Chandler Smith picks up second win of 2021, career
AVONDALE, Ariz. — While Ben Rhodes celebrated his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory Friday (Nov. 5) at Phoenix Raceway, Chandler Smith earned his second victory of 2021 and his career in NASCAR’s third-tier series.
Smith led the final 18 laps in the Lucas Oil 150 to capture the win, his second in the last five races. The 19-year-old driver made the pass on Sheldon Creed.
“We were able to race extremely hard without touching,” Smith said. “I felt like we put on a really good show.”
Smith is now tied with 20 other drivers for 54th all-time on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series wins list.
The Kyle Busch Motorsports finished the season with 2 wins, 6 Top-5 finishes, and 9 Top-10 finishes, ninth overall in points.
Smith also clinched the Sunoco Rookie-of-the-Year title with his win.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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