When the Truck Series season reached its zenith at Phoenix Raceway on November 4th, 2022, none of the Nascar Chevy truck teams were up for a championship run. Out of the Final 4 contenders, three drove Toyota Tundra race trucks, and one piloted a Ford F-150 racer. At the end of the day, while the Chevy Silverado racers could only stand by and watch, it was the No. 38 Ford F-150 of Zane Smith hoisting the 2022 championship trophy in Victory Lane.
In fact, only two Chevy Silverado race trucks qualified for the postseason Playoffs out of 10 overall competitors. To add insult to injury, the best-finishing Bow Tie machine at Phoenix was that of Grant Enfinger, who brought his No. 23 Silverado across the line in seventh. Enfinger, who made his 150th career Truck Series start at Phoenix, was eliminated from Playoffs contention after the Round of 8 concluded at Homestead a few weeks ago. Enfinger put the No. 23 Nascar Chevy truck in Victory Lane at Indianapolis Raceway Park in July, his only win of the season.
Chevy Silverado race trucks secured five wins overall in 2022, compared to Ford’s six wins and Toyota’s 12 wins.
While the 2022 Truck Series season was rather disappointing for the Nascar Chevy truck teams, there is a major pivot for the better on the horizon. Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) will field Silverado trucks beginning in 2023 as owner/driver Kyle Busch himself moves to a Chevy team at the Cup Series level. Previously, KBM was a Toyota-backed powerhouse in the Truck Series, so its expertise in the division will certainly be a major boost for Chevy’s racing efforts next season.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 38 | Zane Smith (P) | Michael Roberts Construction Ford | 154 | 77 | Ford F-150 |
| 2 | 6 | 99 | Ben Rhodes (P) | Kubota Toyota | 154 | 8 | Toyota Tundra |
| 3 | 12 | 18 | Chandler Smith (P) | Safelite AutoGlass Toyota | 154 | 9 | Toyota Tundra |
| 4 | 10 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | 154 | 44 | Toyota Tundra |
| 5 | 5 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 154 | 6 | Toyota Tundra |
| 6 | 13 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 7 | 3 | 51 | Corey Heim # | Crescent Tools Toyota | 154 | 5 | Toyota Tundra |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Ford Performance Ford | 154 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 9 | 15 | 30 | Kaden Honeycutt | Race Face Digital Toyota | 154 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 10 | 22 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 11 | 23 | 19 | Derek Kraus | NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 12 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Ideal Door/Menards Toyota | 154 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 13 | 2 | 62 | Layne Riggs | RamJack Foundation Repair Toyota | 154 | 5 | Toyota Tundra |
| 14 | 24 | 16 | Tyler Ankrum | LiUNA! Toyota | 154 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 15 | 20 | 91 | Colby Howard | Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 16 | 17 | 35 | Jake Garcia | Quanta Services Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 17 | 21 | 17 | Taylor Gray | Ford Performance Ford | 154 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 18 | 32 | 45 | Lawless Alan # | AUTOChargit Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 19 | 19 | 61 | Chase Purdy | Ibaraki Toyopet Toyota | 154 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 20 | 8 | 66 | Ty Majeski (P) | Road Ranger Toyota | 154 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 21 | 26 | 40 | Dean Thompson # | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 22 | 11 | 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 23 | 31 | 5 | Tyler Hill | Garry Mercer Trucking Inc. Toyota | 152 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 24 | 30 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 25 | 25 | 9 | Blaine Perkins # | RACELINE Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 26 | 28 | 43 | Chris Hacker | Morgan & Morgan Toyota | 152 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 27 | 29 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Coble Enterprises Toyota | 152 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 28 | 27 | 2 | Johnny Sauter | RANDCO Industries Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 29 | 16 | 24 | Jack Wood # | Quick Quack Car Wash Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 30 | 7 | 98 | Christian Eckes | CMR Construction & Roofing Toyota | 151 | 0 | Toyota Tundra |
| 31 | 14 | 1 | Hailie Deegan | Wastequip Ford | 133 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 32 | 18 | 7 | Rajah Caruth | Circle Chevrolet | 106 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 33 | 33 | 12 | Spencer Boyd | Off The Grid Chevrolet | 63 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 34 | 34 | 33 | Keith McGee | Murphys Towing and Diesel Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
| 35 | 35 | 20 | Armani Williams | Visit Mesa Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
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Comments
hope chevy did not spend all their $$$ to get kyle busch and have some left to fix the truck teams.
Ford and Chevy do not put any money in the truck series.
Very few have any interest in it.
90% of the seats are empty at the truck races.
I think the race purses will be down to a couple
of hundred dollars in the near future!