By winning the race, Smith would also claim the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, finishing just in front of Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith in a 1-2-3 finish. This was Zane's first championship in the Truck Series, after finishing runner-up in the standings from 2020 to 2021. This was also the first championship for Front Row Motorsports as an organization.[1]
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. It first joined the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 1988 as a late season event, and in 2005 the track was given a spring date. The now-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was added in 1995 and the now-NASCAR Xfinity Series began running there in 1999.[2]
NASCAR announced that its championship weekend events would be run at Phoenix for 2020, marking the first time since NASCAR inaugurated the weekend that Homestead-Miami Speedway would not be the host track. The track will also hold the championship for the 2021 NASCAR Cup season.
The only 50-minute practice session was held on Thursday, November 3, at 5:05 PM MST.[3]Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 25.921, and an average speed of 138.884mph (223.512km/h).[4]
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 4, at 3:00 PM MST.[3] Since Phoenix Raceway is a tri-oval track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.[5]Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 26.081, and an average speed of 138.032mph (222.141km/h).[6]
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