The 2022 Dead On Tools 200 was the seventh stock car race of the

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and the third iteration of the

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. The race was held on Friday, May 6, 2022, in Darlington, South Carolina at Darlington Raceway, a permanent egg-shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 147 to 149 laps, due to a

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finish. At race's end, John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win, after holding off

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in the final restart. He would also lead the most laps. This was Nemechek's 12th career truck series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium,

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of GMS Racing would finish 3rd, respectively.

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was going to be awarded with a 5th place finish, but was disqualified after post-race inspection, due to the front of the truck being too low to the ground. However, a few days later, ThorSport Racing won their appeal over NASCAR, and Crafton was able to keep his 5th place position.

Background

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for

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racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends. First held in

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, the spring Darlington race was taken off the schedule after

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, then it returned from

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. The race returned to the Truck Series schedule once again in

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. On December 11, Darlington Raceway announced its highly popular NASCAR Throwback weekend would move to the new May 7–9 weekend, effectively making a lineal swap of the two race meetings at the track.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session is scheduled to be held on Friday, May 6, at 3:00 PM EST. John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 29.608 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 6, at 3:30 PM EST. Since Darlington is an oval track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole. John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports scored the pole for the race, with a time of 28.719 seconds and a speed of . No one would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 35 Stage 2 Laps: 55 Stage 3 Laps: 62

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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