Zane Smith Dominates Kansas Truck Race for Third Victory of 2022

KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS - Zane Smith dominated the Kansas NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in a dominating performance as he led 108 of 134 laps to win on Saturday night.  It was the third victory for Smith, driving the No. 38 Ford 150 out of Bob Jenkins’ Front Row Racing stable. 

“It was just an unbelievable truck,” Smith said. “We struggled there in the first stage. I felt like I made mistakes last week with adjusting too much in the heat of the day and it wasn’t right in the night.

“This was our Vegas truck. I feel like this would have been an image of Vegas – what we did tonight – if I didn’t get damage early in the race there. That late-race restart scared me a little. It’s a good thing we didn’t have another one there because I was stuck in fourth (gear). So, sorry for the no burnout!”

Grant Enfinger ended up third, Chandler Smith fourth and Christian Eckes rounded out the top-five.

Completing the top-10 were Nemechek, Matt DiBenedetto, Derek Kraus, Matt Crafton and Ben Rhodes.

Smith held off John Hunter Nemechek on a restart with eight of 134 laps remaining and then took the checkered flag 1.653 seconds ahead of Ty Majeski .

Unofficial Results: 22nd Annual Heart of America 200, May 14, 2022, Kansas Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, Laps, Stage 1 Pos, Stage 2 Pos, Pts, Status, Tms, Laps, Playoff Pts
1) 4, Zane Smith, No. 38 Speedco Ford, 134, 3, 1, 58, Running, 4, 108, 6
2) 3, Ty Majeski, No. 66 American Racing Wheels Toyota, 134, 2, 4, 51, Running, 1, 1,
3) 21, Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 134, , , 34, Running, , ,
4) 6, Chandler Smith, No. 18 ChargeMe Toyota, 134, 4, , 40, Running, , ,
5) 17, Christian Eckes, No. 98 Curb Records Toyota, 134, , , 32, Running, , ,
6) 1, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 134, 5, 3, 45, Running, 1, 3,
7) 12, Matt Dibenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 134, , , 30, Running, , ,
8) 8, Derek Kraus, No. 19 NAPA Adaptive One Caliper Chevrolet, 134, 6, 8, 37, Running, , ,
9) 10, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Ideal Door/Menards Toyota, 134, 8, , 31, Running, , ,
10) 15, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Tenda Toyota, 134, 7, 5, 37, Running, 1, 4,
11) 11, Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 134, , 9, 28, Running, , ,
12) 7, Riley Herbst(i), No. 17 Monster Energy Ford, 134, , , 0, Running, , ,
13) 14, Chase Purdy, No. 61 Bama Buggies Toyota, 134, , , 24, Running, , ,
14) 5, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 134, , 10, 24, Running, , ,
15) 16, Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Flint Police/Premier Security Chevrolet, 134, 10, 6, 28, Running, , ,
16) 20, Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 134, , , 21, Running, , ,
17) 18, Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Built Ford Tough Ford, 134, , , 20, Running, , ,
18) 9, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance Ford, 134, 9, 7, 25, Running, , ,
19) 25, Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AUTOParkit Chevrolet, 134, , , 18, Running, , ,
20) 35, Tate Fogleman, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota, 133, , , 17, Running, , ,
21) 33, Tyler Hill, No. 5 Hill Motorsports Toyota, 133, , , 16, Running, , ,
22) 19, Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 133, , , 15, Running, , ,
23) 23, Austin Wayne Self, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, 133, , , 14, Running, , ,
24) 22, Jesse Little, No. 02 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet, 132, , , 13, Running, , ,
25) 24, Kris Wright, No. 44 Big Dog Energy Chevrolet, 132, , , 12, Running, , ,
26) 13, Jack Wood #, No. 24 Chevyliners.com Chevrolet, 131, , , 11, Running, , ,
27) 26, Timmy Hill, No. 56 Capillus/HairClub Toyota, 130, , , 10, Running, , ,
28) 31, Ryan Huff, No. 46 G2G Staff Toyota, 130, , , 9, Running, , ,
29) 32, Trey Hutchens, No. 14 Quality Roof Seamers Chevrolet, 130, , , 8, Running, , ,
30) 29, Josh Reaume, No. 33 Levrack Toyota, 129, , , 7, Running, , ,
31) 30, Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Freedom Warranty Chevrolet, 127, , , 6, Running, , ,
32) 27, Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 RACELINE Chevrolet, 126, , , 5, Running, , ,
33) 2, Corey Heim #, No. 51 JBL Toyota, 124, 1, 2, 23, Running, 3, 18, 1
34) 28, Matt Mills(i), No. 20 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 91, , , 0, Axle, , ,
35) 34, Jesse Iwuji(i), No. 43 Equity Prime Mortgage Chevrolet, 24, , , 0, Too Slow, , ,
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Race Distance: 134 Laps, 201. Miles
Time: 1 Hrs, 34 Mins, 26 Secs.
Average Speed: 127.709 MPH
Margin of Victory: 1.653 Seconds

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

Comments: Zane Smith won the Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway, his sixth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory.

Prior to the start, the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: No. 30, No. 25 (unapproved adjustments), No. 52 (driver change).

Cautions: 4 for 19 laps;
Laps: 32-36 (Stage 1 Conclusion [45]);
62-67 (Stage 2 Conclusion [18]);
92-95 (No. 44 Incident Turn 2 [None]);
123-126 (No. 40 Spin Backstretch [1]).

Lead Changes: 9 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.

Cometic Gasket Pole Award:  John H. Nemechek, No. 4
Sunoco Rookie of the Race:  Lawless Alan, No. 45

Unofficial Points: 22nd Annual Heart of America 200, Kansas Speedway
Rank, Driver, Truck, Starts, GL, -Ldr, -Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts, Points
1) Ben Rhodes, 99, 8, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5, 10, 319
2) John Hunter Nemechek, 4, 8, 0, -20, 20, 1, 3, 8, 299
3) Zane Smith, 38, 8, 1, -21, 1, 3, 4, 19, 298
4) Chandler Smith, 18, 8, -1, -29, 8, 1, 0, 5, 290
5) Ty Majeski, 66, 8, 2, -48, 19, 0, 0, 0, 271
6) Stewart Friesen, 52, 8, -1, -55, 7, 0, 1, 1, 264
7) Carson Hocevar, 42, 8, -1, -68, 13, 0, 1, 1, 251
8) Christian Eckes, 98, 8, 0, -69, 1, 0, 0, 0, 250
9) Grant Enfinger, 23, 8, 0, -83, 14, 0, 0, 0, 236
10) Matt Crafton, 88, 8, 0, -87, 4, 0, 0, 0, 232
11) Tanner Gray, 15, 8, 0, -107, 20, 0, 0, 0, 212
12) Derek Kraus, 19, 8, 2, -124, 17, 0, 0, 0, 195
13) Tyler Ankrum, 16, 8, 0, -132, 8, 0, 0, 0, 187
14) Parker Kligerman, , 5, -2, -149, 17, 0, 1, 1, 170
15) Matt Dibenedetto, 25, 8, 0, -153, 4, 0, 0, 0, 166
16) Timmy Hill, 56, 8, 0, -182, 29, 0, 0, 0, 137
17) Colby Howard, 91, 8, 2, -189, 7, 0, 0, 0, 130
18) Chase Purdy, 61, 7, 0, -192, 3, 0, 0, 0, 127
19) Austin Wayne Self, 22, 8, -2, -194, 2, 0, 0, 0, 125
20) Lawless Alan #, 45, 8, 0, -200, 6, 0, 0, 0, 119
21) Tate Fogleman, 30, 8, 2, -208, 8, 0, 0, 0, 111
22) Spencer Boyd, 12, 8, 0, -216, 8, 0, 0, 0, 103
23) Kris Wright, 44, 8, 1, -216, 0, 0, 0, 0, 103
24) Dean Thompson #, 40, 8, 2, -218, 2, 0, 0, 0, 101
25) Jesse Little, 02, 5, 0, -220, 2, 0, 0, 0, 99
26) Ryan Preece, , 3, -5, -221, 1, 0, 0, 0, 98
27) Hailie Deegan, 1, 8, 1, -226, 5, 0, 0, 0, 93
28) Jack Wood #, 24, 8, -1, -227, 1, 0, 0, 0, 92
29) Corey Heim #, 51, 4, 0, -230, 3, 1, 1, 1, 89
30) Bret Holmes, , 3, 0, -273, 43, 0, 0, 0, 46
31) Danny Bohn, , 2, 0, -275, 2, 0, 0, 0, 44
32) Todd Bodine, , 2, 0, -276, 1, 0, 0, 0, 43
33) Kaz Grala, , 3, 0, -278, 2, 0, 0, 0, 41
34) Blaine Perkins #, 9, 7, 2, -278, 0, 0, 0, 0, 41
35) Johnny Sauter, , 2, -1, -281, 3, 0, 0, 0, 38
36) Matt Jaskol, , 3, -1, -282, 1, 0, 0, 0, 37
37) Thad Moffitt, , 3, 0, -287, 5, 0, 0, 0, 32
38) Jordan Anderson, , 2, 0, -289, 2, 0, 0, 0, 30
39) Taylor Gray, , 2, 0, -296, 7, 0, 0, 0, 23
40) Chris Hacker, , 1, 0, -299, 3, 0, 0, 0, 20
41) Mike Marlar, , 1, 0, -299, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20
42) Jason White, , 1, 0, -302, 3, 0, 0, 0, 17
43) Loris Hezemans, , 1, 0, -302, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17
44) Brad Perez, , 1, 0, -302, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17
45) Tyler Hill, 5, 1, 28, -303, 1, 0, 0, 0, 16
46) Josh Reaume, 33, 2, 4, -303, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16
47) Bryan Dauzat, , 1, -2, -305, 2, 0, 0, 0, 14
48) Buddy Kofoid, , 1, -2, -305, 0, 0, 0, 0, 14
49) Chase Janes, , 1, -2, -307, 2, 0, 0, 0, 12
50) Logan Bearden, , 1, -2, -310, 3, 0, 0, 0, 9
51) Blake Lothian, , 1, -2, -310, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9
52) Ryan Huff, 46, 1, 34, -310, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9
53) Trey Hutchens, 14, 1, 28, -311, 1, 0, 0, 0, 8
54) Dillon Steuer, , 1, -3, -314, 3, 0, 0, 0, 5
55) Andrew Gordon, , 1, -3, -314, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5
56) Kaden Honeycutt, , 1, -3, -316, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3
57) Keith Mcgee, , 1, -3, -316, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3
58) Akinori Ogata, , 1, -3, -318, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1
59) William Byron(i), , 1, -3, -319, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0
60) Kyle Busch(i), , 3, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
61) Joey Logano(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
62) Chase Elliott(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
63) Riley Herbst(i), 17, 2, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
64) Austin Dillon(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
65) Matt Mills(i), 20, 3, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
66) Austin Hill(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
67) Harrison Burton(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
68) Will Rodgers(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
69) Ross Chastain(i), , 2, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
70) Alex Bowman(i), , 1, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
71) Brennan Poole(i), , 2, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
72) Jesse Iwuji(i), 43, 1, 0, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
73) Sheldon Creed(i), , 1, -4, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
74) Clay Greenfield, , 0, -4, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
75) John Atwell, , 0, -4, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
76) Jessica Friesen, , 0, -4, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
77) Justin Carroll, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
78) Norm Benning, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
79) Jennifer Jo Cobb, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
80) Mark Lecomte, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
81) Jake Garcia, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
82) Jason Kitzmiller, , 0, -3, -319, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Ron Fleshman with John Davison

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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