2025 Sober or Slammer 200
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 25 of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |||
| Date | August 30, 2025 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.366 miles (2.198 km) | ||
| Distance | 147 laps, 200 mi (323 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 147 laps, 200 mi (323 km) | ||
| Average speed | 121.514 mph (195.558 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Front Row Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.323 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Layne Riggs | Front Row Motorsports | |
| Laps | 71 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Jamie Little, Kevin Harvick, and Todd Bodine | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
The 2025 Sober or Slammer 200 was the 19th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the first race of the Round of 10, and the 6th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent asphalt egg-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 147 laps to complete.
Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would take advantage of late-race troubles for Layne Riggs, and led the final 19 laps to earn his 19th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his eighth of the season. He would also advance into the next round of the playoffs.[10] Riggs led a race-high 71 laps and won the second stage, until hitting the wall late in the event, falling back to finish 17th.[11] To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, and Grant Enfinger, driving for CR7 Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Report
Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
This was be the first time since 2021 that Darlington has held a Truck Series race during the Southern 500 weekend, as the Xfinity Series raced at Portland. The race returned to the Goodyear 400 weekend in 2026 as a Friday night race.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (OP) denotes owner's playoff truck.
Practice
For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Friday, August 29, at 3:05 PM EST.[12] Timmy Hill, driving for his own team, Hill Motorsports, would set the fastest time between both groups, with a lap of 30.186, and a speed of 162.910 mph (262.178 km/h).[13]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 30.186 | 162.910 |
| 2 | 20 | Stefan Parsons | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.201 | 162.829 |
| 3 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 30.291 | 162.345 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, August 29, at 4:10 PM EST. Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.[12]
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.323, and a speed of 167.705 mph (269.895 km/h).[14]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 34 | Layne Riggs (P) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 19 | Daniel Hemric (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 77 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Corey Day (i) (OP) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 10 | 71 | Rajah Caruth (P) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Layne Riggs (P) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 19 | Daniel Hemric (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 77 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Trevor Bayne | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | Corey Day (i) (OP) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
Stage 3 Laps: 57
| Fin[15] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 147 | 65 | Running | 59 |
| 2 | 7 | 19 | Daniel Hemric (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 49 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 1 | Running | 50 |
| 4 | 8 | 98 | Ty Majeski (P) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 147 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 5 | 16 | 1 | Trevor Bayne | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 6 | 12 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 10 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 8 | 23 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 9 | 15 | 7 | Corey Day (i) (OP) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 13 | Jake Garcia (P) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 147 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 11 | 21 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 147 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | 11 | 71 | Rajah Caruth (P) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 13 | 14 | 81 | Connor Mosack (R) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 25 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 24 | 20 | Stefan Parsons | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 20 | 44 | Andrés Pérez de Lara (R) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 1 | 34 | Layne Riggs (P) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 147 | 71 | Running | 39 |
| 18 | 5 | 52 | Kaden Honeycutt (P) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 19 | 26 | Dawson Sutton (R) | Rackley W.A.R. | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 9 | 77 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 21 | 22 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 146 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 6 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 146 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 23 | 26 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 29 | 5 | Toni Breidinger (R) | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 143 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 17 | 45 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 27 | 33 | Mason Maggio (i) | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 128 | 0 | Handling | 0 |
| 27 | 28 | 02 | Nathan Byrd | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 113 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 30 | 74 | Caleb Costner | Mike Harmon Racing | Toyota | 25 | 0 | Handling | 9 |
| 29 | 18 | 42 | Matt Mills | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | Accident | 8 |
| 30 | 2 | 38 | Chandler Smith (P) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 14 | 10 | Accident | 8 |
| 31 | 32 | 2 | Stephen Mallozzi | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 4 | 0 | Rear Gear | 6 |
| 32 | 31 | 22 | Clayton Green | Reaume Brothers Racing | Ford | 3 | 0 | Transmission | 5 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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References
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