The 2025 Mission 176 at The Glen was the 17th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 7th iteration of the event after a four-year absence of Truck racing at Watkins Glen International. The race was held on Friday, August 8, 2025, at Watkins Glen Internationalin Watkins Glen, New York, a permanent road course. The race was contested over 81 laps, extended from 72 laps due to a triple-overtime finish.
In a wild ending with numerous cautions, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would survive a triple-overtime thriller and held off Daniel Hemric on the final lap to earn his 17th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, his sixth of the season, and his fourth consecutive win on a road course. Heim was the dominant driver of the race as well, winning the first stage and led a race-high 44 laps. Gio Ruggiero rounded out the podium in third, while Christopher Bell and Tyler Ankrum rounded out the top five.
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Background
Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.
Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.
The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake1William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota02Kaden HoneycuttYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2William LambrosReaume Brothers RacingFord5Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota07Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet7Sammy Smith (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet9Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet11Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota13Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord15Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota17Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota18Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet19Daniel HemricMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet22Gian BuffomanteReaume Brothers RacingFord26Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet33Frankie Muniz (R)Reaume Brothers RacingFord34Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord38Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord42Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet44Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet45Connor Zilisch (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet52Christopher Bell (i)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota62Wesley SlimpHalmar Friesen RacingToyota66Chris Buescher (i)ThorSport RacingFord69Derek WhiteMBM MotorsportsFord70Brent CrewsBrent Crews MotorsportsToyota71Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet75Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet76Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet77Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet81Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord91Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet98Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, August 8, at 11:35 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Connor Zilisch, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:12.487, and a speed of .
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed145Connor Zilisch (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.487121.677211Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota1:12.498121.659370Brent CrewsBrent Crews MotorsportsToyota1:12.663121.382Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying will be held on Friday, August 8, at 12:40 PM EST. Since Watkins Glen International is a road course, the qualifying procedure used is a two-group system, with one round. Drivers will be separated into two groups, A and B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. Whoever sets the fastest time between both groups will win the pole.
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Turn 9. Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:10.953, and a speed of .
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed111Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota1:10.953124.308252Christopher Bell (i)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota1:11.145123.97237Sammy Smith (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.391123.545477Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.554123.264517Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota1:11.579123.220634Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord1:11.587123.207744Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.591123.200838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1:11.614123.160999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1:11.725122.9701081Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:11.739122.9461107Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.955122.5771215Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1:11.966122.5581318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:12.043122.4271445Connor Zilisch (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.134122.2721513Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1:12.146122.252161William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota1:12.180122.1951719Daniel HemricMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:12.342121.9211875Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.361121.8891970Brent CrewsBrent Crews MotorsportsToyota1:12.432121.7692071Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.481121.6872166Chris Buescher (i)ThorSport RacingFord1:12.514121.6322226Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1:12.517121.6272391Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:12.551121.5702488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1:12.701121.3192542Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:13.088120.6762656Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1:13.659119.741272William LambrosReaume Brothers RacingFord1:13.980119.221285Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota1:14.180118.9002962Wesley SlimpHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1:14.408118.5363076Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1:16.362115.5023169Derek WhiteMBM MotorsportsFord1:19.626110.768Qualified by owner's points329Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet––3398Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord––3433Frankie Muniz (R)Reaume Brothers RacingFord––3502Kaden HoneycuttYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet––3622Gian BuffomanteReaume Brothers RacingFord––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts111Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota10244Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0352Christopher Bell (i)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota0445Connor Zilisch (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0599Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord6617Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota571William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota0819Daniel HemricMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet3934Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord21081Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1
Stage 2 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1027Sammy Smith (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet031William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota0411Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota7552Christopher Bell (i)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota0615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota5798Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord4875Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet3918Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet21081Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1
Stage 3 Laps: 41 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1111Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota8144Running5721719Daniel HemricMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet811Running383517Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota812Running394252Christopher Bell (i)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota8130Running051318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet810Running34637Sammy Smith (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet811Running073398Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord810Running3481445Connor Zilisch (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet810Running092542Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet810Running2810634Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord810Running2911161William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota810Running0122962Wesley SlimpHalmar Friesen RacingToyota810Running25132488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord810Running24142226Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet810Running23151513Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord810Running22161081Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet810Running23171970Brent CrewsBrent Crews MotorsportsToyota810Running20183076Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet810Running19193169Derek WhiteMBM MotorsportsFord810Running18202656Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota810Running1721477Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet810Running17222166Chris Buescher (i)ThorSport RacingFord780Running023838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord770Running1424329Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet760Accident13253622Gian BuffomanteReaume Brothers RacingFord750Running1226999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord683Accident27273433Frankie Muniz (R)Reaume Brothers RacingFord660Running10281215Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota640Accident1429285Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota580Engine830744Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet510Fuel Pump0311875Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet470Suspension9322071Rajah CaruthSpire MotorsportsChevrolet360Brakes5332391Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet350Accident4343502Kaden HoneycuttYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet290Drivetrain335272William LambrosReaume Brothers RacingFord210Suspension2361107Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet130Seating0Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Corey Heim 792 1 2 Layne Riggs 614 (–178) 1 3 Chandler Smith 606 (–186) 4 Daniel Hemric 582 (–210) 5 Grant Enfinger 549 (–243) 1 6 Ty Majeski 542 (–250) 1 7 Tyler Ankrum 536 (–256) 2 8 Kaden Honeycutt 523 (–269) 9 Jake Garcia 469 (–323) 10 Ben Rhodes 458 (–334)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 616 2 Toyota 611 (–5) 3 Ford 590 (–26) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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