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- Dover Motor Speedway
- 41st Annual A-GAME 200
- Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
- Age: 25
- Team : No. 19 - Menards/Pelonis Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual A-GAME 200 with a lap of 22.872 seconds, 157.398 mph.
- This is his fourth pole in 213 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2022.
- This is his second pole in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
- Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2022 and his first in one race at Dover Motor Speedway.
- Noah Gragson (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in ten races this season.
- Sheldon Creed (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Saturday, April 30th, 2022
- NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Josh Berry takes home the checkered flag at the Monster Mile
Josh Berry answered a runner-up finish last year at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway with a victory Saturday in the A-Game 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the track– holding off his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier by .604-seconds.
Berry led the final 55 laps of the 200-lap race to claim his first win of 2022 and the third of his Xfinity Series career. His JR Motorsports team claimed four of the race’s top-five positions – the first time any team has done so since 2013. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs was third followed by JRM drivers Noah Gragson and Sam Mayer.
Allgaier led a race-best 67 laps but was passed by Berry’s No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet with 55 laps remaining. He rallied to his ultimate second-place finish after suffering a setback on a slow final pit stop. Berry returned to track with the lead on that re-start and Allgaier had to race forward from fourth place, getting as high as second but never having a true chance to make a pass for the win.
“I struggled a lot on the bottom on the restarts and just kept trying to work to get better. It’s just credit to these guys, the pit crew did a phenomenal job today, they executed when we needed it,’’ said the 31-year old Tennessee native, Berry. “And we were there when it counted.
“I went toe-to-toe with Justin Allgaier and he’s so freaking good here,’’ Berry added. “Gosh, I thought he was kind of out of it after that pit stop and then he was right back to second and I thought, ‘here we go again.’ ”
Allgaier, 35, a perennial championship contender, is looking for his first win since Darlington, S.C. last May. This marked his fifth runner-up finish in that time – but is his best showing of 2022.
“Proud of our team, we wanted to get the car in victory lane but with the string of bad luck, I feel like today was a good day, just a little bit short,’’ said Allgaier, who had finished 20th or worse in four of the five races leading into Dover.
Gragson’s fourth place finish marked a solid end to a challenging day for the 23-year old and earned him his $100,000 bonus check in the Dash 4 Cash program.
“What a day for the entire company, four cars in the top-five, and congratulations to Josh Berry for his win,’’ said Gragson, who added with a smile holding up the giant $100,000 cardboard Dash 4 Cash winner’s check, “My car was as fast as the Xfinity internet.’’
A.J. Allmendinger finished sixth but retains the championship lead by 43 points over both two-race winner Gragson and three-race winner Gibbs.
Mayer’s fifth place finish was impressive considering his eventful day. He won Stage 1 and then had a pit stop situation during the ensuing stop. His No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lost a left rear tire and he ended up having to make an extra stop and eventually dropping back as far as 19th place before making his way forward again.
Saturday’s polesitter Brandon Jones rallied to a seventh-place finish after pit issues as well.
Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed was eighth – the highest finishing rookie with Riley Herbst and Ryan Sieg rounding out the top-10.
- Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 0.604 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 55 Minutes 17 Seconds
- Average Speed: 104.091
- Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
- Lead Changes: 7
- Green Flag Passes: 750 (4.6 passes per green flag lap)
- Dover Motor Speedway
- 41st Annual A-GAME 200
- Race Winner: Josh Berry
- Age: 31
- Team : No. 8 - Tire Pros Chevrolet
- Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
- Crew Chief: Mike Bumgarner
- Josh Berry won the 41st Annual A-GAME 200, his third victory in 39 Xfinity Series races.
- This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
- This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
- Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 22 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
- Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
- Sheldon Creed (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
- AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 43 points over Ty Gibbs.
