Preece led the way on a restart with 14 of 60 laps remaining but Smith got a push from Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Corey Heim that helped propel Smith past Preece and into the lead.
With 10 laps to go, Smith maintained about a half-second lead over Preece but Preece go to Smith’s rear bumper in the final three laps Smith held him off by 0.262 seconds to clinch the win.
