Starting from pole Rookie Truck 17 Giovanni Ruggiero First Auto Group Toyota won the Love’s RV Stop 225, his 1st win in 23 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 1st win & 11th Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in one race at Talladega Superspeedway. 2nd Place Truck 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota, started from 3rd place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 4 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 19th Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Truck 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford, started from 2nd place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 4 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
4th Place Truck 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, started from 12th place followed by 5th place Truck 34 Layne Riggs Love’s RV STOP Ford, started from 35th place. 6th Place Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 7th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Jack Links/Menards Ford, started from 4th place. 8th Place Truck 77 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Truck 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 11th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 52 Kaden Honeycutt Halmar International Toyota, in 10th place, started from 5th place. Corey Heim (P) leads the point standings by 75 points over Tyler Ankrum (P).
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The race had 7 Cautions for 29 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 5 for #9, 98, 13, 38, 99 Crash in frontstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 11 for #34, 38, 81 Crash in turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 22 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 33 for #1 incident backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 42 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 66 for Oil on track from the #6. 7th Caution on lap 85 for #66, 99, 15 Crash on the backstretch.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The race had 17 Lead Changes among 11 drivers; G. Ruggiero # 1-10; C. Heim (P) 11-16; R. Caruth (P) 17-22; J. Yeley(i) 23-25; G. Ruggiero # 26-28; L. Fenhaus 29; G. Ruggiero # 30-31; L. Fenhaus 32-35; G. Ruggiero # 36-42; T. Gray 43-45; P. Kligerman 46; T. Gray 47-54; C. Smith 55; J. Wood 56; N. Byrd 57-62; G. Ruggiero # 63-70; B. Rhodes 71-83; G. Ruggiero # 84-90.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: JJ Yeley, driver of the #7 Delaware Life Chevrolet, Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, Jack Wood, driver of the #91 Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet, and Layne Riggs, driver of the #34 Love’s RV STOP Ford, race during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 71, 77, 11, 7, 99, 52, 18, 26, 17, 19
Stage 2 Top 10: 17, 52, 71, 7, 66, 77, 18, 81, 11, 88
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: Rajah Caruth, driver of the #71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, llduring the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 17: Giovanni Ruggiero, driver of the #17 First Auto Group Toyota, poses with the pole award winner $2100.00 check during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 17, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 23
Race Results for the Love’s RV Stop 225 – Friday, October 17, 2025
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 90 Laps – 239.4 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Friday, 10/17/2025 @ 07:14 PM Eastern
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 1. Truck 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 90 Running
2. 3. Truck 11 Corey Heim (P) Safelite Toyota 90 Running
3. 2. Truck 98 Ty Majeski (P) Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 90 Running
4. 12. Truck 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 90 Running
5. 35. Truck 34 Layne Riggs (P) Love’s RV STOP Ford 90 Running
6. 8. Truck 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) LiUNA! Chevrolet 90 Running
7. 4. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Jack Links/Menards Ford 90 Running
8. 18. Truck 77 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet 90 Running
9. 11. Truck 71 Rajah Caruth (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 90 Running
10. 5. Truck 52 Kaden Honeycutt (P) Halmar International Toyota 90 Running
11. 13. Truck 16 Kris Wright(i) F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 90 Running
12. 10. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 90 Running
13. 16. Truck 7 JJ Yeley(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 90 Running
14. 14. Truck 81 Connor Mosack # Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 90 Running
15. 19. Truck 76 Spencer Boyd Tibbetts Lumber Chevrolet 90 Running
16. 7. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes TYM Ford 90 Running
17. 22. Truck 44 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 90 Running
18. 31. Truck 02 Nathan Byrd GMS Chevrolet 90 Running
19. 23. Truck 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 90 Running
20. 28. Truck 33 Frankie Muniz # More Core Ford 90 Running
21. 24. Truck 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 90 Running
22. 25. Truck 38 Chandler Smith Wheelers Ford 90 Running
23. 6. Truck 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 90 Running
24. 29. Truck 2 Josh Reaume Aerial Titans Ford 90 Running
25. 34. Truck 35 Greg Van Alst Top Choice Fence Toyota 88 Running
26. 21. Truck 75 Parker Kligerman Pickers Vodka Chevrolet 87 Running
27. 27. Truck 69 Tyler Tomassi(i) Elly Productions Ford 87 Running
28. 9. Truck 1 Bret Holmes ShopTRICON.com Toyota 87 Running
29. 26. Truck 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 87 Running
30. 33. Truck 22 Jason White Powder Ventures Ford 83 Electrical
31. 20. Truck 45 Bayley Currey DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 68 Driveshaft
32. 32. Truck 6 Norm Benning MDIA Inc Chevrolet 55 Engine
33. 30. Truck 5 Toni Breidinger # Coach Toyota 54 Suspension
34. 17. Truck 19 Daniel Hemric (P) Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 52 Accident
35. 36. Truck 74 Caleb Costner Ironside Forestry Toyota 43 Electrical
36. 15. Truck 9 Grant Enfinger (P) Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 3 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following trucks dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: Nos. 42, 38, 75 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 0 Mins, 27 Secs. Average Speed: 119.253 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.059 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 99 lap 90/49.783. Caution Flags: 7 for 29 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers; G. Ruggiero # 1-10; C. Heim (P) 11-16; R. Caruth (P) 17-22; J. Yeley(i) 23-25; G. Ruggiero # 26-28; L. Fenhaus 29; G. Ruggiero # 30-31; L. Fenhaus 32-35; G. Ruggiero # 36-42; T. Gray 43-45; P. Kligerman 46; T. Gray 47-54; C. Smith 55; J. Wood 56; N. Byrd 57-62; G. Ruggiero # 63-70; B. Rhodes 71-83; G. Ruggiero # 84-90.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 24, 2025 – Martinsville Speedway
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