The 2026 SpeedyCash.com 250 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held on Friday, May 1, 2026, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 172 laps—extended from 167 laps due to an overtime finish on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, and the 28th running of the event.
In a chaotic final stage that resulted in two red flags for incidents, Carson Hocevar, driving for Spire Motorsports, overcame late pit road troubles and held off the field on the final restart in a thrilling finish, earning his sixth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season. Hocevar also dominated the majority of the event, winning stage two and leading a race-high 76 laps. Hocevar's teammate Kyle Busch finished in second, and Kaden Honeycutt finished third. Brandon Jones and Ben Rhodes rounded out the top five, while Layne Riggs, Daniel Hemric, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, and Chandler Smith rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 1 Brandon Jones (i) Tricon Garage Toyota 2 Clayton Green Team Reaume Ford 5 William Sawalich (i) Tricon Garage Toyota 7 Kyle Busch (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Corey LaJoie Kaulig Racing Ram 11 Kaden Honeycutt Tricon Garage Toyota 12 Brenden Queen (R) Kaulig Racing Ram 13 Cole Butcher (R) ThorSport Racing Ford 14 Mini Tyrrell (R) Kaulig Racing Ram 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 16 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Ram 17 Gio Ruggiero Tricon Garage Toyota 18 Tyler Ankrum McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 19 Daniel Hemric McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 22 Josh Reaume Team Reaume Ford 25 Parker Kligerman Kaulig Racing Ram 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet 27 Toni Breidinger Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet 33 Frankie Muniz Team Reaume Ford 34 Layne Riggs Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Chandler Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 42 Conner Jones Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Andrés Pérez de Lara Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 62 Cory Roper Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 81 Kris Wright McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 88 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 91 Christian Eckes McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 93 Caleb Costner Costner Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing FordOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 1, at 1:30 PM CST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Jake Garcia, driving for ThorSport Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.269 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime198Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord29.269184.496299Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord29.371183.85539Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet29.384183.773Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, May 1, at 2:35 PM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 29.174 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord29.174185.096298Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord29.201184.925317Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota29.219184.811413Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord29.226184.767515Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota29.298184.31367Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet29.302184.288752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota29.304184.275838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord29.326184.13799Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet29.327184.1311011Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota29.336184.0741177Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet29.384183.7731291Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.396183.6981318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.404183.6481419Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.406183.6361544Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.417183.5671642Conner JonesNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.451183.3551712Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam29.456183.324181Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota29.459183.3061925Parker KligermanKaulig RacingRam29.472183.2252088Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord29.493183.094215William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota29.504183.0262226Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet29.530182.8652345Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet29.532182.8522416Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam29.583182.5372510Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam29.677181.9592681Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.732181.6222727Toni BreidingerRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet29.815181.1172814Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam29.961180.234292Clayton GreenTeam ReaumeFord30.244178.5483076Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet30.259178.4593122Josh ReaumeTeam ReaumeFord30.687175.970Qualified by owner's points3233Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord31.565171.0763393Caleb CostnerCostner MotorsportsChevrolet32.111168.1673434Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord——3562Cory RoperHalmar Friesen RacingToyota——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage results Stage One Laps: 40 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord10277Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0317Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota8411Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota7538Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord6652Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota579Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet4834Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord3988Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord21045Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0 Stage Two Laps: 40 PosDriverTeamMakePts177Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0211Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota9317Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota8426Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet7518Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet6614Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam579Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet4815Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota3938Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord21044Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 92 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11177Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet17276Running0267Kyle Busch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running031011Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota1723Running504181Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota17216Running05199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord17241Running4263434Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord1726Running3471419Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1720Running3081291Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1720Running2992088Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord1720Running3010838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1720Running35111925Parker KligermanKaulig RacingRam1720Running26122345Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running0131712Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam1720Running2414317Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota17222Running39151318Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1720Running28162226Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1725Running2817215William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota1710Running0182727Toni BreidingerRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1710Running1919752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1710Running23203076Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1700Running17212814Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam1701Running21223122Josh ReaumeTeam ReaumeFord1690Running15233233Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord1680Running14243393Caleb CostnerCostner MotorsportsChevrolet1680Running13252510Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam1650Running1226292Clayton GreenTeam ReaumeFord1650Running11272416Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam1640Accident1028515Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1642Accident1229298Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1630Accident9301544Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1630Accident8312681Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1630Running63299Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1560Accident13331642Conner JonesNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1550Accident4343562Cory RoperHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1230Suspension335413Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord510Accident2Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 14 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 39 laps Red flags: 2 Time of race: 2 hours, 17 minutes and 5 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kaden Honeycutt 257 1 2 Chandler Smith 243 (–14) 1 3 Layne Riggs 238 (–19) 2 4 Gio Ruggiero 226 (–31) 3 5 Ben Rhodes 223 (–34) 1 6 Christian Eckes 220 (–37) 7 Ty Majeski 212 (–45) 5 8 Corey Heim 204 (–53) 3 9 Tyler Ankrum 165 (–92) 1 10 Stewart Friesen 163 (–94)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 300 1 2 Chevrolet 275 (–25) 1 3 Ford 269 (–31) 4 Ram 194 (–106) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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