Starting from 4th place Truck 38 Zane Smith Speedco Ford won the 22nd Annual Heart of America 200, his 6th win in 54 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. This is his 3rd win & 7th Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 5 races at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place. Truck 66 Ty Majeski American Racing Wheels Toyota, started from 3rd place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in three races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 5th Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, started from 21st place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 8 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Truck 18 Chandler Smith ChargeMe Toyota, started from 6th place followed by 5th place Truck 98 Christian Eckes Curb Records Toyota, started from 17th place. 6th Place Truck 4 John Hunter Nemechek Mobil 1 Toyota, started from pole followed by 7th place Truck 25 Matt Dibenedetto Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, started from 12th place. 8th Place Truck 19 Derek Kraus NAPA Adaptive One Caliper Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 9th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota, started from 10th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Tenda Toyota, in 10th place, started from 15th place. Canadian Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota finished in 14th place. Lawless Alan (19th) was the highest finishing rookie. Ben Rhodes leads the point standings by 20 points over John Hunter Nemechek.
The race had 4 Caution Flags for 19 laps; 1st Caution on Lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on Lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on Lap 92 for #44 Crash Turn 2. 4th Caution on Lap 123 for #40 Spin Backstretch.
The race had 9 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; J. Hunter Nemechek 1-3; Z. Smith 4-21; C. Heim # 22-32; T. Majeski 33; C. Heim # 34-37; Z. Smith 38-63; B. Rhodes 64-67; Z. Smith 68-92; C. Heim # 93-95; Z. Smith 96-134.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 51, 66, 38, 18, 4, 19, 99, 88, 15, 42
Stage 2 Top 10: 38, 51, 4, 66, 99, 42, 15, 19, 91, 52
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the 22nd Annual Heart of America 200 – Saturday, May 14, 2022
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 134 Laps – 201. Miles
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 4. Truck 38 Zane Smith Speedco Ford 134 Running 2. 3. Truck 66 Ty Majeski American Racing Wheels Toyota 134 Running 3. 21. Truck 23 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 134 Running 4. 6. Truck 18 Chandler Smith ChargeMe Toyota 134 Running 5. 17. Truck 98 Christian Eckes Curb Records Toyota 134 Running 6. 1. Truck 4 John Hunter Nemechek Mobil 1 Toyota 134 Running 7. 12. Truck 25 Matt Dibenedetto Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet 134 Running 8. 8. Truck 19 Derek Kraus NAPA Adaptive One Caliper Chevrolet 134 Running 9. 10. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Toyota 134 Running 10. 15. Truck 99 Ben Rhodes Tenda Toyota 134 Running 11. 11. Truck 91 Colby Howard Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 134 Running 12. 7. Truck 17 Riley Herbst(i) Monster Energy Ford 134 Running 13. 14. Truck 61 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Toyota 134 Running 14. 5. Truck 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 134 Running – Canadian 15. 16. Truck 42 Carson Hocevar Flint Police/Premier Security Chevrolet 134 Running 16. 20. Truck 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota 134 Running 17. 18. Truck 1 Hailie Deegan Built Ford Tough Ford 134 Running 18. 9. Truck 15 Tanner Gray Ford Performance Ford 134 Running 19. 25. Truck 45 Lawless Alan # AUTOParkit Chevrolet 134 Running 20. 35. Truck 30 Tate Fogleman Rangeline Group Toyota 133 Running 21. 33. Truck 5 Tyler Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 133 Running 22. 19. Truck 40 Dean Thompson # Worldwide Express Chevrolet 133 Running 23. 23. Truck 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet 133 Running 24. 22. Truck 02 Jesse Little RANDCO Industries Chevrolet 132 Running 25. 24. Truck 44 Kris Wright Big Dog Energy Chevrolet 132 Running 26. 13. Truck 24 Jack Wood # Chevyliners.com Chevrolet 131 Running 27. 26. Truck 56 Timmy Hill Capillus/HairClub Toyota 130 Running 28. 31. Truck 46 Ryan Huff G2G Staff Toyota 130 Running 29. 32. Truck 14 Trey Hutchens Quality Roof Seamers Chevrolet 130 Running 30. 29. Truck 33 Josh Reaume Levrack Toyota 129 Running 31. 30. Truck 12 Spencer Boyd Freedom Warranty Chevrolet 127 Running 32. 27. Truck 9 Blaine Perkins # RACELINE Chevrolet 126 Running 33. 2. Truck 51 Corey Heim # JBL Toyota 124 Running 34. 28. Truck 20 Matt Mills(i) J.F. Electric Chevrolet 91 Axle 35. 34. Truck 43 Jesse Iwuji(i) Equity Prime Mortgage Chevrolet 24 Too Slow
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: #30, #25 (unapproved adjustments), #52 (driver change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 34 Mins, 26 Secs. Average Speed: 127.709 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.653 Seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 19 laps. Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers. Cometic Gasket: John H. Nemechek, #4. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Lawless Alan, #45.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 20, 2022 – Texas Motor Speedway
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