Zane Smith dominates Heart of America 200

Zane Smith is the only driver with multiple wins in the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. A dominating performance in Friday’s Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway means he now has a two-win advantage over everyone else with a victory. He led 108 of 134 laps in the race, with Corey Heim having the second most with just eighteen.

Heim won the opening stage after taking the lead from Smith, who in turn claimed the spot from pole winner John Hunter Nemechek, on lap 22. However, Heim’s hopes of winning came to an end when his engine started to randomly shut off, causing him to hit the wall and forcing a late pit stop.

Smith won Stage #2. While the first two segments ran caution-free, Niece Motorsports trucks were responsible for cautions in Stage #3 when Kris Wright spun on lap 92 while Dean Thompson did so on lap 123.

The Wright caution allowed Heim to spend some time in front before Smith re-assumed the lead for the ensuing restart. Ty Majeski, who along with ThorSport Racing team-mate Ben Rhodes were the only other drivers to lead laps, was no match for Smith.

The victory is Smith’s sixth in the Truck Series, first at Kansas, and first on a 1.5-mile oval. This leaves dirt tracks—of which there are two on the Truck calendar with Bristol in March and Knoxville in June—as the lone circuit type he has yet to win on. Smith’s other victories have come on a two-mile oval (Michigan 2020), one-mile oval (Dover 2020), short track (Martinsville 2021), superspeedway (Daytona 2022), and road course (COTA 2022)

Race results

Finish	Start	Number	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Status
1	4	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	134	Running
2	3	66	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Toyota	134	Running
3	21	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	134	Running
4	6	18	Chandler Smith	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	134	Running
5	17	98	Christian Eckes	ThorSport Racing	Toyota	134	Running
6	1	4	John Hunter Nemechek	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	134	Running
7	12	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	134	Running
8	8	19	Derek Kraus	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	134	Running
9	10	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Toyota	134	Running
10	15	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Toyota	134	Running
11	11	91	Colby Howard	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	134	Running
12	7	17	Riley Herbst*	David Gilliland Racing	Ford	134	Running
13	14	61	Chase Purdy	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	134	Running
14	5	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	134	Running
15	16	42	Carson Hocevar	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	134	Running
16	20	16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	134	Running
17	18	1	Hailie Deegan	David Gilliland Racing	Ford	134	Running
18	9	15	Tanner Gray	David Gilliland Racing	Ford	134	Running
19	25	45	Lawless Alan	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	134	Running
20	35	30	Tate Fogleman	On Point Motorsports	Toyota	133	Running
21	33	5	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	133	Running
22	19	40	Dean Thompson	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	133	Running
23	23	22	Austin Wayne Self	AM Racing	Chevrolet	133	Running
24	22	02	Jesse Little	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	132	Running
25	24	44	Kris Wright	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	132	Running
26	13	24	Jack Wood	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	131	Running
27	26	56	Timmy Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	130	Running
28	31	46	Ryan Huff	G2G Racing	Toyota	130	Running
29	32	14	Trey Hutchens	Trey Hutchens Racing	Chevrolet	130	Running
30	29	33	Josh Reaume	Reaume Brothers Racing	Toyota	129	Running
31	30	12	Spencer Boyd	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	127	Running
32	27	9	Blaine Perkins	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	126	Running
33	2	51	Corey Heim	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	124	Running
34	28	20	Matt Mills*	Young’s Motorsports	Chevrolet	91	Axle
35	34	43	Jesse Iwuji*	Reaume Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	24	Too Slow

Italics – Competing for Rookie of the Year
* – Ineligible for points