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The post-race loop data for the 2023 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 25th, 2023

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

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  • 20 Chevrolet
  • 10 Toyota
  • 9 Ford

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • XPEL 225
  • Pole Winner: Ross Chastain
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 41 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
  • Owner: Niece Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Mike Hillman, Jr.
  • Ross Chastain won the Pole Award for the XPEL 225 with a lap of 133.613 seconds, 91.877 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 102 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in his series debut at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2023 and his second in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ty Majeski (third) posted his first top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth in four races this season.
  • Nick Sanchez (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 25th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Zane Smith wins back-to-back Truck Series races at Circuit of The Americas

Zane Smith became the first repeat NASCAR winner at the famed Circuit of The Americas road course, the reigning series champion holding off veteran Kyle Busch to claim his second straight victory in Saturday’s XPEL 225 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race.

The 23-year-old Californian’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford led the final 15 laps – a race best 16 of the 42 laps in all - and crossed the finish line an impressive 5.451-seconds ahead of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Busch. The win makes Smith’s Front Row Motorsports team a perfect 3-for-3 in CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at COTA. Todd Gilliland won the 2021 inaugural here.

Ford driver Ty Majeski, Toyota’s Tyler Ankrum and last year’s NASCAR Cup Series COTA winner, Ross Chastain, in a Chevrolet rounded out the top-five.

It’s the second victory of the year for Smith, who won the season-opener at Daytona too – the same first two victories he earned in his 2022 championship season as well.

“Shout out to Chris Lawson for an amazing strategy," said Smith, whose Ford F-150 had a small fire under it extinguished after his burnout.

“So cool for [sponsors] Speedco, Peak and all our partners. It was fast when it mattered. I just enjoy coming to all the road courses, especially here. So cool. Just a true testament to this team."

“Once we got to that eight-to-go point and I was told Kyle [Busch] was in second, my heart rate went up a little bit, just because he’s so good at managing his stuff when it mattered," Smith continued. “So, I just tried not to make any mistakes."

The polesitter Chastain and Busch exchanged the lead for much of the early race – combining to lead 22 laps between them. Smith was able to take the lead after pitting just before the final caution and getting track position. Chastain’s truck actually fell back to 28th for the final restart and Busch’s was 17th yet they both rallied to top-five finishes.

But both of the NASCAR Cup Series full-timers wasted no time navigating upward through the field. On just the single restart lap, Busch had moved up 10 spots and ran seventh – picking off positions with ease. He moved into second place with six laps to go, but by that point Smith had already opened up more than a five-second advantage.

“Played the long game and unfortunately the long game didn’t work, they got lucky and beat us," Busch said of gambling with a pit strategy that took the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevrolet into the pits two laps – and a caution flag - after Smith made his final stop.

Corey Heim, rookie Nick Sanchez, Tanner Gray, Kaz Grala and Ben Rhodes rounded out the top-10. NASCAR has eliminated stage breaks at road courses in 2023 but both Christian Eckes – who ultimately finished 30th after mechanical problems – won Stage 1 (his third stage win of the year) and Busch won Stage 2.

The win Saturday was Smith’s ninth in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and puts him in the driver standings lead by two-points on ThorSport Racing’s Majeski heading into the next race, the SpeedyCash.com 250 next Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 42
  • Margin of Victory: 05.451 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 51 Minutes 36 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.000
  • Cautions: 3 for 5 laps
  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,417 (38.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • XPEL 225
  • Race Winner: Zane Smith
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 38 - Speedco/Peak Ford
  • Owner: Front Row Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Chris Lawson
  • Zane Smith won the XPEL 225, his ninth victory in 73 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in 2023 (Daytona and COTA).
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Ty Majeski (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Nick Sanchez (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • This is the third consecutive win for Front Row Motorsports' No. 38 Ford Team at Circuit of The Americas - Todd Gilliland (2021), Zane Smith (2022-2023).
Ben Rhodes celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 3, 2023 : Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Kubota Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, finishing first of the Championship 4 drivers in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Craftsman 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
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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 7 3 1 1 1 20 3.1 6 28 8 20 21 75.00 3 97.6 16 38.1 42 138.50 52
Kyle Busch 2 2 2 2 1 20 3.9 0 38 9 29 27 71.05 8 90.5 12 28.6 42 130.60 0
Ty Majeski 3 18 4 3 1 21 6.2 0 23 37 -14 12 52.17 2 90.5 1 2.4 42 115.50 43
Tyler Ankrum 12 24 5 4 4 31 13.6 8 39 44 -5 16 41.03 0 64.3 0 0.0 42 86.20 37
Ross Chastain 1 1 9 5 1 28 7.2 -4 55 21 34 34 61.82 8 85.7 10 23.8 42 117.90 0
Corey Heim 11 16 6 6 3 26 11.3 5 52 45 7 30 57.69 0 78.6 0 0.0 42 96.30 39
Nicholas Sanchez 4 22 10 7 3 27 10.5 -3 52 49 3 24 46.15 2 88.1 0 0.0 42 95.90 31
Tanner Gray 9 17 8 8 6 22 12.4 1 44 49 -5 18 40.91 0 73.8 0 0.0 42 85.20 29
Kaz Grala 10 8 7 9 3 27 8.5 1 26 44 -18 14 53.85 0 88.1 0 0.0 42 91.00 0
Ben Rhodes 13 7 3 10 2 19 7.0 3 37 36 1 24 64.86 2 97.6 0 0.0 42 102.90 31
Taylor Gray 19 6 11 11 4 28 14.6 8 53 43 10 18 33.96 0 61.9 0 0.0 42 82.70 26
Grant Enfinger 8 23 14 12 7 30 16.1 -4 47 44 3 19 40.43 0 66.7 0 0.0 42 72.70 25
Rajah Caruth 20 12 12 13 4 34 17.1 7 54 59 -5 12 22.22 0 54.8 0 0.0 42 69.20 24
Stewart Friesen 15 10 13 14 3 30 14.1 1 58 30 28 25 43.10 0 61.9 0 0.0 42 81.00 30
Kaden Honeycutt 24 11 15 15 6 33 16.3 9 47 42 5 17 36.17 0 57.1 0 0.0 42 72.30 25
Hailie Deegan 16 9 16 16 2 34 14.4 0 42 39 3 20 47.62 0 52.4 0 0.0 42 73.30 26
Lawless Alan 18 5 18 17 2 28 14.3 1 55 34 21 24 43.64 0 50.0 0 0.0 42 73.50 28
Daniel Dye 36 25 20 18 12 36 22.6 18 46 57 -11 1 2.17 0 9.5 0 0.0 42 51.70 19
Jake Garcia 32 21 19 19 15 32 22.0 13 52 43 9 0 0.00 0 2.4 0 0.0 42 51.80 18
Colin Garrett 25 29 21 20 10 31 24.2 5 39 59 -20 2 5.13 0 7.1 0 0.0 42 45.80 17
Kris Wright 35 15 22 21 5 35 20.6 14 61 65 -4 6 9.84 0 19.1 0 0.0 42 54.50 16
Logan Bearden 14 13 25 22 11 29 19.6 -8 42 54 -12 14 33.33 0 40.5 0 0.0 42 54.50 15
Bret Holmes 31 27 23 23 17 35 26.1 8 39 31 8 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 41.50 14
Colby Howard 27 28 26 24 16 30 23.1 3 54 45 9 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 48.50 13
Timmy Hill 29 30 24 25 13 31 25.9 4 24 47 -23 1 4.17 0 4.8 0 0.0 42 36.70 12
Mason Filippi 30 26 27 26 16 34 26.6 4 35 59 -24 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 38.20 11
Chase Purdy 21 14 17 27 9 31 19.6 -6 51 43 8 8 15.69 0 21.4 0 0.0 42 54.50 10
Dale Quarterley 33 20 28 28 12 34 24.8 5 47 65 -18 0 0.00 0 4.8 0 0.0 42 41.80 9
Matt DiBenedetto 28 19 29 29 6 29 19.9 -1 66 57 9 14 21.21 4 33.3 0 0.0 41 61.00 9
Christian Eckes 5 31 30 30 1 31 22.1 -25 15 40 -25 6 40.00 4 28.6 3 9.7 31 70.40 17
Parker Kligerman 17 4 31 31 3 25 18.8 -14 40 15 25 16 40.00 0 40.5 0 0.0 26 79.70 12
Spencer Boyd 26 32 32 32 26 35 32.0 -6 16 7 9 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 27.80 5
Matt Crafton 34 33 33 33 10 34 28.8 1 24 32 -8 5 20.83 0 11.9 0 0.0 11 48.20 4
Carson Hocevar 6 34 34 34 4 34 29.2 -28 3 21 -18 3 100.00 0 16.7 0 0.0 8 54.00 3
Dean Thompson 22 35 35 35 12 24 33.5 -13 13 27 -14 1 7.69 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 26.50 2
Ed Jones 23 36 36 36 23 36 36.0 -13 0 16 -16 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 26.00 1