Rajah Caruth holds off Corey Heim in dramatic Truck Series win at Nashville
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LEBABON, Tenn.—In the closing laps of Friday night’s Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, Rajah Caruth had a question for himself.
“How bad do you want it?” Caruth thought silently, as four-time winner Corey Heim and Layne Riggs pursued him relentlessly over the final circuits.
Caruth answered his own question by driving flawlessly over the final 15 laps and crossed the finish line 0.518 seconds ahead of Heim in second and 0.629 seconds ahead of Riggs in third.
The victory was Caruth’s first at Nashville, his first of the season and the second of his career, and it vaulted him into the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs.
After Heim won the second stage—his ninth stage win of the season—a quick pit stop under caution during the stage break gave Caruth the lead on Lap 100, and he held it the rest of the way to claim the coveted guitar trophy that goes to Nashville winners.
Driving the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Caruth led twice for 61 of 150 laps, including the last 51.
“I didn’t expect that at all—those guys were breathing down my neck the whole run,” Caruth said of Heim and Riggs. “My pit crew won that race. They won the race for us, got us off pit road twice.
“We’ve been off this year, but it was good to get it done tonight. That was a lot of fun. I asked myself, ‘How bad do you want it?’ I just tried my best, and we had clean air. Their stuff was better, but I just did my best. That was it.”
Heim agreed that losing the lead on the final pit stop was critical.
“With the third stage being so straightforward—lack of strategy, going green there—it was tough to come back from not having the lead. But I slid through my (pit) box during the last stop and didn’t do my guys any favors… just something to reflect on my end.
“But huge congrats to Rajah. He did an awesome job managing from the lead. I was really free behind him, and he made pretty much the right choice every time as far as where I was going to go.”
Riggs, who won the first stage, got to Heim’s bumper twice in the battle for second but couldn’t claim the runner-up spot.
“I’ll tell you, I had the best seat in the house there at the end of that race,” said Riggs, who fell from second to eighth off pit road during the second stage break because of trouble removing his right front tire. “They were doing some racing right there in front of me.
“I hoped to be right there in the mix. I just didn’t have enough time.”
Daniel Hemric came home fourth, followed by Corey Day, a dirt-track phenom who posted his first top five in his ninth start in Truck Series competition.
Heim widened his series lead to 122 points over second-place Hemric entering the June 7 DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 12
Race Results for the Rackley Roofing 200 - Friday, May 30, 2025
Nashville Superspeedway - Nashville, TN - 1.33 - Mile Concrete
Total Race Length - 150 Laps - 199.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/30/2025 @ 10:11 PM Eastern
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 10 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 150 3 3 56 Running 2 61 5
2 1 11 Corey Heim Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 150 2 1 55 Running 4 58 1
3 3 34 Layne Riggs Love's RV STOP Ford 150 1 2 53 Running 1 30 1
4 7 19 Daniel Hemric Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 150 4 8 43 Running
5 5 7 Corey Day(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 150 6 4 0 Running 1 1
6 2 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS/Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet 150 5 5 43 Running
7 23 38 Chandler Smith Wheelers Ford 150 30 Running
8 26 98 Ty Majeski Curb Records Ford 150 29 Running
9 6 44 Bayley Currey AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet 150 9 7 34 Running
10 4 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 150 8 6 35 Running
11 29 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 150 10 27 Running
12 9 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 150 9 27 Running
13 17 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 150 24 Running
14 15 99 Ben Rhodes Nashville Stampede Ford 150 10 24 Running
15 12 07 Kyle Busch(i) Gainbridge Chevrolet 150 0 Running
16 21 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 150 21 Running
17 8 18 Tyler Ankrum Ullico Chevrolet 150 7 24 Running
18 19 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 150 19 Running
19 16 77 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 150 18 Running
20 22 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 150 17 Running
21 13 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 150 16 Running
22 11 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 150 15 Running
23 20 81 Connor Mosack # NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 150 14 Running
24 14 1 William Sawalich(i) Soundgear Toyota 149 0 Running
25 18 88 Matt Crafton Zevo/Menards Ford 149 12 Running
26 25 76 Spencer Boyd Southern Pride Chevrolet 148 11 Running
27 31 2 Clayton Green Levrack Ford 148 10 Running
28 24 02 Nathan Byrd GMS Chevrolet 147 9 Running
29 28 22 Tyler Tomassi(i) Levrack Ford 147 0 Running
30 30 5 Toni Breidinger # 818 Tequila Toyota 144 7 Running
31 32 63 Akinori Ogata YKK AP America Toyota 144 6 Running
32 27 33 Frankie Muniz # Buy American Veteran Ford 2 5 Engine
Fastest Lap Bonus: # lap 63 / 30.24
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Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 42 Mins, 40 Secs. Average Speed: 116.591 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.518 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 34, 11, 71, 19, 45, 7, 18, 9, 44, 99
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 34, 71, 7, 45, 9, 44, 19, 13, 26
Race Comments: Rajah Caruth has won the Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, his second career victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following truck dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 52 (engine change).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 4 for 27 laps; Laps: 3-10 (Fluid on Track [None]); 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [2]); 56-60 (No. 63, 91 Incident Turn 4 [76]); 97-103 (Stage 2 Conlcusion [88]).
Lead Changes: 7 among 4 drivers; C. Heim 1-10; C. Day(i) 11; C. Heim 12-18; L. Riggs 19-48; C. Heim 49; R. Caruth 50-59; C. Heim 60-99; R. Caruth 100-150.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 7, 2025 - Michigan International Speedway
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Nashville Superspeedway
Rackley Roofing 200
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/30/2025 @ 10:29 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 12 0 566 0 0 4 9 29
2. Daniel Hemric 19 12 1 444 -122 122 1 0 5
3. Chandler Smith 38 12 -1 441 -125 3 2 1 11
4. Tyler Ankrum 18 12 0 406 -160 35 1 1 6
5. Grant Enfinger 9 12 0 406 -160 0 0 2 2
6. Layne Riggs 34 12 0 395 -171 11 0 3 3
7. Kaden Honeycutt 45 12 0 378 -188 17 0 0 0
8. Jake Garcia 13 12 0 359 -207 19 0 0 0
9. Ty Majeski 98 12 0 356 -210 3 0 1 1
10. Rajah Caruth 71 12 3 330 -236 26 1 0 5
11. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 12 0 308 -258 22 0 1 1
12. Stewart Friesen 52 12 -2 307 -259 1 0 0 0
13. Ben Rhodes 99 12 -1 305 -261 2 0 1 1
14. Tanner Gray 15 12 0 274 -292 31 0 0 0
15. Matt Crafton 88 12 0 250 -316 24 0 1 1
16. Jack Wood 91 12 1 232 -334 18 0 1 1
17. Matt Mills 42 12 -1 231 -335 1 0 0 0
18. Andres Perez De Lara # 77 12 1 218 -348 13 0 0 0
19. Dawson Sutton # 26 12 1 217 -349 1 0 0 0
20. Connor Mosack # 81 12 -2 215 -351 2 0 0 0
21. Bayley Currey 44 8 1 185 -381 30 0 1 0
22. Spencer Boyd 76 12 -1 175 -391 10 0 0 0
23. Toni Breidinger # 5 12 0 151 -415 24 0 0 0
24. Frankie Muniz # 33 12 0 132 -434 19 0 0 0
25. Luke Fenhaus 66 8 0 129 -437 3 0 0 0
26. Nathan Byrd 02 10 0 111 -455 18 0 0 0
27. Josh Reaume 4 0 66 -500 45 0 0 0
28. Parker Kligerman 4 0 61 -505 5 0 0 0
29. Timmy Hill 3 0 60 -506 1 0 0 0
30. Stefan Parsons 3 0 59 -507 1 0 0 0
31. Cody Dennison 5 0 58 -508 1 0 0 0
32. Luke Baldwin 3 0 46 -520 12 0 0 0
33. Justin Carroll 5 0 46 -520 0 0 0 0
34. Norm Benning 5 0 32 -534 14 0 0 0
35. Lawless Alan 1 0 31 -535 1 0 0 0
36. Jason White 1 0 29 -537 2 0 0 0
37. Johnny Sauter 1 0 29 -537 0 0 0 0
38. Bj Mcleod 1 0 22 -544 7 0 0 0
39. Patrick Emerling 1 0 18 -548 4 0 0 0
40. Brent Crews 1 0 18 -548 0 0 0 0
41. Stephen Mallozzi 4 0 15 -551 3 0 0 0
42. Matthew Gould 1 0 14 -552 1 0 0 0
43. Morgen Baird 1 0 12 -554 2 0 0 0
44. Keith Mcgee 2 0 12 -554 0 0 0 0
45. Akinori Ogata 63 2 5 11 -555 1 0 0 0
46. Conner Jones 1 -1 10 -556 1 0 0 0
47. Clayton Green 2 1 -47 10 -556 0 0 0 0
48. Jayson Alexander 1 -2 7 -559 3 0 0 0
49. Ryan Roulette 2 -2 7 -559 0 0 0 0
50. Michel Disdier 1 -2 6 -560 1 0 0 0
51. Alan Waller 1 -2 6 -560 0 0 0 0
52. Clay Greenfield 1 -1 4 -562 2 0 0 0
53. Derek White 1 -1 4 -562 0 0 0 0
54. Kyle Busch(i) 07 4 -1 0 -566 4 1 1 0
55. Kyle Larson(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 1 0 0
56. Carson Hocevar(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 1 1 0
57. William Byron(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
58. Ross Chastain(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
59. Justin Haley(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
60. Corey Day(i) 7 6 4 0 -566 0 0 0 0
61. Brandon Jones(i) 6 -2 0 -566 0 0 0 0
62. William Sawalich(i) 1 4 -2 0 -566 0 0 0 0
63. Sammy Smith(i) 2 -2 0 -566 0 0 0 0
64. Michael Mcdowell(i) 2 -2 0 -566 0 0 0 0
65. Nicholas Sanchez(i) 1 -2 0 -566 0 0 0 0
66. Mason Maggio(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
67. Patrick Staropoli(i) 2 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
68. Tyler Tomassi(i) 22 3 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
69. Bryan Dauzat 0 -1 0 -566 0 0 0 0
-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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