On Friday night (Nov. 4), there was late race drama in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway. When the checkered flag flew, past midnight ET, Zane Smith held off furious charges from Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith to win the Lucas Oil 150 and capture his first career Truck Series title.
Smith earned his first Truck Series title in his first season driving for Front Row Motorsports. The Phoenix triumph is his fourth of the 2022 season and seventh overall.
“I really don’t even know what to say,” Smith’s crew chief Chris Lawson told FOX Sports 1 post-race. “It’s all Zane right there. For me, we put tires on and let Zane do what Zane does. That’s what he did, so it’s just awesome. It’s amazing for this team, for [team owner] Bob Jenkins […}. It’s just great.”
Rhodes finished runner-up, one spot shy of repeating as the Truck Series champion.
Chandler Smith finished third in his final Truck Series race driving for Toyota team Kyle Busch Motorsports.
After spinning late while racing Zane Smith hard for second place, Ty Majeski finished 20th.
Zane Smith won the pole earlier on Friday, then swept the first two stages. But his Front Row Motorsports pit crew was the slowest of the Championship 4 pit crews, so he had to fight back.
Indeed he delivered, leading the most laps in the season finale en route to delivering Ford its second Truck Series drivers championship
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