The 2022 Rackley Roofing 200 was the fourteenth
stock car race of the
2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 28th season of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started with the NextEra Energy 250 on February 18 at ...
, and the 13th iteration of the
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. The race was held on Friday, June 24, 2022, in
Gladeville, Tennessee
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at
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a tri-oval intermediate speedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. The track has held a variety of racing events since its opening in 2001, including NASCAR and the IndyCar Series. It is currently owned by Speedway Motorsport ...
, a permanent D-shaped racetrack. The race took it's scheduled 150 laps to complete.
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
, driving for
David Gilliland Racing
Tricon Garage, formerly known as David Gilliland Racing, DGR-Crosley, and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in early 2017 ...
, would start from the pole, lead the most laps, and earn his 2nd career
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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win, along with his first of the season. To fill out the podium,
Zane Smith, driving for
Front Row Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a part ...
, and
Carson Hocevar
Carson Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, part-time ...
, driving for
Niece Motorsports
Niece Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Owned by Al Niece, it currently fields the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for Matt Mills (racing driver), Matt ...
, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background
Nashville Superspeedway is a
motor racing
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complex located in
Gladeville, Tennessee
Gladeville is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Tennessee. The community is named for the surrounding cedar glades— a unique type of ecosystem that thrives in the thin or barren soil of south Wilson County. Gladeville is locat ...
, United States (though the track has a
Lebanon
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postal address), about southeast of
Nashville
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. The track was built in
2001
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and is currently hosting the
Ally 400, a
NASCAR Cup Series
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The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
regular season event, the
Tennessee Lottery 250
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series have been held at the Nashville Superspeedway. The track held 2 races annually from 2002 to 2011, when the track was removed from the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule. The track returned ...
, and the
Rackley Roofing 200
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Nashville Superspeedway, in Lebanon, Tennessee during numerous seasons and times of year since 2001.
Current race
The Rackley Roofing 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck ...
.
It is a
concrete
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oval track 1 miles (2.145 km) long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by
Speedway Motorsports
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, which acquired the track's previous owner
Dover Motorsports
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in December 2021. Nashville Superspeedway is the longest concrete oval in NASCAR. Current permanent
seating capacity
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is approximately 25,000, but will reach up to 38,000 for the
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States.
The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
event in 2021. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.
Entry list
* (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, June 24, at 3:00 PM
CST.
Stewart Friesen
Stewart J. Friesen (born July 25, 1983) is a Canadian-American professional dirt track racing, dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 52 Toyota Tundra#Third generation ...
, driving for
Halmar Friesen Racing
Halmar Friesen Racing, also known as Halmar Racing Team, is an American professional stock car racing and dirt track racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, fielding the No. 52 Toyota Tundra full-time for Stewart ...
, was the fastest in the session, with a time of 30.689 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying
Qualifying was on Saturday, June 24, at 3:30 PM
CST.
Since
Nashville Superspeedway
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is an
oval track
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, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
, driving for
David Gilliland Racing
Tricon Garage, formerly known as David Gilliland Racing, DGR-Crosley, and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in early 2017 ...
, scored the pole for the race, with a time of 29.753 seconds, and a speed of .
Notes
Race results
Stage 1 ''Laps: 45''
Stage 2 ''Laps: 50''
Stage 3 ''Laps: 55''
Standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
*
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
{{2022 NASCAR Truck Series
2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR races at Nashville Superspeedway
Rackley Roofing 200
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Nashville Superspeedway, in Lebanon, Tennessee during numerous seasons and times of year since 2001.
Current race
The Rackley Roofing 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck ...
2022 in sports in Tennessee