John Hunter Nemechek Dominates Darlington Truck Sessions

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(DARLINGTON, SC – MAY 6, 2022 – RIS) John Hunter Nemechek set the pace in practice for the Dead on Tools 200 Cometic Gasket NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway, then clobbered the field with his qualifying lap of 28.719 sec/171.232 mph eclipsing Ty Majeski's second-place lap at 19.151 sec by 0.432 second and almost three mph.

Heading the second row will be Grant Enfinger, only a hundredth of a second behind Majeski and flanked by Zane Smith, another six hundredths back.

Past series champion Todd Bodine will start 18th in one of the races he plans to run this season on his way to a career total of 225 races contested.

Starting Line Up: 3rd Annual Dead on Tools 200, Darlington Raceway
Pos, Driver, Truck, Time, Speed
1) John Hunter Nemechek, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 28.719 sec, 171.232 mph
2) Ty Majeski, No. 66 FarmPaint.com Toyota, 29.151, 168.694
3) Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 29.161, 168.636
4) Zane Smith, No. 38 Fr8Auctions.com Ford, 29.221, 168.290
5) Corey Heim #, No. 51 JBL Toyota, 29.322, 167.710
6) Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Premier Security Solutions Chevrolet, 29.343, 167.590
7) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Jack Links/Menards Toyota, 29.403, 167.248
8) Matt Dibenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 29.429, 167.100
9) Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota, 29.431, 167.089
10) Ross Chastain(i), No. 41 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 29.432, 167.083
11) Christian Eckes, No. 98 TSPORT/Curb Records Toyota, 29.444, 167.015
12) Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 29.450, 166.981
13) Ryan Preece, No. 17 United Rentals Ford, 29.457, 166.942
14) Derek Kraus, No. 19 NAPA AutoCare Center Chevrolet, 29.459, 166.930
15) Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Tenda Toyota, 29.466, 166.891
16) Jesse Little, No. 02 Shriner's Children's Chevrolet, 29.487, 166.772
17) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Dead On Tools Ford, 29.488, 166.766
18) Todd Bodine, No. 62 Camping World Toyota, 29.515, 166.614
19) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 29.516, 166.608
20) Jack Wood #, No. 24 North Industrial Machine Chevrolet, 29.564, 166.337
21) Kris Wright, No. 44 VFW Chevrolet, 29.788, 165.087
22) Chase Purdy, No. 61 BAMA Buggies Toyota, 29.793, 165.059
23) Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 29.853, 164.727
24) Timmy Hill, No. 56 UNITS Storage Toyota, 29.889, 164.529
25) Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford, 29.891, 164.518
26) Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AUTOParkIt.com Chevrolet, 29.943, 164.232
27) Brennan Poole(i), No. 46 G2G Staff Toyota, 30.063, 163.576
28) Chandler Smith, No. 18 Safelite Toyota, 30.137, 163.175
29) Danny Bohn, No. 20 TicksSuck.org Chevrolet, 30.222, 162.716
30) Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 Raceline Chevrolet, 30.270, 162.458
31) Austin Wayne Self, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, 30.342, 162.072
32) Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Rimtyme Chevrolet, Owner Points, 
33) Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, Owner Points, 
34) Tate Fogleman, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota, Owner Points, 
35) Akinori Ogata, No. 43 Precision Kyowa Toyota, Owner Points, 
36) Josh Reaume, No. 33 Hardy Boys Consulting Toyota, Owner Points,
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Practice: 3rd Annual Dead on Tools 200, Darlington Raceway
Pos, Driver, Truck, Time, Speed, Lap #, # Laps, -Fastest, -Next
1) John H. Nemechek, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 29.608 sec, 166.090 mph, 1, 20, ---.---, ---.---
2) Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 29.672, 165.732, 2, 14, -0.064, -0.064
3) Ty Majeski, No. 66 FarmPaint.com Toyota, 29.697, 165.592, 2, 17, -0.089, -0.025
4) Ross Chastain(i), No. 41 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 29.702, 165.565, 1, 15, -0.094, -0.005
5) Chandler Smith, No. 18 Safelite Toyota, 29.793, 165.059, 3, 14, -0.185, -0.091
6) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 29.815, 164.937, 2, 17, -0.207, -0.022
7) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Jack Links/Menards Toyota, 29.826, 164.876, 2, 12, -0.218, -0.011
8) Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Premier Security Solutions Chevrolet, 29.867, 164.650, 1, 14, -0.259, -0.041
9) Ryan Preece, No. 17 United Rentals Ford, 29.898, 164.479, 2, 15, -0.290, -0.031
10) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Dead On Tools Ford, 29.917, 164.375, 1, 12, -0.309, -0.019
11) Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota, 29.945, 164.221, 2, 15, -0.337, -0.028
12) Zane Smith, No. 38 Fr8Auctions.com Ford, 29.966, 164.106, 2, 11, -0.358, -0.021
13) Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 29.990, 163.975, 1, 13, -0.382, -0.024
14) Todd Bodine, No. 62 Camping World Toyota, 30.001, 163.915, 2, 13, -0.393, -0.011
15) Christian Eckes, No. 98 TSPORT/Curb Records Toyota, 30.004, 163.898, 3, 12, -0.396, -0.003
16) Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 30.006, 163.887, 1, 21, -0.398, -0.002
17) Corey Heim #, No. 51 JBL Toyota, 30.125, 163.240, 2, 11, -0.517, -0.119
18) Derek Kraus, No. 19 NAPA AutoCare Center Chevrolet, 30.136, 163.180, 2, 16, -0.528, -0.011
19) Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Tenda Toyota, 30.143, 163.142, 1, 15, -0.535, -0.007
20) Tate Fogleman, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota, 30.161, 163.045, 1, 8, -0.553, -0.018
21) Timmy Hill, No. 56 UNITS Storage Toyota, 30.241, 162.614, 2, 2, -0.633, -0.080
22) Jack Wood #, No. 24 North Industrial Machine Chevrolet, 30.264, 162.490, 2, 17, -0.656, -0.023
23) Matt Dibenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 30.320, 162.190, 2, 11, -0.712, -0.056
24) Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AUTOParkIt.com Chevrolet, 30.372, 161.912, 2, 14, -0.764, -0.052
25) Austin Wayne Self, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, 30.378, 161.880, 2, 4, -0.770, -0.006
26) Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford, 30.378, 161.880, 2, 10, -0.770, -0.000
27) Jesse Little, No. 02 Shriner's Children's Chevrolet, 30.404, 161.742, 2, 10, -0.796, -0.026
28) Kris Wright, No. 44 VFW Chevrolet, 30.536, 161.043, 2, 14, -0.928, -0.132
29) Chase Purdy, No. 61 BAMA Buggies Toyota, 30.564, 160.895, 5, 10, -0.956, -0.028
30) Brennan Poole(i), No. 46 G2G Staff Toyota, 30.627, 160.564, 1, 9, -1.019, -0.063
31) Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 30.628, 160.559, 2, 16, -1.020, -0.001
32) Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 Raceline Chevrolet, 31.017, 158.545, 3, 18, -1.409, -0.389
33) Danny Bohn, No. 20 TicksSuck.org Chevrolet, 31.262, 157.303, 8, 14, -1.654, -0.245
34) Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Rimtyme Chevrolet, 31.348, 156.871, 2, 10, -1.740, -0.086
35) Akinori Ogata, No. 43 Precision Kyowa Toyota, 31.689, 155.183, 2, 10, -2.081, -0.341
36) Josh Reaume, No. 33 Hardy Boys Consulting Toyota, 32.655, 150.593, 5, 6, -3.047, -0.966

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
Pos, Driver, Truck, From Lap, To Lap, Avg Speed
1) John Hunter Nemechek, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 1, 10, 162.635 mph
2) Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 1, 10, 160.576
3) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 7, 16, 157.279
(Must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included)