Official Starting Lineup: 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Homestead

Craig White | TobyChristie.com

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Nick Sanchez was able to claim the pole position for Friday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Driving the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, Sanchez turned a lap time of 32.756 seconds (164.855 mph) to top the field in the qualifying session.

This pole-winning run marks the eighth of the Miami, Florida native’s NASCAR Truck Series career, and it comes in career start No. 51.

Now, Sanchez hopes he can go on to secure his third career victory.

“Yeah, it’s huge for tonight, obviously,” Sanchez said of the pole position. “We want to win the race.”

Sanchez continued, “I’ve sat on the pole here before. I mean, I’ve led laps. I just want to go win. That’s the goal.”

Chandler Smith, who won last weekend’s NASCAR Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway, will start on the outside of the front row.

Corey Heim, the defending Truck Series champion slotted in third-fastest in the qualifying session, just ahead of the two 2026 championship contenders, Layne Riggs and Kaden Honeycutt, who will start fourth and fifth.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race Official Starting Lineup

Pos	Truck	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed
1	77	Nick Sanchez (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.756	0.000	164.855
2	38	Chandler Smith (C)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	32.842	0.086	164.424
3	1	Corey Heim (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	32.878	0.122	164.244
4	34	Layne Riggs (C)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	32.882	0.126	164.224
5	11	Kaden Honeycutt (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	32.963	0.207	163.820
6	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	32.991	0.235	163.681
7	17	Giovanni Ruggiero (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	32.992	0.236	163.676
8	15	Tanner Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	33.047	0.291	163.404
9	7	Connor Mosack (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.080	0.324	163.241
10	88	Ty Majeski (C)	ThorSport Racing	Ford	33.150	0.394	162.896
11	62	Leland Honeyman Jr.	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	33.164	0.408	162.827
12	4	Connor Hall	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.164	0.408	162.827
13	9	Grant Enfinger (C)	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.178	0.422	162.758
14	45	Landen Lewis (C)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.200	0.444	162.651
15	13	Cole Butcher #	ThorSport Racing	Ford	33.221	0.465	162.548
16	19	Daniel Hemric (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	33.241	0.485	162.450
17	91	Christian Eckes (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	33.311	0.555	162.109
18	18	Tyler Ankrum (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	33.390	0.634	161.725
19	16	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	RAM	33.413	0.657	161.614
20	99	Ben Rhodes (C)	ThorSport Racing	Ford	33.432	0.676	161.522
21	12	Brenden Queen #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	33.536	0.780	161.021
22	44	Andres Perez De Lara	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.550	0.794	160.954
23	25	Parker Kligerman	Kaulig Racing	RAM	33.580	0.824	160.810
24	98	Jake Garcia	ThorSport Racing	Ford	33.597	0.841	160.729
25	42	Tyler Reif	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.680	0.924	160.333
26	10	Corey LaJoie	Kaulig Racing	RAM	33.773	1.017	159.891
27	2	Timmy Hill	Team Reaume	Ford	33.776	1.020	159.877
28	66	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	33.830	1.074	159.622
29	81	Kris Wright	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	33.836	1.080	159.593
30	5	Spencer Davis	TRICON Garage	Toyota	33.895	1.139	159.316
31	14	Mini Tyrrell #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	33.954	1.198	159.039
32	20	Mason Massey	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	33.966	1.210	158.983
33	33	Frankie Muniz	Team Reaume	Ford	34.026	1.270	158.702
34	22	Clayton Green	Team Reaume	Ford	34.192	1.436	157.932
35	76	Spencer Boyd	Freedom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	35.248	2.492	153.200

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