Zane Smith wins the NASCAR Truck race at Daytona despite the rain

Zane Smith, the current NASCAR Truck winner, began the new season with a victory, although a shorter one.

When NASCAR issued a rain-related warning on Lap 69, Smith remained in the lead. After 79 of the 100 laps, the race was eventually stopped and Smith was declared the victor.

On the resumption on lap 65, Smith overtook the previous leader Corey LaJoie after the latter fell into the middle lane and slipped back in the pack.

At that point, Tanner Gray passed him for second, and the two were fighting for the lead when the final caution signaled.

Third place went to Christian Eckes, fourth place went to Colby Howard, and fifth place went to Grant Enfinger.

Ty Majeski, Tyler Ankrum, Corey Heim, Matt Crafton, and Chase Elliott completed the top ten.

A career-best finish for Travis Pastrana was 13th.

“It’s huge. The past couple times I’ve actually been to Daytona I’ve gotten to visit Victory Lane. To do that for a third time is awesome.” Smith said. “I tried to play that race as smart as possible. When it was getting really aggressive, I’d get out of it.

“I knew these patches of rain were a thing but I didn’t think it would stick around for this long. I just wanted to be there after Stage 2 was over. You never know what’s going to happen.”

Smith still has work to do at Daytona. He will race in a third car for Front Row Motorsports in the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

“I’ll be out there Sunday,” he said. “It’s exactly how we started last year, so it’s looking good.”

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led	Retirement	Points	Bonus
1	38	Zane Smith		Ford	79	2:05’58.264			17		40
2	15	Tanner Gray		Toyota	79	2:05’58.774	0.510	0.510			38
3	19	Christian Eckes		Chevrolet	79	2:05’59.018	0.754	0.244	19		50
4	9	Colby Howard		Chevrolet	79	2:05’59.343	1.079	0.325	2		33
5	23	Grant Enfinger		Chevrolet	79	2:06’00.008	1.744	0.665			36
6	98	Ty Majeski		Ford	79	2:06’00.262	1.998	0.254	2		41
7	16	Tyler Ankrum		Toyota	79	2:06’01.029	2.765	0.767	15		40
8	11	Corey Heim		Toyota	79	2:06’01.618	3.354	0.589			29
9	88	Matt Crafton		Ford	79	2:06’02.066	3.802	0.448	2		45
10	35	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	79	2:06’02.437	4.173	0.371
11	99	Ben Rhodes		Ford	79	2:06’02.857	4.593	0.420			30
12	42	Carson Hocevar		Chevrolet	79	2:06’03.372	5.108	0.515			30
13	41	Travis Pastrana		Chevrolet	79	2:06’04.217	5.953	0.845
14	17	Sammy Smith		Toyota	79	2:06’04.624	6.360	0.407
15	1	Jason White		Toyota	79	2:06’05.487	7.223	0.863			22
16	56	Timmy Hill		Toyota	79	2:06’05.835	7.571	0.348			21
17	4	Chase Purdy		Chevrolet	79	2:06’06.239	7.975	0.404	1		29
18	20	Derek Kraus		Chevrolet	79	2:06’07.238	8.974	0.999			19
19	22	Josh Reaume		Chevrolet	79	2:06’07.976	9.712	0.738			18
20	25	Matt DiBenedetto		Chevrolet	79	2:06’09.226	10.962	1.250			25
21	34	Jason White		Ford	79	2:06’10.120	11.856	0.894			16
22	02	Kris Wright		Chevrolet	79	2:06’11.201	12.937	1.081			15
23	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	79	2:06’12.410	14.146	1.209	19
24	33	Mason Massey		Ford	79	2:06’12.925	14.661	0.515			13
25	30	Chris Hacker		Toyota	79	2:06’13.420	15.156	0.495			12
26	2	Nicholas Sanchez		Chevrolet	79	2:06’15.309	17.045	1.889			24
27	51	Jack Wood		Chevrolet	79	2:06’16.234	17.970	0.925			14
28	52	Stewart Friesen		Toyota	74	2:06’14.238	5 Laps	5 Laps	2		9
29	24	Rajah Caruth		Chevrolet	57	1:23’31.621	22 Laps	17 Laps		Accident	8
30	43	Daniel Dye		Chevrolet	57	1:23’31.806	22 Laps	0.185		Accident	7
31	32	Bret Holmes		Chevrolet	49	1:17’30.127	30 Laps	8 Laps		Brakes	6
32	75	Parker Kligerman		Toyota	45	1:10’57.435	34 Laps	4 Laps		DVP
33	97	Codie Rohrbaugh		Chevrolet	39	59’00.889	40 Laps	6 Laps		Accident	4
34	84	Clay Greenfield		Toyota	28	37’44.124	51 Laps	11 Laps		Accident	3
35	13	Hailie Deegan		Ford	28	37’44.313	51 Laps	0.189		Accident	9
36	5	Dean Thompson		Toyota	28	37’44.444	51 Laps	0.131		Accident	1

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