Eckes Wins Homestead Truck Pole

Nigel Kinrade Photo

HOMESTEAD, FL - RIS - Ryan Preece will start his 10th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the 2022 season from the top spot, as he inherited the pole by way of the rulebook after qualifying was canceled due to rain.

In the event of rain, the field in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is set by the NASCAR Performance Metric, a formula that weighs statistics from the last series event as well as season-long point rankings and other factors.

Preece, who pilots the No. 17 Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing on a part-time basis, has one win this season for the organization to go along with six top-fives and eight top-10s. Preece’s one win came at Nashville Superspeedway and he started from the pole that day.

Rain rolled into the area at Homestead-Miami Speedway right at the conclusion of Truck Series practice. While it looked like the track would be dry in time for Truck Series qualifying to occur, it was ultimately wiped out.

Starting on the outside of the front row alongside Preece will be Ben Rhodes in the No. 99 ThorSport Racing entry.

Matt DiBenedetto, Chandler Smith and Eckes will round out the top-five starters for Saturday’s Baptist Health 200.

Zane Smith, Hailie Deegan, Parker Kligerman, Stewart Friesen and Chase Purdy will make up the remainder of the top-10 starters in the field of 36 trucks.

37 trucks made the trip to Homestead, which means one truck will have to go home without the chance of qualifying their way in. The truck that will go home is the No. 84 Cook Racing Technologies entry, which was set to be driven by Clay Greenfield.

Practice: 26th Annual Baptist Health 200 -  Homestead-Miami Speedway
Pos, Driver, Truck, Time, Speed, Lap #, # Laps, -Fastest, -Next
1) Christian Eckes (P), No. 98 CMR Construction & Roofing Toyota, 32.466 sec, 166.328 mph, 1, 20, ---.---, ---.---
2) Ty Majeski (P), No. 66 Road Ranger Toyota, 32.479, 166.261, 1, 21, -0.013, -0.013
3) John Hunter Nemechek (P), No. 4 GEARWRENCH Toyota, 32.553, 165.883, 1, 25, -0.087, -0.074
4) Zane Smith (P), No. 38 Speedco Ford, 32.596, 165.664, 1, 15, -0.130, -0.043
5) Grant Enfinger (P), No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 32.771, 164.780, 1, 25, -0.305, -0.175
6) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 32.793, 164.669, 1, 20, -0.327, -0.022
7) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Place of Hope Ford, 32.812, 164.574, 1, 21, -0.346, -0.019
8) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Planters/Menards Toyota, 32.859, 164.339, 2, 18, -0.393, -0.047
9) Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota, 32.876, 164.254, 1, 20, -0.410, -0.017
10) Stewart Friesen (P), No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 32.921, 164.029, 2, 21, -0.455, -0.045
11) Chandler Smith (P), No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, 33.012, 163.577, 1, 25, -0.546, -0.091
12) Corey Heim # (P), No. 51 Crescent Tools Toyota, 33.028, 163.498, 2, 21, -0.562, -0.016
13) Ryan Preece (P), No. 17 Compustar/RaceChoice Ford, 33.050, 163.389, 1, 20, -0.584, -0.022
14) Ben Rhodes (P), No. 99 Kubota Toyota, 33.154, 162.876, 1, 14, -0.688, -0.104
15) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 33.180, 162.749, 2, 22, -0.714, -0.026
16) Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 33.187, 162.714, 2, 13, -0.721, -0.007
17) Derek Kraus, No. 19 Shockwave Suspension Seating Chevrolet, 33.200, 162.651, 1, 18, -0.734, -0.013
18) Tyler Hill, No. 5 Hill Motorsports Toyota, 33.253, 162.391, 1, 6, -0.787, -0.053
19) Jack Wood #, No. 24 Logitech Chevrolet, 33.343, 161.953, 1, 25, -0.877, -0.090
20) Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 33.423, 161.565, 1, 23, -0.957, -0.080
21) Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 33.448, 161.445, 2, 17, -0.982, -0.025
22) Kaden Honeycutt, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota, 33.471, 161.334, 2, 10, -1.005, -0.023
23) Timmy Hill, No. 56 HairClub/Capillus Toyota, 33.517, 161.112, 1, 9, -1.051, -0.046
24) Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford, 33.590, 160.762, 3, 20, -1.124, -0.073
25) Kaz Grala, No. 02 LDIShips.com Chevrolet, 33.705, 160.214, 2, 4, -1.239, -0.115
26) Chase Purdy, No. 61 Toyota Tsusho Toyota, 33.817, 159.683, 2, 23, -1.351, -0.112
27) Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 RACELINE Chevrolet, 33.983, 158.903, 2, 17, -1.517, -0.166
28) Brennan Poole, No. 46 Fanttik Toyota, 34.011, 158.772, 1, 6, -1.545, -0.028
29) Clay Greenfield, No. 84 Backyard Blues Pools Toyota, 34.068, 158.507, 2, 15, -1.602, -0.057
30) Bret Holmes, No. 32 Golden Eagle/Bridger Aerospace Chevrolet, 34.088, 158.414, 3, 12, -1.622, -0.020
31) Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Hairclub Chevrolet, 34.102, 158.348, 2, 5, -1.636, -0.014
32) Max Gutierrez, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, 34.152, 158.117, 2, 13, -1.686, -0.050
33) Stefan Parsons, No. 20 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet, 34.241, 157.706, 1, 2, -1.775, -0.089
34) Nick Leitz, No. 33 Geese Chevrolet, 34.252, 157.655, 2, 6, -1.786, -0.011
35) Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AutoChargit Chevrolet, 34.596, 156.087, 5, 7, -2.130, -0.344
36) Chad Chastain, No. 44 Custom Cooling & Heating Inc. Chevrolet, 34.797, 155.186, 4, 26, -2.331, -0.201
37) Mason Maggio, No. 43 Pirate's Cove Resort & Marina Toyota, 35.583, 151.758, 3, 19, -3.117, -0.786

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
Pos, Driver, Truck, From Lap, To Lap, Avg Speed
1) John Hunter Nemechek (P), No. 4 GEARWRENCH Toyota, 1, 10, 160.573 mph
2) Stewart Friesen (P), No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 1, 10, 160.340
3) Grant Enfinger (P), No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 1, 10, 160.138
4) Christian Eckes (P), No. 98 CMR Construction & Roofing Toyota, 1, 10, 159.876
5) Corey Heim # (P), No. 51 Crescent Tools Toyota, 1, 10, 159.414
6) Chandler Smith (P), No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, 1, 10, 159.252
7) Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota, 1, 10, 159.222
8) Ryan Preece (P), No. 17 Compustar/RaceChoice Ford, 1, 10, 159.221
9) Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 1, 10, 158.056
10) Jack Wood #, No. 24 Logitech Chevrolet, 1, 10, 157.925
11) Ty Majeski (P), No. 66 Road Ranger Toyota, 4, 13, 156.844
12) Ben Rhodes (P), No. 99 Kubota Toyota, 3, 12, 156.665
13) Zane Smith (P), No. 38 Speedco Ford, 5, 14, 156.205
14) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Planters/Menards Toyota, 8, 17, 156.023
15) Chad Chastain, No. 44 Custom Cooling & Heating Inc. Chevrolet, 3, 12, 153.453
16) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 6, 15, 153.290
17) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 11, 20, 153.278
18) Chase Purdy, No. 61 Toyota Tsusho Toyota, 7, 16, 153.125
19) Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford, 10, 19, 151.589
20) Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 RACELINE Chevrolet, 8, 17, 150.721
21) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Place of Hope Ford, 12, 21, 149.275
* Must run 10 consecutive laps.

Starting Line Up: 26th Annual Baptist Health 200 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Pos, Driver, Truck
1) Ryan Preece (P), No. 17 Compustar/RaceChoice Ford
2) Ben Rhodes (P), No. 99 Kubota Toyota
3) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet
4) Chandler Smith (P), No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota
5) Christian Eckes (P), No. 98 CMR Construction & Roofing Toyota
6) Zane Smith (P), No. 38 Speedco Ford
7) Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford
8) Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota
9) Stewart Friesen (P), No. 52 Halmar International Toyota
10) Chase Purdy, No. 61 Toyota Tsusho Toyota
11) Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota
12) Derek Kraus, No. 19 Shockwave Suspension Seating Chevrolet
13) John Hunter Nemechek (P), No. 4 GEARWRENCH Toyota
14) Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet
15) Kaden Honeycutt, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota
16) Kaz Grala, No. 02 LDIShips.com Chevrolet
17) Bret Holmes, No. 32 Golden Eagle/Bridger Aerospace Chevrolet
18) Ty Majeski (P), No. 66 Road Ranger Toyota
19) Corey Heim # (P), No. 51 Crescent Tools Toyota
20) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Planters/Menards Toyota
21) Timmy Hill, No. 56 HairClub/Capillus Toyota
22) Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet
23) Grant Enfinger (P), No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet
24) Jack Wood #, No. 24 Logitech Chevrolet
25) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Place of Hope Ford
26) Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 RACELINE Chevrolet
27) Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet
28) Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AutoChargit Chevrolet
29) Stefan Parsons, No. 20 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet
30) Chad Chastain, No. 44 Custom Cooling & Heating Inc. Chevrolet
31) Max Gutierrez, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet
32) Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Hairclub Chevrolet
33) Nick Leitz, No. 33 Geese Chevrolet
34) Mason Maggio, No. 43 Pirate's Cove Resort & Marina Toyota
35) Brennan Poole, No. 46 Fanttik Toyota
36) Tyler Hill, No. 5 Hill Motorsports Toyota
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie, (P) Playoffs

Did Not Qualify: No. 84 Clay Greenfield

Track Race Record: Chase Briscoe 11/17/17, 01:28:58, 135.556 mph

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