2022 Heart of America 200


The 2022 Heart of America 200 was the eighth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race was contested over 134 laps. Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would have a dominant performance, leading 108 laps and earning his sixth career truck series win. It was his third win of the season. To fill out the podium, Ty Majeski of ThorSport Racing and Grant Enfinger of GMS Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in the Village West area near Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also held races at the venue until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by NASCAR.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session was held on Saturday, May 14, at 11:00 AM CST. Zane Smith of Front Row Motorsports was the fastest in the session, with a time of 30.960 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 14, at 11:30 AM CST. Since Kansas Speedway is an oval track, 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.
John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports scored the pole for the race, with a time of 30.570 seconds and a speed of. Since 35 trucks are entered, no one would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
151Corey Heim 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10
266Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota9
338Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord8
418Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota7
54John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6
619Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet5
799Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota4
888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota3
915Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord2
1042Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 30
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
138Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord10
251Corey Heim 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
34John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8
466Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota7
599Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota6
642Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet5
715Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord4
819Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet3
991Colby HowardMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet2
1052Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 74''

Standings after the race

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