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Kansas Race Results: NASCAR Trucks (September 26, 2026)
NASCAR Truck Series drivers are on the grid in Kansas City, KS. The 1.5-mile of Kansas Speedway is set to drop the green flag. View Kansas race results for the NASCAR Truck Series below. Kansas Menu ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race Truck: Prac/Qual | Race Cup: Prac/Qual Nick Sanchez and Jake Garcia set the front row.
Corey Heim wins a wet, wild and then dry Truck race at Mid-Ohio
Motorsport Sport Corey Heim Ty Majeski Chevrolet Toyota Ben Rhodes Christian Eckes Zane Smith Matt Crafton Marco Andretti Ford Heim and his No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota had shown themselves to be fast in practice and won the pole on Friday – but both were in the heat of a sunny day. Saturday’s race was delayed about an hour due to heavy rain and lightning. Once it began, Heim managed to hang on to the lead for four laps until turning it over to Ty Majeski.
Enfinger takes Gateway Truck win after leaders wreck
Motorsport Sport Jim Utter Jun 3, 2023, 8:47 PM Chevrolet Grant Enfinger Ty Majeski Zane Smith Christian Eckes Toyota Ben Rhodes Carson Hocevar Matt DiBenedetto Nick Sanchez Reigning series champion Zane Smith looked like he was going to turn a fuel-mileage gamble into a win but was wrecked by Ty Majeski while racing for the lead with six of the originally scheduled 160 laps to go. Enfinger, who ran third at the time, inherited the lead but the race went into a two-lap overtime.
Christian Eckes wins wreck-marred Atlanta Truck race
A late-race wreck involving Carson Hocevar sent the race into a two-lap overtime with Nick Sanchez in the lead. Eckes, 22, powered to the lead on the restart, briefly lost it to Sanchez, and grabbed it back before a caution was displayed for a multi-truck wreck in Turn 4 on the last lap. The win is the first of the season for Eckes, who had to fight back from the rear of the field mid-race after a speeding penalty.
Rain forces cancellation of Xfinity and Truck qualifying
Rain throughout the day on Friday forced NASCAR to cancel qualifying for both the Xfinity and Truck Series at Atlanta. The starting lineup will be set by the rule book, putting Sammy Smith on pole for the NXS race with teammate John-Hunter Nemechek alongside. Dawson Cram in the No. 74 Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet will miss the race. On the Truck side, reigning series champion Zane Smith will lead the field to the green flag with Ty Majeski alongside. No drivers missed the field.
Zane Smith earns first Trucks win in wild OT finish at Michigan
Enfinger led the way on the start of a second 2-lap overtime but appeared to try to block a pass by Tanner Gray and in the process wrecked and spun into the infield. Christian Eckes then moved into the lead but after taking the white flag signaling the start of the final lap, Smith went to the inside of Eckes entering Turn 1 and came off Turn 2 with the lead and the victory. The final lap was the only one Smith, 21, led in the race. The win is the first of career in 12 series starts.
Matt Crafton snaps winless streak with Kansas Truck win
Crafton, despite his status as the reigning series champion, entered Saturday's race with a glaring winless streak. He put an end to that, winning for the 15th time in his career with Eckes just missing out on his first victory. Grant Enfinger was third, Tanner Gray fourth and Ben Rhodes fifth. Austin Hill, Derek Kraus, Brandon Jones, Zane Smith and Chase Purdy rounded out the top-ten. Stage 1 Chase Purdy led the field to the green flag to start the race, but was quickly overtaken by Eckes.
Kyle Busch tops teammate Eckes for Texas Truck Series win Original
Busch had to survive a tough battle down the stretch with his 19-year-old Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Christian Eckes to come away with the win at Texas Motor Speedway. Earlier Saturday, Busch appeared to have won the Xfinity Series race at Texas but his car failed post-race inspection and he was disqualified from the event. This is Busch’s third series win of the season (in five starts) and 59th of his career. He remains the all-time wins leader in Trucks. “What can you say about Christian?
Enfinger bests Austin Hill in OT for Atlanta Truck win Original
Kyle Busch appeared head to another series win but self-destructed in the final stage with multiple pit road speeding penalties, which left Austin Hill in command of Saturday’s race as it wound to a close. Chase Elliott spun out with two laps left in regulation to send the race into a two-lap overtime. Enfinger, who restarted fifth, kept pace with Hill on the restart and powered around him on the outside on the final lap to secure the victory.
Austin Hill takes Homestead Trucks win, Crafton wins title
Austin Hill, who was eliminated from title contention last weekend at Phoenix, held off Crafton by 1.569 seconds to win Friday night’s Ford 200 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Crafton, however, was the highest finisher among the four title contenders, giving him the 2019 championship and third of his career (2013 and 2014 were the others).
Austin Hill beats Chastain for Las Vegas Truck win
Hill passed Ross Chastain with 11 of 134 laps remaining and held on for the win in Friday night’s Westgate 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his second win in the last four races. The win is the third this season for Hill and third of his career. His first came in the season opener at Daytona. “This win means the world to me,” Hill said. “We were going to stay out that last caution but everybody else pit so we thought we needed to pit or we’d be screwed.
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