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NASCAR Truck Series qualifying canceled at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting lineup set

JHby:Jonathan Howard•04/11/25•

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NASCAR Truck Series Bristol
Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

The first bad news of the NASCAR Bristol weekend is here. Craftsman Truck Series qualifying has been canceled due to rain. There is hope that the rain will be gone and the track dried for tonight’s race.

Tonight’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Bristol is up in the air. It all depends on when the rain stops, how quickly the track and get dried, and a few other things. In case the track doesn’t completely dry in time, there is a possibility that the wet weather tires will be used.

If possible, the Truck Series will practice before the race. That remains an uncertainty as well. Daniel Hemric is on the pole with the starting lineup being set by the metric. Hemric won the last Truck Series race at Martinsville.

The starting lineup with be the qualifying order in reverse. Hemric on pole then Tyler Ankrum, Chandler Smith, Corey Heim, Jake Garcia, Ben Rhodes, Stewart Friesen, Ty Majeski, Layne Riggs, and Andres Perez de Lara round out the top-10.

Parker Kligerman will start last. Kyle Larson, who will attempt the three-race sweep again, will start P11.

The Truck Series season took a one-week break. It is back now. A little fast-paced short-track action. Is there a better track for this series than the Last Great Colosseum? We are bound to get action either tonight or on Sunday if the race is postponed.

Daniel Hemric won at Martinsville after all of that end-of-the-race mess with leaders wrecking themselves. Even if he kind of lucked into the win, that momentum can do a lot to build confidence and turn into another win.

NASCAR Truck Series race at Bristol up in the air

It’s not going to be easy to fend off some of these short-track racers, though. Ty Majeski and Layne Riggs are going to feel right at home, even with the high-banked track. There will also be drivers like Corey Heim and Chandler Smith, who will more than likely be up front and involved in this race as well.

This Truck Series is full of talent this season. Both old and new. You have former Cup Series drivers like Hemric in the race along with up-and-comers like Heim. Then you have those drivers like Riggs who are just coming out of the grassroots and making a name for themselves.

Kyle Larson is attempting the sweep one more time this season. He tried it at Homestead-Miami and came away with two wins. Larson was one restart away from the weekend sweep.

Only Kyle Busch has ever won every race in a tripleheader weekend. He has done that twice, and both times, it happened at Bristol. Can Larson join him and become the second driver to accomplish the feat?