Coming back from a bye week, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Stewart Friesen hopes he can sustain some of the momentum he garnered at Michigan International Speedway on June 7. Friesen snapped a 72-race winless skid and provided Halmar Friesen Racing, a single-machine operation, a postseason jolt. The team missed the playoffs the past two seasons.
Friesen benefited from late-race crashes that took out several top competitors. He finally won in triple overtime after Corey LaJoie rejected a chance to take the front row for the final restart. Friesen jumped at the chance and things finally fell into place.
“To have something go our way and capitalize on an opportunity is something we’re all proud of,” Friesen said, as reported by NASCAR.com. “It puts some wind in our sails as we go throughout the season.
“We’ve had some really fast trucks through the beginning of the part of the year, but had misfortune one way or another. Everybody was getting beat down really bad. (We were) working really hard, bringing fast stuff, and then not being able to put it all together.”
Corey Heim continues to dominate the series as the Truck Series enters Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono Raceway. With 605 points, Heim leads the drivers’ standings by 133 points over second-place Chandler Smith.
Victory in the Irish Hills for @StewartFriesen! 🏁#DQS250 pic.twitter.com/tTM6yxqE6f
— Michigan International Speedway (@MISpeedway) June 7, 2025
NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Pocono Raceway (All Times ET):
Friday
- 12:35 p.m.: Truck Series practice
- 1:40 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying
- 5 p.m.: Truck Series MillerTech Battery 200 race
Saturday
- 10 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice
- 11:05 a.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
- 12:35 p.m.: Cup Series practice
- 1:45 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
- 3:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 race
Sunday
- 2 p.m.: Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA.Com race
It’s Time! We are officially up next! 🏁
Join us for #NASCAR Race Weekend! We’re ready… are you?
🎟️: https://t.co/5o9SF90AX2 #PAGetaway400 #ExplorePocono250 #MillerTech200 #WhatTurn4 pic.twitter.com/iLI7TgVFig
— Pocono Raceway (@PoconoRaceway) June 16, 2025
MillerTech Battery 200 Entry List
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series officials released the entry list for Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono Raceway :
Entry, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Brandon Jones, No. 1 Toyota
- 2, Nathan Byrd, No. 02 Chevrolet
- 3, Cody Dennison, No. 2 Ford
- 4, Toni Breidinger, No. 5 Toyota
- 5, Norm Benning, No. 6 Chevrolet
- 6, TBA, No. 07 Chevrolet
- 7, Carson Hocevar, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 8, Grant Enfinger, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 9, Corey Heim, No. 11 Toyota
- 10, Jake Garcia, No. 13 Ford
- 11, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Toyota
- 12, Giovanni Ruggiero, No.17 Toyota
- 13, Tyler Ankrum, No. 18 Chevrolet
- 14, Daniel Hemric, No. 19 Chevrolet
- 15, Clayton Green, No. 22 Ford
- 16, Dawson Sutton, No. 26 Chevrolet
- 17, Bryan Dauzat, No. 28 Chevrolet
- 18, Frankie Muniz, No. 33 Ford
- 19, Layne Riggs, No. 34 Ford
- 20, Chandler Smith, No. 38 Ford
- 21, Matt Mills, No. 42 Chevrolet
- 22, Conner Jones, No. 44 Chevrolet
- 23, Kaden Honeycutt, No. 45 Chevrolet
- 24, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Toyota
- 25, Luke Baldwin, No. 66 Ford
- 25, Ryan Roulette, No. 67 Chevrolet
- 26, Tyler Tomassi, No. 69 Ford
- 27, Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 28, Spencer Boyd, No. 76 Chevrolet
- 29, Andres Perez De Lara, No. 77 Chevrolet
- 30, Connor Mosack, No. 81 Chevrolet
- 31, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Ford
- 32, Jack Wood, No. 91 Chevrolet
- 33, Ty Majeski, No. 98 Ford
- 34, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Ford
.@MISpeedway is going down in the history books!
278 miles, the longest race by distance in Truck Series history. pic.twitter.com/dSFIuOrZhI
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) June 7, 2025
