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The 2022 Kansas Lottery 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Kansas Speedway.

Kansas Lottery 200

Friday, September 9th, 2022

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 15 Toyota
  • 4 Ford

  • Kansas Speedway
  • Inaugural Kansas Lottery 200
  • Pole Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Toyota
  • Owner: Kyle Busch
  • Crew Chief: Eric Phillips
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Pole Award for the Inaugural Kansas Lottery 200 with a lap of 30.779 seconds, 175.444 mph.
  • This is his eighth pole in 143 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
  • This is his sixth pole and 13th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in six races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Ty Majeski (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2022 and his third in four races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Corey Heim (third) posted his second top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his ninth in 12 races this season.
  • Corey Heim (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Friday, September 9th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
John Hunter Nemechek wins at Kansas, spoils Carson Hocevar's long-shot bid

With less than a lap left in Friday night's Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway, John Hunter Nemechek passed Carson Hocevar and spoiled one of the unlikeliest long-shot gambles in the long history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

At the end of a dominant evening, Nemechek had the race victory and two stage wins to go with the pole he had won earlier in the afternoon.

All Hocevar had was a fourth career runner-up finish and a pink slip where the 2022 Truck Series Playoffs are concerned.

Over the final 28 laps, Nemechek, who pitted under green on lap 103, overcame a 20-second deficit to Hocevar, who had made his last pit stop on Lap 80 to top off the fuel cell in the No. 42 Chevrolet and tried to make it the rest of the way without another pit stop.

Hocevar gained the lead on Lap 106 when the last contender in front of him came to pit road during the final 53-lap green-flag run. Throughout the final run, Hocevar's advantage shrank by more than a second per lap, as Nemechek pursued him.

After Hocevar's truck sputtered coming to the white flag, Nemechek charged to the front and powered his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota across the finish line 1.815 seconds ahead of Hocevar's Silverado. The victory was Nemechek's second of the season, his second at Kansas (with one coming in the NASCAR Xfnity Series) and the 13th of his career.

Hocevar was eliminated from the Playoffs by three points, as Christian Eckes rallied to run 10th and claim the final berth in the Round of 8. Fifteenth-place finisher Matt Crafton, a three-time series champion, also was ousted from the Playoffs.

Nemechek advanced to the Round of 8, along Grant Enfinger, Chandler Smith, Zane Smith, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, defending series champion Ben Rhodes and Eckes.

"It's huge," said Nemechek, who added seven Playoff points to his total entering the Round of 8. "I just want to say thank you to everyone at Kyle Busch Motorsports. I can't thank them enough for the truck they gave me tonight. It was absolutely unreal.

"We started on the pole, won both stages, led a ton of laps and won the race. We came in really good in points, but we were able to get some more Playoff points, and it puts us in a good spot. We have some momentum on our side heading into Bristol (for the first race of the next round)."

Hocevar was crestfallen after crew chief Phil Gould's strategic gamble fell just short.

"Into (Turn) 3 coming to the white flag, I started to sputter, and I knew it was game-over," Hocevar said. "The 19 (Derek Kraus) had an issue, and I lost three seconds there. Looking back, I wish I could have gotten those back.

"Phil Gould made a hell of a call. I didn't see it. Fifty-six laps to go, there's going to be a yellow, right? Cutoff race, and it's the Truck Series of all things - How was I to know the 19 was going to have a flat (tire) right in front of me.

"We deserved to win that race, just on strategy. We were nowhere near the best car. Seems like I always run second to him (Nemechek), but they were the class of the field all night. We got beat. We had the winning strategy. It just didn't work out -

"I think I'll be the bridesmaid at my own wedding."

Non-Playoff driver Ryan Preece finished third on Friday night, followed by Zane Smith, Enfinger, Chandler Smith, Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, Colby Howard and Eckes.

  • Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 134
  • Margin of Victory: 01.815 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 42 Minutes 11 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 118.023
  • Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,488 (13.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kansas Speedway
  • Inaugural Kansas Lottery 200
  • Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Toyota
  • Owner: Kyle Busch
  • Crew Chief: Eric Phillips
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Inaugural Kansas Lottery 200, his 13th victory in 143 Camping World Truck Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Carson Hocevar (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Ryan Preece (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Corey Heim (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 9 points over Zane Smith.
 John Hunter Nemechek drives during practice
Kansas City, Kansas - September 9, 2022 : John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Toyota, drives during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway.
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Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
88 Matt Crafton Toyota 1 173.238 31.171 0.000 1 17 31.913 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
66 Ty Majeski Toyota 2 171.975 31.400 0.229 1 14 32.025 32.093 0 0 0 0 168.263 5 14
98 Christian Eckes Toyota 3 171.805 31.431 0.260 2 19 31.997 32.143 32.217 0 0 0 168.018 1 10
25 Matt DiBenedetto Chevrolet 4 171.717 31.447 0.276 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
19 Derek Kraus Chevrolet 5 171.516 31.484 0.313 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
52 Stewart Friesen Toyota 6 171.456 31.495 0.324 2 18 32.713 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
18 Chandler Smith Toyota 7 171.418 31.502 0.331 2 23 31.899 32.042 0 0 0 0 168.537 1 10
23 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 8 171.358 31.513 0.342 2 19 32.672 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
4 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 9 171.325 31.519 0.348 2 20 31.798 31.909 31.929 32.052 0 0 169.239 1 10
15 Tanner Gray Ford 10 170.929 31.592 0.421 2 17 32.012 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
16 Tyler Ankrum Toyota 11 170.713 31.632 0.461 1 18 31.964 32.229 0 0 0 0 167.565 1 10
61 Chase Purdy Toyota 12 170.627 31.648 0.477 2 24 32.513 32.692 0 0 0 0 165.189 11 20
38 Zane Smith Ford 13 170.465 31.678 0.507 2 17 31.923 32.175 0 0 0 0 167.850 1 10
42 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 14 170.395 31.691 0.520 2 16 32.667 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
17 Ryan Preece Ford 15 170.250 31.718 0.547 2 17 31.955 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
51 Corey Heim Toyota 16 170.202 31.727 0.556 8 14 31.932 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
75 Parker Kligerman Chevrolet 17 169.961 31.772 0.601 2 17 32.501 32.682 0 0 0 0 165.233 5 14
5 Tyler Hill Toyota 18 169.625 31.835 0.664 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
44 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 19 169.247 31.906 0.735 1 20 32.465 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
40 Dean Thompson Chevrolet 20 169.247 31.906 0.735 2 16 32.143 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
24 Jack Wood Chevrolet 21 169.231 31.909 0.738 2 19 32.764 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
99 Ben Rhodes Toyota 22 169.093 31.935 0.764 2 17 32.635 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
32 Bret Holmes Chevrolet 23 168.671 32.015 0.844 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 24 168.555 32.037 0.866 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
1 Hailie Deegan Ford 25 168.361 32.074 0.903 4 20 32.354 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
26 Tate Fogleman Chevrolet 26 168.078 32.128 0.957 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
30 Kaden Honeycutt Toyota 27 167.978 32.147 0.976 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
91 Colby Howard Chevrolet 28 167.639 32.212 1.041 2 21 33.015 33.045 0 0 0 0 163.416 9 18
56 Timmy Hill Toyota 29 167.572 32.225 1.054 2 16 33.202 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
20 Jesse Little Chevrolet 30 167.515 32.236 1.065 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
9 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 31 166.662 32.401 1.230 2 18 33.319 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
46 Brennan Poole Toyota 32 166.225 32.486 1.315 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
14 Trey Hutchens Chevrolet 33 165.792 32.571 1.400 2 16 33.770 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
2 Kaz Grala Chevrolet 34 165.604 32.608 1.437 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
45 Lawless Alan Chevrolet 35 165.234 32.681 1.510 3 19 33.570 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
33 Mason Maggio Chevrolet 36 163.587 33.010 1.839 5 16 33.242 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
12 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 37 158.376 34.096 2.925 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
43 Armani Williams Toyota 38 158.274 34.118 2.947 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0