Entry List : Atlanta Motor Speedway

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  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Credit Karma Money 250
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 36
  • Team: No. 54 - Extra Gum Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Busch won the Pole Award for the Credit Karma Money 250 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Saturday, July 10th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kyle Busch Earns Historic NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory in Overtime Thriller

Kyle Busch earned his record 102nd NASCAR Xfinity Series race victory Saturday afternoon in the Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway – taking the checkered flag in overtime to top a perfect 5-for-5 record in Xfinity starts this season.

The winningest driver in series history proclaimed Saturday's work to be his final curtain call, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion saying he would no longer compete in the Xfinity Series.

Ironically, in what should have been his biggest bow before the fans – his traditional victory celebration – Busch, 36, opted for a more subdued acknowledgement of the win. He placed the flag inside his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 Toyota and conceded the win wasn't exactly how he wanted to add to his historic victory tally.

On the previous restart with only six laps remaining, Busch was behind his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Hemric and gave him a bumper-push forward to help the two get in front of the field. But Hemric's No. 18 JGR Toyota instead wiggled sideways, made contact with another car and hooked into the outside wall; the wreck forcing the overtime finish.

It had looked as if Busch, who led a race best 98 laps, and Hemric were going to settle the trophy between themselves. A victory for the 30-year old Hemric, would have been his first in any of NASCAR's premier series. He now has 105 Xfinity Series starts and nine runner-up finishes. On Saturday, he finished 30th.

"Not quite the win we were hoping for," Busch said, "a little bit of a somber win, I guess, not just for it being it the last one, but for the way it kind of happened.

"Really hate it for my teammate Daniel Hemric there on the front stretch. Just trying to get to him, trying to push him, trying to hit him and get him moving forward. We hit that bump there on the track at the same time and it kind of juked his car and he was across traffic, I guess. Ended up wrecked, which was not all how I foresaw that all going.

"But we were able to push our way through and get on to victory lane."

Added Busch, who won both stages and now has led an Xfinity Series record 20,088 laps, "He probably was going to have us beat, you know. Whoever got ahead off of Turn 2 on a restart was probably going to circle back around and take the checkered."

For his part, an obviously disappointed Hemric had very little to say on the team radio when the incident happened on-track, but spoke to reporters on pit road after the race and remained upbeat despite the frustrating situation.

"What could have been, right, that's all you can think about," Hemric told NBCSN on pit road. "On the flipside, you can't change it. Obviously, I know it wasn't intentional by no means. I did spin the tires a little bit, we were on scuffed tires there.

"I thought we got rolling there the best we could, and Kyle just went to push me and help out momentum in the bottom lane. Right when he went to hook on my back bumper, there's a swell there right before you turn into one Turn 1. The way the car loads there, and the bumpers didn't align and it shot me right there.

"I know it wasn't intentional but at the end of the day, I'm talking to you guys with a torn-up race car. This sucks."

"I don't know if I should have been expecting something different than what happened," Hemric continued. "But as soon as he touched me I never had a chance. That's a product of taking off in a restart zone on older tires and we're all doing all we can.

"Just unfortunate, but congrats to those guys they've been on top of it and our day will come."

Kaulig Racing's Jeb Burton finished second to Busch by .550-seconds, followed by JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson, who was leading the field to green following a caution period in the middle of the race only to have to drop into the pits to repair a punctured tire just before the restart. He was 31st at the time and rallied all the way to third. It was his best showing since a runner-up finish at Martinsville in early April – 12 races ago.

Burton's Kaulig teammate Justin Haley finished fourth and Ty Dillon earned his best showing of the season with a fifth-place run. Brett Moffitt, Justin Allgaier, Jeremy Clements, rookie Sam Mayer, championship leader Austin Cindric and Austin Dillon rounded out the Top-10.

It was a particularly impressive run for Austin Dillon, who got the call to substitute for Michael Annett in the JR Motorsports No. 1 Chevrolet only minutes before the race started. He was on the team radio asking for the name of his crew chief and his spotter just after the field took the green flag.

With only eight races remaining to set the 12-driver Xfinity Series Playoffs field, Cindric, a four-race winner, continues to lead the championship standings by 74 points over Allmendinger and Hemric is third.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 163
  • Laps Actual: 164 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.550 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 18 Minutes 59 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 109.032
  • Cautions: 10 for 43 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,896 (15.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250
  • Race Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 36
  • Team : No. 54 - Extra Gum Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Kyle Busch won the Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250, his 102nd victory in 363 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his third victory and 11th top-10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Jeb Burton (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier celebrates with a burnout
Hampton, Georgia - March 20, 2021 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Axalta / EchoPark Automotive Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series EchoPark 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on.
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1
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
39
16
Chevrolet
Hyperice
2
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
36
54
Toyota
Extra Gum
3
Cedar Rapids, IA
Jul 7, 1989
32
4
Chevrolet
Voyager
4
Houston, TX
Nov 11, 1967
53
61
Toyota
Whataburger
5
Riverton, IL
Jun 6, 1986
35
7
Chevrolet
hellowater Defense
6
Des Moines, IA
Jun 23, 1986
35
1
Chevrolet
PFJ Spicy Chicken Sandwich
7
Grimes, IA
Aug 7, 1992
28
02
Chevrolet
Concrete Supply
8
Lewisville, NC
Feb 27, 1992
29
23
Chevrolet
Childress Vineyards
9
Halifax, VA
Aug 6, 1992
28
10
Chevrolet
Nutrien AG Solutions
10
Mooresville, NC
Jun 22, 1989
32
0
Chevrolet
TeamJDMotorsports.com
11
Colonial Heights, VA
Feb 10, 1998
23
52
Chevrolet
Panini America
12
Tucker, GA
Jun 20, 1987
34
39
Ford
CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game
13
Wentzville, MO
Aug 28, 1997
23
47
Chevrolet
Axe Crossbows
14
Kannapolis, NC
Jan 27, 1991
30
18
Toyota
Poppy Bank
15
Sherrills Ford, NC
Apr 15, 1997
24
78
Toyota
Unsponsored
16
Driftwood, TX
Oct 29, 1996
24
74
Chevrolet
Fort Worth Screen Printing
17
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
22
11
Chevrolet
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
18
Saint-Albert, Canada
Apr 29, 1993
28
36
Chevrolet
Larue Industrial Snowblowers
19
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
22
22
Ford
Car Shop
20
Woodbridge, VA
Sep 14, 1993
27
68
Chevrolet
Baby Dogecoin
21
Atlanta, GA
Feb 18, 1997
24
19
Toyota
Toyota
22
Framingham, MA
Jul 1, 1992
29
66
Toyota
Sci-Aps
23
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
20
20
Toyota
Offerpad Awesome Different
24
Spartanburg, SC
Jan 16, 1985
36
51
Chevrolet
All South Electric
25
Mahwah, NJ
Jul 12, 1998
22
07
Chevrolet
Z Grills
26
Port Charlotte, FL
Aug 3, 1993
27
92
Chevrolet
Coolray Heating & AC
27
Lynchburg, VA
Nov 14, 1996
24
5
Chevrolet
JF Electric
28
Charlotte, NC
Dec 30, 1994
26
2
Chevrolet
Crosley Furniture
29
Las Vegas, NV
Jul 15, 1998
22
9
Chevrolet
Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC
30
Las Vegas, NV
Feb 24, 1999
22
98
Ford
Monster Energy
31
Como, MS
Dec 7, 1986
34
44
Chevrolet
Diamond Gusset Jeans
32
Douglasville, GA
Jan 24, 1997
24
99
Ford
Anderson Power Services
33
Simpsonville, SC
Oct 28, 2001
19
15
Chevrolet
Project Hope Foundation
34
Jamestown, NC
Feb 28, 2000
21
17
Chevrolet
Jacob Companies
35
Brentwood, TN
Feb 15, 1988
33
48
Chevrolet
Big Machine Spiked Coolers
36
Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 21, 1995
25
90
Chevrolet
Unsponsored
37
La Miranda, CA
Sep 23, 2000
20
6
Chevrolet
TeamJDMotorsports.com
38
Hendersonville, TN
Oct 22, 1990
30
31
Chevrolet
Bommarito.com / EasyCare
39
Woodbury, CT
May 31, 1998
23
126
Toyota
Manatawny Still Works
40
Franklin, WI
Jun 26, 2003
18
8
Chevrolet
QPS Employment Group