These are the ten drivers who will compete for the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series title

The Craftsman Truck Series finalized its ten-truck playoff field for the 2026 championship at the Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where Layne Riggs scored his sixth win of the season and Tyler Ankrum overcame a brake failure in the final laps to secure the remaining playoff spot.

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Riggs led 106 of the 189 laps in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford and needed double overtime to close out the regular season with the top spot. Chandler Smith, his teammate, finished second by a narrow margin, giving Front Row Motorsports a one-two finish that Riggs celebrated in front of the local fans. Kaden Honeycutt rounded out the top three in a Toyota that lost a lap due to a flat tire and charged back in the second half of the race.

Ankrum entered the race in 10th place in the overall standings, and his No. 18 Chevrolet lost rear brakes midway through the race, a problem that forced him to give up track position and nearly lose a full lap. "It's extremely rare to come to a place as fast as this and have no rear brakes and not be able to fix the problem," he said, and acknowledged the advice of his spotter Eddie D'Hondt to help him hold on during the final restarts. He finished 16th, and that position was enough to secure the playoff spot by seven points over Stewart Friesen and eleven over Jake Garcia.

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Friesen briefly moved ahead of Ankrum with a one-tire pit stop during the final stage, but the advantage did not survive the restarts, and he finished fourth in the race—a result insufficient for what he was chasing. "It is what it is, proud of the Halmar team," he said, pointing out that a crash at Richmond the previous week ended up weighing more than any decision made at New Hampshire. Garcia was eliminated from contention by a penalty for stopping outside his pit box between stages and finished 14th.

At Richmond, Ankrum and Friesen had reversed their fortunes compared to this weekend. Ankrum charged back from a too-many-crewmen penalty to finish 11th, while Friesen spun on his own to finish last among 37 trucks, a result that cost him the advantage he had carried from Indianapolis. That margin ended up being the one that decided the final Chase spot at New Hampshire.

Connor Zilisch, who runs the series part-time alongside his Cup Series campaign, won both stages and led 55 laps in just his third appearance of the year, but could not sustain the pace in the final segments and finished fifth. His performance came in the same week he confirmed his move to Hendrick Motorsports for 2028 and served as a reminder that his presence in the series still carries weight, even though he is not competing for the championship.

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With the points reset, the ten playoff contenders are: Riggs with 2,100, Honeycutt with 2,075, Smith with 2,065, Christian Eckes with 2,060, Gio Ruggiero with 2,055, Ty Majeski with 2,050, Grant Enfinger with 2,045, Daniel Hemric with 2,040, Ben Rhodes with 2,035, and Ankrum with 2,030. Friesen and Garcia were left out of that group despite having led laps at New Hampshire.

The remaining calendar consists of seven rounds for the title. The series heads first to Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17 for the UNOH 250, then to Kansas Speedway on September 26 for the Race to Stop Suicide 200, continues to Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9 for the Ecosave 250, stops at Phoenix Raceway on October 16, visits Talladega Superspeedway on October 23 for the Love's RV Stop 225, goes to Martinsville Speedway on October 30, and closes on November 6 with the championship race at Homestead Miami Speedway.

Team EJP 175 2026

Pos	Nº	driver	team	brand	time
1	#34	Layne Riggs	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-
2	#38	Chandler Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	+0.29s
3	#11	Kaden Honeycutt	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+0.68s
4	#52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	+1.19s
5	#71	Connor Zilisch(i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+1.45s
6	#77	Tristan McKee	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+1.95s
7	#62	Christopher Bell(i)	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	+2.17s
8	#19	Daniel Hemric	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+2.30s
9	#16	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+2.31s
10	#42	Parker Eatmon	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+2.42s
11	#88	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+2.67s
12	#72	Michael Christopher Jr.	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	+2.92s
13	#9	Grant Enfinger	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	+3.00s
14	#98	Jake Garcia	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+3.32s
15	#10	Corey LaJoie	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+3.33s
16	#18	Tyler Ankrum	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+3.68s
17	#13	Cole Butcher #	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+3.72s
18	#99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	+3.87s
19	#5	John Hunter Nemechek(i)	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+3.93s
20	#12	Brenden Queen #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+3.98s
21	#15	Tanner Gray	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+4.05s
22	#4	Connor Hall	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+4.15s
23	#14	Mini Tyrrell #	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+4.42s
24	#25	Colin Braun	Kaulig Racing	RAM	+4.47s
25	#26	Dawson Sutton	Rackley W.A.R.	Chevrolet	+4.61s
26	#17	Giovanni Ruggiero	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+4.84s
27	#44	Andres Perez De Lara	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+4.92s
28	#91	Christian Eckes	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+5.14s
29	#56	Timmy Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	+2 vueltas
30	#7	Connor Mosack	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	+10 vueltas
31	#33	Luke Baldwin	Team Reaume	Ford	+12 vueltas
32	#45	Landen Lewis	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	+12 vueltas
33	#1	Gavan Boschele	TRICON Garage	Toyota	+20 vueltas
34	#81	Kris Wright	McAnally Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	+43 vueltas
35	#22	Patrick Emerling	Team Reaume	Ford	+58 vueltas
36	#76	Spencer Boyd	Freedom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	+114 vueltas