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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Pocono on Saturday as part of a tripleheader weekend for NASCAR, with every series in action.
This is the final week before the Truck Series playoffs begin, which means drivers outside the playoff picture will be trying to get the win on Saturday to steal a spot in the postseason. Will we get a surprise winner? Or will one of the usual suspects like Zane Smith end up in victory lane?
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Zane Smith - $10,800 - Starting 1st
With many of the top competitors in this race starting slightly farther back in this field, Zane Smith should be considered the favorite here. He should be able to lead early laps, just like he did last year when he started second and led 18 of the 60 laps before finishing eighth.
Smith has been the best driver in the Truck Series this year. What better way to end the regular season than with another Zane Smith victory?
Smith has led laps in both of his starts here, even if the finishes weren't what he wanted. But the budding star has figured things out and should be able to run a complete race here.
Corey Heim - $10,400 - Starting 17th
KBM trucks finished first and second here last year, with Kyle Busch leading 20 of the 60 laps in his 51 truck.
Now, Corey Heim's not Kyle Busch...but he's still really good. He's won two of his eight starts this season and has shown speed every week.
The finishes haven't always been there though, as Heim has three DNFs, including in each of the last two races. The raw speed is there, though. He'd only qualified worse than sixth once before this race. The talent is there, as evidenced by the Atlanta and Gateway wins. The place differential upside is there. Plenty of reasons to ignore the poor finishes and focus on the upside.
Austin Hill - $10,200 - Starting 31st
Hill jumps into the Spire No. 7 truck this week and is set to run his first Truck Series race since Daytona.
Austin Hill had a good run in the Truck Series between 2018 and 2021, including two top-six finishes in points and eight victories. The last two years saw Hill finish in the top five at this track, and in 2019 he had a DNF but had qualified on the pole. He knows how to get around this track.
This truck has been solid this season, with William Byron winning Martinsville in it. The last two starts have featured the driver crashing out, but this team has been solid when they weren't at road courses. With huge place differential upside on Saturday, Hill is a great play.
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Tate Fogleman - $7,000 - Starting 36th
Fogleman has made 11 starts this season, with an average finish of 23.4. That fact alone would put him in play for this race, but it wouldn't make him a slam dunk.
What does make him a slam dunk?
He's in a GMS truck. Fogleman's first 11 starts came for On Point in the 30 truck, which isn't great equipment—he just managed to make the best of it.
But now, he's running a race in the 26 for GMS, one of the better teams in the Truck Series. And he starts 36th. I'd play any GMS driver who started this deep. I'd even play Jack Wood! And considering Fogleman is better than Wood, this is a no brainer.
Todd Bodine - $6,700 - Starting 34th
This is it, y'all.
Todd Bodine unretired to run a few races this year so he could get to 800 starts combined between NASCAR's top three series, and this is No. 800. This is almost certainly the last time we'll see Todd Bodine in a race car.
Bodine hasn't reached the heights that he did in the past, when he won 22 Truck Series races and won a pair of titles, but he's still been solid this season. Despite not starting a race since 2013, Bodine has an average finish of 18.2 this season, which is right in line with his last full-time season in 2012. He's been fine despite being 58.
On Saturday, he starts 34th. Lot of place differential upside from a driver with a ton of experience here.
Jesse Little - $4,900 - Starting 32nd
Little is such a great value play on this slate.
In nine starts this season, Little has an average finish of 19.6, with six finishes of 20th or better. This 20 truck isn't very good, but if Little can keep it clean and stay on the lead lap, he'll have a solid finish here.
And hey, this is the kind of track where weird things can happen. We haven't seen it as much in the Truck Series, but strategies can get weird here.
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