Zane Smith thought he took the white flag ahead of a caution that came out late in Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series race in the tri-oval, but had it taken away from him.
The series officials ruled that the yellow, caution lights had come on prior to him taking the white flag, resulting in an overtime attempt for the field in the season opening race.
Nevetheless, the driver of the No. 38 truck still managed to get it done, coming home with his fourth career victory in the series.
“It’s something else,” Smith said on the Fox Sports 1 broadcast. “Man, this place is its own thing, I’ll tell you that. My heart literally hurt during that red flag – because I thought we had it.”
Smith took to the point on the two-lap, green-white-checkered finish and was aided by a caution NASCAR called following the young gun taking the checkered flag with his new team.
“I’m really gonna try to make this a record year for myself, but how cool is winning here and getting this Loves paint scheme back to victory lane,” Smith said.
This story will be updated with full results when they become available:
NASCAR Truck Series Results
Daytona International Speedway
1. Zane Smith
2. Ben Rhodes
3. Christian Eckes
4. Tanner Gray
5. Parker Kligerman
6. Ty Majeski
7. Jesse Little
8. Danny Bohn
9. Carson Hocevar
10. Matt Dibenedetto
11. Riley Herbst
12. Spencer Boyd
13. Austin Wayne Self
14. Timmy Hill
15. Austin Hill
16. Stewart Friesen
17. Hailie Deegan
18. Thad Moffitt
19. Kris Wright
20. Jason White
