The 2026 Navy 250 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held on Friday, June 19, 2026, at Qualcomm Circuit (located on Naval Base Coronado) in San Diego, California. Contested over 53 laps—extended from 50 laps due to an overtime finish on the road course, it was the 13th race of the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, and the inaugural running of the event.
In a thrilling finish, Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, took advantage of a mistake from Tyler Reif after he missed the final chicane, sneaking past him and holding off the rest of the field to earn his ninth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, his fourth of the season, and his third win in the last four races. Reif, who was originally scored in seventh, was given a 30 second time penalty for failing to come to a complete stop after missing the chicane, dropping his final position to 19th. Riggs dominated the majority of the race, winning the first stage and leading a race-high 21 laps. Daniel Hemric finished second, and Kaz Grala finished third. Landen Lewis and Ty Majeski rounded out the top five, while Justin Haley, Brenden Queen, Ben Rhodes, Christian Eckes, and Gio Ruggiero rounded out the top ten.
With a race time of 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 13 seconds, this was the longest Truck Series race in history, surpassing the 2023 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at 2 hours, 46 minutes, and 44 seconds. Report Background
Coronado Street Course (also known as Qualcomm Circuit for sponsorship reasons) is a street circuit on Naval Base Coronado (more specifically Naval Air Station North Island) that will host the NASCAR Cup Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and the Truck Series. It previously hosted the Global MX-5 Cup in 2012 and 2013, and Stadium Super Trucks in 2014 as part of Speed Festival, which was also held there between 1997 and 2016.
Rumors began that NASCAR was looking to hold a street race in the SoCal area, after the removal of the Chicago Street Race. It was officially announced on July 23, 2025, that NASCAR would host a first of its kind street race on the Naval Base Coronado, with the lower national series O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and the Truck Series following suit.
NASCAR might be forced to move the race due to the 2026 Iran war, and as part of its normal contingency planning it does have a back-up plan if need be.
This race was held in commemoration of the United States Navy's 250th birthday alongside the country's 250th. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 1 Jimmie Johnson (i) Tricon Garage Toyota 2 Jackson Lee Team Reaume Ford 5 Adam Andretti Tricon Garage Toyota 7 Connor Mosack 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 20 Brendan Gaughan McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 22 Austin Varco Team Reaume Ford 25 Jamie McMurray Kaulig Racing Ram 26 Dawson Sutton 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 Tyler Reif Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Andrés Pérez de Lara Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Landen Lewis Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 62 Kaz Grala Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 76 Nathan Nicholson Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 77 Justin Marks Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 81 Kris Wright McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 88 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 91 Christian Eckes McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 98 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing FordOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, June 19, at 9:00 AM PST, and lasted for 40 minutes.
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 2:17.220 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime134Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord2:17.22089.200211Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota2:17.37589.099338Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord2:18.53688.353Full first practice results
Final practice The second and final practice session was held on Friday, June 19, at 10:00 AM PST, and lasted for 40 minutes.
Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Tricon Garage, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 2:16.323 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime111Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota2:16.32389.787238Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord2:17.80488.822375Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet2:18.53288.355Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, June 19, at 11:00 AM PST. Since Qualcomm Circuit has a road course layout, the qualifying procedure used was a two-group system with one round. Drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Each driver had multiple laps to set a time. Whoever sets the fastest time between both groups won 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 was set at the exit of Turn 15 before the chicane. Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Tricon Garage, qualified on pole position with a lap of 2:14.782 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime111Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota2:14.78290.813234Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord2:15.19690.535338Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord2:16.23189.84741Jimmie Johnson (i)Tricon GarageToyota2:16.40089.73659Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.55589.634617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota2:16.62089.592744Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.72989.520888Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord2:16.73289.518945Landen LewisNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.06589.3011075Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.13089.258117Connor MosackSpire MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.20689.2091218Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2:17.25089.1801399Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord2:17.34389.1201442Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.40389.0811510Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam2:18.16588.5901662Kaz GralaHalmar Friesen RacingToyota2:18.19888.5691716Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam2:18.55288.3421826Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet2:19.19287.9361998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord2:19.33387.8472076Nathan NicholsonFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet2:19.52787.7252125Jamie McMurrayKaulig RacingRam2:19.82787.5372252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota2:20.47687.1322314Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam2:20.79186.9372481Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2:21.11586.7382513Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord2:21.39586.566262Jackson LeeTeam ReaumeFord2:22.36385.9772733Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord2:23.12185.5222820Brendan GaughanMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2:24.17384.8982922Austin VarcoTeam ReaumeFord2:24.31884.8133091Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet——3177Justin MarksSpire MotorsportsChevrolet——Qualified by owner's points3219Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet——335Adam AndrettiTricon GarageToyota——3412Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam——3515Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 12 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts134Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord10211Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota931Jimmie Johnson (i)Tricon GarageToyota0438Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord759Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet6618Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet5799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord4844Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet3945Landen LewisNiece MotorsportsChevrolet21042Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 12 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts175Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet10288Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord939Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet8418Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet7544Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet6642Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet5738Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord4811Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota391Jimmie Johnson (i)Tricon GarageToyota01091Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 29 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1234Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord5321Running6523219Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet530Running3531662Kaz GralaHalmar Friesen RacingToyota530Running344945Landen LewisNiece MotorsportsChevrolet530Running355888Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord530Running4161716Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam530Running3173412Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam530Running3081399Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord530Running3393091Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet530Running2910617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota530Running27112314Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam530Running26123515Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota530Running25132481Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet530Running2414335Adam AndrettiTricon GarageToyota530Running23152513Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord530Running22162820Brendan GaughanMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet530Running21172922Austin VarcoTeam ReaumeFord530Running20181075Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet536Running29191442Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet531Running24202733Frankie MunizTeam ReaumeFord530Running1721744Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet530Running2522338Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord5313Running2723111Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota5210Accident2624117Connor MosackSpire MotorsportsChevrolet520Running13253177Justin MarksSpire MotorsportsChevrolet510Running12261826Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet510Running1127262Jackson LeeTeam ReaumeFord500Running10282076Nathan NicholsonFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet480Accident92959Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet480Running223041Jimmie Johnson (i)Tricon GarageToyota472Electrical0311218Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet460Accident18321998Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord400Transmission5332252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota290Power4342125Jamie McMurrayKaulig RacingRam220Accident3351510Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam140Accident2Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 16 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 13 laps Red flags: 1 Time of race: 2 hours, 48 minutes and 13 second Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Layne Riggs 562 2 Kaden Honeycutt 497 (–65) 3 Chandler Smith 434 (–128) 4 Gio Ruggiero 410 (–152) 5 Christian Eckes 408 (–154) 1 6 Ty Majeski 353 (–209) 1 7 Ben Rhodes 349 (–213) 1 8 Daniel Hemric 313 (–214) 1 9 Tyler Ankrum 301 (–261) 10 Jake Garcia 283 (–279)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 543 2 Ford 534 (–9) 3 Chevrolet 503 (–40) 4 Ram 351 (–192) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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