NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Slim Jim 200 Preview

Slim Jim 200 Preview

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

Track Length: 0.526 Mile Asphalt Oval

The Date: Friday. October 24

The Time: 6 p.m. ET

The Purse: $782,900

TV: FS1, 6 p.m. ET

Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)

Distance: 105.2 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 50), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 100), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)

On Track: Friday, Oct. 24 - NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 2 p.m. ET), NCTS Race: Slim Jim 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 6 p.m. ET)

Martinsville Speedway Storylines and Insights:

· This week marks the 50th running of a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway; the second most of all tracks in the Truck Series behind Texas (51).

· Martinsville is one of only two tracks to host a Truck Series race in every year of its existence (Phoenix).

· This is the eighth Playoff race at Martinsville, and the fourth time as the final cutoff race before the Championship (2020, ’21, ’24, ’25).

· Martinsville is one of only two tracks the Truck Series visits twice a year in 2025, the other being Bristol.

· Only three of the drivers in the Round of 8 have previously made the Championship 4 (Heim, Enfinger, Majeski), at least one driver will make the Championship 4 for the first time.

· Corey Heim is the only full time driver in all of NASCAR without a DNF in 2025.

· Corey Heim finished top 3 in the last nine races, he is the only driver in series history to accomplish this feat.

· Corey Heim is 83 laps led away from tying the all-time single season laps led record (Mike Skinner, 1533 laps - 1996). He led 149 laps at Martinsville in March.

· Corey Heim led 24 consecutive races, the longest streak in Truck Series history.

· Corey Heim led a lap in every race in 2025 and could become the first driver to lead in every race of a season.

· Corey Heim finished top-five in all five Playoff races in 2025, no driver finished top-5 in every race of the playoffs in a season.

· 19 races this season were won by drivers aged 25 or younger, the most ever in a single Truck Series season.

· ThorSport Racing remains winless after 23 races in 2025, the deepest into a season the organization has gone without a win since 2007, the last time they were winless in a season.

· Chevrolet has not won in 11 races (Rajah Caruth – Nashville in May), after winning six of the first 12 races of 2025, the brand’s longest winless streak in the Truck Series since 2013-14.

· TRICON Garage has won six of the last seven races. Only RFK Racing (1999) and Kyle Busch Motorsports (2014) have won seven of eight races.

· Corey Heim and Layne Riggs have combined to lead over 58% of laps on short tracks this season.

· Martinsville has produced more first-time Truck Series winners than any other track (12).

· Six of the last eight Martinsville races featured 10 or more cautions.

· Each of the last four Martinsville races a driver swept the stages, three of the four went on to win: the only exception, Corey Heim this past March (finished 6th).

· McAnally Hilgemann Racing won the last three Martinsville races, no Truck Series team has ever won four in a row at Martinsville.

· Daniel Hemric led 4 laps enroute to winning here in March, the fewest for a Martinsville winner since Joe Ruttman in September 1995 (2 laps).

· Corey Heim led 149 laps in March but failed to win, the most for a non-winner since April 2013 (Jeb Burton – 154 laps).

· Corey Heim has led in the last six short track races, the record is seven, three times.

· No driver has overcome a deficit of 10 or more points in the final race of round two to make the Championship four on points.

· A driver below the cut line entering the Round of 8 finale has won to earn a Championship 4 spot twice: Grant Enfinger (2020, -42 below cut) and Zane Smith (2021, -40 below cut).

· Rajah Caruth is the only driver that can advance to the Championship four on points without help, he would need to score 47 points at Martinsville.

NCTS Clinch Scenarios For Martinsville Speedway (Playoff Race #6):

Already Clinched

· The following driver has clinched a spot in the 4-driver field of the next round: Corey Heim.

Can Clinch Via Points

· If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 4th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Rajah Caruth, Tyler Ankrum or Kaden Honeycutt.

• Rajah Caruth: Would clinch with 43 points

• Tyler Ankrum: Would clinch with 49 points

• Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch with 52 points

• Ty Majeski: Could only clinch with help

• Layne Riggs: Could only clinch with help

• Daniel Hemric: Could only clinch with help

• Grant Enfinger: Could only clinch with help

· If there is a new winner from Ty Majeski or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 3rd winless driver in the standings.

• Rajah Caruth: Would clinch with 47 points

• Tyler Ankrum: Would clinch with 53 points

• Kaden Honeycutt: Would clinch with 56 points

• Ty Majeski: Could only clinch with help

• Layne Riggs: Could only clinch with help

• Daniel Hemric: Could only clinch with help

• Grant Enfinger: Could only clinch with help

Can Clinch Via Win

· The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Rajah Caruth, Tyler Ankrum, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski, Layne Riggs, Daniel Hemric, Grant Enfinger.