NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Love’s RV Stop 225

by Stephen Young (stevietpfl)

Created Oct 23, 2026

Last Updated 2026-10-23 13:55:06 Premium Content Part of the product Stevie's NASCAR Package

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This weekend we head to Talladega Superspeedway for the Love’s RV Stop 225. The race is Friday at 4:00 PM ET on FS1. We get another midday Friday truck race this weekend. With only 3 races left, we have a two-truck race for the championship. Kaden Honeycutt leads Layne Riggs by 39 points heading into this weekend.

There is no practice this weekend, and qualifying is Friday at 1:00 PM ET. We should have a starting lineup by 3:00 PM ET, and I will have projections up by 3:30 p.m. ET. This will be a tight window for creating lineups, but it should create a little bit of an edge.

There have been at least 6 cautions in 14 of the last 15 truck races here. The race winner has started outside the top 15 in 5 of the last 7. There have been 23, 23, 18, 25, 15, 17, and 14 lead-lap trucks in the last seven races here. I will use recent superspeedway data, Talladega data, 2026 speed, and a few other things when building lineups this weekend.

NASCAR Truck Series DFS Picks – Love’s RV Stop 225

The stages are 20, 20, and 45 laps, which is a total of 85 laps. With 85 laps, we’re looking at 38.25 potential fastest-lap points and 21.25 laps-led points.

As at most superspeedways, roster construction is the most important thing.

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