2022 XPEL 225 Last updated February 08, 2025 • 2 min read From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Fourth race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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The 2022 XPEL 225 was the fourth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the second iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas , at the Circuit of the Americas , a 3.426 miles (5.514 km) permanent road course. The race was run over 46 laps due to multiple overtime restarts. Zane Smith of Front Row Motorsports would win race, after taking the lead with two laps to go. [ 1] This was Smith's fifth career truck series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, John Hunter Nemechek and Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA -specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas . It features a 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix , and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas , a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship . It previously hosted the Supercars Championship , the FIA World Endurance Championship , the IMSA SportsCar Championship , and IndyCar Series .
On September 30, 2020, it was announced that COTA would host a NASCAR Cup Series event for the first time on May 23, 2021. [ 2] The lower Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series were also added as support events. [ 3] On December 11, 2020, it was announced that NASCAR would run the full 3.41 mile course. [ 4]
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.**Withdrew prior to the event Practice The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, March 25, at 2:00 PM CST . [ 5] Sheldon Creed of Young's Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 2:17.104 seconds and a speed of 89.538 mph (144.097 km/h) .
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, March 25, at 2:30 PM CST . [ 5] Since Circuit of the Americas is a road course , the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole. [ 6]
Sheldon Creed of Young's Motorsports scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:14.924 seconds and a speed of 90.985 mph (146.426 km/h) . [ 7]
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 12
Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts 1 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 10 2 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 9 3 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 8 4 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 7 5 16 Tyler Ankrum Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 6 6 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley WAR Chevrolet 5 7 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 4 8 98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota 3 9 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0 10 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage 2 Laps: 14
Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts 1 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 10 2 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 9 3 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 8 4 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0 5 18 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 6 6 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley WAR Chevrolet 5 7 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 4 8 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 3 9 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 2 10 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage 3 Laps: 15
Fin. St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Points 1 2 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 46 11 Running 60 2 11 4 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 46 1 Running 35 3 5 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 46 31 Running 0 4 13 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 50 5 12 18 Chandler Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 46 1 Running 38 6 8 98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 34 7 10 16 Tyler Ankrum Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 46 0 Running 36 8 6 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Running 32 9 7 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 41 10 16 23 Grant Enfinger GMS Racing Chevrolet 46 0 Running 27 11 24 45 Lawless Alan (R) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Running 26 12 14 19 Derek Kraus McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 46 0 Running 40 13 20 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 24 14 18 02 Kaz Grala (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Running 23 15 17 44 Kris Wright Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Running 22 16 22 61 Chase Purdy Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 46 0 Running 21 17 28 15 Tanner Gray David Gilliland Racing Ford 46 0 Running 20 18 31 30 Tate Fogleman On Point Motorsports Toyota 46 0 Running 19 19 4 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 46 1 Running 20 20 32 43 Brad Perez Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 17 21 34 33 Will Rodgers (i) Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 46 0 Running 0 22 25 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 46 0 Running 21 23 30 12 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Running 14 24 26 91 Colby Howard McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 46 0 Running 13 25 3 7 Alex Bowman (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 46 1 Running 0 26 9 17 Taylor Gray David Gilliland Racing Ford 46 0 Running 11 27 15 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Chevrolet 45 0 Running 10 28 21 37 Logan Bearden AM Racing Chevrolet 42 0 Fuel Pump 9 29 33 40 Dean Thompson (R) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 40 0 Running 8 30 19 66 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Toyota 39 0 Running 7 31 36 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley WAR Chevrolet 32 0 Rear Gear 16 32 27 24 Jack Wood (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31 0 DVP 5 33 35 46 Matt Jaskol G2G Racing Toyota 30 0 Electrical 4 34 23 1 Hailie Deegan David Gilliland Racing Ford 29 0 Accident 3 35 29 9 Blaine Perkins (R) CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 3 0 Transmission 2 36 1 20 Sheldon Creed (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 1 0 Drivetrain 0 Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Cain, Holly (March 26, 2022). "Zane Smith emerges from double-overtime dustup to win Truck Series race at COTA" . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. ↑ "Circuit of the Americas to host Cup for first time in 2021 - NBC Sports" . NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports . September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2021 . ↑ "Xfinity and Trucks to join Cup Series at COTA" . RACER . October 24, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2021 . ↑ "NASCAR opts for F1 track layout for Circuit of the Americas round" . www.autosport.com . December 11, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2021 . 1 2 "2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series COTA Race Page" . Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site . Retrieved March 21, 2022 . ↑ "NASCAR announces practice, qualifying return in 2022" . Official Site Of NASCAR . November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022 . ↑ Srigley, Joseph (March 25, 2022). "Sheldon Creed Puts Down Masterful Lap, Claims First Career Pole for Himself and Young's Motorsports" . TobyChristie.com .
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