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and the third iteration of the

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. The race was held on Friday, May 6, 2022, in

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, a permanent egg-shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 147 to 149 laps, due to a

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finish. At race's end,

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would win, after holding off

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in the final restart. He would also lead the most laps. This was Nemechek's 12th career truck series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium,

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would finish 3rd, respectively.

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was going to be awarded with a 5th-place finish, but was disqualified after post-race inspection, due to the front of the truck being too low to the ground. However, a few days later,

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won their appeal over NASCAR, and Crafton was able to keep his 5th-place position.

Background

Darlington Raceway is a

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built for

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racing located near

. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends. First held in

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, the spring Darlington race was taken off the schedule after

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, then it returned from

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. The race returned to the Truck Series schedule once again in

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. On December 11, Darlington Raceway announced its highly popular NASCAR Throwback weekend would move to the new May 7–9 weekend, effectively making a lineal swap of the two race meetings at the track.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session is scheduled to be held on Friday, May 6, at 3:00 PM EST.

would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 29.608 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 6, at 3:30 PM EST. Since Darlington is an

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, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.

scored the pole for the race, with a time of 28.719 seconds and a speed of . No one would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 35 Stage 2 Laps: 55 Stage 3 Laps: 62

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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