Saturday, May 14, 2022

Camping World Truck Series to Race ‘Under the Lights’

Camping World Truck Series to Race ‘Under the Lights’

'Heart Of America 200' at Kansas Speedway

  • Next Race: Heart Of America 200
  • The Place: Kansas Speedway
  • The Date: Saturday, May 14
  • The Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • The Purse: $716,932
  • TV: FS1, 7 p.m. ET
  • Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
  • Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps)
    • Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30)
    • Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60) 
    • Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)

 

#NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to Race ‘Under the Lights’

 

 

The 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season has lifted off with a plethora of robust competition producing six different winners in the first seven races. Now the Truck competitors set their sights on Kansas Speedway for the Heart of Americas 200 the eighth race of the season this Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

The 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway has hosted 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, dating back to the inaugural event on July 7, 2001. The first Camping World Truck Series race at Kanas was won by Ricky Hendrick driving a Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

 

Playoff Bubble: Kansas Speedway the halfway point of regular season

Kansas Speedway marks the eighth race on the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the halfway point of the 16-race regular season. This year has been a feverish pace with four different drivers locking themselves into the postseason by virtue of wins, leaving just six spots left up for grabs.

 

Following Darlington, Zane Smith (Daytona, COTA), Ben Rhodes (Bristol), Chandler Smith (Las Vegas) and John Hunter Nemechek (Darlington) have all earned a spot in the Playoffs with their wins.

 

Heading into Kansas, Halmar Friesen Racing’s Stewart Friesen currently sits fifth in the Playoff outlook, the highest ranked driver without a win this season. Friesen is currently 53 points up on the post season cutline. Kansas has been a bit of a struggle for Friesen in the past. In six starts at Kansas he has just one top-five finish (2018). He finished 14th in this race last season.

 

The other five drivers above the Playoff cutline are Carson Hocevar (+36 points above postseason cutline), Ty Majeski (+33), Christian Eckes (+31), Grant Enfinger (+15) and Matt Crafton (+14).

 

Tanner Gray is the first driver outside the Playoff cutoff, 14 points behind Matt Crafton in the 10th and final postseason transfer position. Ankrum is hoping to make some points up on his competitors this weekend at Kansas, his only career victory came at a similarly shaped 1.5-mile track – Kentucky Speedway. Ankrum has made five starts at Kansas posting a best finish of 11th in 2019.

 

Of the drivers below the Playoff cutline heading into this weekend at Kansas, keep an eye on Tyler Ankrum. The California native scored his only career victory at a similarly shaped 1.5-mile track – Kentucky Speedway. Ankrum has made five starts at Kansas posting a best finish of 11th in 2019

 

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source: NASCAR Media

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