Starting Lineup: NASCAR Truck Series Mission 176 at Watkins Glen

Corey Heim scored the pole position for Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Mission 176 at Watkins Glen with a lap time of 70.953 seconds in qualifying. Heim topped NASCAR Cup Series regular Christopher Bell by a margin of 0.192 seconds for the pole position.
The pole is the 11th of Heim's NASCAR Truck Series career, and it comes in his 81st career start.
Sammy Smith will start the race from the third position followed by Andres Perez de Lara, and Gio Ruggiero in the top-five.
Here is the complete starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Mission 176 at Watkins Glen International. Race 17 of 25.
Pos | Truck | Driver | Lap time | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Corey Heim | 70.953 | -- |
2 | 52 | Christopher Bell (i) | 71.145 | 0.192 |
3 | 7 | Sammy Smith (i) | 71.391 | 0.438 |
4 | 77 | Andres Perez de Lara # | 71.554 | 0.601 |
5 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero # | 71.579 | 0.626 |
6 | 34 | Layne Riggs | 71.587 | 0.634 |
7 | 44 | Ross Chastain (i) | 71.591 | 0.638 |
8 | 38 | Chandler Smith | 71.614 | 0.661 |
9 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | 71.725 | 0.772 |
10 | 81 | Connor Mosack # | 71.739 | 0.786 |
11 | 07 | Kyle Busch (i) | 71.955 | 1.002 |
12 | 15 | Tanner Gray | 71.966 | 1.013 |
13 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | 72.043 | 1.090 |
14 | 45 | Connor Zilisch (i) | 72.134 | 1.181 |
15 | 13 | Jake Garcia | 72.146 | 1.193 |
16 | 1 | William Sawalich (i) | 72.180 | 1.277 |
17 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | 72.342 | 1.389 |
18 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | 72.361 | 1.408 |
19 | 70 | Brent Crews | 72.432 | 1.479 |
20 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | 72.481 | 1.528 |
21 | 66 | Chris Buescher (i) | 72.514 | 1.561 |
22 | 26 | Dawson Sutton # | 72.517 | 1.564 |
23 | 91 | Jack Wood | 72.551 | 1.598 |
24 | 88 | Matt Crafton | 72.701 | 1.748 |
25 | 42 | Matt Mills | 73.088 | 2.135 |
26 | 56 | Timmy Hill | 73.659 | 2.706 |
27 | 2 | William Lambros | 73.980 | 3.027 |
28 | 5 | Toni Breidinger # | 74.180 | 3.227 |
29 | 62 | Wesley Slimp | 74.408 | 3.455 |
30 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | 76.362 | 5.409 |
31 | 69 | Derek White | 79.626 | 8.673 |
32 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | 0.000 | -- |
33 | 98 | Ty Majeski | 0.000 | -- |
34 | 33 | Frankie Muniz # | 0.000 | -- |
35 | 02 | Kaden Honeycutt | 0.000 | -- |
36 | 22 | Gian Buffomante | 0.000 | -- |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
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