The 2022 Fr8 208 was the third stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race was run over 135 laps. Corey Heim of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the race after getting a push to the lead by teammate John Hunter Nemechek on the last lap. This was Heim's first career win in the truck series. To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes and Ty Majeski of ThorSport Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of where before it was . The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021. The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list #DriverTeamMake1Hailie DeeganDavid Gilliland RacingFord02Jesse LittleYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet4John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9Blaine Perkins (R)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet12Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet15Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord16Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota17Ryan PreeceDavid Gilliland RacingFord18Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota19Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet20Matt Mills (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet23Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet24Jack Wood (R)GMS RacingChevrolet25Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet30Tate FoglemanOn Point MotorsportsToyota33Chris HackerReaume Brothers RacingToyota38Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord40Dean Thompson (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet41Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet42Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet43Thad MoffittReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet44Kris WrightNiece MotorsportsChevrolet45Lawless Alan (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet46Matt JaskolG2G RacingToyota47Brennan Poole (i)G2G RacingToyota51Corey Heim (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota61Chase PurdyHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota66Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota91Colby HowardMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet98Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaOfficial entry list
Practice Friday's 50-minute practice session was cancelled due to inclement weather. Practice will replace qualifying on Saturday. Tyler Ankrum of Hattori Racing Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 30.527 seconds and a speed of .
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed116Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.537181.610225Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet30.581181.289319Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet30.599181.182Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying will be cancelled because of a need to add additional practice to the reconfigured circuit. Starting lineup will be based on the rulebook. No one would fail to qualify for the race. Chandler Smith would get the pole for the race. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota——252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota——388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota——466Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota——542Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet——625Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet——722Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet——823Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet——915Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord——1016Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota——1117Ryan PreeceDavid Gilliland RacingFord——124John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota——1340Dean Thompson (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet——1420Matt Mills (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet——1599Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota——1698Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota——1730Tate FoglemanOn Point MotorsportsToyota——1819Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet——1951Corey Heim (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota——2061Chase PurdyHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota——2144Kris WrightNiece MotorsportsChevrolet——2224Jack Wood (R)GMS RacingChevrolet——2356Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota——2445Lawless Alan (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet——2538Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord——2691Colby HowardMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet——271Hailie DeeganDavid Gilliland RacingFord——2843Thad MoffittReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet——2933Chris HackerReaume Brothers RacingToyota——3012Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet——3146Matt JaskolG2G RacingToyota——329Blaine Perkins (R)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet——333Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet——3402Jesse LittleYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet——3547Brennan Poole (i)G2G RacingToyota——3641Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet——Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota10223Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet9319Derek KrausMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet8498Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6615Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord5718Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4841Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet094John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21016Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts14John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10266Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota9318Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8498Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota7516Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota5740Dean Thompson (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet4815Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord3942Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet21017Ryan Preece David Gilliland RacingFord1 Stage 3 Laps: 75 Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints11951Corey Heim (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13522Running4021599Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1359Running353466Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingToyota1351Running434118Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13521Running4552538Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1350Running326252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota13549Running4171117Ryan PreeceDavid Gilliland RacingFord1354Running318915Tanner GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord1350Running3791819Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1350Running3610722Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet1350Running27111016Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1350Running3312823Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet13514Running34132224Jack Wood (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1350Running24142061Chase PurdyHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1350Running23153402Jesse LittleYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1350Running22161698Christian EckesThorSport RacingToyota1353Running35172933Chris HackerReaume Brothers RacingToyota1350Running2018333Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1350Running19193146Matt JaskolG2G RacingToyota1350Running18203012Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1340Running17212144Kris WrightNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1340Running16222356Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1340Running15233641Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1330Tire024124John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13311Running2525388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1331Running23262691Colby HowardMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1330Running1127542Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1320Running12283547Brennan Poole (i)G2G RacingToyota1300Running029329Blaine Perkins (R)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1260Running830625Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet1230Running7311730Tate FoglemanOn Point MotorsportsToyota910Accident6322843Thad MoffittReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet790Engine5332445Lawless Alan (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet750Accident4341340Dean Thompson (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet680Accident7351420Matt Mills (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet520Suspension036271Hailie DeeganDavid Gilliland RacingFord240Tire1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chandler Smith 132 2 Tanner Gray 119 (-13) 3 Ty Majeski 115 (-17) 4 Stewart Friesen 106 (-26) 5 Ben Rhodes 105 (-27) 6 Christian Eckes 88 (-44) 7 Austin Wayne Self 84 (-48) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 80 (-52) 9 Zane Smith 79 (-53) 10 Matt Crafton 78 (-54)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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