Ryan Preece Wins Nashville Race for the Second Year in a Row

Nigel Kinrade Photography

LEBANANON, TN – RIS – Ryan Preece is two-for-two.  Preece, the winner last year at Nashville Superspeedway, won again on Friday night in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and dominated the race.  The 31-year-old driver from Berlin, Connecticut, won the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rackley Roofing 200 race in 2021 and repeated Friday night before an estimated crowd of 7,000.

Preece, who was on the pole, has entered eight truck races in his career. His only wins have come at Nashville.

"I guess I'm actually really have to learn how to play," Preece said after accepting his second custom guitar trophy. "Winning's always fun. Racing is as much of a mental sport as it is anything. I'm a very confident person."

It turned out to be a Gilliland Racing Ford show for most of the night.  At the start, his teammate took the lead from him in the first stage, but it was a different story for most of the night.  Preece led for 74 laps. He is running a limited schedule in the truck series this season. It was his fifth top-10 finish. Zane Smith, who led after the first stage (45 laps) finished second. He led a total of 70 laps. Carson Hocevar was third, Ty Majeski was fourth and Stewart Friesen was fifth.

Smith leads the point standings by 21 points over John Hunter Nemechek. Preece and Smith combined to lead 144 of the 150 lap event. 

Carson Hocevar overcame mid-race contact with John Hunter Nemechek to finish third. Ty Majeski finished fourth for his third straight top five finish, and Stewart Friesen rounded out the top five.

Christian Eckes, Tyler Ankrum, Max Gutierrez, Nemechek and Matt Crafton completed the top 10.

With his victory, Preece also takes home a $50,000 bonus as part of the Triple Truck Challenge. Nashville marked the second of three races with the Camping World-backed incentive, allowing Preece to join World Wide Technology Raceway winner Corey Heim as this year’s beneficiaries so far. The program continues at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 9.

Unofficial Results: 2nd Annual Rackley Roofing 200, June 24, 2022, Nashville Superspeedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 1, Ryan Preece, No. 17 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford, 150, 2, 1, 2, 74, 6, 59, Running
2) 2, Zane Smith, No. 38 Speedco/Luber Finer Ford, 150, 1, 2, 3, 70, 1, 54, Running
3) 3, Carson Hocevar, No. 42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 150, 6, , , , , 39, Running
4) 12, Ty Majeski, No. 66 American Racing Wheels Toyota, 150, 8, 8, 1, 4, , 39, Running
5) 9, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 150, 4, 5, , , , 45, Running
6) 13, Christian Eckes, No. 98 CMR Construction & Roofing Toyota, 150, 10, 4, , , , 39, Running
7) 16, Tyler Ankrum, No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota, 150, , , , , , 30, Running
8) 36, Max Gutierrez, No. 22 Inspectra Thermal Solutions Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 29, Running
9) 11, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 150, , , , , , 28, Running
10) 18, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Great Lakes Flooring/Menards Toyota, 150, , , , , , 27, Running
11) 5, Derek Kraus, No. 19 Hunter Nation Chevrolet, 150, 7, 6, , , , 35, Running
12) 15, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Tenda Toyota, 150, , 7, , , , 29, Running
13) 19, Chase Purdy, No. 61 Bama Buggies Toyota, 150, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 24, Dean Thompson #, No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 6, Chandler Smith, No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, 150, 5, , , , , 28, Running
16) 32, Colby Howard, No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 20, Kris Wright, No. 44 Big Dog Energy Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 21, Blaine Perkins #, No. 9 RACELINE Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 17, Jesse Little, No. 02 Catchin' Deers Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 23, Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Food Country USA Toyota, 150, , , 1, 2, , 17, Running
21) 29, Kaden Honeycutt, No. 47 Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota, 150, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 25, Stefan Parsons, No. 20 RANDCO Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 26, Timmy Hill, No. 56 Coble Enterprises Toyota, 150, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 30, Lawless Alan #, No. 45 AUTODockit Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 13, Running
25) 27, Spencer Boyd, No. 12 Rimtyme Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 33, Nick Leitz, No. 43 Precision Measurements Inc Chevrolet, 150, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 31, Todd Bodine, No. 62 Camping World Toyota, 148, , 9, , , , 12, Running
28) 14, Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford, 144, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 34, Chris Hacker, No. 33 Morgan & Morgan Toyota, 144, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 22, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance Ford, 143, , , , , , 7, Running
31) 8, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 25 Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet, 132, 9, , , , , 8, Accident
32) 7, Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 126, , 10, , , , 6, Accident
33) 4, Corey Heim #, No. 51 JBL Toyota, 126, 3, 3, , , , 20, Accident
34) 28, Camden Murphy, No. 30 ROWDY Energy Toyota, 20, , , , , , 3, Accident
35) 10, Jack Wood #, No. 24 Chevyliners.com Chevrolet, 6, , , , , , 2, Accident
36) 35, Chase Janes, No. 46 Waste Connection Services Toyota, 1, , , , , , 1, Rear Gear
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Race Length: 150 Laps, 199.5 Miles
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 56 Mins, 32 Secs.
Average Speed: 102.717 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.507 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 38, 17, 51, 52, 18, 42, 19, 66, 25, 98
Stage 2 Top 10: 17, 38, 51, 98, 52, 19, 99, 66, 62, 23

Comments: Ryan Preece won the Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, his 2nd career NASCAR Campig World Truck Series victory. 

Failed to Qualify: (6) 32 Bret Holmes, 90 Justin Carroll, 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb, 84 Clay Greenfield, 26 Tate Fogleman, 14 Trey Hutchens.

Cautions: 8 for 43 laps;
Laps: 9-13 (No. 24 into turn 4 [15]);
21-24 (No. 30 spun into turn 2 [None]);
47-53 (End of stage 1 [12]);
70-73 (No. 4 contact with No. 42 in the backstretch [47]);
97-102 (End of Stage 2 [12]);
120-124 (No. 62 spun out on frontstretch [4]);
128-134 (No. 25, No. 51, and No. 23 wreck in turn 3 [43]);
136-140 (No. 1 spun into No. 91 on the front stretch [43]).

Lead Changes: 7 among 4 drivers;
Z. Smith 1-49;
T. Majeski 50-53;
Z. Smith 54-73;
R. Preece 74-98;
Z. Smith 99;
P. Kligerman 100-101;
R. Preece 102-150.

Cometic Gasket Pole Award: Ryan Preece, No. 17 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Dean Thompson, No. 40