The 2022 XPEL 225 was the fourth

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of the

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and the second iteration of the

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. The race was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in

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, at the

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, a permanent road course. The race was run over 46 laps due to multiple overtime restarts. Zane Smith of

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would win race, after taking the lead with two laps to go. This was Smith's fifth career truck series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium,

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and

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would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

(COTA) is a grade 1

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facility located within the

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. It features a 3.426-mile (5.514 km)

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circuit. The facility is home to the

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, and the

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, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the

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, the

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, the

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, and

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. On September 30, 2020, it was announced that COTA would host a

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event for the first time on May 23, 2021. The lower

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were also added as support events. On December 11, 2020, it was announced that NASCAR would run the full 3.41 mile course.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. **Withdrew prior to the event

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, March 25, at 2:00 PM CST.

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would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 2:17.104 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 25, at 2:30 PM CST. Since

is a

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, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole.

scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:14.924 seconds and a speed of .

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 12 Stage 2 Laps: 14 Stage 3 Laps: 15

Standings after the race

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

References

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