Three Road Courses Among 25-Race Truck Series Schedule

Scenic Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International will host one of three road course races on the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. (Ben Earp/NKP photo)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A record-tying three road course races and multiple returning staples dot the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule, which was announced Thursday afternoon.

In addition, with six venues on next year’s calendar that didn’t appear on the 2024 calendar, the season will expand back to 25 races for the first time since 2011.

Though it kicks off with the traditional Daytona Int’l Speedway opener on Friday night, Feb. 14, perhaps the most intriguing part of the Truck Series schedule next year are inaugural visits to both Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park on Saturday, June 28 and the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Friday, Oct. 3.

The Lime Rock date will be the first NASCAR-sanctioned event at the seven-turn, 1.53-mile road course since a 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event won by Todd Szegedy.

“Lime Rock Park has been working closely with NASCAR leadership over the last two years to ultimately propel the incredible opportunity to host the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at the Park in 2025,” said Dicky Riegel, Lime Rock Park CEO. “To say that we are excited about this announcement is a major understatement, as this will surely be the biggest event in Lime Rock Park’s history.

“The combination of the incredible NASCAR fan base in New England with the spectacular beauty of Lime Rock will create motorsports magic in Connecticut.”

In preparation for NASCAR’s return, Lime Rock Park will undergo several updates during the off-season, including an extension to pit lane and additional safety features.

The Truck Series will join the Xfinity Series and Cup Series at the reconfigured 2.28-mile, 17-turn CMS road course layout as part of a tripleheader weekend critical to the playoffs for all three national series.

Add in a return to Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for just the second time since 2000, on Friday, Aug. 8, and it means that NASCAR’s “tough truckers” will turn left and right three times – a mark last hit in 2022 and previously reached every season from 1996 through 1999.

Three ovals that were past staples for the Truck Series will also return next season, headlined by an Easter weekend date at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway on Friday, April 18 alongside the Xfinity Series.

The Truck Series last raced at The Rock in 2012 and 2013. Those races were won by NASCAR Cup Series stars Kasey Kahne and Kyle Larson, respectively.

In addition, Michigan Int’l Speedway welcomes back the Truck Series for the first time since 2020 on June 7, while New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosts its first Truck Series race since 2017 at a critical juncture.

The ‘Magic Mile’ will serve as the elimination race in the playoff Round of 10 on Saturday, Sept. 20.

“It’s been seven years since the Craftsman Truck Series has raced here, and where this is a cutoff race into the next round, I think you’re going to see a lot of beating and banging,” noted NHMS executive vice president David McGrath. “[Much of the current crop] is not going to be familiar with the speedway, and I think practice and qualifying will play big roles as to how they set those trucks up for that race.

“Quite frankly, I think race fans are in for an absolute treat, because it is kind of an unknown and I think it will be a very enjoyable race to watch.”

With 18 races in the regular season, Richmond (Va.) Raceway will serve as the regular season finale for the third straight year, while Arizona’s Phoenix Raceway hosts the championship finale on Halloween night, Oct. 31.

FOX Sports will continue to broadcast the full Truck Series schedule next year, with networks and start times to be announced at a later date.

2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Schedule

Feb. 14 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 22 – Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
March 14 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nev.
March 21 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Fla.
March 28 – Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, Va.
April 11 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
April 18 – Rockingham Speedway – Rockingham, N.C.
May 2 – Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, Texas
May 10 – Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kan.
May 17 – North Wilkesboro Speedway – Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 23 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, N.C.
May 30 – Nashville Superspeedway – Lebanon, Tenn.
June 7 – Michigan Int’l Speedway – Brooklyn, Mich.
June 20 – Pocono Raceway – Long Pond, Pa.
June 28 – Lime Rock Park – Lakeville, Conn.
July 25 – Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Clermont, Ind.
Aug. 8 – Watkins Glen Int’l – Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 15 – Richmond Raceway – Richmond, Va.
Aug. 30 – Darlington Raceway – Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 11 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 20 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.
Oct. 3 – Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL – Concord, N.C.
Oct. 17 – Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 24 – Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, Va.
Oct. 31 – Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, Ariz.