In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Nine cars hit pit road on Lap 22 to make their green-flag pit stop. ET on Thursday, February 16. Tune in at 5:00 p.m. EST on @FS1! Todd Bodine slammed the wall early in his 800th career NASCAR start and the final scheduled one of his career. This is part of the game.. Write to him at [emailprotected]. Ive been here before. They say Zane Smith was DQd due to a lug nut violation. Chandler Smith, attempting to make his Cup Series debut with Kaulig Racing, failed to make the field. With 25 laps to go, Logano maintained a small advantage over Harvick, followed by Blaney and Buescher. Chandler Smith (18) leads the pack down the front straight on a restart of the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Pocono Raceway, Saturday, July 23, 2022 in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum). Chandler Michael Smith Sr. (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He made his NASCAR debut in a Busch Series race (now Xfinity) and finished 27th on Sept. 21, 1986 at Martinsville Speedway. Jimmie Johnson was already locked in based on his qualifying speed. With an already-damaged truck, the New Yorker was running his own pace when he began to complain about how loose his Toyota was becoming. Chandler Smith won his second race of the season driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports and is one of only two drivers in the playoff field with multiple wins this season. Zane Smith was the Truck series runner-up in each of the past two seasons and hoped his success -- he has three wins -- over the first 16 races can better position him to win his first championship. pic.twitter.com/eRYRWyUBtF. On Lap 12, Zane Smith was the highest running non-charter driver in the 10th position. Smith held off reigning Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith in a two-lap overtime sprint Friday night to win at Phoenix Raceway and at last win the series title. Logano the NASCAR Daytona 500 runner-up: "Second is the worst", Daytona 500 starting grid: How they line up for NASCAR Cup Series opener, 2023 Daytona 500 starting lineup Crafton will race for a fourth series championship. He led 49 of 60 laps on the 2-mile tri-oval track. Zane Smith clinched the regular season NASCAR Truck Series championship and Chandler Smith took the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loud column and one of our lead reporters. Sportscastings John Moriello does a mailbag column each Friday. John Hunter Nemechek 1.500. As one of six drivers in unchartered cars, Smith was battling Jimmie Johnson, Travis Pastrana, and three others for the four spots that would fill out the 40-car field. He finished last in 36th place at Pocono. UK MPs express "grave concerns" over FIA and F1 role in "sportswashing", M-Sport hopes Ford's Red Bull F1 partnership can strengthen WRC team, M-Sport hopes Ford's Red Bull F1 partnership can strengthen WRC team Zane Smith, Chandler Smith, Ben Rhodes, John Hunter Nemechek, Stewart Friesen, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, Carson Hocevar, Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton are in the playoffs. ET on Sunday, February 19. Im glad were on to the playoffs and ready to get this season started.. He led 49 of 60 laps on the 2-mile tri-oval track. With 50 laps remaining, Blaney remained out front leading a single-file line of about 10 cars. Austin Hill 3.800. NASCAR: Did Martin Truex Jr. clinch a playoff spot? Zane Smith and Chandler Smith (they are not related), Ben Rhodes, John Hunter Nemechek, Stewart Friesen, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, Carson Hocevar, Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton are in the playoffs. "We've been going through a little bit of a struggle recently," Chandler Smith said. If we lived in a perfect world, wed have practice before qualifying, because whos to say we dont have a problem right off the bat and then we have to race our way in? Chandler Smith said, according to The Athletic. "I just didn't know it was gonna be that tough.". Amidst a near-crash for youngster Derek Kraus, the driver of the No. In other words, hes racing in his final season with a team that has won in the past and is known for constantly running up front. 38 Ford with Todd Gilliland, who was once set to be a full-time driver for the second straight year, throughout the season. After John Hunter Nemechek, team owner Busch and Chandler Smith all swept the top three starting positions in the days time trials earlier, the KBM trio remained in the top 10 and were contenders for the lead often. "Then, when (Bell) got to me, I saw (Ryan) Blaney was behind me. I guess we are making up for a relatively clean Daytona. "We knew we had to have a solid truck to just not completely bank on points," Smith said. Its racing. Five laps in, Blaney maintained a small lead over Chastain, who was coming on strong in the outside lane. Elizabeth Szokol has shot an 8-under-64 for a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Womens World Championship in Singapore, Raegan Beers scored 18 points making 8 of 9 foul shots and Adlee Blacklock scored 15 and No. Post-race inspection did confirm Chandler Smith as the race winner. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Zane Smith and Chandler Smith (they are not related), Ben Rhodes, John Hunter Nemechek, Stewart Friesen, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, Carson Hocevar, Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton are in the . That sent him to the back of the field for the twin duels, where Smith failed to advance to the Sunday field. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Point Report:A win on Friday night grants Chandler Smith a spot in the Truck Series playoffs in 2022 and the points lead after two races. Despite not winning, its still Zane Smiths best finish in a Truck Series race at Las Vegas. Las Vegas Qualifying Order: March 2022 (NASCAR Cup Series) Las Vegas Qualifying Order: October 2022 (NASCAR) Auto Club Qualifying Order: February 2023. It was a return almost a decade in the making. With eight laps remaining, Harvick and his team began discussing scenarios to make a move on Logano for the lead. M-Sport hopes Ford's Red Bull F1 partnership can strengthen WRC team. 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It was Chandler Smith that scored the jackpot in Las Vegas, but fellow surname holder Zane Smith was one lap short of scoring a second-consecutive Truck Series win in 2022. "It's definitely not how we wanted this to go," Bodine said. It was a deservedly dramatic ending [] Can the 58-year-old Bodine really go out this way? After Bowman and Byron both took brief stints in the lead, Blaney ended up leading the first lap. ET on Wednesday, February 15. However, NASCAR didnt schedule any Cup Series practice time until after the single-car qualifying. "I can't really say who the favorite is and who isn't, but I really like my chances going to Phoenix.". Tanner Gray continues a silently consistent season and is second after two races also six points behind the leader. Chandler Smith, Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes became the final drivers to punch their tickets to the NASCAR Truck Series finale next month when Ty Majeski, already in the title race, won after Saturday's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports, Daytona 500, NASCAR (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images). Nineteen year-old Chandler Smith took the lead with two laps remaining and held off 2021 championship contender Zane Smith and the winningest driver in NASCAR national-series history, his team owner Kyle Busch, to win the Victoria's Voice 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Justin Allgaier 4.050. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. If a driver technically locks in both on Wednesday and Thursday, the spot he earned in the single-car qualifying session goes to the next fastest driver from that session, among the non-chartered cars. With Eckes out of contention, it set up a thrilling battle for the win with less than 10 laps to go. Both Chandler Smith and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were penalized by NASCAR for speeding on pit road and both had to do a pass-through on pit road. How NASCAR had to learn a harsh lesson ahead of Next Gen arrival, How Larson took the long way round to NASCAR Cup glory, Larson's long way round to Cup glory Until that time, we are focused on winning the Truck series championship., Chandler Smith dominates in Richmond Truck playoff win, Craftsman returns as title sponsor of NASCAR Truck Series, "Racing is the best medicine" for NASCAR's Max Gutierrez, Gutierrez racing return after loss Nothing short of an upward trajectory has defined Zane Smith through his first three seasons as a full-time driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is currently second in the playoff standings heading into the series next race, Sept. 9 at Kansas. "It's racing. 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