LEBANON, Tenn. – During the day, under the lights or in a cloud of start-finish line smoke, Carson Hocevar topped his rivals in all conditions at Nashville Superspeedway.

Hocevar led the last 40 laps of the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, celebrated with a huge burnout in front of the main grandstand as fireworks shot over the backstretch and collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the final race of the Triple Truck Challenge.

“I’m enjoying this [stretch of races] a lot right now,” said Hocevar, who has finished in the top-5 in five straight races and posted the field’s top practice speed on Friday afternoon. “I enjoy it especially because I get to hold a trophy.”

Driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports, Hocevar captured his second Truck Series race on the season and earned his sixth top-five finish.

The 20-year-old Michigan native started seventh and steadily made his way up, finishing fourth after Stage 1 and second after Stage 2.

Hocevar then drove away from the field after a restart on Lap 110, stayed on the track following the race’s final caution on Lap 140 and beat out Zane Smith and pole winner Nick Sanchez to the checkered flag.

“I hope that puts away any doubters,” Hocevar said. “I hope I get to drive this truck for a long time.”

Smith, the defending Truck Series champion, was .271 of a second behind in second, Sanchez placed third after leading 37 laps, Corey Heim was fourth and Bayley Curry finished fifth.

“I was honestly kind of bummed out when the caution came out there, because I knew we struggled all day on restarts,” said Smith, who also finished second in last year’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville. “We were catching [Hocevar] on the long run. I think we were better than him.”

Smith (11 laps led) took Stage 1, while Heim (race-high 57 laps led) won Stage 2 under caution following a three-truck wreck on the backstretch on Lap 92.

Hocevar completed the 150 laps/200 miles in 1 hour, 57 minutes, 16 seconds, averaging 102.0675 mph with 18 trucks finishing on the lead lap. Seven leaders exchanged the lead nine times with seven caution periods taking up 43 laps.

Fin Str Vehicle Driver Team Laps
1 7 42 Carson Hocevar Worldwide Express Chevrolet 150
2 8 38 Zane Smith Speedco/Fleetguard Ford 150
3 1 2 Nick Sanchez # Gainbridge Chevrolet 150
4 4 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 150
5 2 41 Bayley Currey Unishippers Chevrolet 150
6 12 4 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 150
7 15 25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley Roofing/WAR Shocks Chevrolet 150
8 17 16 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Toyota 150
9 16 99 Ben Rhodes Bommarito Ford 150
10 21 35 Jake Garcia # Quanta Chevrolet 150
11 5 15 Tanner Gray Mobil 1 Toyota 150
12 24 66 Jake Drew Capstone Engineering Solutions Ford 150
13 6 23 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 150
14 10 17 Taylor Gray # JBL Toyota 150
15 23 88 Matt Crafton Pasiode/Menards Ford 150
16 22 56 Timmy Hill UNITS Storage Toyota 150
17 28 1 Toni Breidinger Victoria's Secret Toyota 150
18 18 52 Stewart Friesen Ferris Commercial Mowers Toyota 150
19 29 20 Nick Leitz Precision Measurements Chevrolet 149
20 32 34 Mason Maggio Driven/HMY Ford 149
21 34 4 Cory Roper The Dean's Ford 148
22 9 43 Daniel Dye # Champion Container Chevrolet 148
23 14 19 Christian Eckes Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet 148
24 27 30 Jonathan Shafer Rangeline Group Toyota 147
25 33 12 Spencer Boyd Rural King Chevrolet 147
26 35 33 Chase Janes J&J Services Ford 147
27 31 2 Layne Riggs Heartland Chevrolet 147
28 20 13 Hailie Deegan Ford Performance Ford 146
29 25 9 Colby Howard Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 144
30 13 51 Jack Wood Rowdy Manufacturing Chevrolet 144
31 11 98 Ty Majeski Farm Paint/Curb Records Ford 133
32 3 24 Rajah Caruth # Born Driven Chevrolet 119
33 36 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 104
34 26 32 Bret Holmes # Benton Nissan/IMI Chevrolet 92
35 30 46 Memphis Villarreal Laredo Trailer Supply/Mystik Toyota 26
36 19 45 Lawless Alan AUTOChargit Chevrolet 7


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