Chandler Smith repeated his victory at North Wilkesboro with the largest margin ever recorded on a short track in the history of the NASCAR Truck Series. Smith remained out front for the final 105 laps of the FaithFest 250 and finished 8.479 seconds ahead of his Front Row Motorsports teammate, Layne Riggs. Saturday's race, held on the 0.625‑mile oval in sweltering heat that tested everyone, saw no caution flags in the final 99 laps. Last year, Smith had won here with one lap led and a finish under caution. This time, he turned his title defence into a masterclass.

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Riggs won the first stage and led 26 laps, but had no answer for his teammate's pace in the final part. "It was one of the hottest races I've ever been in. Part of me wanted a restart and part of me knew any caution would bring chaos," he said. His second place allowed him to extend his championship lead over Kaden Honeycutt, who finished 11th, to 59 points. Shane van Gisbergen, who competes full‑time in the Cup Series, finished third in his best oval result in a NASCAR national series. Christian Eckes was fourth, and Landen Lewis scored his second consecutive top‑five finish, following his runner‑up result at Lime Rock the previous week.

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Carson Hocevar, also from the Cup Series, led 74 laps over the first two segments and had the pace to fight until a left‑front puncture cost him two laps and dropped him to 27th place. Ty Majeski won Stage 2 and finished 10th, Corey Heim was ninth, and Stewart Friesen, eighth, moved into 10th place in the overall standings with 336 points. That is the same total as Tyler Ankrum, who now sits in 11th place and is outside the playoff zone for the first time in weeks.

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The fight for the final Chase berth tightened with three races remaining. Friesen and Ankrum are tied on points, with the tiebreaker favouring the former. Jake Garcia, 13th at North Wilkesboro, is eleven points behind the last spot. Riggs and Honeycutt have already secured their places in the final phase. Grant Enfinger, who had won at Lime Rock, finished 25th and remains ninth in the standings, though his margin over the cut line shrank. Ryan Newman, who participated in the Kaulig Racing Ram number 25 as part of the Free Agent programme, finished 24th, two laps down. The next Truck Series race is at Richmond, where the rotating guest‑driver programme of Ram will put Elliott Sadler in the number 25 truck.

FaithFest 250 2026

Pos	Nº	driver	team	brand	difference
1	#38	Chandler Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-
2	#34	Layne Riggs	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	+8.48s
3	#71	Shane Van Gisbergen(i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+10.59s
4	#91	Christian Eckes	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+12.27s
5	#45	Landen Lewis	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+13.89s
6	#17	Giovanni Ruggiero	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+14.76s
7	#7	Chase Elliott(i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+15.04s
8	#52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	+17.77s
9	#5	Corey Heim	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+18.07s
10	#88	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+18.27s
11	#11	Kaden Honeycutt	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+1 vuelta
12	#42	Tyler Reif	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+1 vuelta
13	#98	Jake Garcia	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+1 vuelta
14	#99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+1 vuelta
15	#62	Christopher Bell(i)	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	+1 vuelta
16	#26	Dawson Sutton	Rackley W.A.R.	Chevrolet	+1 vuelta
17	#1	Nick Leitz	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+1 vuelta
18	#15	Tanner Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+1 vuelta
19	#18	Tyler Ankrum	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+1 vuelta
20	#19	Daniel Hemric	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+1 vuelta
21	#12	Brenden Queen #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+1 vuelta
22	#13	Cole Butcher #	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+1 vuelta
23	#44	Andres Perez De Lara	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+2 vueltas
24	#25	Ryan Newman	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+2 vueltas
25	#9	Grant Enfinger	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	+2 vueltas
26	#16	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+2 vueltas
27	#77	Carson Hocevar(i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+2 vueltas
28	#14	Mini Tyrrell #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+2 vueltas
29	#10	Corey LaJoie	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+3 vueltas
30	#81	Kris Wright	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+3 vueltas
31	#22	Clayton Green	Team Reaume	Ford	+4 vueltas
32	#33	Frankie Muniz	Team Reaume	Ford	+4 vueltas
33	#2	Luke Baldwin	Team Reaume	Ford	+5 vueltas
34	#76	Nathan Nicholson	Freedom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	+8 vueltas
35	#27	Kasey Kleyn	Rackley W.A.R.	Chevrolet	+47 vueltas
36	#4	Donovan Strauss	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+116 vueltas