The 2026 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held on Sunday, May 24, 2026, postponed from Friday, May 22, and again on Saturday, May 23, due to rain, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 110 laps—decreased from 134 laps due to time constraints with the upcoming Indianapolis 500 on the asphalt speedway, it was the tenth race of the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, and the 24th running of the event.
In a wreck-filled race which resulted in a series record of cautions for the Truck Series at Charlotte, Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, dominated the majority of the event, winning the second stage and leading a race-high 52 laps, holding off a charging Kaden Honeycutt until the final caution to earn his 7th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Honeycutt finished second, and Connor Zilisch finished third. Ben Rhodes and Gio Ruggiero rounded out the top five, while Christian Eckes, Brandon Jones, Tanner Gray, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and William Sawalich rounded out the top ten.
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Background
The race will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus Smith serving as track president.
Kyle Busch had originally intended to run in the race with Spire Motorsports in the No. 7 truck, but withdrew from the race on May 21, 2026 after being hospitalized with Corey Day substituting. He would later die the same day from illness. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 2 Luke Baldwin Team Reaume Ford 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet5William Sawalich (i) Tricon Garage Toyota 7 Corey Day (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 Travis Pastrana 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 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 62 Leland Honeyman Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 71 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 77 Connor Zilisch (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
Starting lineup Practice and qualifying were originally scheduled to be held on Friday, May 22, at 3:30 PM and 4:35 PM EST, but were both cancelled due to inclement weather. Corey Day, driving for Spire Motorsports as a relief driver for the late Kyle Busch, was awarded the pole position as a result of NASCAR's pandemic formula with a score of 1.000.
Caleb Costner was the only driver who failed to qualify.
Starting lineup Pos.DriverTeamMake17Corey Day (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet234Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord311Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota488Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord51Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota662Leland HoneymanHalmar Friesen RacingToyota791Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1010Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam1152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1216Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam135William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota1445Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1512Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam1617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota1799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord189Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1915Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota2081Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2118Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2242Conner JonesNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2326Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet2477Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet2576Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet2633Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord2744Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2819Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2925Travis PastranaKaulig RacingRam3014Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam3113Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFordQualified by owner's points322Luke BaldwinTeam ReaumeFord3322Josh ReaumeTeam ReaumeFord344Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet3571Shane van Gisbergen (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet3656Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyotaFailed to qualify3793Caleb CostnerCostner MotorsportsChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage results Stage One Laps: 30 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts191Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1021Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota0334Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet849Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet7511Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota665William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota077Corey Day (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet084Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord21026Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 30 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts134Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet10291Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet9345Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0419Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet751Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota0611Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota5752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota4899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord3998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord21018Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 50 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1234Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord11052Running732311Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota1100Running4632477Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1101Running041799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1100Running3651617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota11012Running326791Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet11033Running51751Brandon Jones (i)Tricon GarageToyota1101Running081915Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1100Running299344Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1100Running010135William Sawalich (i)Tricon GarageToyota1100Running0112819Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1100Running33121010Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam1100Running2513998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1100Running28142242Conner JonesNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1100Running23153571Shane van Gisbergen (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1100Running016189Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1104Running28171216Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam1103Running20183656Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1100Running19192744Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1100Running18202118Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1103Running18212925Travis PastranaKaulig RacingRam1100Running16222326Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1100Running1623662Leland HoneymanHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1100Running14242633Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord1100Running13252576Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1100Running12261152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1100Running15273113Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord1100Running10283322Josh ReaumeTeam ReaumeFord1090Running9291445Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1070Running030838Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1060Running7312081Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet870Accident6321512Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam870Accident533488Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord510Running4343014Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam470Accident33517Corey Day (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet461Accident036322Luke BaldwinTeam ReaumeFord370Engine1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 18 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 11 for 53 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 57 minutes and 52 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kaden Honeycutt 393 2 Layne Riggs 382 (–11) 3 3 Christian Eckes 322 (–71) 4 Gio Ruggiero 318 (–75) 2 5 Chandler Smith 315 (–78) 1 6 Ben Rhodes 282 (–111) 2 7 Ty Majeski 281 (–112) 8 Jake Garcia 241 (–152) 3 9 Daniel Hemric 229 (–164) 10 Tyler Ankrum 224 (–169)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 423 2 Chevrolet 399 (–24) 3 Ford 391 (–32) 4 Ram 279 (–144) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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