Friesen Dominates Texas Trucks

(FORT WORTH, TX – MAY 20, 2022 – RIS) Stewart Friesen dominated the SpeedyCash.com 220 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 60 of rhe 149 laps run and beating out Christian Eckes by 0.122 second for his third career series victory.

Despite starting last after an unapproved adjustments penalty before the green flag, John Hunter Nemechek advanced more than halfway through the field in less than eight laps.

Chris Hacker had his second spin of the day, looping on lap nine in almost a replay of his earlier spin. After the restart, Nemechek advanced to 11th by the 20th lap of the 147 scheduled laps, then into tenth, around Ben Rhodes, just a lap later, followed by an easy pass on Corey Heim.

Ryan Preece, Stewart Friesen and Nemechek headed the field at the end of the second stage, giving Preece the sweep of the first two stages. Bristol dirt winner Ben Rhodes came in fourth, with Christian Eckes fifth. With traffic getting tight on pit road during the pit stops, Corey Heim got spun on pit road.

Friesen started inside of Nemechek at the restart, with Nemechek easing out to a lead before Preece lost ground with a block on Eckes.

Ty Majeski got a little loose inside of Derek Kraus, sending Kraus into the wall and causing only the second incident yellow. Preece’s team elected to pit to tape up some loose bodywork and Nemechek pitted for fuel, seemingly too early to finish the race without another stop. He pitted after another lap and crew chief Eric Phillips said the truck is only three laps short of making the finish with the fuel on board.

Kris Wright cut his right front tire in contact with Tyler Hill, then slammed into the wall.

Zane Smith got into Chandler Smith, cutting his right front but not causing a caution, then Tyler Ankrum spun in the second turn to bring out another caution leaving about fifteen laps to run after the caution ends.

A spin by eleventh-running Ben Rhodes with six laps left set up an overtime finish. The spin started when Tanner Gray got into the wall slightly, bouncing into Rhodes’ truck and sending the No. 99 into a spin.

Friesen and Eckes led at the restart with Friesen passing for the lead and heading Eckes by nearly an eighth of a second at the checkered flag for his third win in the series. This was the first win for the new Halmar/Friesen team. 

Friesen credited Ryan Preece with the push that shoved him into the lead. Eckes led the second most laps in the race on his way to a second-place finish. John Hunter Nemechek, after winning the pole and sent to the back of the field for race’s start, finished in sixth place.

Unofficial Results: 24th Annual SpeedyCash.com 220, May 20, 2022, Texas Motor Speedway
Fin, St, Driver, Truck, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 3, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 149, 2, 2, 7, 60, 5, 58, Running
2) 4, Christian Eckes, No. 98 AHI Facility Services/Curb Records Toyota, 149, 4, 5, 3, 40, , 48, Running
3) 5, Ryan Preece, No. 17 Morton Buildings Ford, 149, 1, 1, 3, 27, 2, 54, Running
4) 20, Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Sparco Chevrolet, 149, , , 2, 4, , 33, Running
5) 10, Ty Majeski, No. 66 Road Ranger Toyota, 149, 7, 8, , , , 39, Running
6) 1, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 4 Tom Thumb/Albertson's Toyota, 149, 6, 3, 1, 14, , 44, Running
7) 2, Corey Heim #, No. 51 JBL Toyota, 149, 10, 7, 1, 1, , 35, Running
8) 7, Chandler Smith, No. 18 iBuyPower Toyota, 149, 5, , , , , 35, Running
9) 21, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Chi-Chi's/Menards Toyota, 149, , , , , , 28, Running
10) 34, Matt Dibenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 27, Running
11) 11, Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 14, Ross Chastain(i), No. 41 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 149, , 9, , , , 0, Running
13) 24, Todd Bodine, No. 62 Camping World Toyota, 149, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 27, Jordan Anderson, No. 3 Dometic Outdoor Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 31, Bret Holmes, No. 32 Holmes II Excavation Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 17, Jack Wood #, No. 24 Sevwins Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 6, Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Built Ford Tough Ford, 149, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 23, Austin Wayne Self, No. 22 AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 22, Jesse Little, No. 02 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 32, Timmy Hill, No. 56 UNITS Storage Toyota, 149, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 19, Chase Purdy, No. 61 Bama Buggies Toyota, 149, , , 1, 3, , 16, Running
22) 29, Tate Fogleman, No. 30 Rangeline Group Toyota, 149, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 26, Brennan Poole(i), No. 46 G2G Racing Toyota, 149, , , , , , 0, Running
24) 12, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance Ford, 149, , , , , , 13, Running
25) 30, Tyler Hill, No. 5 Hill Motorsports Toyota, 149, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 25, Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 Raceline Chevrolet, 149, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 8, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Tenda Toyota, 148, 8, 4, , , , 20, Running
28) 28, Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Montucky Cold Snacks Chevrolet, 147, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 13, Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 146, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 35, Lawless Alan #, No. 45 MG Machinery LLC Chevrolet, 145, , , , , , 7, Running
31) 36, Chris Hacker, No. 33 Dal Dirt Chevrolet, 143, , , , , , 6, Running
32) 15, Zane Smith, No. 38 Speedy Cash Ford, 143, 3, , , , , 13, Running
33) 18, Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 Toyota Tsusho Toyota, 139, , 10, , , , 5, Overheating
34) 33, Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 139, , , , , , 3, Running
35) 16, Kris Wright, No. 44 America's Auto Auction Chevrolet, 106, , , , , , 2, Accident
36) 9, Derek Kraus, No. 19 NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet, 88, 9, 6, , , , 8, Accident
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Race Time: 1 Hr, 55 Mins, 2 Secs.
Race Length: 149 Laps, 223.5 Miles
Average Speed: 116.575 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.122 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 17, 52, 38, 98, 18, 4, 66, 99, 19, 51
Stage 2 Top 10: 17, 52, 4, 99, 98, 19, 51, 66, 41, 16

Comments: Stewart Friesen has won the SpeedyCash.com  220 at Texas Motor Speedway, his third career victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Prior to the start, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 4, 3, 22, 32, 23, 33 (Unapproved Adjustments), No. 91 (Backup Truck). 

Failed to Qualify: (2) 20 Garrett Smithley(i), 43 Armani Williams.

Cautions: 7 for 36 laps;
Laps: 11-14 (#33 Spin Turn 2 [None]);
37-42 (Stage 1 Conclusion [3]);
72-77 (Stage 2 Conclusion [30]);
87-91 (#19, 66 Incident Turn 2 [45]);
107-111 (#5, 44 Incident Turn 3 [3]);
129-133 (#16, 23 Incident Turn 2 [9]);
143-147 (#15, 99 Incident Backstretch [9]).

Lead Changes: 18 among 7 drivers;
C. Heim # 1;
S. Friesen 2-13;
R. Preece 14-15;
S. Friesen 16-19;
R. Preece 20-37;
S. Friesen 38-65;
R. Preece 66-72;
S. Friesen 73;
J. Nemechek 74-87;
S. Friesen 88-92;
C. Eckes 93-98;
S. Friesen 99-107;
C. Purdy 108-110;
C. Hocevar 111-113;
C. Eckes 114-132;
C. Hocevar 133;
C. Eckes 134-148;
S. Friesen 149.

Cometic Gasket Pole Award:  John H. Nemechek, No. 4 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race:  Corey Heim, No. 51

Unofficial Points Report: 24th Annual SpeedyCash.com 220
Rank, Driver, Truck, Starts, GL, Points, Ldr, Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts
1) John Hunter Nemechek, 4, 9, 1, 343, 0, 0, 1, 3, 8
2) Ben Rhodes, 99, 9, -1, 339, -4, 4, 1, 5, 10
3) Chandler Smith, 18, 9, 1, 325, -18, 14, 1, 0, 5
4) Stewart Friesen, 52, 9, 2, 322, -21, 3, 1, 1, 6
5) Zane Smith, 38, 9, -2, 311, -32, 11, 3, 4, 19
6) Ty Majeski, 66, 9, -1, 310, -33, 1, 0, 0, 0
7) Christian Eckes, 98, 9, 1, 298, -45, 12, 0, 0, 0
8) Carson Hocevar, 42, 9, -1, 284, -59, 14, 0, 1, 1
9) Grant Enfinger, 23, 9, 0, 262, -81, 22, 0, 0, 0
10) Matt Crafton, 88, 9, 0, 260, -83, 2, 0, 0, 0
11) Tanner Gray, 15, 9, 0, 225, -118, 35, 0, 0, 0
12) Derek Kraus, 19, 9, 0, 203, -140, 22, 0, 0, 0
13) Matt Dibenedetto, 25, 9, 2, 193, -150, 10, 0, 0, 0
14) Tyler Ankrum, 16, 9, -1, 192, -151, 1, 0, 0, 0
15) Parker Kligerman, , 5, -1, 170, -173, 22, 0, 1, 0
16) Timmy Hill, 56, 9, 0, 154, -189, 16, 0, 0, 0
17) Ryan Preece, 17, 4, 9, 152, -191, 2, 0, 2, 0
18) Austin Wayne Self, 22, 9, 1, 144, -199, 8, 0, 0, 0
19) Chase Purdy, 61, 8, -1, 143, -200, 1, 0, 0, 0
20) Colby Howard, 91, 9, -3, 133, -210, 10, 0, 0, 0
21) Lawless Alan #, 45, 9, -1, 126, -217, 7, 0, 0, 0
22) Tate Fogleman, 30, 9, -1, 126, -217, 0, 0, 0, 0
23) Corey Heim #, 51, 5, 6, 124, -219, 2, 1, 1, 0
24) Jesse Little, 02, 6, 1, 117, -226, 7, 0, 0, 0
25) Jack Wood #, 24, 9, 3, 113, -230, 4, 0, 0, 0
26) Hailie Deegan, 1, 9, 1, 113, -230, 0, 0, 0, 0
27) Spencer Boyd, 12, 9, -5, 112, -231, 1, 0, 0, 0
28) Dean Thompson #, 40, 9, -4, 109, -234, 3, 0, 0, 0
29) Kris Wright, 44, 9, -6, 105, -238, 4, 0, 0, 0
30) Bret Holmes, 32, 4, 0, 68, -275, 37, 0, 0, 0
31) Todd Bodine, 62, 3, 1, 67, -276, 1, 0, 0, 0
32) Jordan Anderson, 3, 3, 6, 53, -290, 14, 0, 0, 0
33) Blaine Perkins #, 9, 8, 1, 52, -291, 1, 0, 0, 0
34) Danny Bohn, , 2, -3, 44, -299, 8, 0, 0, 0
35) Kaz Grala, , 3, -2, 41, -302, 3, 0, 0, 0
36) Johnny Sauter, , 2, -1, 38, -305, 3, 0, 0, 0
37) Matt Jaskol, , 3, -1, 37, -306, 1, 0, 0, 0
38) Thad Moffitt, , 3, -1, 32, -311, 5, 0, 0, 0
39) Tyler Hill, 5, 2, 6, 28, -315, 4, 0, 0, 0
40) Chris Hacker, 33, 2, 0, 26, -317, 2, 0, 0, 0
41) Taylor Gray, , 2, -2, 23, -320, 3, 0, 0, 0
42) Mike Marlar, , 1, -1, 20, -323, 3, 0, 0, 0
43) Jason White, , 1, -1, 17, -326, 3, 0, 0, 0
44) Loris Hezemans, , 1, -1, 17, -326, 0, 0, 0, 0
45) Brad Perez, , 1, -1, 17, -326, 0, 0, 0, 0
46) Josh Reaume, , 2, 0, 16, -327, 1, 0, 0, 0
47) Bryan Dauzat, , 1, 0, 14, -329, 2, 0, 0, 0
48) Buddy Kofoid, , 1, 0, 14, -329, 0, 0, 0, 0
49) Chase Janes, , 1, 0, 12, -331, 2, 0, 0, 0
50) Logan Bearden, , 1, 0, 9, -334, 3, 0, 0, 0
51) Blake Lothian, , 1, 0, 9, -334, 0, 0, 0, 0
52) Ryan Huff, , 1, 0, 9, -334, 0, 0, 0, 0
53) Trey Hutchens, , 1, 0, 8, -335, 1, 0, 0, 0
54) Dillon Steuer, , 1, 0, 5, -338, 3, 0, 0, 0
55) Andrew Gordon, , 1, 0, 5, -338, 0, 0, 0, 0
56) Kaden Honeycutt, , 1, 0, 3, -340, 2, 0, 0, 0
57) Keith Mcgee, , 1, 0, 3, -340, 0, 0, 0, 0
58) Akinori Ogata, , 1, 0, 1, -342, 2, 0, 0, 0
59) William Byron(i), , 1, 0, 0, -343, 1, 1, 0, 0
60) Kyle Busch(i), , 3, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
61) Joey Logano(i), , 1, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
62) Chase Elliott(i), , 1, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
63) Riley Herbst(i), , 2, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
64) Ross Chastain(i), 41, 3, 5, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
65) Austin Dillon(i), , 1, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
66) Matt Mills(i), , 3, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
67) Austin Hill(i), , 1, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
68) Harrison Burton(i), , 1, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
69) Will Rodgers(i), , 1, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
70) Brennan Poole(i), 46, 3, 1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
71) Alex Bowman(i), , 1, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
72) Jesse Iwuji(i), , 1, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
73) Sheldon Creed(i), , 1, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
74) Clay Greenfield, , 0, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
75) John Atwell, , 0, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
76) Jessica Friesen, , 0, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
77) GARRETT SMITHLEY, , 0, 0, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
78) Justin Carroll, , 0, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
79) Norm Benning, , 0, -1, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
80) ARMANI WILLIAMS, , 0, -80, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
81) Jennifer Jo Cobb, , 0, -2, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
82) Mark Lecomte, , 0, -2, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
83) Jake Garcia, , 0, -2, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
84) Jason Kitzmiller, , 0, -2, 0, -343, 0, 0, 0, 0
 -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series