The 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 wasÃÂ the 11th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 23, 2025, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a 1.5 miles (2.4ÃÂ km) permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete.
In a blistering performance, Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would sweep the entire race, earning the fastest lap bonus, winning both stages, and leading a race-high 98 laps to earn his 15th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his fourth of the season. To fill out the podium, Ross Chastain and Kaden Honeycutt, both driving for Niece Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
The race will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Friday, May 23, at 3:35 PM EST. Ross Chastain, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.643, and a speed of .
Qualifying was held on Friday, May 23, at 4:40 PMÃÂ EST. SinceÃÂ Charlotte Motor SpeedwayÃÂ is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Gio Ruggiero, driving for Tricon Garage, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.177, and a speed of .
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Stage 1 Laps: 30
Stage 2 Laps: 30
Stage 3 Laps: 74