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Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 12:42

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACE RECAP
Truck Series Championship Race | Phoenix Raceway
LOGAN McQUEEN III BESTS HEIM UNDER THE LIGHTS TO WIN THE TRUCK SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

McQUEEN OUTDUELS HEIM FOR THE TITLE

On the biggest stage of the season, Logan McQueen III delivered the performance of his career. Under the bright lights of Phoenix Raceway, the driver of the No. 51 Horizon Hobby / Peak Motorsports Chevrolet clawed his way to the front from an 11th place start and claimed the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship.

The evening began with McQueen rolling off 11th after a tight qualifying session dominated by Layne Riggs. McQueen qualified the worst out of the championship four with Heim 2nd Chastain 4th and Busch in 6th but the No. 51 wasted no time slicing forward. By Lap 10, McQueen had cracked the top five. By Lap 20, he was one of the fastest trucks on the racetrack and tracking down the top three of Heim, Chastain and Riggs.

By the end of Stage One McQueen was hounding Corey Heim for the lead but settled for a strong second-place finish, scoring nine crucial stage points. It was a preview of the duel that was coming.

Stage Two was all McQueen. The No. 51 blasted past Heim on the restart and never looked back, taking the stage win by several truck lengths. Even more importantly, McQueen established control of the preferred lane and showed the long-run pace that would define the race.

The final stage turned into a heavyweight fight between the championship contenders. Heim and McQueen swapped the lead multiple times as green-flag pit stops cycled through. A late caution brought the field together one last time, with the title hanging in the balance.

On the restart, McQueen launched perfectly, clearing Heim before the exit of Turn 2. From there, it was all clean air and perfect execution. Heim made one last charge with five laps to go, but McQueen answered with a flawless defensive line and drove away to secure his 10th win of the season, the most in a single year in Truck Series history.

When the checkered flag waved, McQueen crossed the finish line with a half-second advantage over Heim and clinched the championship.

As he climbed out of the truck, Phoenix erupted.

“I can’t thank my crew enough,” McQueen said in the championship celebration. “This trophy means a lot to all of us at Peak Motorsports. I want to thank our team in the garage, our office staff, and definitely our partners at Horizon Hobby for helping make this a moment a reality!”

It was a night of speed, execution, and pressure management, and Logan “Lightning” McQueen met the moment in every possible way.

Official Results | Truck Series Championship Race | Phoenix | Race 25 of 25

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Team	Interval
1	Logan McQueen III	Chevrolet	Peak Motorsports	----
2	Corey Heim	Toyota	TRICON Garage	+0.575
3	Layne Riggs	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	+2.683
4	Ty Majeski	Ford	ThorSport Racing	+3.783
5	Tyler Ankrum	Chevrolet	HRE	+6.129
6	Jake Garcia	Ford	ThorSport Racing	+6.310
7	Chandler Smith	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	+6.641
8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+7.073
9	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	CR7 Motorsports	+7.338
10	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	Niece Motorsports	+7.413
11	Gio Ruggiero	Toyota	TRICON Garage	+7.855
12	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	Niece Motorsports	+9.226
13	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+9.461
14	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+10.371
15	Ben Rhodes	Ford	ThorSport Racing	+10.743
16	Connor Mosack	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+11.221
17	Corey LaJoie	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+12.614
18	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	HFR	+13.914
19	Matt Crafton	Ford	ThorSport Racing	+14.693
20	Andres Perez de Lara	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	+15.083
21	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	Henderson Motorsports	+16.209
22	Tanner Gray	Toyota	TRICON Garage	+16.553
23	Dawson Sutton	Chevrolet	Rackley W.A.R.	+18.800
24	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	BHR	+19.680
25	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	Niece Motorsports	+20.008
26	Luke Fenhaus	Ford	ThorSport Racing	+20.173
27	Toni Breidinger	Toyota	TRICON Garage	+21.223
28	Cody Dennison	Ford	AM Racing	+21.643
29	Josh Reaume	Ford	Reaume Bros Racing	+22.417
30	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	FRE Motorsports	+22.760
31	Clay Greenfield	Toyota	GK Racing	+24.654
32	Frankie Muniz	Ford	AM Racing	+1 Lap
33	Cory Roper	Ford	Roper Racing	+1 Lap
34	Bryan Dauzat	Chevrolet	FDNY Racing	+1 Lap
35	Stephen Mallozzi	Ford	Reaume Bros Racing	+1 Lap
36	Caleb Costner	Toyota	MHR	+1 Lap

Logan McQueen III — Phoenix Championship Recap

Driver	Start	Finish	Pts
Logan “Lightning” McQueen (#51)	11	1	60

They Said It

Logan McQueen III: “I can’t thank my crew enough. We earned this together, every long night, every adjustment, every practice run. This is for Peak Motorsports and Horizon Hobby.”

Corey Heim: “We gave Logan everything we had. He was just a little better tonight. Congrats to the 51 team.”

Kyle Busch: “We were solid, but the 51 and 11 were on another planet tonight.”

Layne Riggs: “Proud of our season. The 51 deserved the title, class of the field this year.”

Alex Ward, Crew Chief: “Ten wins… wow. That’s a historic season. Logan grew so much this year. This is just the beginning.”

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 13:05

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE

Race #	Event Name	Track	Location	Winner	McQueen Result	McQueen Points \| Total \| Rank
1	Fresh From Florida 250	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	Chandler Smith	36th	7 \| 7 \| 33rd
2	Fr8 Racing 208	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, GA	Kyle Busch	17th	20 \| 27 \| 28th
3	Ecosave 200	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, NV	Corey Heim	2nd	51 \| 78 \| 10th
4	Baptist Health 200	Homestead–Miami Speedway	Homestead, FL	Corey Heim	4th	48 \| 126 \| 8th
5	Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	Kyle Busch	10th	31 \| 157 \| 8th
6	Weather Guard Truck Race	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	Logan McQueen III	1st	60 \| 217 \| 4th
7	Black’s Tire 200	Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, NC	Logan McQueen III	1st	55 \| 272 \| 2nd
8	SpeedyCash.com 250	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, TX	Ross Chastain	5th	45 \| 317 \| 2nd
9	Heart of Health Care 200	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS	Corey Heim	4th	53 \| 370 \| 2nd
10	Window World 250	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Wilkes County, NC	Corey Heim	6th	31 \| 401 \| 2nd
11	North Carolina Education Lottery 200	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, NC	Logan McQueen	1st	60 \| 461 \| 2nd
12	Rackley Roofing 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, TN	Logan McQueen	1st	55 \| 516 \| 2nd
13	DQS Solutions & Staffing 250	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, MI	Logan McQueen	1st	60 \| 576 \| 1st
14	MillerTech Battery 200	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, PA	Logan McQueen	1st	46 \| 622 \| 1st
15	LIUNA 150	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, CT	Corey Heim	2nd	49 \| 671 \| 1st
16	TSport 200	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Indianapolis, IN	Layne Riggs	2nd	55 \| 726 \| 1st
17	Mission 176 at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, NY	Corey Heim	4th	45 \| 771 \| 2nd
18	eero 250	Richmond Raceway	Richmond, VA	Logan McQueen	1st	53 \| 2,046 \| 1st
19	Sober or Slammer 200	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, SC	Ross Chastain	30th	9 \| 2,055 \| 4th
20	UNOH 250	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	Logan McQueen	1st	60 \| 2,115 \| 1st
21	EJP 175	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon, NH	Layne Riggs	3rd	54 \| 3,055 \| 1st
22	Ecosave 250	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval)	Concord, NC	Corey Heim	10th	41 \| 3,096 \| 2nd
23	Love's RV Stop 225	Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, AL	Logan McQueen	1st	60 \| 3,156 \| 1st
24	Slim Jim 200	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	Kyle Busch	13th	43 \| 4,000 \| 1st
25	Truck Series Championship Race	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ	Logan McQueen	1st	Champion

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 13:12

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 13:12

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 14:19

Did an ARCA Slideshow as well.

► Show Spoiler

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 15:02

The Dale Jr. Download

(Theme music fades. Studio chatter fades out as the show begins.)

DALE EARNHARDT JR.:
Hey everybody, it’s the Dale Jr. Download. I’m Dale Earnhardt Jr., with my guy Mike Davis, and today… man, we’ve got a special one. This fella tore up the Truck Series this season, became a fan favorite overnight, and capped it off with a championship at Phoenix.

Logan McQueen III, Lightning himself, is in the studio. Let’s bring him in.

MIKE DAVIS:
He’s smiling already. Champs smile different, Dale.

DALE JR:
Logan, buddy… first off, congrats. Second... Daytona. Thirty-sixth. Dude, your season started in the basement.

LOGAN McQUEEN:
(laughs)
Yeah, we were buried so deep I thought we’d need a tow truck to get out. That race knocked the breath out of me. But honestly, I needed it. I needed to fail right away to understand how hard this is.

MIKE DAVIS:
And then Atlanta, P17. Vegas, P2. Homestead, P4. The climb was fast, man.

McQUEEN:
Once we got to Vegas, the truck felt alive. That run told me, “Okay, you belong here.” Daytona humbled me. Vegas lit the fire.

DALE JR:
And then Bristol, race six, first career win. You didn’t just win, you dominated.

McQUEEN:
That night changed everything. Bristol fits how I like to drive, elbows up, make your own room. After the burnout, I remember thinking: This is what I want for the rest of my life.

MIKE DAVIS:
Rockingham, Charlotte, Nashville, Michigan, Pocono… you went on a tear. That stretch looked like a veteran making a statement.

McQUEEN:
Those wins weren’t because I was some superstar.
It was Alex Ward, my crew chief, and the guys at Peak Motorsports. They kept giving me trucks that made me feel invincible.

DALE JR:
Let’s talk Watkins Glen, Darlington… learning moments.

McQUEEN:
Watkins Glen was me realizing I still had a lot to learn on the road courses, but I knew I could hang. Heim handed me a lesson that day.

Darlington? … Darlington still hurts. Get into the playoffs then boom, big wreck, thirtyth place. That race is like wrestling barbed wire. It checked my ego in a flash.

MIKE DAVIS:
But you bounced back, Bristol win again, third at Loudon, then Talladega, huge win.

McQUEEN:
Talladega was wild. The No. 51 felt glued to the track. Winning that one gave us the cushion we needed for the playoffs.

DALE JR:
Alright, Martinsville. The spin. The controversy. Everyone wants to know, what’d you learn there?

McQUEEN:
I learned two things:

Short tracks don’t care about your feelings.

You can’t win a championship by getting even, you win it by keeping your head.

I was mad in the moment, but looking back… that night taught me composure more than any win ever did.

MIKE DAVIS:
Phoenix. You win the title. You’re doing burnouts. The crowd’s losing their minds. What was the moment like?

McQUEEN:
It was surreal. I remember shutting the engine off and hearing this roar, like the whole track was breathing with me.

All I could think was: We did it. All of us.
My team, my family, everyone at Horizon Hobby… That trophy isn’t just mine. It’s ours.

DALE JR:
Ten wins. Most ever in a Truck season. That’s insane, man.

McQUEEN:
I still don’t fully believe it. It feels like a dream I haven’t woken up from yet.

DALE JR:
Alright champ, what’s the biggest thing you learned this season?

McQUEEN:
That talent isn’t enough. You need people who believe in you on your worst days.
I had that, from my crew chief Alex, to my spotter, to every mechanic at Peak Motorsports.

I learned to listen more, blame less, and take responsibility even when it hurts. That’s how you grow fast in this sport.

MIKE DAVIS:
Alright Logan… you mentioned you had something you wanted to share today. The floor is yours.

McQUEEN:
(smiles wide)
Yeah. This is the part I’ve been waiting for.

So… winning the Truck championship was the goal for this year. And now that we’ve done that...
I’m moving up.

DALE JR:
(to Mike)
He said it. He’s doing it.

McQUEEN:
I’ll be racing full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series next season.

And I’m excited to announce that Macc Door Systems is coming on board as my primary sponsor for the start of the season.
We’ve been working on the deal for a while, and they’re giving me a massive opportunity.

MIKE DAVIS:
That’s huge, man. MASSIVE.

DALE JR:
Proud of you, buddy. You earned this shot.

McQUEEN:
Thank you. I’m ready. I’m beyond ready. This season made me who I am as a driver. Now it’s time to take the next step.

[OUTRO]

DALE JR:
Logan McQueen III, Truck Series champion, ten wins, and now the newest face in the Xfinity Series. What a story.

Thank y’all for listening to the Dale Jr. Download. We’ll see you next week.

MIKE DAVIS:
And Logan... go get ‘em next year. We’ll be watching.

McQUEEN:
I won’t let you down.

[MUSIC FADES OUT]

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 15:02

Post by **Agent** » 28 Nov 2025, 22:34

Congrats on the championship. Xfinity is going to be a blast

Post by **djp73** » 28 Nov 2025, 23:39

Agent wrote: ↑
28 Nov 2025, 22:34

Congrats on the championship. Xfinity is going to be a blast

Yeah looking forward to bigger names and new tracks. Chicago street course tho :dunkface:

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