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Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2023, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series™, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour™), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series™) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series™, NASCAR Mexico Series™, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series™). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

Late charge puts Christopher Bell in Victory Lane at Bristol

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By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

April 10, 2026

 

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell was thrilled to have an opportunity to drive the No.  62 Halmar Friesen Toyota in Friday night’s Tennessee Army National Guard 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

 

After crossing the finish line first, he had reason to be positively elated.

 

Corey Heim, on the other hand, had 350,000 reasons to be disappointed, after his dream of completing the Triple Truck Challenge — and earning a $350,000 bonus — ended prematurely against the Turn 1 wall.

 

Bell grabbed the lead from Christian Eckes on Lap 188 of 250 and held it the rest of the way, with Chandler Smith moving into second after a subsequent restart on Lap 224 and chasing Bell to the checkered flag.

 

Finishing 0.330 seconds ahead of Smith’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford, Bell scored his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory since 2017, his first the 0.533-mile short track and the eighth of his career.

 

Bell was enlisted to substitute for injured Stewart Friesen in last year’s Truck Series race at Watkins Glen. On Friday night, he raced as Friesen’s teammate and finished three positions better than he had at the Upstate New York road course.

 

“Oh, man, that was just so awesome to win a truck race,” Bell said. “It’s been since 2017 that I’ve won one of these things. It’s a lot of fun racing with this group. I got the unfortunate call last year to drive for Stewart when he was hurt, went up to Watkins Glen and almost got it.

 

“They’ve been working really hard to get to Victory Lane. Just so special for me to be able to race with these guys. These wins, they mean a lot to this team, this organization.”

 

The most recent Cup Series winner at Thunder Valley, Bell will race Sunday in the Food City 500 (3 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

Heim’s bid for an extra $350,000 ($500,000 total) for a third straight Triple Truck Challenge victory ended abruptly on Lap180, moments after he had muscled past Christian Eckes to lead his only lap of the race.

 

Contact from Eckes’ front bumper to the right rear of Heim’s No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota sent Heim spinning into the outside wall. Pole winner Kaden Honeycutt T-boned into Heim’s Tundra, with the No. 34 Ford of two-time Bristol winner Layne Riggs nosing into Honeycutt’s truck in a chain-reaction collision.

 

TRICON teammates Heim and Honeycutt exited the race under the resulting red flag. With the single lap led to his credit, Heim has now led the last 30 straight Truck Series races he has entered, but that was no consolation for losing the $350,000 bonus he would have collected for winning the race.

 

“I don’t think he did it on purpose or anything,” Heim said graciously of the contact from Eckes’ Chevrolet. “I think the lead was super important to win the race, just having track position and control. Then they had a mix-up on who was starting the race as far as the control truck.

 

“I had an issue with my transmission sticking into gears, and I had to pack a little bit of air. I don’t think I touched him to get him out of the way. He was already free. I just packed some air and got him free. I think he was trying to get behind me and ship me, which would have been fine because I did it to him. Just misjudged it.

 

“I’ve been racing him for a long time, and I don’t think he would do that on purpose, so we are all good.”

 

After losing ground on the final restart, Eckes finished fifth behind Bell, Smith, Giovanni Ruggiero and Cup driver Ross Chastain. Jake Garcia, Dawson Sutton, Kyle Busch, Carson Hocevar and rookie Brenden Queen completed the top 10.

 

The race featured nine cautions for 76 laps. Eckes led a race-high 132 laps to Bell’s 63 and won the first stage. Ben Rhodes stayed out under caution on Lap 122 and claimed the Stage 2 win.

 

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race – Tennessee Army National Guard 250

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tennessee

Friday, April 10, 2026

 

1. (15)  Christopher Bell(i), Toyota, 250.

2. (16)  Chandler Smith, Ford, 250.

3. (10)  Giovanni Ruggiero, Toyota, 250.

4. (11)  Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 250.

5. (2)  Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 250.

6. (5)  Jake Garcia, Ford, 250.

7. (34)  Dawson Sutton, Chevrolet, 250.

8. (8)  Kyle Busch(i), Chevrolet, 250.

9. (7)  Carson Hocevar(i), Chevrolet, 250.

10. (28)  Brenden Queen #, RAM, 250.

11. (9)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, 250.

12. (23)  Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 250.

13. (20)  Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 250.

14. (4)  Chase Briscoe(i), Toyota, 250.

15. (14)  Justin Haley, RAM, 250.

16. (13)  Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 250.

17. (27)  Andres Perez De Lara, Chevrolet, 250.

18. (36)  Daniel Suarez(i), Chevrolet, 250.

19. (26)  Mini Tyrrell #, RAM, 250.

20. (22)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 250.

21. (29)  Carson Ferguson, RAM, 250.

22. (3)  Layne Riggs, Ford, 249.

23. (6)  Ty Majeski, Ford, 248.

24. (33)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 247.

25. (25)  Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 247.

26. (21)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr(i), Chevrolet, 247.

27. (18)  Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 243.

28. (17)  Cole Butcher #, Ford, 241.

29. (19)  Corey LaJoie, RAM, Accident, 214.

30. (12)  Corey Heim, Toyota, Accident, 179.

31. (1)  Kaden Honeycutt, Toyota, Accident, 179.

32. (30)  Luke Baldwin, Ford, Accident, 178.

33. (35)  Timmy Hill, Toyota, Accident, 120.

34. (24)  Tyler Reif, Chevrolet, Accident, 117.

35. (31)  Frankie Muniz, Ford, Accident, 115.

36. (32)  Clayton Green, Ford, Too Slow, 103.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  66.644 mph.

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 59 Mins, 58 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.330 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  9 for 76 laps.

Lead Changes:  7 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   K. Honeycutt 1-2;C. Eckes 3-122;B. Rhodes 123-135;K. Busch(i) 136-174;C. Eckes 175-178;C. Heim 179;C. Eckes 180-187;C. Bell(i) 188-250.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Christian Eckes 3 times for 132 laps; Christopher Bell(i) 1 time for 63 laps; Kyle Busch(i) 1 time for 39 laps; Ben Rhodes 1 time for 13 laps; Kaden Honeycutt 1 time for 2 laps; Corey Heim 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 91,34,11,99,98,77,17,5,45,7

Stage #2 Top Ten: 99,7,16,1,62,91,10,11,98,34

 

 

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Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2023, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series™, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour™), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series™) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series™, NASCAR Mexico Series™, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series™). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

 

 

 

CRAFTSMAN truck series

 Fri. Feb. 13 Fresh From Florida 250 7:30PM FS1
Sat. Feb. 21 FR8 208 1:30PM FS1
Sat. Feb. 28 Series Race at St. Petersburg 12:00PM FOX
Fri. March 20 Sober or Slammer 200 7:30PM FS1
Fri. April 3 Black’s Tire 200 4:30PM FS1
Fri. April 10 Tennessee Army National Guard 250 7:30PM FS1
Fri. May 1 SpeedyCash.com 250 8:00PM FS1
Fri. May. 8 Mission 176 at The Glen 4:30PM FS1
Sat. May 15 ECOSAVE 200 5:00PM FS1
Fri. May 22 NC Education Lottery 200 7:30PM FS1
Fri. May 29 Flote 200 8:00PM FS1
Sat. June 6 DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 1:30PM FS1
Fri. June 19 Series Race at San Diego 7:00PM FS1
Sat. July 11 LiUNA 150 1:00PM FS1
Sat. July 18 Window World 250 12:30PM FS1
Fri. July 24 TSport 200 8:00PM FS1
Fri, Aug. 14 eero 250 7:30PM FS1
Sat. Aug. 22 Team EJP 175 1:30PM FS1
Thurs. Sep. 17 UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics 8:00PM FS1
Sat. Sep. 26 Heart of Healthcare 200 1:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 9 Series Race at Charlotte 5:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 16 Series Race at Phoenix 7:30PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 23 Love’s RV Stop 225 4:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 30 Zip Buy Now Pay Later 200 6:00PM FS1
Fri. Nov. 6 Championship race 7:30PM FS1

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