With one race remaining in the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, there's a pair of ThorSport Racing teammates battling for the final Truck Series playoff spot.
With Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski and Kaden Honeycutt having locked up spots on points, third-year driver Jake Garcia holds the 10th and final provisional playoff berth over two-time series champion Ben Rhodes.
Rhodes, who won the championship in 2021 and 2023, is in the midst of his worst season since his rookie campaign in 2016. After being eliminated in the Round of 10 a year ago, he's on pace to score single-digit top-10 finishes for the second year in a row.
Garcia, meanwhile, is on pace for a career year. Should he hang on and make the playoffs, it'd be his first postseason appearance in his second year with ThorSport Racing.
But it's not just Garcia and Rhodes battling for a spot on points. Gio Ruggiero sits 12th on the playoff grid, 21 points behind Garcia. An inspired effort from Ruggiero and the No. 17 team on Friday at Richmond could be enough to lift the rookie into the playoffs.
Behind Ruggiero, every other full-time driver in the field must score a victory on Friday in order to make the postseason. That list begins with Tanner Gray in 13th, who has yet to make the playoffs in his sixth Truck Series season.
Connor Mosack (14th) and Jack Wood (18th) are looking to join their McAnally-Hilgemann Racing teammates in Daniel Hemric and Tyler Ankrum in the postseason with a win, while three-time champion Matt Crafton (15th) could wipe away the playoff chances of his ThorSport teammates in Garcia and Rhodes with a win at Richmond. Should Crafton find victory lane, it'd be his first win since Kansas in July 2020.
Andres Perez will be in a must-win situation with a completely new team. Spire Motorsports released Perez on Monday, forcing the rookie driver to sign with Niece Motorsports for the rest of the 2025 campaign. A win with his new team at Richmond is Perez's only path to the postseason.
Toni Breidinger has had a rough rookie season in the Truck Series, but a win at Richmond would make her the second driver from the TRICON Garage stable to make the playoffs in 2025.
Matt Mills, Dawson Sutton, Spencer Boyd and Frankie Muniz could also win their way into the 2025 Truck Series playoffs with a victory at Richmond on Friday.
The eero 250 will go green shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, with coverage on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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