Smith, in his first season driving for Front Row Motorsports, was in position to the race but a 19-truck wreck erupted with one lap remaining and sending the race to overtime.
Smith lined up second on the restart to overtime and powered to the lead with a big push from Parker Kligerman. Another wreck erupted but this time, Smith had already taken the white flag and he was declared the winner under caution.
The win is the fourth of Smith’s Truck Series career and first at Daytona. He is now locked in to the 2022 playoffs. He has finished second in the series standings the past two seasons.
“This is something else,” Smith said. “This place is its own, I’ll tell you that. Man, literally my heart hurt during that late red flag. I thought we had (the win). Man, hats off to this whole group. They really put the work in and it’s so damn cool to see it when it pays off.
“Man, this is going to be a really fun year. I’m going to try to make it a record year for myself….
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