May 10, 2025 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Carson Hocevar wins NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway

Kansas City, Kansas—Carson Hocevar survived last-lap contact from the Ford of Layne Riggs, bounced off the outside wall and half a lap later took the checkered flag to win Saturday night’s Heart of Health Care 200 at Kansas Speedway.

The victory was Hocevar’s first of the season in his second NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start this year, his first at the 1.5-mile track and the fifth of his career.

But Hocevar had to keep the fast-closing truck of Riggs behind him. On the final lap, Riggs steered to the inside of Hocevar’s No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, got to the left rear quarter of the Silverado and slid up the track into Hocevar’s truck.

After the contact, both Hocevar and Riggs maintained control, and both scraped the outside wall before continuing toward the finish line. With William Byron looking on from what was then third place, Hocevar arrived 0.262 seconds ahead of Riggs, who appeared to have finished second at Kansas for the second straight time.

However, Riggs was disqualified after post-race inspection found a truck bed cover violation on his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, elevating Byron to second place.

“I was just hoping they would crash, but they didn’t,” said Byron, who fought a tight-handling No. 07 Spire truck as the final run progressed and finished 0.718 seconds behind the race winner.

“I just thought I’d make it entertaining,” Hocevar quipped after climbing from his truck for a frontstretch interview. “That 34 truck (Riggs) was super, super good. This truck was really good on the short runs—I didn’t think he would get to us for how far back he was, but he was super good.

“Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve been in a finish like that where it’s been all out there. So credit to him. I know he was going for everything there.”

Riggs and third-place finisher Corey Heim lost track position on the wrong side of a cycle of green-flag pit stops midway through the final stage. Riggs recovered to challenge for the lead, while Heim incurred a penalty for an improper restart to squander his chances at victory.

“Man, I gave it my all,” Riggs said. “We were really down bad with the track position there. In the third segment, we were about to take the lead, and we did a green-flag pit stop and that really hurt us—had to come from 16th on that green-flag run to get all the way back to him.

“I got to him, got into him a little bit. We both hit the wall, and he won the race. I think he was mad at me. I think he flipped me off all the way down the frontstretch coming to the checkered. But how can you be mad when you win the race?”

With the disqualification, however, Riggs had ample reason to be disappointed.

Heim led 52 of the first 53 laps and won the first stage but lost 15 positions on pit road under caution on Lap 53 when the rear tire changer’s air gun broke. Heim charged back to fourth in the running order, but lost all his progress when the sixth caution, for Frankie Muniz’s spin into the infield grass, interrupted the cycle of green-flag stops on Lap 97, trapped Heim a lap down and forced him to take a wave-around.

That’s when Hocevar, who remained on the lead lap after pitting, gained control of the race, which featured seven cautions for 33 laps. Hocevar led three times for 75 laps.

Heim did further damage to his own chances by changing lanes to the outside behind the truck of Toni Breidinger before the start/finish line on a Lap 103 restart. Thwarted in his attempt to win a third straight race at Kansas, Heim charged back to third at the finish.

“Started out with that pit gun breaking—no fault to my pit crew there,” Heim said. “They did an awesome job all night. It seemed like a situational kind of deal there and then caught on the exact wrong time on the green-flag cycle.

“Had to take the wave and start from the back again and got out of line for a penalty on my part. A roller coaster kind of day today.”

Rookie Gio Ruggiero ran fourth, followed by Stewart Friesen, Brandon Jones, pole winner Jake Garcia, Kaden Honeycutt, Grant Enfinger and Daniel Hemric.



NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the Heart of Health Care 200 - Saturday, May 10, 2025
Kansas Speedway - Kansas City, KS - 1.5 - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 134 Laps - 201. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 5/10/2025 @ 11:55 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 4 7 Carson Hocevar(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 134 4 1 0 Running 3 75
2 11 07 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 134  3 0 Running 1 4
3 2 11 Corey Heim Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 134 1  44 Running 2 52 1
4 10 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 134   33 Running  
5 19 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 134   32 Running  
6 24 1 Brandon Jones(i) Sprecher Toyota 134  10 0 Running  
7 1 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 134   30 Running  
8 7 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS/Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet 134 7 8 36 Running  
9 15 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 134 3 2 45 Running 1 2
10 22 19 Daniel Hemric Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 134 6 4 39 Running  
11 5 99 Ben Rhodes Bommarito Automotive Group Ford 134  7 30 Running  
12 18 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 134   25 Running  
13 25 88 Matt Crafton Serta/Menards Ford 134   24 Running  
14 3 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 134   23 Running  
15 8 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 134   22 Running  
16 12 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 134  6 26 Running  
17 13 38 Chandler Smith Long John Silver's Ford 134 5  26 Running  
18 20 81 Connor Mosack # MKS Pipe and Valve Chevrolet 134 10  20 Running  
19 14 77 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 134   18 Running  
20 26 5 Toni Breidinger # Pedal Commander Toyota 134   17 Running  
21 6 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 133 2 9 27 Running  
22 27 2 Cody Dennison TIMCAST Ford 133   15 Running  
23 28 76 Spencer Boyd Forge Truck Centers Chevrolet 132   14 Running  
24 21 91 Jack Wood Motion Industries Chevrolet 132   13 Running  
25 31 22 Morgen Baird Alro Steel Metal & Plastics Ford 131   12 Running  
26 17 44 Bayley Currey AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet 130 9  13 Running  
27 9 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 128 8 5 19 Electrical  
28 30 33 Frankie Muniz # Levrack Ford 94   9 Handling 1 1
29 29 02 Nathan Byrd Sonesta International Hotels Chevrolet 72   8 Overheating  
30 23 66 Luke Baldwin Mohawk Northeast Inc Ford 17   7 Accident  
31 16 34 Layne Riggs Love's RV STOP Ford 134   6 Running  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  7                                                                      58 / 31.081
# lap

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 48 Mins, 49 Secs. Average Speed: 110.829 MPH Margin of Victory: .262 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 71, 9, 7, 38, 19, 45, 15, 44, 81
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 9, 07, 19, 15, 18, 99, 45, 71, 1

Race Comments: Carson Hocevar won the Heart of Health Care 200 at Kansas Speedway, his fifth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory.  Prior to the start the following car(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: Nos. 02 and 07 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 7 for 33 laps; Laps: 5-8 (No. 26 Incident Frontstretch [98]); 24-28 (No. 66 Incident Turn 2 [98]); 32-36 (Stage 1 Conclusion [26]); 52-55 (No. 2 Spin Frontstretch [26]); 62-67 (Stage 2 Conclusion [26]); 98-102 (No. 33 Spin Frontstretch [34]); 111-114 (Nos. 81, 44 Incident Backstretch [5]).
Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers; J. Garcia 0; C. Heim 1-25; F. Muniz # 26; C. Heim 27-53; C. Hocevar(i) 54-55; G. Enfinger 56-57; C. Hocevar(i) 58-95; W. Byron(i) 96-99; C. Hocevar(i) 100-134.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: May 17, 2025 - North Wilkesboro Speedway

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Points Report
Kansas Speedway
Heart of Health Care 200

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 5/11/2025 @ 12:06 AM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 9 0 412 0 0 3 6 21
2. Chandler Smith 38 9 0 348 -64 64 1 1 6
3. Daniel Hemric 19 9 0 327 -85 21 1 0 5
4. Tyler Ankrum 18 9 0 312 -100 15 1 1 6
5. Grant Enfinger 9 9 -1 295 -117 17 0 1 1
6. Ty Majeski 98 9 1 285 -127 10 0 1 1
7. Jake Garcia 13 9 0 274 -138 11 0 0 0
8. Kaden Honeycutt 45 9 -1 256 -156 18 0 0 0
9. Layne Riggs 34 9 1 248 -164 8 0 2 2
10. Ben Rhodes 99 9 0 245 -167 3 0 1 1
11. Stewart Friesen 52 9 0 236 -176 9 0 0 0
12. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 9 -2 220 -192 16 0 0 0
13. Rajah Caruth 71 9 0 220 -192 0 0 0 0
14. Tanner Gray 15 9 2 216 -196 4 0 0 0
15. Matt Crafton 88 9 0 202 -210 14 0 1 1
16. Jack Wood 91 9 0 186 -226 16 0 1 1
17. Dawson Sutton # 26 9 0 173 -239 13 0 0 0
18. Matt Mills 42 9 -1 173 -239 0 0 0 0
19. Andres Perez De Lara # 77 9 1 166 -246 7 0 0 0
20. Connor Mosack # 81 9 0 166 -246 0 0 0 0
21. Bayley Currey 44 7 0 151 -261 15 0 1 0
22. Spencer Boyd 76 9 0 142 -270 9 0 0 0
23. Toni Breidinger # 5 9 0 121 -291 21 0 0 0
24. Frankie Muniz # 33 9 0 109 -303 12 0 0 0
25. Nathan Byrd 02 9 0 102 -310 7 0 0 0
26. Luke Fenhaus  6 0 91 -321 11 0 0 0
27. Josh Reaume  4 0 66 -346 25 0 0 0
28. Cody Dennison 2 4 -4 50 -362 16 0 0 0
29. Stefan Parsons  2 1 44 -368 6 0 0 0
30. Timmy Hill  2 1 42 -370 2 0 0 0
31. Justin Carroll  4 1 42 -370 0 0 0 0
32. Parker Kligerman  3 1 38 -374 4 0 0 0
33. Lawless Alan  1 0 31 -381 7 0 0 0
34. Jason White  1 0 29 -383 2 0 0 0
35. Norm Benning  4 0 29 -383 0 0 0 0
36. Johnny Sauter  1 0 29 -383 0 0 0 0
37. Luke Baldwin 66 2 0 22 -390 7 0 0 0
38. Stephen Mallozzi  4 0 15 -397 7 0 0 0
39. Matthew Gould  1 0 14 -398 1 0 0 0
40. Morgen Baird 22 1 40 12 -400 2 0 0 0
41. Keith Mcgee  2 1 12 -400 0 0 0 0
42. Michel Disdier  1 1 6 -406 6 0 0 0
43. Alan Waller  1 1 6 -406 0 0 0 0
44. Akinori Ogata  1 1 5 -407 1 0 0 0
45. Clay Greenfield  1 1 4 -408 1 0 0 0
46. Ryan Roulette  1 1 2 -410 2 0 0 0
47. Kyle Busch(i)  1 1 0 -412 2 1 1 0
48. Kyle Larson(i)  2 1 0 -412 0 1 0 0
49. Carson Hocevar(i) 7 2 -9 0 -412 0 1 1 0
50. William Byron(i) 07 2 -4 0 -412 0 0 0 0
51. Justin Haley(i)  2 3 0 -412 0 0 0 0
52. Ross Chastain(i)  1 3 0 -412 0 0 0 0
53. Brandon Jones(i) 1 5 1 0 -412 0 0 0 0
54. William Sawalich(i)  3 4 0 -412 0 0 0 0
55. Michael Mcdowell(i)  2 4 0 -412 0 0 0 0
56. Nicholas Sanchez(i)  1 3 0 -412 0 0 0 0
57. Corey Day(i)  5 2 0 -412 0 0 0 0
58. Mason Maggio(i)  1 2 0 -412 0 0 0 0
59. Sammy Smith(i)  1 2 0 -412 0 0 0 0
60. Patrick Staropoli(i)  2 1 0 -412 0 0 0 0
61. Tyler Tomassi(i)  1 1 0 -412 0 0 0 0
62. Bryan Dauzat  0 1 0 -412 0 0 0 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series