Official Starting Lineup: NASCAR Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega

Grady Lundberg | TobyChristie.com

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Ty Majeski will start the race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway on a high note. The driver of the No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford F-150 claimed the pole position for Friday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225.

Majeski’s 14th career pole position came thanks to a 53.983-second (177.389 mph) lap around the 2.66-mile superspeedway in Alabama.

Sammy Smith came up just shy of the pole by a margin of 0.066 seconds.

Kaden Honeycutt, Gio Ruggiero, and Cole Butcher rounded out the top-five fastest qualifiers for the race.

Here is the official starting lineup for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway:

Love’s RV Stop 225 Official Starting Lineup

Pos	Truck	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Rnd
1	88	Ty Majeski (C)	ThorSport Racing	Ford	53.983	0.000	177.389	2
2	7	Sammy Smith(i) (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.049	0.066	177.173	2
3	11	Kaden Honeycutt (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	54.201	0.218	176.676	2
4	17	Giovanni Ruggiero (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	54.204	0.221	176.666	2
5	13	Cole Butcher #	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.235	0.252	176.565	2
6	77	Austin Green(i) (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.309	0.326	176.324	2
7	18	Tyler Ankrum (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	54.372	0.389	176.120	2
8	1	Corey Heim (C)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	54.456	0.473	175.848	2
9	34	Layne Riggs (C)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	54.592	0.609	175.410	2
10	99	Ben Rhodes (C)	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.729	0.746	174.971	2
11	98	Jake Garcia	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.548	0.565	175.552	1
12	81	Kris Wright	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	54.556	0.573	175.526	1
13	15	Tanner Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	54.603	0.620	175.375	1
14	38	Chandler Smith (C)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	54.652	0.669	175.218	1
15	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	54.654	0.671	175.211	1
16	62	Cory Roper	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	54.690	0.707	175.096	1
17	16	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	RAM	54.705	0.722	175.048	1
18	9	Grant Enfinger (C)	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.739	0.756	174.939	1
19	5	Thomas Annunziata	TRICON Garage	Toyota	54.763	0.780	174.863	1
20	91	Christian Eckes (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	54.775	0.792	174.824	1
21	95	Clay Greenfield	GK Racing	Chevrolet	54.790	0.807	174.776	1
22	10	Corey LaJoie	Kaulig Racing	RAM	54.833	0.850	174.639	1
23	14	Mini Tyrrell #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	54.838	0.855	174.623	1
24	4	Cleetus McFarland(i)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.889	0.906	174.461	1
25	44	Andres Perez De Lara	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.898	0.915	174.433	1
26	26	Dawson Sutton	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	54.901	0.918	174.423	1
27	19	Daniel Hemric (C)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	54.918	0.935	174.369	1
28	42	Conner Jones	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.941	0.958	174.296	1
29	25	Tony Stewart	Kaulig Racing	RAM	55.023	1.040	174.036	1
30	45	Landen Lewis (C)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	55.042	1.059	173.976	1
31	33	Frankie Muniz	Team Reaume	Ford	55.101	1.118	173.790	1
32	76	Spencer Boyd	Freedom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	55.152	1.169	173.629	1
33	22	Josh Reaume	Team Reaume	Ford	55.155	1.172	173.620	1
34	2	Jason White	Team Reaume	Ford	55.181	1.198	173.538	1
35	56	Timmy Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	55.253	1.270	173.312	1
36	12	Brenden Queen #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	0.000	--	0.000	1
DNQ	6	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	55.468	1.485	172.640	1
DNQ	28	Bryan Dauzat	FDNY Racing	Chevrolet	56.343	2.360	169.959	1

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