Lucas Oil 150 | NASCAR Truck Series Full Race Replay

what a beautiful night at Phoenix Raceway 65 degrees clear skies perfect conditions to settle a championship the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series about to turn green with four drivers competing for the title Camping World starting lineup at the bottom of the screen qualifying early this afternoon Zane Smith one of our Championship four earned the first poll of his career and will start at the point alongside rookie Lane Riggs. One of our Championship four is Chandler Smith, starting deeper in the field of the four title contenders, let's see if we can talk to him. Hello, Chandler. Michael Waltrip and Team Fox, how you doing buddy?

I'm freezing, Mikey, it's cold here in the desert, well you're getting ready to warm up starting 12. You see the three guys in front of you that are most important last year here, you mastered this.

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, can you do it again tonight and what will it take to do it? Okay, we're having some trouble with our radio, but he'll wonder where I went. Vince, you want to assume what he's going to say, yes. I know exactly what he's going to say, Michael said, we just have to execute, we have to be good, he'll say everything. Phil and I already said yes, but hearing it from the driver's seat is always more fun, hey, he didn't. dominating last year but not being one of the championship four, it's a different feeling when you sit in that seat tonight knowing that you're going for the championship, a NASCAR champion you want to be and it's the greatest feeling in the world for these guys. drivers go out and compete for one of these, one of these championships, let's take a look at the Camping World track description.

You see the Milan tracks with a variable camber link in the corners, which means action everywhere, and especially on that front. Immediately, as we mentioned above, they will be running off the track all night. Let's take a look at an analysis of the

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, as you can see 150 laps 150 miles. Our stages are 45 and 45 for the first and second stage. Final stage 60 laps. You can see our pit window so these guys don't have to do a green flag pit stop and Michael, if you get a warning right before the end of those stages, those championship guys are coming down Pit Road to get this position in the track, let's check with our pit reporters one more time before we turn green, we'll start with Jamie.

There's a lot of talk about the championship four, but four collide to end their season in Victory Lane, how about this guy, Corey Heim, number 51? He has already found victory twice. This season he wants to end that era of Kbm and Toyota in Style by taking home the Jamie trophy when in a qualifying session in which Lane Riggs says he surprised even himself, the 20-year-old son, a former NASCAR driver , Scott Riggs, was able to record a good lap. enough to start in the front row. He is in Homer Friesen's No. 62 Toyota for the third time this season.

He is looking to gain exposure and put together a program to race here in

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s in 2023. He has the pace, he lacks experience, but from what his team said today he has what it takes to turn heads Josh. Well, it's only Johnny Sonner's sixth start of the season and first in the O2

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with Young's Motorsports and he's proven that he's still got it despite racing part-time. He has two. Top five this season, including a second place finish, when I spoke to Johnny before the race he said he doesn't know what the future holds for him.

He says he has some opportunities, but he wants to get back to competing

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time. He also says that the future. is a little out of his control at this point, he's going to go out and have fun tonight and see what happens guys, yeah, and Johnny Solder, one of three former Phoenix winners in the field along with Friezen and Chandler Smith's 18 talking from 18. Smith, how about some contender radio right here, let's say hello tonight. We love you friend, tonight we are going to do something that people dream of, so let's execute it, be perfect in all areas and let's celebrate tonight.

I'm so proud of you guys, no matter what happens tonight, proud of everyone, but you know we're going to do this, I could send it to you better, man, I love doing this with you, you know we have a good truck, it was a great job tonight. we will be there at the end here sir, okay, nothing like we did in the last session, we will be fine. I love it. I love that communication and getting a real sense of the vibe that runs through each of these teams before they turn green. To compete for a championship, the common thread is execute, let's execute, let's not make any mistakes and also a common thread, this is special, this is absolutely, we can do something we've always dreamed of: become NASCAR champions and they are aligned and Ready to go and we're not going to have to wait long to see what four or five wides look like, are we?

Ben Rhodes would win his second championship. He would be the first to do it consecutively since Crafton did it. at 13-14 the other three would win for the first time and we are green in Phoenix, the title is on the line tonight Corey Heim goes deep trying to be a factor from the start, good race in turn two there for The momentum of Zane Smith works, gets the lead in three, had a little push from Lane Riggs in the 62 truck, look outside, nice corner, good exit in the corner, there Smith started deeper into the field of our championship contender starting 12, so got. a little bit of traffic to sort out what do you think you think he's not cold anymore wow and Riggs has gone to the front how about Lane Riggs on the third outing of him now being challenged on the inside by Zayn Smith but Riggs on that 62?

He really should have won his debut race at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He had that race one and then got dumped in the final laps and ended up not getting the result he deserved, but don't sleep on it. 62 Lane Riggs qualified on the front row tied and is in front, what a powerful move on the outside, we wonder what the passing would be like tonight, no traction, compound one and two, extended a little more, three and four, I know that there are a lot of other competitors, the Xfinity drivers, the Cup guys. thinking what this track will do what these truckers will do overseas early and grading you would think it would be a disadvantage obviously it wasn't my name is Jamie Howe mentioned the son of former NASCAR driver Scott Briggs so Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but Lane has looked like a veteran from the start and Mitchells won the Skull Chat Short Track Championship beat the paid vendors for that crowd this year.

Let's turn to Jamie Howe for more information. The 62. Before the green flag, Valley was already talking to a spotter, Robert Arch, about communication about how they will talk to each other over the course of the race and was told to just use simple words, you know, we're filling this out. . We're going to go through these stages one at a time and that's what he's doing now, but he's already five laps into this race and he's telling the team what changes he's going to need when they make that first round of pit stops, a lot of potential. for Lane Rags here in the truck

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Jane Smith is in second place and the two have separated themselves a bit from Corey Hyme and Stuart Friesen and then you have to go back two seconds to find the next championship contender and then Ben Rhodes' 99 .

Meanwhile, Chandler Smith is still in 11th, looks like he has a pretty decent truck, although you see him able to move inside trying to get to the inside of Christian Neckis who is on the inside of oh they're going to go crazy at the get loose. That's hard to do right there, that will open up the backfield for Chandler Smith. He'll get them both, yes, two for the price of one, and Grant, in figure, will come with him with that yellow 23. If you are new to NASCAR racing. when these trucks are next to the corners they are very loose the truck at the bottom wants to spin with no downforce on that right side did you see the battle here?

Zane Smith returns to take the point away from Riggs teams flying in the bumper. but Zane Spence is going to get the position, can he keep it? Don't you just love the fact that Lane Riggs? I know there's a championship on the line, but I'm here to win a race and he's going after one of the best in the truck.

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this year and is not competing for that championship in Zane Smith and there is a yellow flag and it is the 33 truck that has turned around, it is Keith McGee and the 20 also involved in that Armani Williams and the big blow for Williams in the part back of that truck. the 20th of the Young's Motorsports camp is only his third start, yes you can see that the rejection and disappointment of that truck hitting the steering wheel for a young driver is about running the laps, trying to run all the laps and unfortunately his night It is leaving.

Long story short, they were running towards the back of the field, but that lets you know that even at the back of the field you are fighting right at the front of the field until you reach The Back Fence. I think it's pretty even. Right now I know Zayn is leading, but let's see if we can take a look at this on our own. It's like someone got loose a little bit and the other guy pulled together. Yeah, I think Williams' 20 was on the wall before. that contact right there with the 33. 3 just nine laps in Zane Smith leads early in Phoenix foreign foreigner in just two weeks the world's biggest sporting event begins is Christian Pulisic leads the US Men's National Team in return to The World Cup will stage for the first time in eight years since the FIFA World Cup and begins on November 20 on Fox and FS1.

Another look at Team USA's first three games. I'm telling you the game against England the day after Thanksgiving will be a soccer game you don't want to miss she played a lot of soccer uh in your growing up years in Kentucky Mike yeah I kicked it pretty good and I can see you out there I enjoy football let's go down and get some reports Let's start with Jamie little good Vince Tai Majeski Sean sixth right now last night in practice his only session it was too tight overall Even though he was the fastest, so Joe Shear, his crew chief, went to work, he eased up a little bit and that was the problem in qualifying. well he's got his hands

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that's 66 too loose in traffic he wants some adjustments Josh well Jamie I told you from the top of the show how frustrated Chandler Smith was qualifying 12th because he knew he had a very good truck, well, wine.

I listened to the radio a few minutes ago and said this truck is good, it turns out beautiful and then you want to know the lap times of the other three playoff drivers because he knows that he has what it takes to catch them. Jamie good for Ben Rhodes, the great one. The communication point for him was to try to figure out if anyone had been able to get higher on that track, use the middle lane, make some passes right now, he's going to make the decision to stay low, but one of the big keys right now for his equipment. particularly Rich Lucius, your crew chief is to keep you calm and relaxed, we have these fantastic boards, um, in the championship for tonight, people listen to what he told you, you can't lie to us about the water board today, we can see . in the end, the number on the card, the drivers spread the truth from time to time, from time to time, yes, that truck for the roads is the same one that drove here last year on the way to the championship, returning to be green with Satan Smith up front on that Lane Riggs who started next door. row and then red and white 62.

The right lane didn't get off to a very good start. Look at him running into turn one, though he's trying to make up ground and going to do some work around the outside. Good job meanwhile, Corey Hine in the 51. has slipped to second place contact slave in the field by majeski remember he has that very loose handling truck you see him move there inside his teammate Christian Equus I think Grand in the selector could have gone into the outside truck Walnut 23 and I think Vajeski too, the right rear tire has the Goodyear letter number erased. I talked before about how when you're down you're looser.

Check this out he's down he runs his finger towards the wall and making contact that's why Ann Baker hit the wall because Majeski pushed him into the outside wall and that was because he just couldn't turn the truck to the left he had to give him some space in the corner. to not turn and ran into his finger, which could have been disastrous for majeski in his bed on 88 to create it, but he also has Chandler Smith right behind him in truck 18 on board with majeski looking at Matt Crafton and 88th in front of him, Majeske falls back in tenth place.

You see our Championship four highlighted in blue. Chandler Smith right behind at 11. Jeske has been a great story. He has won two of the last three races in which he has partnered Johnny Sonner. Soul's crew chief, Joe Shear Jr., is kind of a mad scientist, but it's worked. He and Macheski have found magic together, but right now Macheski is struggling with handling that truck. Zayn's best team leader,Chris Lawson, is the only crew chief who makes the decisions for one of these non-championship contenders. He doesn't have a championship on his resume. I'm impressed with the terrain it can cover, although the lap times are still decent.

An adjustment could bring him back into the game many times, a truck will adjust a little in a race which could play into this team's hands and also this will be the first guy we look at on strategy if we get a caution flag he could come to Pit Road before the end of this stage and make those adjustments, yes, if he gets another caution flag, probably nothing. lose if you are going to give up your track position you want to do it early one thing majeski has to do is manageIn this truck right now you don't want to get into a worse situation than you already are since you are now riding on board with Chandler Smith, who has been through Majeski and is trying to work at eckus there in '98.

See how lazy? he was his truck looks pretty loose too these guys just fell off its that hard every lap you can see as loose as he was in turn four he goes straight to the back and starts working on Christian Atkins in that 98 truck no I think it's been on the race track, but in turns one and two, look at that dive there, this truck is going to come loose, look at his hands and turn to the right, it was a bold move. Smith obviously feels comfortable here, you heard him say that his truck was driving.

Well he's really improving, this has been a great track for him, three races here in Phoenix in the truck, three top three finishes including that dominant win last year, some put him as the favorite because of those past results ​​and what he did here last year. He's faster now than that because you can see that even though he's as loose as he is, he's actually winning it in the corner he just hadn't found the right spot to make the pass and guys, there's a long way to go here. also to reach the end. about two lanes below the yellow line down here on one and two, that's a pretty good truck that he's racing right there too in '98 Christian Act has five consecutive top tens and barely missed the championship, so It's not easy to convince. trying to get around in the 98, but it looks like Smith is going to secure the place and look who's driving behind these two, but Jessica's truck seems to be getting a little better air pressure on the right front, Michael gets a burn bit.

The amount of fuel coming out of the back of the truck gives you a little more weight in the nose. The truck could use some improvement and it looks like it is getting better since Majeski halfway through stage one fades into turn three, the pressure ahead of race leader Zane. Smith, a second and a half, is the leader. Ty Majeske, the only one who really had some problems, but handled it coming back, stay with us. Complete foreign laps here from Phoenix and Zayn Smith's 38 is in front and started from the pole. has managed to get back to the front of the field, Zane has finished second in the last two seasons here in the championship standings and would have every reason to be a little hesitant heading into the weekend, but when I spoke to him yesterday he said I have more confidence than ever in my racing career.

He said. I know we had this pace to do it. I've been in this scenario before. I learned from being there and I know what I have to do. He said the only thing he would be really worried about would be if they were in a problematic position when it comes to track position, but qualifying on pole and now leading here from the start is exactly where he needs to be to continue that confidence. It's worth noting that this is a relatively short race and each of the four board Championship drivers noted that finding that early track position, excuse me, finding that early track position will be the key because holding onto it won't. they will have to do it. do it for a long time foreigner welcome back Camping World Truck Series championship race currently led by Zayn Smith 1.7 seconds ahead and growing just a little over Corey Hines Stuart freezing Lane Riggs Ben Rhodes fifth Chandler Smith ninth time majeske 10.

They are for championship contenders, you see. We are highlighted in blue. Michael and I have been watching the score and putting together in the last few laps our five fastest trucks, not necessarily one through fifth, but they are all within a tenth of a second of each other. Very, very competitive. Raja Carruth back there. the 14th position that time ran the fifth fastest lap which just tells you how competitive the Camping World Truck Series is. We already had a yellow flag here on stage one. Armani Williams and Keith McGee tangled and both ended Williams for the night. revised and released from the spotlight of the picture after a fairly significant hit to the back of his truck, as you see Raja Carruth.

It's good to see Raja back on the field making his fourth start with Bono Manion at the top of the box behind whom he has been impressive. behind the wheel of that seven truck and those starts have really shown us that he can do it behind the wheel right now, he's just making steady progress trying to grab that fifth place away from Ben Rhodes, it looks like he's going to make it, he's going to try. to counterattack on the outside, he remains even with John Hunter. It has been a disappointing season for Neva. He's won a couple of times, but certainly not the season they had a year ago where they won five times and thought maybe they were a Many thought that and it didn't work out for John Hunter and then this season he and crew chief Eric Phillips just haven't been able to find the magic, but what a significant win it would be if John Hunter could get it tonight and when you ask me a championship guy who isn't competing for a championship he could win, I picked John Hunter Nemechek for speed. which he showed last night in that practice session, he had the fastest average in the 10-15 laps and you know John Hunter Nemechek is hungry, he made a mistake in Miami, hit the wall and it cost him the opportunity to be here.

Racing for a championship, race car drivers want to prove they have what it takes to overcome a disappointing event. like he had in Miami to come in here in Phoenix, just remember that Eric Phillips is going to come out of the pit, this will be his last race in the pit, really, it's like the end of an era at Kyle Busch Motorsports, that's right. I want to say that it is his last race with Toyota in that long relationship. I mean KPM has won 98 times in this series and KPM and Toyota have gone hand in hand Kyle Busch 56 truck wins for Toyota 98 ​​of Toyota's 225 truck winds have come out of the KVM garage and we have one of those trucks kbm, we could get her tonight, she'd be special for sure and that one over there is fast and by the way there's another one that's fast too, that's the 51.

She's running second like John. Hunter Nemechek, maybe the four spots playing with platforms, Zane Smith drove to about a two-second lead and stabilized, he's running two seconds ahead of Corey Hahn, which you talked about, it's still early, there's still a long way to go, four drivers competing for the title tonight in Phoenix thanks great battle around the top five positions with fifth sixth and seventh and Rhodes Lane Riggs Grant infinger welcome back to Camping World Truck Series racing from Phoenix Championship nine presented by blue emu Glad to have you with us Michael Waltrip Phil Parsons I'm Vince Welch Jamie Howe Jamie Little and Josh Sims on Pit Road Four to go here on stage one.

We have our playoff contenders in this battle right here between these five trucks, Ben Rhodes trying to move inside Lane Riggs. truck 66 is Majesty behind event finger 23 and then Chandler Smith right behind it. Riggs has led five laps here in this first stage, but right now they trail Zane Smith by about 10 seconds or more at Rhodes. It has been impressive, we spoke at the opening. Missed practice yesterday, but man, Kubota Toyota is really working, you've been waiting to get it. I'm glad you finally introduced it. I'll just tell you, it's fun to say, he did a good job.

It's hard to say like Matt De Benedetto, but don't put them together, speaking of Maddie, she started 11th and is falling to 15th. We'll see if she can make any progress, it's hard to compete with Phil, it really is you. I've seen Chandler Smith moving to the inside of 62 Lane Riggs trying to grab a spot to move up to 8th on the last two laps here on stage one, watching Chandler Smith in 8th Lane on the red 62 and white running 9. That's crazy. and Majeski behind them has four stage points no matter the stage wins it's all about which of the four finishes ahead of the other three the champion is determined tonight regardless of who wins the race she is the best finish of the game, the camera will be crowned what a solid first stage for Zane Smith here, impressive, in fact, Zane Smith makes it look easy once he got rid of Lane Riggs, he got that victory in stage one, ninth victory of stage of the year for Zane and a nice little confidence builder, he's the runner up for sure. up third time, charm for Zayn Smith, championship four, Chandler Smith, Ben Rhodes, time on Jeske, crazy spin, who will win the title tonight here in Phoenix, if stage one is any indicator, Zane Smith has the dominant lead during the first stage pit stops.

Now let's go to Jamie Howe for Ben Rhodes, he's the first round loss. I asked the bridge Scroogee he misses why they chose that one. He said it's simple. This is where we were last year in terms of the truck in that first stage. very tight in the center, the exit went away, gave it a lot of push, we are going to make some adjustments, Josh, the biggest problem for the 18 right now is that it lacks right rear lateral grip, so they are going to tighten the part rear doing a track bar adjustment and giving them four tires playing Zayn Smith on laps 38-43 LED already tonight he said that he is a little tight shooting and that makes him a little free on the exit of the corner, he has a little brake. he was in shape before, but he put the fans on and that helped and they noticed that from later in the race, time 66 on Jeske he drove it so loose with no grip that he had that damage and he's also running pretty hot.

They're looking at temperatures around 2 30 right now. if they fell on the track bar and four tires now Zane Smith lost a couple but Ty Majeski with a bigger problem that's Christian Equus or excuse me Christian Atkins yeah he probably got some luck stuck between the wheel and the caliper brake that was not there. a very clean trip to Pit Road for some of our championship contenders, man, well that's for sure we'll figure it all out when we get back to Phoenix. Thank you. There was a lot of talk about the playoff drivers tonight, championship for contenders, but what about rookie Lane?

Riggs, who is leading laps here from the start in Phoenix. I'm with former driver Scott Riggs, but tonight the most important thing is Scott, Lane's father, what's going through his mind watching his son fight with the championship contenders? Well, he was a little, he was a little free at first, the truck started very well, then after he started getting behind other trucks and it got a little bad for him, he started complaining that the truck was It was a little tight, so they made some adjustments to the air pressure and, uh, I. I'm very proud of Ram Jack and Infinity Communications and the pro tank lines and everyone here at Helmar Frozen Race and they've done a great job, giving us this opportunity.

It's great for him to learn what it is. Go ahead and try to get some experience like he has with these guys, and I think it will pay off in the long run, it's just that you're trying to keep my nerves in check right now, well, yourself, as an ex driver, You have won in this series in the Xfinity series. How involved are you in your driving career? Have you given him any advice? Well, we spent a lot of time, we've been working together for the last 10 years on their latest models. So he's really getting back into his own thing, he knows everything about his own race car, he makes his calls to his race cars at home, so I'm just trying to do the best I can for him and, right now, you know what ago behind. the wheel is really awesome to me I think he's very talented we all have talent and I think a lot of people are seeing that right now and I'm just trying to be dad power well Scott thanks for the time good luck with those nerves tonight I'll do it thanks that's Scott Riggs Lane Riggs his father Lane driving that number 62 truck leading laps here early tonight in Phoenix beautiful photo from the top of Phoenix Raceway welcome back Camping World Truck Series Championship Night in the desert of Arizona and it's a beautiful night but first there are some ugly pit stops for the 99 roads and then the frontright, watch out for the right front, it just takes them longer, we don't have a great view from this side. but you can see how long it takes them, you saw the rear tire changer come up so look at this now, look how tight the fender is to the tire, it's hard to get it off and then it's also hard to put it back on, you see the rear.

The boy did it again long before the forward, oh lost position. Zane Smith entered as the leader starts third. What about the problems that Majeski had at the beginning of the first stage? He had a great pit stop and is in sixth position. He has impressed me. With his truck and his driving job behind the wheel we made him the favorite Vince, we thought he would be the guy to beat and he didn't look good at first but he recovered from a couple of KBM trucks in front to start the stage two. Corey Heim in Bottom lane guy Zane just turned that truck left and stayed with Mike, big push up for John Hunter and look how fast the John Hunter X's turned four laps.

It's a really good truck. Chandler Smith moves down under Zane Smith for third place. That's a battle for the championship lead right there, whichever truck is our leader, look at the same fight on the outside, yeah, Chandler couldn't close the door. The truck will be a problem down here in three and four at the bottom and Right behind them two, the 66 of the time Majeske had to bail out. He couldn't hold it back What if it's time for Majeske Michael to join this battle and give Joe Shear a chance to make some adjustments to that truck?

He placed it in the top five. Well, you knew he was coming because he stuck it out. to a really loose truck at a decent speed as Zane Smith tries to bottom out under Corey Hine. I will tell you that obviously that 38 truck proved during that first stage that it was the truck that would miss out on a couple of spots on Pit Road. a little bit on this restart, but trying to get it back right now, I'm so impressed with how hard these guys drive, we can keep him away from one of the others until now, they'll start to throw caution to the wind. at some point, but right now Josh looks like the 18 is holding a nice wheel in turn two, yeah guys, and it is, and let me tell you, Chandler was fired up after that pit stop, as he gained four spots after that and Danny Stockman went over it. radio after that and said hey, now we have to be aggressive, now we have to go get it, you have everything you need with that truck right now.

I think Danny likes everything he's seen from that pitching box right now and Stockman knows what a championship effort. It seems in a championship with Austin Dillon both in the trucks and in the Xfinity series that we are watching. I lost track of where Zane Smith was because he took the shortcut right after the finish line and took that second place away from Corey High along with The way Carson Hosovar's fans noticed that their driver backed off was penalized for going under of the yellow line on that restart. They had to do a drive-through there. It's a pretty good start to this race, but this penalty will put him a lap down, at least yes. a lap down here, it sure has been a disappointing end to the season for the hosts, who have finished outside the top ten three times in a row and are going to have a tough road to go the rest of the way tonight.

Good battle for third place here is Chandler Smith Cuts. his dogleg tries to catch his teammate Corey Heim and he succeeds and then right behind Heim is that 66 truck we've been talking about Tom Majeski putting the heat on the 51 truck, looks like Joe Shears made some good adjustments to that Majeski truck. much better Much more pace than he had at the start, remember Majeski said it was so loose that he could hardly drive it there in the first stage, he told Joe Shear that he had to give it a big hit when we came in and it looks like Sheer has it tight a bit, three from our Championship, four in the top five and Ben Rogue not far behind in ninth place.

The problem on Pit Road for Ben Rhodes. We said he was at the top of the show. No mistakes, no mistakes on the track, no. mistakes on Pit Road, Rose has been behind right now, we saw the problem with Christian Equus' 98 when we were going to the commercial break, let's get the details on that with Jamie, well he was able to bring that truck back and make the call. Pit Lane and the problem the team said was that something got stuck between the brake caliper and rotor, but the sway bar wasn't damaged, so they were able to fix that situation and send it back.

Jamie Smith, we've been talking about him running. He's second right now and today he had a calm demeanor and I told him what's the biggest difference for you this time going for the championship. He said: "I know it seems like this time last year he was literally competing for his career." I have no plans for any team to answer his call. He said he sent 120 voicemails and received a return call. It was Front Row Motorsports. They called him and offered him this trip and said, "You know what we're going to duplicate." We'll give him full-time next year and put him in the Cup Series part-time, including a try at the Daytona 500.

He is in a great place with his team, they are great friends off the track and it is showing in his performance that he has three wins together this year and is currently the best of the Ford Championship contenders. It's amazing what a little confidence can do to your confidence level. I love the fact that this team locked in like they did in such a fast time after 20 laps of the stage. two Nemecheks up front we saw Carson Hosovar's 42 take him down down Pit Road, unfortunately he had to serve a passing penalty for going under the double yellow line on that last restart.

Carson had a long day today here in Phoenix, he ran the first goal of his. of an artistic West Series race of his career here today, he told me he would do it because he hoped it would give him a few more reps and of course a lot more track time to help figure this place out, but unfortunately for Carson, He was out of the race early, about 10 laps in, he sustained some pretty bad damage to his car when he made contact with another competitor, so his whole plan of getting that extra track time and hoping to prepare well for this race didn't work out. exactly works in his favor now, unfortunately, here at the beginning of the second stage, Carson has another problem and has to serve that previous penalty.

He hopes to bounce back to finish what has been a bit of a rough day for Carson today here in Phoenix. Sunday on Fox we have a full lineup of NFL action highlighted by the Seahawks and Cardinals and you know, mark this one on your calendar in a couple of weeks, Dallas and Green Bay renewing their historic rivalry leading the Cowboys against Rogers and the Packers see a showdown in Lambeau in a couple of weeks that's football that's not football that's exactly right. I'm glad you made it clear that there are some big events coming up here at Fox and we have a good one here tonight: Camping World Truck.

Series championship we are halfway through stage two with John Hunter Nemechek leading Zane Smith, the winner of stage one, is chasing two drivers who run almost mirroring each other on almost every lap and John below in practice Yesterday, very robust, especially on long races, yes, he. He caught my attention. The truck also looked good on the bottom, as you can see, it is now holding that line. Last time, by Stewart Grayson, in fifth position, it was our fastest truck. He likes this place, don't you? I'm sure he's had a lot. Success here, I mentioned it before when a couple of years ago, last year, second place, you heard, you saw that part of Road changing Jamie and one of the things that Ben Rhodes, you know, he was in the top five that whole first stage and now he is in the tent he even wobbles with position 11 and listens to the communication on the radio his team led by his spotter Frank having dinner with Halligan you need to regroup, they said you are running too much, you are giving everything away, you need to work on your line on one and two you're good on three and four but put your head down concentrate on what you're doing and just regroup with the second leg okay good stuff Jamie and great pickup Mike when you saw Ben Rhodes moving surprised to see that.

We've seen it a little bit before but with these engines I didn't expect to see it turning less RPO but you could see both listen to that I'm a little surprised because the pace hasn't dropped much if I slowed down a second and a half or something like that, maybe, but I'm really surprised they can change and how about that Jamie report with the team telling Ben to calm down? You're going too hard, why as a driver? you fall into that mode, well if you go too deep you won't be able to get to the center of the corner and in Phoenix the exit of these corners is very important, do a long sweep at exit two here and you really need to do it.

Being able to ease off the throttle early so far, when looking at the lap times, this change is not paying off. I don't see any increase in your lap times, it's very toxic for the engine and also difficult to drive with one hand on the start. trying to put that power down yeah as well as a transmission there's no transmission cooler built into these transmissions for these trucks there's the battle up front Zane Smith you're riding on board with him and that's the race leader , John Hunter Nemechek, who just arrived. ahead of him, but Zane has really cut into John Hunter's lead, it was about seven tenths at its biggest and now it's down to about four tenths, getting ready to go way down, yeah, the traffic, look at all the traffic, John Hunter said, well, me.

Guys, stay on the track and I'll use this other part down here. John Hunter cuts himself off, he couldn't get past anyone, yeah, he has to get off the gas and Zane is right on his bumper. He got in front of John Hunter and cut off his momentum and here comes Zane challenging for the lead. Now Zane had a very good second lap with John Hunter dealing with traffic, there were still more trucks ahead to deal with Steve Thompson on 40. in that blue. blue and white truck side by side to take the lead here, three wides for Khalid for a second with Chris Hacker up on the outside of the 43.

He spins down the lap, demonic control able to keep Zane at bay for the moment , but they are next to each other. to lead they might be able to use this 40 truck for a pick if you need to get on board here with Zane hear he's not changing we've been looking at all the imports no one is changing except Ben Rhodes right now from 10 to go in the stage two, Neiman controls holding, oh, a little loose for John Hunter, since you saw Zane holding back a little. I love the options that these drivers have, especially there in one and two, they can go down one lane below the yellow. line or maybe two or three lanes below the yellow line.

We'll keep it side by side for you, you won't miss a lap as we near the end of stage two with John Hunter Nemechek on the foreign front thanks, thanks less we're five to go until stage two here in the Phoenix Championship race for the Camping World Truck Series as Zayn Smith pulls up alongside John Hunter Nemechek in a battle for the lead Austin Wayne South the lagging car a lap truck right in front of him Zane Smith's truck is It's so good in one and two men who is looking to do what that other Smith kid did a year ago: sweep both stages and then take the race.

He has a lot of work ahead of him. John Hunter is really strong. Plus, you know, these two measure each other up. There are only three laps left in the second stage, look how tight Phil is able to keep it out of the corner, he drives very low and Johnny Hunter will come chasing him and you may ask why he is trying so hard here, obviously the stage points are not they matter. but he can choose who goes first and gets to Pit Road first and that can allow him to leave Pit Road first and have to choose first.

His first stop wasn't so easy. We saw problems on the right front because of how tight the fender was. to the tire that he has to make the pit crew wonder what's going to happen this time and I think we'll see the same thing. I don't see how that's going to be solved while they're side by side with just a couple of laps to go. here on stage two continuing to fight for the lead Zane Smith one of our Championship four in that orange and white 38 John Hunter Nemechek has him fighting for the win and that's Haley Deegan in that truck right in front of him trying to stay on the lap leader needs to turn around a few times here to avoid going to lapdale, it's not going to happen since Zane just breaks thebackground, which will cost Carson, our host, a free pass.

Haley is now in a position to get it for free. He passed Zane Smith's truck so well that he led 46 laps tonight in the first stage and has certainly been the best of the championship four to this point, looking for that green and white checkered flag in turn four, two stages in the books and Zane Smith won. In both he won the poll earlier this afternoon and has been taking care of business since stage one and stage two and last time he swept both stages he also won the race at Circuit of the Americas and was already thinking about that pit stop.

You talked about Phil, get me in front of them, it was a lot of work for Zane Smith to get to that stage and win the championship trophy at stake. Zane Smith has been the class of the field so far. Can Chandler hang out? Majeski. Ben Rhodes. give Zane a race in the final stage Zane Smith has led more than half the laps, won stage one and won stage two preparing for the pit stops here at the end of this second stage, race for the championship of the Camping World Truck Series presented by the blue emu Here are the times on the first round of pit stops.

Chandler Smith was the fastest and we saw roads on Smith. Zane Smith with some issues on the right front in his previous stops. Let's see if they are a little softer this time. Jamie Howe and Ben Rhodes are already in it. Box, his biggest complaint was that he can't get to the end of the track. He said it's too much to go through. The entrance to the cinema is good, but that's why it can't pass. Josh, Chandler Smith's 18, says no. He needs more right rear grip, he said at the end of stage one. He also lacks some front spin.

Danny Stockman says let's stiffen the rear end and we should fix everything. JB James is so happy with this truck now that I just have to squeal at Chris Lawson. you do anything, he said yes, air pressure, we have to stay forward, be good at the end of the long run and get to the end, a long stop, a long stop on the left front for Zane Smith, they did it in '66 at once. on Jeske they went too far on that first stop, now he's tense, he didn't move much on that last run, air pressure here to help him, well you heard Zayn Smith tell his team on the radio right before this stop, just get me out .

Up front, well, it didn't work out that way, they lost three places. Nema looks ahead again as we return for the final stage in pit 99 with crew chief Rich Lushes Rich finished 10th there in the second stage, what are you saying to Ben? To start the third stage we had to work on a truck, we weren't very good there on that stage so we worked to try to improve a little bit and there's only 55 laps left so it's all up to him. Now what adjustments did you make? there on Pit Road? We were really tight, so we loosened it up a little bit.

Look what we have driver's planes. There is always complacency. The driver who is rich and delicious. Ben Rhodes' 99 crew chief. Thank you. He has changed. the appearance of him over the years, but he is still a beauty that not many have known other than tonight, this season has come to tonight for the first time in this career. Zayn Smith is not the leader of the champion chip for that honor to which he belongs. Chandler Smith, another slow pit stop for 38. How about Ben Rhodes' 99? Jamie Howe, it's better. The pit stop bumped him up to sixth, but during the caution period, his crew chief, Bridge Lucius, brought up an issue you guys were talking about.

It was the movement he was making behind the wheel, listen to this. I haven't noticed anyone else in front of us telling you that he was going as hard as he could, that restaurant, for what it's worth, coffee, I just want to leave you. you know what we're learning here always communicating what you see in the bed and on the roof in relation to what the driver is doing in the seat final stage underway Nema check on the outside Chandler Smith on the inside watch him stack another KB of truck and that 51 Corey oh right there too and around gozakis caution is out it's been a rough night for Christian Eckers and then 98 cam talked about previous events about how these reboots are so crazy and they're just going to get people more crazy starts pushing harder and harder, really curious to see where these guys were running when the caution plan was shown on the previous loop, we were about six wide there in the first quarter, come on Duggar, oh wow, the feeling country music star Tim Duggar in the back. there and he is preparing to be released.

I'm afraid Christian better go to Pit Road and secure it, tape Tim up, that goes there, about number 12. Did you see right in the middle that the 16th of the bankruptcy was left? against him again it was six wides fighting for space, it's hard to blame the surface, I mean it's just a product of these restarts and how wide this track is. Progressive these truckers are, it's surprising no one else has gotten caught up in that. As tight as they are running here, take a look at this, right here, the contact goes into Stewart's backside, who freezes for just a second.

Jack Wood goes to the outside while trying to avoid Colby Howard's 91 just after lap 100. Mark and under caution for christianeckis Chandler Smith's damaged truck, the leader's yellow flag is out, which means we're getting ready to schedule another restart here in Phoenix and if anyone has watched a race in Phoenix, we already knew coming in today that the restarts were going to get so crazy that the drivers were specifically preparing to take advantage of the restarts here during this race. I caught up with defending champion Ben Rhodes at media day two days ago. Let's get into the mindset of a driver approaching that restart zone. here at Phoenix Raceway this is you have to decide in or out here and you don't know which line will take off better depending on who is in front of you.

I mean, that makes a big difference, the initial launch at Phoenix is ​​very important, I would say more important than most race tracks because at most tracks people will tend to follow you and push you to a certain point. Well, our restart zone here is very close to the actual start finish line, so the launch is very important and as soon as possible. When you throw, you can go out, you don't actually have to push the person in front of you, so it is very important to choose the inside or outside lane so you know that taking shortcuts on the court is very important or if we are going to try rip the top on one and two to get a good launch on the back stretch and this year especially they are removing that resin that they put in the top groove so I'm going to say that.

People will tend to love those at the bottom. I don't know if those at the top will be as dominant as they have been in previous years. I was homeless and he was bad. He put my life back on the right path. They got me everything I needed for a home and they helped you not only get off the street but they helped you start living a real life we ​​come here together we leave here together we are all family and that is why at Fox Sports we are doing camouflage our cause this Veterans Day in support of the US Veterans Honor Campaign, so post wearing your camo on social media with the hashtag honorus vets and visit usvets.org.

Fox wants to donate and learn how he can help end veteran homelessness. Thank you to all the veterans who serve this great country of ours, beautiful scene here. In Phoenix, beautiful night, Vince, in fact, there are less than 50 left to determine our champion under caution with the problem of Christian's accusation. I had some contact and against the wall is a foreign streak of five consecutive top ten, as you can see, the damage that is being done. or being repaired trying to be repaired looks like they have Tim Duggar taped up there on the back hood they're worried about Timmy and you Phil, there's the Toyota Kubota we talked about pit stops and here are the times on those last stops, the roads were Not the fastest of the group, Zane Smith lost three positions and you see why remember Ben Rhodes was the slowest stop in the first round and the best to stop this time, okay guys from kbm, but obviously they see Chandler Smith's 16.6 pit stop.

Neiman controls Corey Himes also quickly because they came out of Pit Road one two three Carson hosovar by the way, with that caution to get the free pass, remember how many problems they had on the right front this time, they were able to adapt and adjust. I knew it was going to be tight so you can see the tire changer actually got in there and took that tire off and back on the first time, they weren't expecting that so it was a delay this time they just took it off the place. parking 15 seconds is also a great pit stop for a truck, they just wiped out the competition there and speaking of pit stops, how about this Chandler Smith 18 on the radio dial?

They're watching it tonight. Thanks, hell yeah, okay, it's time. Now, buddy, it's time to get down to business, time to focus here, head on, Danny Stockman, the crew chief, plaster, yeah, calm down, they're going fast on this smooth track, right? and you are in front with the opportunity to win the championship. You have a truck that you think is fast enough to get the job done, they've modified it, they've worked on it, this is the truck that Chandler Smith won this race with a year ago and he also won it a couple of times, two of his three wins this season came with this truck at Las Vegas and then most recently at Richmond, he also has some friendly faces around him, John Hunter Nemechek, teammate at his side, just behind him, Corey Heim, another teammate, 38, and I don't think it will be a friendly.

Fixed teammates making it more friendly or it's friendly fire, it's up to Miami. It seemed like teammates knew they were teammates in some of the races we saw and I don't see that much in the truck series. His boys are going to be aggressive. they're all in for the win Chandler Smith at the bottom John Hunter Nema checks out of the restart Russia arrives this time Taylor Gray and the truck involved we talked about it from the beginning Benz Everlasting passes they just get more and they're more aggressive and they don't I'm not at all surprised that they broke down, I mean, they're out of control approaching turn one and Raja got the short end of that deal, that's a lot of averages, you know, you're 6y on it. corner there right after a restart, surprised we don't see it more often.

Taylor Gray made his way into the top ten with another solid race and we see the damage to the truck teams. The teams have a couple of time series in their pits but they don't need games, they have enough gas to go all the way so I don't think they need tires yet, there haven't been that many green flag laps, yeah I agree , I think so. I need to do at least another 20 laps or so until the green flag collapse. Watch Stuart freeze the 52 truck that's in a circle right there, that's Taylor Gray's 17 right in front of him, let's see if they make contact, get off at this corner, oh, he looked like family.

Lane rigs, yeah, in turn got Raja Garuth over and that seven truck was doing an amazing job again. Stewart came close, but I don't think he made it, he could have made a little contact, but I don't think he was the cause of the incident, I don't know how close the 66th, the 99th and the 38th were, which were the three just ahead of that contact and I don't think Riggs knew they had necessarily lost their momentum soon enough to avoid running back. of the 17. You know, the 17 obviously slowed down dramatically there, Riggs with a lot of damage, a difficult brake for all these competitors.

Raja was having a great race just outside the top ten or possibly working his way to the bottom of the top ten and three drivers. I think you'll be hearing a lot more about the truck series in the coming years. Lane platforms have been impressive with limited starts. This is only his third career start and Taylor Gray will be racing full time next season and of course Raja Carruth got a bright future ahead of the three of them, yes Raja will be racing tomorrow for the Team Alpha Prime team . Tommy Joe Martin's team, we had one caution per incident in the first 99 laps and they had two in the next seven, and that shows that he cautions, big cautions, and then when you go Six Wide, you're more likely to have one too.

They're going to give up the ghost here for the seventh truck, like that truck doesn't work full time, but it always shows up with some Speed ​​when he does well in Bono Manion is the reason he always prepares a very good machine and Raja and all the drivers who have driven the seven this season have had speed. I could contact you there as well, there is the architect team that has been very fast for the last four or five years here in the truck series championship with the red Moffett. NoI agree that we will see some activity on Pit Road.

I mean, the four competitors for this championship are very close while we have a warning, we are going to take a break and we will return to Phoenix thank you getting ready to be green again here in the final stage of the Camping World Truck championship race Series John Hunter Nemechek restarting from the inside and championship contender Chandler Smith on the outside of the front row, the four championship contenders, all in the top seven, watch Zane Smith, he will have the option to drop very low here from the inside behind Nemechek. Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes, right behind Nemechek on the inside, and he goes. to get there Phil now if everyone can make three wides for the lead Zane at the bottom Chandler up top leaves a control in the middle what a great move by Zayn Smith Chandler's fight although Chandler Smith defiantly crosses for the lead but Zayn Smith is going to hold on , what a restart for Zane Smith, that's just textbook, he took advantage of that low lane, we know the 38 truck likes clean air for most of this race, that he's LED, Chandler Smithson, he won't give up , Taylor, do it too, he said about her. sang on his radio we can't let the 38 have clean air and it does right now two championship contenders ahead Zane Smith, three time winner this season Chandler Smith, three time winner, both looking for their first NASCAR championship and both driving like As hard as they can now for those of you looking for Stuart Friesen.

He was penalized on the restart before this for running off the line below the yellow line at the start. Finish line. You will be penalized at the end of the course. Has returned. to 16th place here you have to stay in line until you cross the start and finish line on a restart and freeze he had stepped off the line here comes John Hunter looking inside Chandler Smith pressuring his teammate look at that response from Taylor when he got freshly fired pressure in turn two, there's Grant with his finger on the yellow truck, fourth in line and then right behind with his finger is the time on Jeske and Ben Rhodes is on the bumper of Majeske.

Zane hasn't been able to get away from Chandler Smith. I saw him take a couple of seconds lead on both stages, not this time, although Taylor is there, it seems like maybe Chandler is a little tight, he keeps me a little to the right, to the outside of that 38 truck in the turn , but I think. was free before, I think Danny Stockman is trying to tune up that truck a little, give it a little more security, Chancellor Smith, that 18 truck will be competing in the Xfinity series for crash racing next season, look who's coming, Tom Majeske, to the inside of Grant on the finger trying to join this battle for the lead, quiet, he didn't have the handle on his truck it was very loose in that first stage, he had a little hole in it, I just couldn't get there to challenge for the lead still tonight finger trying to get fourth place good pace right now you can't get there we're still behind Jeske about half a second back it's been Rose putting our four championship drivers in the top six this is what you expect because in a championship battle like this, the guys go head to head and that's what's going to happen tonight.

James opened the door a little over half a second later. This truck gets better and better the more they run, yeah it was a couple tenths better than before the Chandler gang, a really important part of the track right here, you want to get to the end trying to chronicle the front left down lower than the truck you're trying to pass, get some air into that nose downforce and then hit the gas, maybe try turning one and two. I haven't seen this work much tonight, but it seems to have some good momentum. I think Majeski tried it down there the same way.

Three or four left on the line, he said let me try something different, thinking the bumper might be an option too, look how close he is, can he get there? Oh so close you heard him pedal the gas a little to avoid running into Pickering and toe I think I think I might have to hit him a little he lost a lot of ground there with that dive bomb that didn't work losing contact with our leader just now about two and a half seconds behind, that's going to be hard to make up for. In this truck he's been solid all night, but Chris Lawson, the crew chief there, is second from the right and Barba is the only one of the four contending crew chiefs. for the championship that does not yet have a NASCAR championship.

It's the first year Lawson and Zane Smith have been paired up and they've gotten along not only on the court but off the court as well, they've become very good friends and that's one of the things Zane Smith says he's done. make it nicer that the team is very close to the track makes it even sweeter thank you thank you we can come back this is the moment tonight is the night we will fight until it's over so we raise our hands as if the ceiling couldn't support us like the ceiling couldn't support us, so we raised our hands as if the ceiling couldn't support us.

This is, in fact, the night that the Camping World Truck Series champion is crowned. Zane Smith up front as we watch our recap of the blue emu race. Smith won the first stage and The second stage has led the most laps tonight and has a lead of almost a second over his championship contender, Chandler Smith. The last time he bought he ran 27.83. The fastest lap of the race was turned by Lane Riggs early in 2705. So not even a second. of fall, but Phil, I think if the warning comes out, these crew chiefs will have to make a decision since we are going to Camping World 20 to go to the pits or not, if we are late for a disguise here, we still have 22 trucks in the Lead lap too, you sure don't want to be the only one who comes to Pit Road and starts wading into lap traffic Johnny Sautter, that O2 Majeski just can't get around the 23 on a finger and it's costing Jamie, uh oh .

Shifty, that's exactly what they've been talking about on the radio. Benson time majeski, you know, they've been on both ends, they were too loose early, they adjusted, they went too much to the tight side and now he just can't shake Grant and finger him. They told him that you are as fast as the leaders, you just have to pass the 23rd. What do you do? You have to inflate a little. He has become acceptable these days and look what he did to his tires there that will make him angry. When he lets loose like that, yes, they have memory, don't they?

These tires get a little banged next time buddy I'm trying that means he's trying to hit it look at that look how tight they are I think he's got the momentum moves can't get there that's weird he missed it when you talk of clicking here in 28 seconds or less and you have to pass several laps, a driver who holds you down and prevents you from challenging. the race leaders then, uh, that's very expensive, but Haley Hagan's back is against the wall and that's going to bring up the warning that the major race decision they were talking about had crawled to fence 28 in the last two laps 2805 was the last one remember the At the top of the show we had a green and white Checker shootout.

Sheldon Creed went from ninth place to victory in about a lap, so under those Circ, I mean, in that circumstance you're coming along well, 15 to go, yeah, I'm coming, I think. so I think I'll go. I learned something from my friend Steve Lecard on television. You say I think he would come. Don't say they will because then you accept that you are wrong, but I think he would do it. I think he would do it. Obviously, Chris Lawson is the guy who has a tough decision, he gets to Pit Road and then some of those other guys are just going to do something different because obviously he has the stronger truck all night and they don't feel like they want to.

He may beat him lopsidedly, but he hasn't had the strongest pit crew all night. He lost positions at Pit Road. Big decisions. He lost outside the Box, hitting his guys there. Yes, in my book there are indicators that they will come. You will get a

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of what happened with Haley vegan cut a left front okay there is some damage to the left front she must have had contact before this yes the Goodyear lettering was erased from that tire so obviously she had contact with someone, but a pretty significant contact with the safest outer barrier that he was capable of continuing to drive his truck, such a frustrating end to the season for Haley Deegan, yes, that's terminal damage, that taking that to the garage thing will end, his last departure with that team is that that group will change to Toyota and will be Tricon Garage next year.

Look what happened here tonight, you'll have it in the pits when it's open. I think you'll see everyone do that. So it will be a battle in the pits. Crews, the money stop, Phil, you talked about it in the pre-race. the one that counts, but I think you talked about the execution that these teams were going to need, don't beat yourself up, you don't want a penalty on Pit Road, you don't want to speed up and the crew chiefs have to do that. the call at the right time I think it's probably a no-brainer at this point for this particular decision, but those guys that go over the wall, I mean, that's where you really come to understand what a team sport is, it's the guy who wins the battle. off Pit Road I could win a championship because of it, no fuel, no fuel, no fuel, no fuel and delivering on Pit Road, there's a long line going down and we're going to start with Jamie Howe and it's going to be Ben Rhodes who's going to make the first call of the.

To get into the pits, Lane slipped it a little bit, but he told the guys that we needed exactly what we had last time. It was a 15-second pit stop. He still wasn't happy with the truck. He said he was just going through the center. Josh, yes. The problem for 18 is trying to track down 38. He said he just needs more momentum. He'll be able to catch it, so we'll try to help him right here on this pit stop. I remember the last time Zane Smith hit. They had a long stop, they lost three positions, they talked a lot and encouraged the team, come on guys, we have this, let's be as good as we have been at the beginning of the race, their selection team has been impeccable, one of the best in the race. two weeks ago they did it again, they just need some clean air and the right adjustments, as you see the great game of Ben Rhodes there, Ben, well, Rhodes, the only one in the championship on the right side, only only four tires, yeah, but look, the good news is all the trucks are lined up behind the back roads on two tires too, giving him a bit of a gap from Chandler Smith, could that be enough to get him halfway the roads to Victory Lane?

It will certainly give him the lead and he could pull away from these guys. I think it was a great goal by Rich Lucius because he hasn't had the speed to compete with those other guys if he does the same thing they do. I don't think, I don't think you can realistically expect a different outcome, you know? that's what he expected just what happened, he was going to get two, he knew that was his only play, like you said Phil, his only chance to win this race, so he just prayed that others would support him too much so he could have that gap .

I think a couple of trucks might have been left outside. I saw Carson. It seemed to everyone that Stuart Friesen may have been left out. Maybe Carson Ozovar too. Yeah, I think you heard Rich Lucius say to Ben Rhodes. He's fine, buddy, it's all up to you now. That's exactly it. Right, Phil Friesen and Hosmar will block that front row. I think Ben Rhodes will go with the bottom of the interior to try to open it all the way up in the truck series since Matt Crafton in 13 and 14, Crafton's first two. three more titles in '99 with Rhodes and Jamie Howe the other thing they have adjusted now is the communication that Ben is receiving on the radio, he said: I don't want to listen to my lap times anymore, it doesn't matter anymore, the only thing I want is for you to tell me which one It's the difference with the boy behind me.

I don't want any other information, no need to focus on other conversations, no distractions. You see those two tires and only 8.4 seconds on Pit Road, while Chandler Smith's time on Jeske Zane. Smith took four. I'll tell you who has had a lot of pace. We saw him get a penalty for a restart violation. Stewart Precinct. He was able to drive to the top 10 after that penalty, that's where he goes. I'll take the ending, but will he be a sitting duck with all those tires behind him? Obviously, most of ours follow the same strategy. They both put it back on lap number 94.

But there are a lot of new tires behind these two guys. Mike, the roads will start on the inside of row 2. I like that one called Ben Rhodes, you know those four, those tight, those tires on the right side should have a little more grip possibly than Stewart Frieza and he can jump well towards the inside and you made the point clear and Mike has said it, you know Rhodes hasn't. He didn't have the rhythm that the other three had, he had to do something different or he wasn't going tobe in a position to even have a chance to win and what about rich Lucius all year long?

He has been abandoned in that box going crazy. calls that have worked for him, what if this is how they won the championship with another great Rich Lucius? He calls that Toyota Kubota when they take the green flag, it's 10 laps to go, who you gonna put a full catbird seat in, oh me? I don't know, that's your job now I know, I just don't know Stuart Friesen has one here before Carson Hosovar on the outside of the front row has never won in the series Ben Rhodes trying to go back to back the roads jumped to the platform the race track, new tires don't seem to do anything for them, but they freeze and still stay off the roads.

The roads slide into that second spot ahead of hosobar, but Friesen is out front and here comes four wide with Zane Smith on the inside. everyone hold on, I was able to pass Chandler Smith at least for the moment Taylor is charging through the middle again to take the lead Ben Rhodes putting pressure on Stuart Friesen, he needs to clear the icing and Phil, if you can avoid the icing on those tires, look at my jet. ski, let's look at my jet ski right here, the photo is in third place, right behind Rhodes and macheski has the four tires, how about Zane Smith now in fourth place with those four new tires and he comes and Jessica had to back up a bit? the four championship contenders are running right behind Stewart Friesen second third fourth fifth Stuart friesen has been doing it on these older tires Rhodes trying to keep majeski at bay and at the same time get enough speed to pass Stuart Friesen, our four of the championship running second third fourth and fifth right now, good start for the road, you can see he's going to go down the inside of Friesen and I know he's going to hug this bottom and try to clear Stewart Friesen by pushing up and free and uh, roads on the inside trying to get him out of position, he's got him, Rhodes in the lead, okay, here comes Zane, he took over my jet skis that are going after freezing now and he's going to clear it.

Zane Smith in second place and macheski pushing to freeze for third place with Chandler Smith right there, they fall for the championship contenders right in the mix Zane Smith wins this race it's that wide four move into turn three that will be the key. He could play it, he tried it and made it work. The roads held their own against Zane Smith, making it five to go with a championship on the way. line I'm in our championship four guys first second third fourth right now that's how it should be they're going to figure it out at the front Ben Rhodes is doing a great job Rhodes used two tires on that last stop to get there he's in position to take this lead Zane Smith Ty majeske Chandler Smith is on four tires but now Rhodes is able to hold him off but how long is Zane going to take the shortcut he got there too but Ben spikes hard into turn one Here comes Chandler and majeski majeski finished oh there's a whole side majeske is going to turn around and the yellow flag is out oh heartbreaking for the weather at Jeske and I think maybe for Ben Rhodes too I don't think Ben Rhodes would want another restart Michael okay guys majeski was that them?

We're leaning towards Cinderella's season coming to an end without a time championship in Jeske and Majeski was warming up Zane and I think that would give Ben Rhodes enough Gap to escape. Look, Ben had run a pretty good spot and if Jeske just hangs on to him, I don't know, they'll get to Ben, but he turns around and we'll put him back on and try again. Chandler will have to work overtime to get to him. the bottom and for Zane, obviously with a contact to keep the truck in a straight line, look at him for the Vista of majesky just going for it giving everything he had, oh what a horrible feeling when you realize that you has let go, without a doubt We will not be able to save him.

Macheski came into this race having won two of the last three. He really had the momentum that made him a favorite for the championship, as Vincent didn't look like Zayn had the pace in that corner that allowed Majeski. reaching it that was exactly what Ben Rhodes wanted to see in his mirror until that truck turned around. You remember Zane Smith is second, that's where he finished the championship the last two years since Rhodes' 99, no retaliation for that. from the team was yes you can, you've been doing it, the radio went silent very quickly from Ben Rhodes, remember he changed his mindset coming into the season and throughout the season he's now running from smarter way, you are understanding the whole situation sooner.

He goes through the motions, that's what we've seen him do all night, he's taking note of what's going on around him, what he sees from the other trucks and he's trying to adjust the end result to where you want to be right. Yes, but what about Zane Smith? Does he start next to the roads? Yeah, on the front row, I think we've seen that constantly, but does that make Chandler Smith the best position because it'll put him right behind Ben Rhodes with those four tires and he can also back up maybe a quarter of a half truck to achieve the launch you will need to reach the bottom.

I'd be surprised if we're not too wide to lead this race into turns one and two and he'll be among the three championship contenders still in the mix, but you saw Jeske on Pit Road fixing some damage. Look at this amazing look. on that width and Zane, bouncing off other trucks, makes that pass that was the one that kept trying to win this race, yes, he was here, Chandler Smith, side by side, so it could have been disastrous for both of them and, Instead, they now find themselves with a chance to win the championship, it's NASCAR overtime and if you're not familiar with the rules, we'll take the green flag and it's basically a two-lap shootout, if the leader comes back to get the white flag, then the next flag, either the yellow ones or the checkers would finish the race, but if the leader does not take the white ones before the yellow flag comes out, puts them back and does it again, no that, there is no guarantee that we reach the White Flag without another yellow flag. plays, it could be NASCAR double overtime, the way the championship race should play out, it's a shootout at the finish line between the championship contenders, the pit calls over the course of this season that that Ben Rhodes 99 team has named crew chief Rich Lucius.

There he notices the Pitbull. I think those are those decisions throughout the season, it's the reason why Ben even in this position took risks, got stage points, did things out of the ordinary, things that other competitors didn't do, he did it again tonight . the only one of our championship four who uses two tires and can taste victory if he can lap this track twice and, by the way, the reason why he came into the championship by one point over Stuart's trio by one point always It seems to find a way, don't you hear that they are coming to the Jewish roads?

Take the background, oh, Zane take the background too. Chandler Smith is going to go to the top, that's through Chandler's curveball and he says, "I'm going right behind Ben Rhodes and him." I had to get to the top quickly, that was a great move by Chandler to get there. Zane feels like he can get to the bottom of it if I'm Ben Rhodes. I'm not going to let anyone below me have to get there faster than him maybe make jeske's time in a pretty good spot down there in 20th because these three I got it right, do it, do it, do it, Ben Rhodes on that 99, as mentioned, last year's series champion trying to get back Chandler Smith on the outside of row one trying to win his first championship will drive for cramps next year in the Xfinity Series Zane Smith on the inside two runners-up in the championship each of the last two years I feel like I'm at Talladega I'm doing the broadcast, you're not nervous.

I always wonder what will happen. I don't know how these drivers are handling the teams, but I'm very nervous here to see who is able to achieve this in the championship. line roads Chandler Smith Zane Smith the green is out NASCAR overtime for the title here he goes Zane got there first Smith on the inside Rhodes being squeezed in the middle and Chandler Smith on the outside Saint Smith took the lead Chandler trying to cross Taylor Get there Vince Smith in that truck 18 get out from under it will slide up and this can open the door to the Rhodes roads coming and the white flag is on the last lap throws a blanket over the three for the championship Zane Smith has it but Chandler Smith on the inside, taking a look, this road is on the outside on the backstretch, says Smith, the runner-up each of the last two years, can Rhodes get to the bumper and move it, the championship goes to Zane Smith, oh man, that's good.

It's just that wow, it's Saturday, but what an ending, what an ending. Crew chief Chris Lawson didn't hesitate, he took it to Pit Road on lap 137, there it is, there he put four tires on that truck a year ago after this race he didn't even know about. If he had a job he didn't have a job he had no idea where he would race in 2022 and this was the team that gave him a chance and he has delivered. How about a Dream Season Vince when Daytona starts the season? head to phoenix win it to win the championship in style yeah what a way to reward bob jenkins and world class motorsports thanks good job josh 23 year old from huntington beach california had some friends and family from the coast here to watch him run and what. a show you watched tonight has been sad all week maybe three times like charm third time in the championship four runner up the first two times true Jamie Little is with Chris Lawson, the winning crew chief and Chris, the shape of the winning card, receiving hugs everywhere. and Chris, I saw you during this whole race, you weren't going up and down this pit box like 10 times, what are the emotions right now?

Your first appearance and now you are a champion. I have to say that's it, Zane. I mean, we put tires on him and let him do what Zane does and that's what he did, so it's just incredible, it's incredible for this team for Bob Jenkins. MRC Speedco records everyone who supported this team all year, who believed in this kid, believed in Bob. Jenkins, I mean, it's fantastic, there's a lot of love in this whole team, get up there and go celebrate with your guys, thank you, you know, Zane Smith said when asked what's different this time, the third time versus the first. two years, and he said that he simply had more fun this year and for that reason he feels more comfortable, looser.

Well, I'll tell you what couldn't be funnier than the scene. Can you, yes? Runner-up in the championship in consecutive years and third. time is the charm for Zayn Smith Josh Sims is down with the winner yeah dude we finally got one together baby is a champ as he celebrates with the team and we saw last year Zane we were here with you when you ended up in second place. On another occasion, as he continues to celebrate with his fiancée right now, but saying that I interviewed you last year, you sat there, looked up at the stands, and talked about how that was one of the lowest moments of your career with all that going on. mind.

Feel like a champion now, oh my God, the third time is the charm. I want this more than anyone in the world. No, I don't care what they say. Thank you all racing fans, my whole team, oh my god, they were crying. full circle oh my god thank you MRC build Mike owl that's such a special paint scheme so many people in your life impacted part of my life that I met that meant a lot to me Chris Lawson Dylan Cappello Kyle Moon Evan Randy Bill Josh Williams I've never heard you so excited , but I love you very much.

OMG, my fiancée McCall stuck with me with all the brutal moments. I have wanted this championship for so long. I have learned this at this point my entire life. Thank you all, that's all. I have Zane, can you help me during that final reset? What did it take to regain the lead and what was going through your mind in that final laugh? I just wasn't going to let things go on like this. I was just gutted or or I was winning this, there's no other option Zane, we talked about you being the running back the last two seasons, coming to Front Row, what was different this year and this team that allowed you to do it last year. and last year we showed a lot of speed and we should have won a lot more races than we did, but Bob Jenkins is the only reason I'm here now and without him none of this would be possible and he, when I came here, everything What I cared about was the guys that were on this team and I had seen their work ethic and I have seen the effort they put in and I know that they love it as much as I do and I didn't care what the trucks looked at.

It seemed like all I knew was that his work ethic was there and that we could make a championship with this runner-up team the last two seasons, but now Zane Smith is a champion. Jamie, whatvery different emotion we hear on Ben Rhodes' face? Rich Lucius on the radio telling you after that two tire pit stop this about you, what could you have done differently? uh I don't know two tires versus four, that was the name of the game, you know we didn't have the pace all night, we needed to be up there and compete, so it was a big decision by my crew chief.

In the end, we just didn't need that last yellow flag. I think we could have held him off for the last few laps. I was giving them all the dirty air I could handle and I think we were going to be fine, so caution caught up with us. I did my best on the restart to try and make a jump but with two tires versus four I just didn't have the grip I needed and I tried to keep it away as best I could and I threw a move at them at the end and I just didn't have enough grip to to hold up so overall I'm proud of my Kubota Toyota Tundra team Northport Racing we didn't have the pace but we got there and you know that's what matters in the end we just have to get back to the task and yeah second place no It's fun, I'll continue on my way.

All the way back to Kentucky, you were in the fight for the championship, the final four this weekend thanks to the points, you only had one race, the first of the season, what do you take away from this year that you Will it help prepare you for 2023? Well, we just fight. fight, fight, whatever happens and I'm already clear on that, so we just have to find a little more speed and, you know, get the consistency when it matters throughout the regular season that would help make our playoffs a little easier, maybe spend a little more. time, uh, that would allow us to spend more time focusing on maybe some R&D or a few things, but for the most part, again, I'm proud of the fight because we have the tenacity and the courage to be able to live up to it when we need it. but I would like to not be in trouble all the time, have Rose finish second in this year's events.

Rhodes always seems to find a way and they found a way again tonight to be in the mix. I'm glad to hear you say that Vince was me. thinking the same thing, it's just that he's a fighter and he does a great job, it's a great combination, they did so many special things this year together and they had it, they got to prove it tonight, they were so close after fighting for everything. Throughout the night, a pit call put him in position to be Champion. I think it's more than likely that for most of the night they were the fourth of the fourth playoff drivers who cautioned late, well, it ended their best chance to win, but it set the stage for Zane Smith to grab that flag and celebrate. his first championship