After months of waiting and speculation, NASCAR has finally released the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule, and it comes with some interesting changes.
The series will increase its number of points-paying events from 23 to 25 for next season, marking the longest schedule for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule since 2011, when the series also ran 25 events.
Daytona International Speedway will continue to hold the season-opener for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with the 250-mile event being held on Friday, February 14th.
To match changes made to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been moved forward by two weeks, but will remain the third event on the Truck Series calendar for 2025.
Homestead-Miami Speedway, which has held a spot in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs for several years, will be moving to the Spring, with a March race weekend for NASCAR’s National Series.
While NASCAR Cup Series teams are enjoying the one off-weekend they will have in 2025, for Easter Weekend, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will be racing at the historic Rockingham Speedway, on April 18-19.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will be making its return to Michigan International Speedway in June, the first time the two-mile oval will be featured on the schedule since 2020.
Lime Rock Park, a 1.53-mile road course in Lakeville, Connecticut, will host a NASCAR National Series event for the first time in the track’s history, with the Truck Series contesting a June 29 event.
The racetrack has previously held a NASCAR-sanctioned event for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, doing so from 1993 to 2011, until the track was removed from the schedule.
Lime Rock is scheduled to be the first of three road course events on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule in 2025, as the series will make stops at Watkins Glen International in August, and Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL in October, the first time NASCAR will have all of its National Series on the purpose-built road course.
Also returning to the schedule is New Hampshire Motor Speedway (September 20), the site of defending Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer’s history-making win in 2014, as the youngest driver to win a NASCAR National Series event.
The season will then conclude at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, October 31.
With dates shuffling around, several racetracks will lose out on NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series dates in 2025. Circuit of The Americas (COTA) will not be part of the schedule next season, neither will World Wide Technology Raceway, or The Milwaukee Mile.
2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Schedule
| Race No. | Date | Track | Network | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday, Feb. 14 | Daytona International Speedway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
| 2 | Saturday, Feb. 22 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | FS1 | 2:00 PM |
| 3 | Friday, Mar. 14 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | FS1 | 9:00 PM |
| 4 | Friday, Mar. 21 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | FOX | 8:00 PM |
| 5 | Friday, Mar. 28 | Martinsville Speedway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
| 6 | Friday, Apr. 11 | Bristol Motor Speedway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
| 7 | Friday, Apr. 18 | Rockingham Speedway | FS1 | 5:00 PM |
| 8 | Friday, May 2 | Texas Motor Speedway | FS1 | 8:00 PM |
| 9 | Saturday, May 10 | Kansas Speedway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
| 10 | Saturday, May 17 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | FS1 | 1:30 PM |
| 11 | Friday, May 23 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | FS1 | 8:30 PM |
| 12 | Friday, May 30 | Nashville Superspeedway | FS1 | 8:00 PM |
| 13 | Saturday, Jun. 7 | Michigan International Speedway | FOX | 12:00 PM |
| 14 | Friday, Jun. 20 | Pocono Raceway | FS1 | 5:00 PM |
| 15 | Saturday, Jun. 28 | Lime Rock Park | FOX | 1:00 PM |
| 16 | Friday, Jul. 25 | Indianapolis Raceway Park | FS1 | 8:00 PM |
| 17 | Friday, Aug. 8 | Watkins Glen International | FS1 | 5:00 PM |
| 18 | Friday, Aug. 15 | Richmond Raceway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
| NASCAR Playoffs Round of 10 | ||||
| 19 | Saturday, Aug. 30 | Darlington Raceway | FS1 | 12:00 PM |
| 20 | Thursday, Sept. 11 | Bristol Motor Speedway | FS1 | 8:00 PM |
| 21 | Saturday, Sept. 20 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | FS1 | 12:00 PM |
| NASCAR Playoffs Round of 8 | ||||
| 22 | Friday, Oct. 3 | Charlotte Motor Speedway "ROVAL" | FS1 | 3:30 PM |
| 23 | Friday, Oct. 17 | Talladega Superspeedway | FS1 | 3:30 PM |
| 24 | Friday, Oct. 24 | Martinsville Speedway | FS1 | 6:00 PM |
| NASCAR Playoffs Round of 4 | ||||
| 25 | Friday, Oct. 31 | Phoenix Raceway | FS1 | 7:30 PM |
One Response
Disappointed that World Wide Technology and Milwaukee Mile are no longer on the Truck Schedule, as they are within a reasonable driving distance (Chicago area) for me (87 year old) to watch my grandson race.. Now have only Michigan and Indianapolis.