AVONDALE, Ariz. – The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be the first title fight of the weekend to be settled, as the four remaining drivers in the Playoffs will duke it out Friday night at Phoenix Raceway for the right to hoist the championship trophy when the checkered flag falls.
Eight drivers started the Playoffs with a berth in the championship race in mind, but half of them fell by the wayside, leaving Ty Majeski, Chandler Smith, Zane Smith and defending series champion Ben Rhodes as the four drivers to battle for supremacy in the Lucas Oil 150.
By the Numbers
What: Lucas Oil 150, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race No. 22 of 22
Where: Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, Arizona
When: Friday, November 4
TV/Radio: FOX Sports 1, 10:00 pm ET / MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90
Track Size: 1.0-mile oval
Banking: Eight to nine degrees in Turns 1-2, 10 to 11 degrees in Turns 3-4 and frontstretch dogleg
Race Length: 150 laps, 150 miles
Stage Lengths: Stage One/Two – 45 laps each, Final stage – 60 laps
November 2021 Race Winner: Chandler Smith – No. 18 Toyota (Started on pole, 39 laps led)
Tale of the Tape – How the Championship 4 Stacks Up:
Ty Majeski – No. 66 Thorsport Racing Toyota
2022 Stats: Two wins (Bristol, Homestead), 10 top-five finishes, 15 top-10 finishes, three poles, 306 laps led, 9.6 average finish
Phoenix Specific Stats: One start (2019), started fifth, finished 11th
Why Majeski Can Win: There’s something to be said about momentum and Ty Majeski has it in bucketloads heading into Friday’s championship race. After winning in his last two starts, Majeski will be looking to complete the trifecta and deliver another championship to Thorsport Racing.
If coming off two straight wins wasn’t enough, he was fastest in practice on Thursday evening showing that he’s got the speed once again.
What the Driver Says: “I’ve achieved everything that I felt like I needed to this year to prove what I needed to. I feel like the championship would be icing on the cake for a great season. Our confidence level is high coming off winning two of the last three. We feel really good about where we are at.
“I don’t know if the other guys are nervous or not, but we don’t take it as another race, because it is not. I think anyone that says it’s another race, we are just going to do what we do, is lying. We’ve put a lot of preparation into this race, moreso than…
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