2022 Dead On Tools 200
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 23 of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | |||
| Date | May 6, 2022 | ||
| Official name | Third Annual Dead On Tools 200 | ||
| Location | Darlington, South Carolina, Darlington Raceway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) | ||
| Distance | 149 laps, 203.534 mi (327.556 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 149 laps, 200.802 mi (323.159 km) | ||
| Average speed | 91.625 mph (147.456 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.719 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | |
| Laps | 69 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
| Announcers | Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 2022 Dead On Tools 200 was the seventh stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 6, 2022, in Darlington, South Carolina at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 147 to 149 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. At race's end, John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win, after holding off Carson Hocevar in the final restart. He would also lead the most laps.[1] This was Nemechek's 12th career truck series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of GMS Racing would finish 3rd, respectively. Matt Crafton was going to be awarded with a 5th place finish, but was disqualified after post-race inspection, due to the front of the truck being too low to the ground.[2] However, a few days later, ThorSport Racing won their appeal over NASCAR, and Crafton was able to keep his 5th place position.[3]
Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
First held in 2001, the spring Darlington race was taken off the schedule after 2004, then it returned from 2010 to 2011. The race returned to the Truck Series schedule once again in 2020. On December 11, Darlington Raceway announced its highly popular NASCAR Throwback weekend would move to the new May 7-9 weekend, effectively making a lineal swap of the two race meetings at the track.[4]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
The only 30-minute practice session is scheduled to be held on Friday, May 6, at 3:00 PM EST.[14] John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 29.608 seconds and a speed of 166.090 mph (267.296 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.608 | 166.090 |
| 2 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.672 | 165.732 |
| 3 | 66 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 29.697 | 165.592 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, May 6, at 3:30 PM EST.[14] Since Darlington is an oval track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.[15]
John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports scored the pole for the race, with a time of 28.719 seconds and a speed of 171.232 mph (275.571 km/h).[16] No one would fail to qualify.
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 35
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 41 | Ross Chastain (i) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 3 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 18 | Chandler Smith | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | Tanner Gray | David Gilliland Racing | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 55
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 41 | Ross Chastain (i) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 3 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 98 | Christian Eckes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | Ryan Preece | David Gilliland Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Chandler Smith | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 62
| Fin. | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 69 | Running | 51 |
| 2 | 6 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 9 | Running | 53 |
| 3 | 3 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 1 | Running | 48 |
| 4 | 2 | 66 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 5 | 7 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 6 | 9 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 9 | Running | 50 |
| 7 | 13 | 17 | Ryan Preece | David Gilliland Racing | Ford | 149 | 0 | Running | 35 |
| 8 | 4 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 149 | 9 | Running | 30 |
| 9 | 12 | 16 | Tyler Ankrum | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 10 | 18 | 62 | Todd Bodine | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 149 | 3 | Running | 28 |
| 11 | 8 | 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | Rackley WAR | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 12 | 23 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 13 | 19 | 91 | Colby Howard | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 1 | Running | 25 |
| 14 | 16 | 02 | Jesse Little | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 15 | 33 | 40 | Dean Thompson (R) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 16 | 24 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 17 | 11 | 98 | Christian Eckes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 149 | 2 | Running | 26 |
| 18 | 20 | 24 | Jack Wood (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 19 | 14 | 19 | Derek Kraus | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 20 | 26 | 45 | Lawless Alan (R) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 21 | 28 | 18 | Chandler Smith | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 22 | 29 | 20 | Danny Bohn | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 23 | 5 | 51 | Corey Heim (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 24 | 32 | 12 | Spencer Boyd | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 25 | 15 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 148 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 26 | 10 | 41 | Ross Chastain (i) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 46 | Running | 0 |
| 27 | 31 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | AM Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 28 | 36 | 33 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 29 | 25 | 1 | Hailie Deegan | David Gilliland Racing | Ford | 137 | 0 | Accident | 9 |
| 30 | 27 | 46 | Brennan Poole (i) | G2G Racing | Toyota | 125 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 31 | 30 | 9 | Blaine Perkins (R) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 124 | 0 | Accident | 7 |
| 32 | 34 | 30 | Tate Fogleman | On Point Motorsports | Toyota | 123 | 0 | Accident | 6 |
| 33 | 21 | 44 | Kris Wright | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 105 | 0 | Accident | 5 |
| 34 | 17 | 15 | Tanner Gray | David Gilliland Racing | Ford | 98 | 0 | Accident | 8 |
| 35 | 22 | 61 | Chase Purdy | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 97 | 0 | Accident | 3 |
| 36 | 35 | 43 | Akinori Ogata | Reaume Brothers Racing | Toyota | 54 | 0 | Engine | 2 |
| Official race results | |||||||||
Standings after the race
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