2022 Lucas Oil 150


The 2022 Lucas Oil 150 was the 23rd and final stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the Championship 4 race, and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 4, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix Raceway, a permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 150 laps to 154 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would put on a dominating performance, leading 77 laps to earn his seventh career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his fourth of the season.
By winning the race, Smith would also claim the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, finishing just in front of Ben Rhodes and Chandler Smith in a 1-2-3 finish. This was Zane's first championship in the Truck Series, after finishing runner-up in the standings from 2020 to 2021. This was also the first championship for Front Row Motorsports as an organization.

Background

Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. It first joined the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 1988 as a late season event, and in 2005 the track was given a spring date. The now-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was added in 1995 and the now-NASCAR Xfinity Series began running there in 1999.
NASCAR announced that its championship weekend events would be run at Phoenix for 2020, marking the first time since NASCAR inaugurated the weekend that Homestead-Miami Speedway would not be the host track. The track will also hold the championship for the 2021 NASCAR Cup season.

Championship drivers

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes chase contender.

Practice

The only 50-minute practice session was held on Thursday, November 3, at 5:05 PM MST. Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 25.921, and an average speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, November 4, at 3:00 PM MST. Since Phoenix Raceway is a tri-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. Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 26.081, and an average speed of.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 44
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
138Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord0
251Corey Heim 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota8
44John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota7
588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6
699Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota0
723Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet4
818Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0
998Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota2
1062Layne RiggsHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1

Stage 2 Laps: 44
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
138Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord0
24John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
318Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0
451Corey Heim 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota7
566Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota6
688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota5
723Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet5
852Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota4
917Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord2
1099Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota0

Stage 3 ''Laps: 64*''

Standings after the race

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