Saturday’s race will be 80 laps long (for a total of 144.64 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 20 – 40 – 80.  The fuel window is unknown, as this is the first time they will be visiting.

This year, the NASCAR Crafstman Truck Series has run 227 laps, for 447.50 miles so far this season.  Seven drivers have completed all of them so far.

St. Petersburg is a Road Course.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:

Gio Ruggiero	3.00 over 2 races
Daniel Hemric	7.83 over 4 races
Grant Enfinger	10.21 over 12 races
Tyler Ankrum	10.82 over 12 races
Ty Majeski	11.08 over 9 races

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:

Frankie Muniz	28.00 over 1 race
Kris Wright	24.00 over 6 races
Dawson Sutton	21.50 over 2 races
Layne Riggs	20.33 over 3 races
Jake Garcia	19.88 over 5 races

Notable drivers who have not won at St. Pete:

Grant Enfinger	(has won at 11 other tracks)
Ben Rhodes	(has won at 7 other tracks)
Chandler Smith	(has won at 7 other tracks)
Ty Majeski	(has won at 5 other tracks)
Stewart Friesen	(has won at 4 other tracks)

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

Chandler Smith	+455 pts
Stewart Friesen	+326 pts
Gio Ruggiero	+220 pts
Andres Perez de Lara	+191 pts
Frankie Muniz	+121 pts

Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025

Layne Riggs	-643 pts
Daniel Hemric	-556 pts
Grant Enfinger	-473 pts
Tanner Gray	-212 pts
Kaden Honeycutt	-198 pts

Rookie of the Year Battle

Brendan Queen	53
Mini Tyrell	36
Cole Butcher	29

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

Chevrolet	89
Ford	88
Toyota	69
RAM	57

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

Team Standings

Front Row	86
TRICON	69
Spire	68
ThorSport	66
Niece	59
Kaulig RAM	57
McAnally-Hilgemann	57
Halmar Friesen	44
Reaume Bros	35
Freedom Racing	26
Rackley WAR	25
CR7 Motorsports	23
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

#7 Truck	26
#77 Truck	25
#1 Truck	22
Ty Majeski	18
Chandler Smith	17
Stewart Friesen	15
Christian Eckes	12
Layne Riggs	10
Tanner Gray	9
#45 Truck	9

Milestone Watch

Chandler Smith	Career Truck Series Start Number 90
Christian Eckes	Looking for his 10th Career Truck Series Win
Ty Majeski	Looking for his 40th Career Top 5
Gio Ruggiero	Looking for his 10th Career Top 5
Grant Enfinger	Looking for his 130th Career Top 10
Andres Perez de Lara	Looking for his 10th Career Top 10

Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:

Winless Streaks

Ben Rhodes	62 races
Grant Enfinger	29 races
Ty Majeski	27 races
Daniel Hemric	22 races
Tyler Ankrum	20 races
Layne Riggs	7 races
Justin Haley	7 races
Christian Eckes	5 races
Stewart Friesen	5 races
Gio Ruggiero	4 races

The race begins Saturday, February 28^th at 12:00 pm EST (9:00 am PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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