Layne Riggs leads the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase by three points over Kaden Honeycutt after the first of seven Chase races. The champion is decided at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday, November 6, and whoever in the 10-driver field has the most points after that race wins the title.
How the Truck Series Chase works
The Chase replaced the elimination playoff in all three national series this season. The top 10 drivers in points after the regular-season finale at New Hampshire made the Truck field; a win no longer guarantees a place. Points were reseeded once, with the regular-season leader given a 25-point cushion over the second seed, and there are no eliminations after that.
A win is now worth 55 points, up from 40, while second pays 35, third 34 and so on, with stage points unchanged. That 20-point gap between first and second is the main thing to price: over seven races, two wins earn 40 points more than two second places.
The Truck Series Chase standings
| Rank | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Layne Riggs | 2,125 |
| 2 | Kaden Honeycutt | 2,122 |
| 3 | Chandler Smith | 2,095 |
| 4 | Ty Majeski | 2,090 |
| 5 | Gio Ruggiero | 2,086 |
| 6 | Grant Enfinger | 2,072 |
| 7 | Daniel Hemric | 2,069 |
| 8 | Christian Eckes | 2,067 |
| 9 | Ben Rhodes | 2,064 |
| 10 | Tyler Ankrum | 2,054 |
Riggs entered the Chase as the top seed after his sixth win of the season, at New Hampshire. Honeycutt, the second seed, has already cut most of the 25-point cushion to three. Only 71 points separate first from 10th, and a win pays 55.
The Chase opener at Bristol on September 17 went to Jake Garcia, who is not in the Chase: he missed it by 11 points. Stewart Friesen missed by seven.
The rest of the Truck Series Chase schedule
| Date | Race | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Sat., Sept. 26 | Race to Stop Suicide 200 | Kansas Speedway |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | Ecosave 200 | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Chase Race at Phoenix | Phoenix Raceway |
| Fri., Oct. 23 | Love’s RV Stop 225 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Chase Race at Martinsville | Martinsville Speedway |
| Fri., Nov. 6 | Championship Race | Homestead-Miami Speedway |
Talladega, a 2.66-mile superspeedway, comes two weeks before the finale. Martinsville follows it: 200 laps of a track just over half a mile long, 105.2 miles in all.
Last season, and betting the championship
Corey Heim won the 2025 championship, five points ahead of Ty Majeski in ESPN’s final standings, with Kaden Honeycutt third and Tyler Ankrum fourth. All three of those runners-up are back in this year’s Chase. Heim won the 2025 race at Phoenix, and Ruggiero won at Talladega.
A championship price is a chance written as a payout. +250 implies 28.6%, +500 implies 16.7% and +1500 implies 6.3%. With 10 drivers inside 71 points and a 55-point win, a futures bet is worth making only when you rate a driver’s chance higher than the price does.
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