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Zane Smith (38) crosses the finish line to win the second stage of a NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
Smith drives away on restart to win Trucks race at Kansas

By Dave Skretta May. 14, 2022 10:06 PM EDT

John Hunter Nemechek celebrates with the speedway pole award after qualifying for the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
NASCAR Trucks Series at Kansas

May. 14, 2022 02:19 PM EDT

Chase Elliott, center, holds up his trophy after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Monday, May 2, 2022, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Jason Minto)
AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to Darlington; F1 debuts in Miami

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2022 09:46 AM EDT

Crew members move the truck of diver Dean Thompson onto a pit road before practice for a NASCAR Truck Series race on Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
NASCAR Trucks Series at Bristol Dirt

Apr. 16, 2022 03:49 PM EDT

FILE - Kyle Busch drives along the dirt track during NASCAR Cup Series practice, Friday, March 26, 2021, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. NASCAR has taken its new car to a short track, a superspeedway and a road course. Now the Next Gen races on dirt for the first time Sunday, April 17, 2022, at Bristol Motor Speedway, a beloved short track that has been covered in red Tennessee clay for a second consecutive year. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP, File)
Too dusty: NASCAR working on visibility at dirty Bristol

By Jenna Fryer Apr. 15, 2022 06:22 PM EDT

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates after he won the Formula One Grand Prix it in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, March 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AUTO RACING: Martinsville next in NASCAR's short track spree

By The Associated Press Apr. 06, 2022 08:35 AM EDT

Zane Smith (38) and Lawless Alan (45) go through Turn 1 during practice for the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Circuit of the Americas, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)
Zane Smith wins Truck Series race at COTA in double overtime

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 26, 2022 04:16 PM EDT

Teen Chandler Smith wins Truck Series race in Las Vegas

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 04, 2022 11:37 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chandler Smith used a brilliant final lap Friday night to hold off both Daytona winner Zane Smith and boss Kyle Busch to win the Truck Series race...

Kris Wright (2) leads Chandler Smith (18) early in the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix

Nov. 05, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

FILE - Kyle Larson celebrates in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Bristol, Tenn. The NASCAR championship will pit Rick Hendrick against Joe Gibbs as both team owners put a pair of drivers in the final four. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson will represent Hendrick in a pair of Chevrolets. Gibbs will field Toyotas for Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
AUTO RACING: NASCAR's championship weekend in Arizona

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

Smith races into Truck Series finale with Martinsville win

By Jenna Fryer Oct. 30, 2021 03:34 PM EDT
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Zane Smith raced his way into the Truck Series championship finale with a Saturday victory in overtime at Martinsville Speedway, where...

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain reacts after wining the Russian Formula One Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit, in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)
AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to Talladega with Hamlin rolling

By The Associated Press Sep. 29, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

Chandler Smith celebrates his win in the NASCAR Truck Series auto race Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)
Chandler Smith races to first NASCAR Trucks Series victory

Sep. 17, 2021 12:14 AM EDT

Martin Truex Jr., celebrates winning the NASCAR Cup series auto race in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AUTO RACING: Gibbs drivers surge as NASCAR goes to Bristol

By The Associated Press Sep. 15, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

Sheldon Creed (2) races followed by Todd Gilliland (38) during a NASCAR truck series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, in Madison, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Sheldon Creed wins NASCAR Truck playoff opener at Gateway

Aug. 21, 2021 01:07 AM EDT

A young fan watches through the fence as pit crews move cars in the garage area before the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Austin Hill wins rain-shortened Trucks race at Watkins Glen

By John Kekis Aug. 07, 2021 04:23 PM EDT

Preece wins reopened Nashville's 1st NASCAR race in 10 years

Jun. 18, 2021 10:22 PM EDT
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Preece won the first NASCAR race at Nashville Superspeedway in a decade by scoring a victory in his first career Truck Series start....

Nemechek wins at Charlotte for 3rd truck win of season

May. 28, 2021 10:41 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — John Hunter Nemechek made it through a late crash, then held on to the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end to win the NASCAR Craftsman...

Sheldon Creed celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Darlington Raceway, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Truck Series champ Sheldon Creed wins at Darlington

By Pete Iacobelli May. 07, 2021 10:47 PM EDT

FILE - Bristol Motor Speedway has transformed the half-mile concrete track into a dirt track, in Bristol Tenn., in this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, file photo. Bristol, once one of the toughest tickets in sports, trucked 23,000 cubic yards of dirt into its famed bullring to transform the facility and host NASCAR's first Cup race on dirt in 70 years on Sunday, March 28. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP, File)
NASCAR to play in the dirt for the first time since 1970

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 25, 2021 06:20 PM EDT