Race Lineup : Nashville Superspeedway

• Nashville Superspeedway
• 2nd Annual Rackley Roofing 200
• Pole Winner: Ryan Preece
• Age: 31
• Team : No. 17 - Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
• Owner: David Gilliland Racing
• Crew Chief: Seth Smith
• Ryan Preece won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Rackley Roofing 200 with a lap of 29.753 seconds, 160.925 mph.
• This is his first pole in eight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
• This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2022.
• This is his first pole in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Zane Smith (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Carson Hocevar (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his ninth in 14 races this season.
• Corey Heim (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

• Friday, June 24th, 2022
• NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer

Ryan Preece holds off Zane Smith to defend NASCAR Truck Series win at Nashville

His tires chattering with age over the final few laps, Ryan Preece held off charging Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar to win Friday night’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.

The victory was the second straight for David Gilliland Racing, after Todd Gilliland won last Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on dirt at Knoxville Raceway in the No. 17 Ford, the same number Preece drove on Friday.

The win was an encore performance for Preece, who scored his first Truck Series victory in last year’s Nashville race. A part-time utility player in the Ford camp this season, Preece triumphed for the second time in his eighth career start.

In addition to the traditional guitar trophy, Preece also earned a $50,000 bonus for winning the second event in the NCWTS Triple Truck Challenge.

“We got a second guitar—I may have to start a band!” Preece exulted after climbing from his truck. “These guys (in the shop) work their tails off, and I know what it takes to win races. They give me phenomenal race cars. I’m just proud to be the one holding the steering wheel.”

Preece took control of the race in the second stage, passing Smith for the lead on Lap 74. After winning the stage, which ended on Lap 95, Preece forged a comfortable lead before the trucks of Grant Enfinger, Corey Heim, Matt DiBenedetto and Ty Majeski hurtled into Turn 3 four-wide.

Contact between Heim and DiBenedetto ignited a bone-jarring wreck that ended the race for Enfinger, Heim and DiBenedetto. Majeski escaped without damage and rallied to finish fourth behind Preece, Smith and Hocevar.

“It was the end of the race, and everybody went crazy, just like always in these truck races,” Enfinger said.

Preece got the jump on the subsequent restart on Lap 135 of 150, but the green-flag action was short-lived. Moments after the restart, contact from Max Gutierrez’s Chevrolet sent Hailie Deegan’s Ford sliding into the outside wall.

On the restart with 10 laps left, Preece once again forged ahead, but both Smith and Hocevar closed dramatically with three laps left, forcing Preece to play defense.

“It was a little closer than I wanted it to be,” Preece said. “Just old tires, the heat cycles. They were chattering. I had clean air, and I put as much dirty air on him (Smith) as possible. I wasn’t going to give it up.”

Stewart Friesen finished fifth, followed by Christian Eckes, Tyler Ankrum, Gutierrez, Johns Hunter Nemechek and Matt Crafton.

Smith took the series lead by 21 points over Nemechek.

• Drivers Entered: 41 (5 drivers will not make the race)
• Laps Scheduled: 150
• Margin of Victory: 0.507 Seconds
• Time of Race: 1 Hours 56 Minutes 32 Seconds
• Average Speed: 102.717
• Cautions: 8 for 43 laps
• Lead Changes: 7
• Green Flag Passes: 1,264 (11.8 passes per green flag lap)

• Nashville Superspeedway
• 2nd Annual Rackley Roofing 200
• Race Winner: Ryan Preece
• Age: 31
• Team : No. 17 - Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
• Owner: David Gilliland Racing
• Crew Chief: Seth Smith
• Ryan Preece won the 2nd Annual Rackley Roofing 200, his second victory in eight Camping World Truck Series races.
• This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
• This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Zane Smith (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2022.
• Carson Hocevar (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Dean Thompson (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
• Zane Smith leads the point standings by 21 points over John Hunter Nemechek.