2025 MillerTech Battery 200
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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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| Race 14 of 25 of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |||
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| Date | June 20, 2025 | ||
| Location | Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 200 mi (321 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 80 laps, 200 mi (321 km) | ||
| Average speed | 116.167 mph (186.953 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Front Row Motorsports | ||
| Time | 53.126 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
| Laps | 48 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 34 | Layne Riggs | Front Row Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Jamie Little, Kevin Harvick, and Michael Waltrip | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
The 2025 MillerTech Battery 200 was the 14th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 20, 2025, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 80 laps to complete.
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would take advantage of the leader's late mishaps, and led the final 20 laps of the race to earn his third career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season.[9] To fill out the podium, Tanner Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, and Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Niece Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Corey Heim would continue to put on a clinic performance, winning the second stage and leading a race-high 48 laps, before sustaining a flat tire with over 20 laps to go, forcing him to pit and lose the lead on the restart. With no more cautions occurring, Heim came home with a 23rd place finish.[10] Carson Hocevar took over the second position, before receiving a restart violation for jumping before the leader. It was his second one of the season, which caused him to end his chances of winning. Hocevar rebounded to finish 13th.[11]
Background
Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval speedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.
From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two race weekends. In 2020, the circuit was reduced to one race meeting of two races. The first race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis starting in 2022.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Friday, June 20, at 12:35 PM EST.[12] Connor Mosack, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would set the fastest time between both groups, with a lap of 54.594, and a speed of 164.853 mph (265.305 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | Connor Mosack (R) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 54.594 | 164.853 |
| 2 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 54.615 | 164.790 |
| 3 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 54.630 | 164.745 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, June 20, at 1:40 PM EST.[12] Standard intermediate track qualifying was in effect, although at Pocono, a hybrid road course qualifying rule was used. The timing line was set in the North Straight, exiting Turn 2, where cars exited pit road, drove two-thirds of a lap, then took the green flag at the timing line exiting Turn 2, and completing their lap there the next time by. Teams then immediately pitted the car, meaning only two laps were run. In addition, up to three trucks could be at the track at one time, separated by considerable intervals (about 20 seconds) to ensure drafting was prohibited.[13]
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 53.126, and a speed of 169.409 mph (272.637 km/h).[14]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
