Ben Rhodes claimed the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series pole position of the 2025 season for the season-opening Fresh from Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 14.
Format:
The event’s qualifying format was determined through two rounds. Each round was comprised of a single-lap session for each of the 47 entered competitors. After the first qualifying round, the top 10 fastest qualifiers transferred to the final single-lap round. In the final round, the remaining 10 qualifiers contended for the pole position.
Rhodes, who is campaigning in his 10th consecutive full-time season in the Truck Series, posted the fastest-qualifying lap at 176.232 mph in 51.069 seconds. He was one of 10 competitors to transfer to the event’s final qualifying round.
Final Round:
Rhodes posted a pole-winning lap at 176.488 mph in 50.995 seconds in the final round and claimed the top-starting spot over teammate Ty Majeski. It was his sixth career pole and his first at Daytona.
Rhodes, a two-time Truck Series champion from Louisville, Kentucky, will attempt to join teammate Johnny Sauter, Todd Bodine and Zane Smith as the only competitors to achieve multiple Truck victories at Daytona.
Ty Majeski, Rhodes’ teammate at ThorSport Racing and the reigning series champion, will start on the front row after he posted his best qualifying lap at 176.439 mph in 51.009 seconds. This is the fourth consecutive year that Majeske has started on the front row for the season-opening event at Daytona.
Top 10:
Corey Heim, Grant Enfinger and Jake Garcia will join Rhodes and Majeski in the top five as Chandler Smith, rookie Dawson Sutton, Kaden Honeycutt, Clay Greenfield and Sauter round out the top 10.
Highlights:
Matt Crafton, Tanner Gray, Rajah Caruth, rookie Frankie Muniz, Daniel Hemric, Justin Haley, rookie Andres Perez de Lara, Parker Kligerman, William Sawalich, Layne Riggs, rookie Toni Breidinger, Michael McDowell and rookie Giovanni Ruggiero qualified 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 28th, 31st and 34th, respectively.
Stewart Friesen and Tyler Ankrum will round out the 36-truck field for this year’s season-opening event at Daytona.
Starting Lineup:
With 38-entered competitors vying for 36 starting spots, Justin Carroll and Bryan Dauzat were the two competitors who failed to qualify.
Qualifying position, best speed, best time:
1. Ben Rhodes, 176.488 mph, 50.995 seconds
2. Ty Majeski, 176.439 mph, 51.009 seconds
3. Corey Heim, 175.802 mph, 51.194 seconds
4. Grant Enfinger, 175.476 mph, 51.289 seconds
5. Jake Garcia, 175.292 mph, 51.343 seconds
6. Chandler Smith, 175.247 mph, 51.356 seconds
7. Dawson Sutton, 175.019 mph, 51.423 seconds
8. Kaden Honeycutt, 174.978 mph, 51.435 seconds
9. Clay Greenfield, 174.125 mph, 51.687 seconds
10. Johnny Sauter, 0.000 mph, 0.000 seconds
11. Matt Crafton, 174.927 mph, 51.450 seconds
12. Tanner Gray, 174.903 mph, 51.457 seconds
13. Rajah Caruth, 174.900 mph, 51.458 seconds
14. Frankie Muniz, 174.893 mph, 51.460 seconds
15. Daniel Hemric, 174.849 mph, 51.473 seconds
16. Spencer Boyd, 174.784 mph, 51.492 seconds
17. Justin Haley, 174.679 mph, 51.523 seconds
18. Andres Perez de Lara, 174.652 mph, 51.531 seconds
19. Bayley Currey, 174.507 mph, 51.574 seconds
20. Mason Maggio, 174.473 mph, 51.584 seconds
21. Jack Wood, 174.415 mph, 51.601 seconds
22. Norm Benning, 174.358 mph, 51.618 seconds
23. Parker Kligerman, 174.304 mph, 51.634 seconds
24. Matt Mills, 174.277 mph, 51.642 seconds
25. Nathan Byrd, 174.101 mph, 51.694 seconds
26. William Sawalich, 174.078 mph, 51.701 seconds
27. Layne Riggs, 174.071 mph, 51.703 seconds
28. Toni Breidinger, 174.007 mph, 51.722 seconds
29. Jason White, 173.658 mph, 51.826 seconds
30. Connor Mosack, 173.594 mph, 51.845 seconds
31. Michael McDowell, 173.568 mph, 51.853 seconds
32. Josh Reaume, 173.554 mph, 51.857 seconds
33. Timmy Hill, 172.457 mph, 52.187 seconds
34. Givanni Ruggiero, 167.355 mph, 53.778 seconds
35. Stewart Friesen, 0.000 mph, 0.000 seconds
36. Tyler Ankrum, 0.000 mph, 0.000 seconds
The 2025 Fresh from Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway is set to occur on Friday, February 14, and commence a new season of Craftsman Truck Series competition. The event’s broadcast time is scheduled to commence at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
