• Friday’s KANSAS LOTTERY 200 Kansas Speedway
With less than a lap le§ in Friday night’s Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway, John Hunter Nemechek passed Carson Hocevar and spoiled one of the unlikeliest long-shot gambles in the history of the Truck Series.
At the end of a dominant evening, Nemechek had the race victory and two stage wins to go with the pole he had won earlier in the a§ernoon.
All Hocevar had was a fourth career runner-up ¨nish and a pink slip where the 2022 Truck Playo©s are concerned.
A§er Hocevar’s truck sputtered coming to the white ªag, Nemechek charged to the front and powered his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota across the ¨nish line 1.815 seconds ahead of Hocevar’s Silverado. The victory was Nemechek’s second of the season.
Hocevar was eliminated from the playo©s by three points, as Christian Eckes rallied to run 10th and claim the ¨nal berth in the Round of 8.
Nemechek advanced to the Round of 8, along with Grant En¨nger, Chandler Smith, Zane Smith, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, defending champion Ben Rhodes and Eckes. En¨nger and Chandler Smith had already advanced thanks to victories earlier in the round. Zane Smith, Nemechek and Majeski had clinched spots in the next round on the strength of ¨nishes at stage breaks.