ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM). I'm just a normal guy who collects race-worn driver suits, helmets, sheet metal, and other race-worn items. The adjustments tested at Phoenix Raceway in late January and confirmed Feb. 13 in a wind tunnel test include a 2-inch spoiler (from the current 4-inch spoiler) and the removal of three diffuser strakes and engine panel strakes. I'm glad we're on to the playoffs and ready to get this season started.. Chase Elliott (unranked last week) Elliott had a sour Daytona 500 experience but rallied at Fontana, chasing winner Kyle Busch in the closing laps. Smith returned to GMS Racing in 2021. I was crying that whole lost lap. I felt like we really all worked together well.. Related. Nineteen year-old Chandler Smith took the lead with two laps remaining and held off 2021 championship contender Zane Smith and the winningest driver in NASCAR national-series history, his team owner Kyle Busch, to win the Victoria's Voice 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday. In his relatively brief racing career, Smith owns six wins in Trucks and four in the ARCA Menards Series, all since 2018. Kyle Buschs solid victory in Sundays Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway, following his strong run in the Daytona 500, has vaulted the Richard Childress Racing driver into the top spot in NBC Sports NASCAR Power Rankings. All rights reserved. At the very end of pit road, I was like, Oh, were in a really good spot, this is really promising, and squeezed a little too much right before the yellow line. I didnt know what was going on. Zane Smith raced his way into the Daytona 500 in the first qualifier, and seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and action sports star Travis Pastrana both qualified on speed. Both were also aided by misfortune for each of their primary competitors for Daytona 500 berths. Im going to mope all the way back to Kentucky, said the Toyota driver. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet in 2023. The tide shifted when Hills Beard Oil Motorsports No. Smith held off reigning Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith in a. Lowry to miss 10th game in row; Dragic released, Former GMs weigh in on Dolphins looming Tua decision. Zane Smith clears them both and returns to the lead. He got hit in the wall and the Caution came out which means the race is going to finish in Overtime. With a Kaulig Racing car under him, his chances seemed. Ford drivers snared seven of the top eight spots, led by opening-race winner Joey Logano. Hill was able to limp away from the crash scene, but the crews efforts to repair the No. [17] Also in May 2018, it was announced that Smith for a second straight year returned to the NASCAR Next program. Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. 20 for the third year in a row in 2020, with him in the car for 13 races while Ryan Repko would join the team that year to drive it in most of the races at the larger tracks such as Daytona where Smith was not able to compete at due to being under 18. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Chandler Smith is feeling great in the NASCAR Truck Series playoffs. 0:36 After 150 laps and an overtime, Zane Smith has won a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. Last year, crew members and the crew chief were each suspended four races each for the violation but NASCAR changed the rule in the offseason. During the 3rd and Final Stage, the entertainment started when Chandler Smith took the lead with the rest of the drivers after turn 1 but it wasnt fir long when Tyler Ankrum the #16 Truck pushed Christian Eckes the #98 truck and he was spun hit by the wall which they release the first caution flag. NASCAR. The truck failed the height requirements after the race. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. Chandler Smith 16 Parker Chase 14 Joe Graf Jr 14 Riley Herbst 9 Justin Haley 8 Austin Dillon 6 The regulations have been tweaked for the upcoming season, compared to the massive overhaul last year, so the overall look is familiar. Rookie of the Race: Chandler Smith, finished fourth. Ross Chastain (No. Also this year, if a wheel comes off a car while the vehicle is still on pit road, the vehicle restarts at the tail end of the field. Smith did barely qualify for the playoffs in the 10th and final spot despite being disqualified in the regular-season finale at Watkins Glen. Chandler Smith was hampered by a pit-road speeding penalty on the 22nd of 60 laps, getting tagged with the costly violation as he left the pit lane. AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) It took overtime in his third attempt for Zane Smith to finally win a NASCAR championship. * Most laps led. 50 crew failing to post a qualifying lap in Wednesdays time trials because of a faulty oil line. With eight laps to go, Rhodes was battling side by side with teammate Matt Crafton but pulled ahead for a sixth-place finish. He led 49 of 60 laps on the 2-mile tri-oval track. Its definitely not how we wanted this to go, he said. First racing BMX, Smith moved to go-kart racing in 2004 and won championships in five consecutive years before moving up to legends car racing. The Rangers acquired Kane from Chicago in a three-team trade Tuesday night, adding the three-time Stanley Cup champion to their core that reached the Eastern Conference final last year and a couple of recent additions, including prolific scoring winger Vladimir Tarasenko. Along the way, riders are scheduled to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Capitol Reef National Park and the Legends Motorcycle Museum. 55 entry. Tire changer Danny Olszowy and jackman Kellen Mills will be sidelined for the upcoming events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway as a penalty for []. Chandler Smith never recovered from a mid-race pit road speeding penalty in Duel 1, and Austin Hill was caught up in the wake of a multicar stack-up in the second 150-miler. Racing career. 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The battle started with Chandler Smith taking the lead, then Ben Rhodes & Zane Smith took inside of turn 1 while giving a bit of a dash to go up front. We will be strategic as what races we select to enter. The rules will not be in place at Bristol or Dover, which is not included in the wet weather package. I mean theres no way around it. Rhodes, meanwhile, took two tires and left pit road leading the four title contenders. Eric Jacuzzi, NASCAR vice president of vehicle performance, said Tuesday on SiriusXM Speedway that the diffuser strakes are pieces that hang from the center of the diffuser underneath the car. In 2013, Smith won the bandoleros national championship after two wins at Atlanta, one at Charlotte and one at Bethel Motor Speedway. In the season finale at Phoenix, Zane was passed with 8 laps to go and finished fifth in the race and second in points to eventual champion Ben Rhodes. Longtime groundskeeper George Toma, who has helped prepare the field for every Super Bowl, said turf at Super Bowl 57 was mismanaged and overwatered. "I can't really say who the favorite is and who isn't, but I really like my chances going to Phoenix.". Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker. Zane Smith was the Truck series runner-up in each of the past two seasons and hoped his success -- he has three wins -- over the first 16 races can better position him to win his first championship. There was really no reason for us to even be up there in the pack. Smith began the 2022 season with a 21st place finish at Daytona. Trackhouse Racing looks tough out of the gate. Required fields are marked *. Getty Chandler Smith celebrates a win at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was his first race in the Cup Series. Just over a week after he and his wife welcomed a baby, Chandler . ET on FS1). Everyone was really excited and proud of him. Zane Smith, who has finished second for the Truck title the past two years, will move from GMS Racing to Front Row Motorsports. Johnson and Pastrana clinched their starting spots on the basis of their speed in Wednesdays qualifying session, besting the other non-chartered teams during those time trials. 36/38 Ford Mustangs for FRM. Had Bristol and Dover been added, it would have essentially created four different rule packages intermediate tracks, superspeedways, short tracks/road courses with wet weather equipment and short tracks/road courses without wet weather equipment. [22], Smith joined GMS Racing for the full 2020 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. So its just, its on me. Chandler Smith, attempting to make his Cup Series debut with Kaulig Racing , failed to make the field. [24] He scored his second win two weeks later at Dover after holding off Matt Crafton and Brett Moffitt on the final restart. 1. Smith held off reigning Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith in a two-lap overtime sprint Friday night to win at Phoenix Raceway and at last win the series title. On August 8, 2020, Smith made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at Road America, a day after he won the NASCAR Truck Series race at Michigan; Creed, a two-time SST champion, also competed. Smith beat Chandler Smith in a Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing for the available spot in the Daytona 500. A high school cheerleader from Nebraska has inspired people everywhere by competing solo in a state competition after her three teammates quit just days before the championships. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The Money Team Racing made another improbable run into the Daytona 500, landing a last-ditch drive that had IndyCar regular Conor Daly welling up with tears after the checkered flag of Thursday nights second qualifying race. In addition, Smith, 23, will make his Daytona 500 debut with FRM as part of a plan that will include other Cup Series starts for the organization in 2023 as well as possible Xfinity Series races with another organization in collaboration with FRM. 9 entry.[35]. He led 51 laps and finished 5th in the race. (10) Austin Hill, Toyota, 204. [4], In late 2016, Smith signed with Venturini to drive all but two races of the 2017 ARCA Menards Series schedule in the organization's No. Cowboys dont have plans to meet up with Ezekiel Elliotts agent during NFL Combine. On October 30, he won his third career NASCAR Truck Series race after Stewart Friesen spun Todd Gilliland in front of the field at Martinsville, the win locked Smith into the Championship race at Phoenix. Its racing. He finished last in 36th place at Pocono. In his fourth ARCA start, Smith dominated at Madison International Speedway and won his first race after leading the most laps. He thanked Toyota, Satellite and KBM for the proud effort and the fighting spirit but he that the result It wasnt meant to be. 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Free shipping for many products! 6 last week), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (No. . After the event, NASCAR officials have disqualified the No. AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) It took overtime in his third attempt for Zane Smith to finally win a NASCAR championship. Zane Smith became the second Ford driver to win a Truck title, joining 2000 champion Greg Biffle. Denny Hamlin (unranked last week) Hamlin led laps early and late at Auto Club on the way to a sixth-place finish. I knew I only had to get a couple of points, to clinch, Smith said. Smiths, Rhodes claim spots in Trucks title race, Scheyer makes history as Duke sweeps at home, V. Bryant settles crash photos suit for $28.85M, Eagles defend QB-push tactic as NFL set to revisit, Bengals not trading Higgins: 'Find your own' WR, Irving: Need to scale back self-imposed pressure, Seahawks consider QB at No. He made 241 career Cup starts, 333 in the second-tier Xfinity Series, and Saturday marked his 226th in the Truck Series. "We certainly have momentum on or side winning two of the last three," Majeski said. And so I lost the draft but when he made that first adjustment, I could definitely tell where what was happening and thankfully, we were able to fix that and I guess we got a lot better as we went, but it was crazy. In only his second points race with RCR, Busch showed the possibilities that might be ahead for the Chevrolet team. And he wound up a bit starstruck by a certain returning seven-time champion, who he spent time racing with in the pack at Daytona International Speedway. The trip is scheduled to begin and end in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brad Keselowski (unranked last week) Keselowski was in the mix in the closing laps at Fontana and finished seventh. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SIGNED 2023 CHANDLER SMITH "QUICK TIE DAYTONA 500 #13/16 NASCAR XFINITY POSTCARD at the best online prices at eBay! 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