2022 Lucas Oil 150

Race details
Race 23 of 23 of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date	November 4, 2022
Official name	24th Annual Lucas Oil 150
Location	Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	154 laps, 154 mi (247.838 km)
Scheduled Distance	150 laps, 150 mi (241.402 km)
Average speed	89.003 mph (143.236 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
Time	26.081
Most laps led
Driver	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
Laps	77
Winner
No. 38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Sports 1
Announcers	Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 2022 Lucas Oil 150 was the 23rd and final stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the Championship 4 race, and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 4, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix Raceway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 150 laps to 154 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would put on a dominating performance, leading 77 laps to earn his seventh career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his fourth of the season.^[1]

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]

Background

Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.

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.

Practice

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 138.884 mph (223.512 km/h).^[4]

Qualifying

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 138.032 mph (222.141 km/h).^[6]

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 44

Stage 2 Laps: 44

Stage 3 Laps: 64*

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Zane Smith 4,040 1 2 Ben Rhodes 4,035 (-5) 1 3 Chandler Smith 4,034 (-6) 3 4 Ty Majeski 4,017 (-23) 5 John Hunter Nemechek 2,285 (-1,755) 6 Stewart Friesen 2,276 (-1,764) 7 Grant Enfinger 2,266 (-1,774) 8 Christian Eckes 2,230 (-1,810) 9 Matt Crafton 2,208 (-1,832) 10 Carson Hocevar 2,186 (-1,854) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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