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Truck Series Title to Be Settled Tonight at Phoenix as Riggs Penalized After Pole

The champion will be the finalist who finishes highest at Phoenix, placing Corey Heim’s dominant season under a one-night reset.

Overview

  • Corey Heim, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski and Tyler Ankrum are the Championship 4, with the highest finisher among them earning the 2025 crown.
  • Qualifying set the grid with Honeycutt fifth, Heim sixth, Majeski eighth and Ankrum 21st for the winner-take-all finale.
  • NASCAR found an unapproved panel on Layne Riggs’ No. 34 FRM Ford, ejecting crew chief Dylan Cappello, sending the truck to the rear and mandating a pass-through despite his pole speed.
  • Riggs is still credited with pole in an FRM front-row lockout with teammate Chandler Smith, though Jonathan Coates steps in as interim crew chief and the team also loses its truck chief after repeated inspection failures.
  • Majeski enters as the defending series and Phoenix winner, whereas Heim arrives with a record 11 wins and 1,500-plus laps led that do not confer an advantage under the finale format.