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The post-race loop data for the 2022 XPEL 225 at Circuit of The Americas includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR TRUCK Series race.

XPEL 225

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

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  • 16 Toyota
  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual XPEL 225
  • Pole Winner: Sheldon Creed
  • Age: 24
  • Team : No. 20 - Wiley X Chevrolet
  • Owner: Young's Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Andrew Abbott
  • Sheldon Creed won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual XPEL 225 with a lap of 134.924 seconds, 90.985 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 76 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Zane Smith (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Alex Bowman (third) posted his first top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Lawless Alan (24th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Zane Smith gets second Truck Series win of 2022 at Circuit of The Americas

Ultimately, Zane Smith was out front when it paid off Saturday afternoon at the Circuit of The Americas road course. He led only 11 of the 46 laps - winning Stage 1, Stage 2 and then took the race lead with two laps remaining in the second overtime period to earn the victory in the XPEL 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.

It marked Smith's second win of the 2022 season - fifth of his career - and the second consecutive win at the 3.41-mile, 20-turn COTA circuit for his Front Row Motorsports team, who celebrated in Victory Lane last year with driver Todd Gilliland.

Veteran Kyle Busch - who led a race best 31 laps - led the vast majority of the race and held the point on the start of that final overtime. But his closest challengers Stewart Friesen and Alex Bowman went in hard to the Turn 11 hairpin turn making it a three-wide door-to-door-to-door trying to wrestle the lead from Busch, the series all-time winningest driver.

As that was happening, the 22-year-old Californian Smith simply drove under of the slowed trio, taking the lead and then holding off John Hunter Nemechek for the win by 3.529-seconds.

"Once I got back up there, I was doing my best to read how those guys were racing," said Smith, who drives the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford.

"It happened like that in such dramatic fashion and had to come from the back, it's just a huge statement for this team really. Every single race this year I've been in contention to win.

"This whole team, just awesome to see how it all worked out," he added.

"Scored some awesome points today," Smith said.

Busch recovered to finish third, followed by 2021 series champion Ben Rhodes and Busch's teammate Chandler Smith. Christian Eckes, Tyler Ankrum, Carson Hocevar, Friesen, and Grant Enfinger rounded out the top-10.

Had his bold move to the front paid off, it would have been Friesen's first win in the series since 2019 and the first career victory for Hocevar, who was also running among the top three late in the race but got shuffled back in the wild restart action. Parker Kligerman, who had run among the top five all afternoon, also ran out of gas and ultimately finished 19th.

"Felt like we deserved that one, but it doesn't matter if you deserve it or not, you've got to be the first one to the checkered flag, and we were not," Busch said.

The race featured 10 lead changes among eight drivers and had eight caution periods.

"In races like this, you know it's never over till it's over and that [race] is the very definition of that," Smith said.

The top-five effort keeps championship leaders Smith and Rhodes close. Smith now holds a 15-point edge over Rhodes.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 41
  • Laps Actual: 46 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 03.529 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 25 Minutes 0 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 64.908
  • Cautions: 8 for 12 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,664 (48.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual XPEL 225
  • Race Winner: Zane Smith
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No. 38 - Speedco Ford
  • Owner: Front Row Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Chris Lawson
  • Zane Smith won the 2nd Annual XPEL 225, his fifth victory in 50 Camping World Truck Series races.
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Lawless Alan (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 15 points over Ben Rhodes.
Stewart Friesen drives as Kaz Grala spins
Austin, Texas - March 26, 2022 : Stewart Friesen, driver of the #52 Halmar International Toyota, drives as Kaz Grala, driver of the #02 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet, spins after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series - XPEL 225 at Circuit of The Americas.
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XPEL 225 at Circuit of The Americas : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Zane Smith 2 1 6 1 1 22 6.8 1 50 20 30 34 68.00 6 89.1 11 23.9 46 133.20 60
John Hunter Nemechek 11 28 5 2 1 28 12.0 9 63 55 8 32 50.79 0 67.4 1 2.2 46 88.80 35
Kyle Busch 5 7 1 3 1 16 2.9 2 19 18 1 18 94.74 7 97.8 31 67.4 46 141.70 0
Ben Rhodes 13 3 7 4 2 19 9.0 9 49 23 26 38 77.55 0 82.6 0 0.0 46 105.80 50
Chandler Smith 12 5 8 5 1 24 8.0 7 54 48 6 35 64.81 0 89.1 1 2.2 46 96.70 38
Christian Eckes 8 11 22 6 6 22 10.6 2 55 35 20 36 65.45 0 82.6 0 0.0 46 92.70 34
Tyler Ankrum 10 22 14 7 3 25 13.9 3 75 38 37 33 44.00 0 63.0 0 0.0 46 87.80 36
Carson Hocevar 6 12 9 8 2 19 7.5 -2 43 57 -14 31 72.09 0 89.1 0 0.0 46 98.00 32
Stewart Friesen 7 10 3 9 2 18 6.0 -2 34 24 10 29 85.29 2 95.7 0 0.0 46 109.20 41
Grant Enfinger 16 9 23 10 8 26 16.5 6 60 69 -9 22 36.67 0 52.2 0 0.0 46 75.50 27
Lawless Alan 24 13 13 11 7 30 18.8 13 70 61 9 14 20.00 0 32.6 0 0.0 46 69.00 26
Derek Kraus 14 2 24 12 2 24 12.5 2 62 39 23 34 54.84 0 65.2 0 0.0 46 88.20 40
Matt Crafton 20 26 12 13 6 34 19.4 7 59 60 -1 25 42.37 0 45.7 0 0.0 46 68.70 24
Kaz Grala 18 17 10 14 6 27 14.8 4 71 77 -6 21 29.58 0 56.5 0 0.0 46 73.20 23
Kris Wright 17 18 18 15 11 29 20.0 2 77 55 22 11 14.29 0 19.6 0 0.0 46 69.70 22
Chase Purdy 22 29 15 16 7 29 18.0 6 44 74 -30 9 20.45 0 30.4 0 0.0 46 68.80 21
Tanner Gray 28 16 16 17 7 29 16.5 11 57 77 -20 13 22.81 0 43.5 0 0.0 46 61.50 20
Tate Fogleman 31 21 19 18 11 31 20.9 13 65 56 9 1 1.54 0 13.0 0 0.0 46 55.50 19
Parker Kligerman 4 14 4 19 1 26 5.3 -15 30 49 -19 28 93.33 2 95.7 1 2.2 46 103.30 20
Brad Perez 32 27 26 20 13 34 27.0 12 41 27 14 0 0.00 0 2.2 0 0.0 46 42.20 17
Will Rodgers 34 23 25 21 16 34 24.9 13 76 54 22 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 46.80 0
Timmy Hill 25 6 27 22 5 27 17.6 3 60 55 5 17 28.33 0 43.5 0 0.0 46 69.50 21
Spencer Boyd 30 25 20 23 17 30 23.9 7 52 60 -8 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 45.20 14
Colby Howard 26 19 11 24 7 26 16.1 2 56 77 -21 14 25.00 0 43.5 0 0.0 46 65.20 13
Alex Bowman 3 8 2 25 1 27 7.3 -22 28 65 -37 24 85.71 2 91.3 1 2.2 46 93.40 0
Taylor Gray 9 24 17 26 8 30 18.7 -17 79 71 8 13 16.46 0 32.6 0 0.0 46 59.00 11
Austin Wayne Self 15 30 21 27 11 36 28.2 -12 39 70 -31 8 20.51 0 4.4 0 0.0 45 35.00 10
Logan Bearden 21 31 28 28 19 33 30.2 -7 17 21 -4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 36.50 9
Dean Thompson 33 32 29 29 18 33 29.4 4 25 18 7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 40 40.30 8
Ty Majeski 19 33 30 30 19 36 31.3 -11 15 3 12 0 0.00 3 0.0 0 0.0 39 43.10 7
Matt DiBenedetto 36 4 31 31 4 36 19.0 5 50 34 16 18 36.00 2 43.5 0 0.0 32 72.70 16
Jack Wood 27 20 32 32 13 30 25.0 -5 39 61 -22 2 5.13 0 8.7 0 0.0 31 43.50 5
Matt Jaskol 35 34 33 33 31 35 33.9 2 5 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 26.20 4
Hailie Deegan 23 15 34 34 11 31 24.6 -11 28 64 -36 8 28.57 0 17.4 0 0.0 29 40.70 3
Blaine Perkins 29 35 35 35 24 30 34.1 -6 7 13 -6 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 28.80 2
Sheldon Creed 1 36 36 36 1 33 35.4 -35 10 27 -17 6 60.00 0 2.2 0 0.0 1 25.70 0