Sammy Smith came out on top in a wild late-race battle for the win in Friday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado ranked third in line coming off of Turn 4 on the final lap, but received a great shove from behind from Tyler Ankrum to pass Ty Majeski and Kaden Honeycutt to take the win.
Ankrum would be credited with a runner-up finish, while Austin Green would come home in third.
Majeski and Honeycutt rounded out the top-five finishers in the Love’s RV Stop 225.
Love’s RV Stop 225 Race Results
| Fin | St | Truck | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Diff | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Sammy Smith(i) (C) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 86 | -- | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 86 | 0.091 | Running | |
| 3 | 6 | 77 | Austin Green(i) (C) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 86 | 0.093 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 88 | Ty Majeski (C) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 86 | 0.108 | Running | |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Kaden Honeycutt (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 86 | 0.125 | Running | |
| 6 | 30 | 45 | Landen Lewis (C) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 86 | 0.272 | Running | |
| 7 | 36 | 12 | Brenden Queen # | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 86 | 0.277 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 34 | Layne Riggs (C) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 86 | 0.278 | Running | |
| 9 | 32 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | 86 | 3.605 | Running | |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Corey Heim (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 86 | 5.836 | Running | |
| 11 | 13 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 86 | 9.407 | Running | |
| 12 | 31 | 33 | Frankie Muniz | Team Reaume | Ford | 86 | 10.163 | Running | |
| 13 | 34 | 2 | Jason White | Team Reaume | Ford | 86 | 11.887 | Running | |
| 14 | 14 | 38 | Chandler Smith (C) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 86 | 14.331 | Running | |
| 15 | 21 | 95 | Clay Greenfield | GK Racing | Chevrolet | 86 | 27.076 | Running | |
| 16 | 35 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 86 | 77.431 | Running | |
| 17 | 10 | 99 | Ben Rhodes (C) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 86 | 78.632 | Running | |
| 18 | 16 | 62 | Cory Roper | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 85 | 1 lap | Running | |
| 19 | 26 | 26 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley WAR | Chevrolet | 85 | 1 lap | Running | |
| 20 | 17 | 16 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 84 | 2 laps | Running | |
| 21 | 20 | 91 | Christian Eckes (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | 3 laps | Running | |
| 22 | 33 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Team Reaume | Ford | 82 | 4 laps | Running | |
| 23 | 19 | 5 | Thomas Annunziata | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 78 | 8 laps | Out | |
| 24 | 18 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (C) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 78 | 8 laps | Out | |
| 25 | 4 | 17 | Giovanni Ruggiero (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 57 | 29 laps | Running | |
| 26 | 11 | 98 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 56 | 30 laps | Out | |
| 27 | 28 | 42 | Conner Jones | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56 | 30 laps | Out | |
| 28 | 23 | 14 | Mini Tyrrell # | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 48 | 38 laps | Out | |
| 29 | 5 | 13 | Cole Butcher # | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 43 | 43 laps | Out | |
| 30 | 15 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 31 | 25 | 44 | Andres Perez De Lara | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 32 | 12 | 81 | Kris Wright | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 33 | 22 | 10 | Corey LaJoie | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 34 | 29 | 25 | Tony Stewart | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 35 | 27 | 19 | Daniel Hemric (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 16 | 70 laps | Out | |
| 36 | 24 | 4 | Cleetus McFarland(i) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 70 laps | Out |
