Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Dead On Tools 200

Darlington Raceway

May 6th, 2022

Race #7 of the 2022 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 147
- Extended to 149 laps
Miles Raced : 203.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 13 minutes 17 seconds
Average Speed: 91.625 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.552 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 54
Lead Changes: 16
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 24 (67%)

John Hunter Nemechek celebrates with the checkered flag — Darlington, South Carolina - May 6th, 2022: John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Dead on Tools 200 at Darlington Raceway. Photo by Emilee Chinn | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	4	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	51	40	11	5	149	69	4	6	5	Running
2	6	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	53	35	18	1	149	9	2	3	1	Running
3	3	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	48	34	14	0	149	1	1	4	4	Running
4	2	66	Ty Majeski	Toyota	33	33	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
5	7	88	Matt Crafton	Toyota	38	32	6	0	149	0	0	9	7	Running
6	9	75	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	49	31	18	1	149	9	1	1	3	Running
7	13	17	Ryan Preece	Ford	33	30	3	0	149	0	0	0	8	Running
8	4	38	Zane Smith	Ford	29	29	0	0	149	9	1	0	0	Running
9	12	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	28	28	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
10	18	62	Todd Bodine	Toyota	27	27	0	0	149	3	1	0	0	Running
11	8	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
12	23	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	26	25	1	0	149	0	0	10	0	Running
13	19	91	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	149	1	1	0	0	Running
14	16	2	Jesse Little	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
15	33	40	Dean Thompson	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
16	24	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	21	21	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
17	11	98	Christian Eckes	Toyota	25	20	5	0	149	2	2	0	6	Running
18	20	24	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
19	14	19	Derek Kraus	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
20	26	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
21	28	18	Chandler Smith	Toyota	23	16	7	0	149	0	0	5	10	Running
22	29	20	Danny Bohn	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
23	5	51	Corey Heim	Toyota	14	14	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
24	32	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	Running
25	15	99	Ben Rhodes	Toyota	17	12	5	0	148	0	0	8	9	Running
26	10	41	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	148	46	4	2	2	Running
27	31	22	Austin Wayne Self	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	Running
28	36	33	Josh Reaume	Toyota	9	9	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	Running
29	25	1	Hailie Deegan	Ford	8	8	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Accident
30	27	46	Brennan Poole	Ford	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
31	30	9	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	34	30	Tate Fogleman	Toyota	5	5	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	21	44	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	105	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	17	15	Tanner Gray	Ford	7	3	4	0	98	0	0	7	0	Accident
35	22	61	Chase Purdy	Toyota	2	2	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	35	43	Akinori Ogata	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Dead On Tools 200 at Darlington Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Tate Fogleman	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Reaume	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	7	12	Yellow
Akinori Ogata	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	8	12	Yellow
Akinori Ogata	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	8	12	Yellow
Derek Kraus	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	9	12	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	21	24	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Unspecified Equpiment over the wall too soon	Tail End	48	54	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Improper fueling	Tail End	48	54	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	58	62	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	74	78	Yellow
Kris Wright	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	74	78	Yellow
Austin Wayne Self	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	98	105	Yellow
Tanner Gray	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	98	0	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	98	105	Yellow
Kris Wright	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	105	Yellow
Jack Wood	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	105	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	117	121	Yellow
Corey Heim	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	117	121	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	119	121	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	142	147	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	143	147	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Darlington Raceway
3rd Annual Dead on Tools 200
Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
Age: 24
Team: No. 4 - Mobil 1 Toyota
Owner: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Crew Chief: Eric Phillips
John Hunter Nemechek won the 3rd Annual Dead on Tools 200, his 12th victory in 131 Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-five finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Darlington Raceway.
Carson Hocevar (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Darlington Raceway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
Grant Enfinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Darlington Raceway.
Dean Thompson (15th) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

John Hunter Nemechek completes unfinished business with Darlington win

May 6th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

The fastest truck won Friday’s Dead On Tools 200 at Darlington Raceway, but not without much ado between the green flag and the checkers.

Pole winner John Hunter Nemechek fought through 10 cautions, an extra pit stop to tighten a loose wheel and a overtime restart to post his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season, holding off hard-luck Carson Hocevar by .552 seconds in the two-lap shootout to the finish.

“Just a huge shoutout to all the guys that work on this No. 4 KBM Toyota Tundra,” Nemechek said after spinning his truck like a dervish in a celebratory burnout on the frontstretch.

“I thought we gave it away early, honestly, and we were able to rebound and battle back. I learned a lot tonight. I was finally able to bring home the first win of the year.”

Runner-up last fall at Darlington in a race he thought he should have won, Nemechek led a race-high 69 laps in triumphing for the first time at the Lady in Black and the 12th time in his career. In winning the pole earlier in the day, he was .432 seconds faster than second-place qualifier Ty Majeski.

Clearly, Nemechek had the speed, but his victory was by no means assured after he brought his truck to pit road under caution for a second time on Lap 61 to remedy a loose left-front wheel. That left Nemechek 26th for a restart on Lap 63, but by the end of Stage 2 on Lap 90 he had climbed back to fifth in the running order.

On Lap 123, he passed Christian Eckes for the lead and held it the rest of the way, through the two final cautions and the overtime.

Hocevar was the victor in Stage 2—the first stage win of his career—but he lost ground on pit road under caution for the stage break and ultimately recovered to restart side-by-side with Nemechek in the overtime.

Nemechek had the advantage of the outside lane for the final two laps and pulled away to win by the half-second margin.

“A lot of emotions,” said Hocevar, who ran a close second to Ben Rhodes in the previous race on Bristol Dirt. “I was freaking out for a second. I had an electrical issue, and every once in a while it would stumble, and it flat out shut off in the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2 coming to the white (flag)…

“The 4 truck (Nemechek) was really good. I was hoping I maybe could have got him. I would have done a lot into (Turns) 3 and 4. I was better than him in 1 and 2. He was better than me in 3 and 4, but I could have done a lot—just like every race car driver, right? But close once again. Hopefully, we’ll be one spot better next week.”

Grant Enfinger was third, followed by Majeski, Stage 1 winner Parker Kilgerman, Ryan Preece, Zane Smith and Tyler Ankrum.

Fifty-eight-year-old Todd Bodine, making his 796th NASCAR national series start en route to 800, came home ninth, posting his first top 10 since 2012, followed by Matt DiBenedetto in 10^th.