Race Lineup
Lucas Oil 150
Friday, November 5th, 2021
Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
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- Phoenix Raceway
- 27th Annual Lucas Oil 150
- Pole Winner: Chandler Smith
- Age: 19
- Team : No. 18 - Safelite AutoGlass Toyota
- Owner: Kyle Busch Motorsports
- Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
- Chandler Smith won the Cometic Gaskets Pole Award for the 27th Annual Lucas Oil 150 with a lap of 26.359 seconds, 136.576 mph.
- This is his first pole in 38 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his first pole and 15th top-10 start in 2021.
- This is his first pole in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
- Sheldon Creed (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2021 and his third in four races at Phoenix Raceway.
- Todd Gilliland (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 18th in 22 races this season.
- Chandler Smith (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship 4 drivers will start in the following positions - Ben Rhodes (4th), Matt Crafton (5th), Zane Smith (13th) and John Hunter Nemechek (16th).
- Drivers Entered: 39 (3 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 150
- Margin of Victory: 04.694 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 30 Minutes 34 Seconds
- Average Speed: 99.374
- Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
- Lead Changes: 12
- Green Flag Passes: 1,018 (8.1 passes per green flag lap)
- Phoenix Raceway
- 27th Annual Lucas Oil 150
- Race Winner: Chandler Smith
- Age: 19
- Team : No. 18 - Safelite AutoGlass Toyota
- Owner: Kyle Busch Motorsports
- Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
- Chandler Smith won the 27th Annual Lucas Oil 150, his second victory in 38 Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2021.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
- Stewart Friesen (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2021.
- Ben Rhodes (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Phoenix Raceway. Rhodes wins the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.
- Chandler Smith (first) was the highest finishing rookie. Smith wins the 2021 Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.
- Ben Rhodes and ThorSport Racing win the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title.
- Toyota has clinched the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Manufacturers title this season. It is the manufacturer?s series leading 12th manufacturers championship.
- Driver Champion: Ben Rhodes
- Team: No. 99 ThorSport Racing Toyota Tundra
- Ben Rhodes has won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
- Rhodes is the 19th different driver to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
- Rhodes finished third the NASCAR Camping World Truck season finale at Phoenix Raceway to win the title.
- Rhodes finished the 2021 season with 22 starts, two wins, eight top fives and 16 top 10s.
- During the Playoffs this season, Rhodes has posted three top fives and five top 10s.
- Rhodes, from Louisville, Kentucky, is the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion from the state of Kentucky.
- Owner Of Driver Champion: Duke and Rhonda Thorson, ThorSport Racing
- This is ThorSport Racing’s fourth all-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship (Matt Crafton, 2013, 2014, 2019; Ben Rhodes, 2021) – most driver titles by an organization in the series all-time.
- This is ThorSport Racing’s first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship (2021).
- ThorSport Racing is one of 16 different organizations to win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship, and the 15th different organization to win the owner championship.
- ThorSport Racing has posted 23 wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series among five different drivers – Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes and Chase Briscoe.
- Owners Duke and Rhonda Thorson fielded their first truck in the series with driver Terry Cook at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996.
- Crew Chief Champion: Rich Lushes
- This is Rich Lushes’ first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship; his previous best championship finish was ninth with driver Myatt Snider in 2018.
- Lushes has become the 23rd different crew chief to win a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
- Lushes has two career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victories – all with driver Ben Rhodes.
