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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Drive for the Cure 250

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

October 9th, 2021

Race #29 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 67
- Extended to 68 laps
Miles Raced : 155.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 07 minutes 14 seconds
Average Speed: 74.396 mph
Margin of Victory : 03.192 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 13
Lead Changes: 6

AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs and Harrison Burton race — Concord, North Carolina - October 9th, 2021: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Hyperice Chevrolet, Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, and Harrison Burton, driver of the #20 DEX Imaging Toyota, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
AJ Allmendinger	14	6	1	1	1	26	5.1	+13	32	8	+24	26	14	95.6%	21	68	135.5	49
Austin Cindric	1	1	2	2	1	27	3.4	-1	27	42	-15	15	8	95.6%	22	68	124.4	35
Daniel Hemric	3	2	5	3	1	23	4.7	+0	30	6	+24	27	8	94.1%	17	68	120.4	54
Justin Haley	5	4	4	4	2	22	5.7	+1	31	14	+17	29	9	97.1%	0	68	112.1	48
Brandon Jones	6	12	12	5	2	19	9.9	+1	28	27	+1	18	0	80.9%	0	68	94.2	42
Noah Gragson	10	10	17	6	1	31	9.9	+4	53	22	+31	20	0	64.7%	1	68	91.2	46
Preston Pardus	37	8	11	7	6	38	15.7	+30	38	49	-11	12	0	64.7%	0	68	79.3	30
Myatt Snider	13	7	19	8	3	35	15.2	+5	51	35	+16	24	0	63.2%	0	68	76.0	37
Justin Allgaier	2	20	9	9	1	40	17.5	-7	51	59	-8	13	0	51.5%	0	68	79.0	28
Sam Mayer	15	5	3	10	1	37	8.4	+5	47	68	-21	25	0	89.7%	0	68	94.8	28
Josh Williams	17	14	13	11	7	36	16.1	+6	65	55	+10	29	0	69.1%	0	68	77.5	26
Jeremy Clements	11	11	15	12	5	29	14.2	-1	38	28	+10	14	0	60.3%	0	68	75.8	32
Jeb Burton	7	16	18	13	7	25	13.5	-6	25	34	-9	13	0	57.4%	0	68	75.8	28
Alex Labbe	20	17	8	14	3	29	13.5	+6	44	21	+23	16	0	64.7%	0	68	84.2	23
Harrison Burton	8	13	16	15	7	26	13.4	-7	28	34	-6	16	0	75.0%	0	68	78.0	29
Jade Buford	19	23	14	16	11	39	21.2	+3	49	51	-2	7	0	35.3%	0	68	64.2	21
Landon Cassill	35	31	26	17	18	36	26.5	+18	46	29	+17	0	0	0.0%	0	68	65.7	20
Austin Hill	40	25	20	18	3	40	21.2	+22	46	61	-15	3	0	13.2%	0	68	77.2	0
JJ Yeley	23	21	21	19	7	26	21.0	+4	46	50	-4	3	0	11.8%	0	68	56.7	18
Jeffrey Earnhardt	32	27	27	20	12	34	26.3	+12	38	39	-1	0	0	1.5%	0	68	62.0	17
Ty Gibbs	12	3	6	21	1	23	6.9	-9	47	36	+11	32	8	95.6%	7	68	96.5	26
Brandon Brown	16	19	23	22	13	35	22.1	-6	36	43	-7	2	0	8.8%	0	68	55.7	15
Kyle Weatherman	24	28	25	23	15	39	29.8	+1	41	37	+4	0	0	1.5%	0	68	56.5	14
Stefan Parsons	36	26	28	24	17	36	28.5	+12	43	46	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	68	46.0	13
Sage Karam	28	9	7	25	1	28	11.6	+3	46	35	+11	19	0	69.1%	0	68	81.8	12
Ty Dillon	25	15	10	26	5	29	15.0	-1	38	36	+2	8	0	47.1%	0	68	71.3	11
Joe Graf Jr	30	32	32	28	15	37	30.8	+2	33	64	-31	1	0	1.5%	0	67	36.0	9
Will Rodgers	29	35	33	29	5	40	29.0	+0	46	28	+18	2	0	5.9%	0	67	68.0	8
Matt Mills	26	36	30	30	26	39	33.9	-4	28	20	+8	0	0	0.0%	0	67	35.0	7
Spencer Boyd	33	33	31	31	17	39	31.2	+2	36	73	-37	0	0	0.0%	0	67	35.0	0
Ryan Sieg	18	18	34	32	11	34	23.6	-14	69	97	-28	5	0	8.8%	0	66	51.2	5
Tommy Joe Martins	21	30	24	33	12	40	29.7	-12	46	49	-3	0	0	2.9%	0	63	56.7	4
Riley Herbst	9	22	29	34	5	32	14.8	-25	26	46	-20	15	0	64.7%	0	61	77.5	7
Loris Hezemans	34	34	35	35	22	36	32.0	-1	28	22	+6	0	0	0.0%	0	59	38.3	2
Ryan Vargas	27	29	36	36	9	34	30.2	-9	25	31	-6	0	0	1.5%	0	47	53.0	1
Brett Moffitt	22	38	37	37	21	39	37.0	-15	12	14	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	30	26.2	1
Josh Bilicki	31	37	38	38	6	36	30.3	-7	25	23	+2	0	0	1.5%	0	28	47.8	1
Kris Wright	38	39	39	39	21	38	36.8	-1	21	25	-4	0	0	0.0%	0	19	28.3	0
Gray Gaulding	39	40	40	40	30	40	39.4	-1	14	11	+3	0	0	0.0%	0	10	24.3	1

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
40th Annual Drive for the Cure 250
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 39
Team : No. 16 - Hyperice Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
AJ Allmendinger won the 40th Annual Drive for the Cure 250, his 10th victory in 56 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Austin Cindric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 22nd top-10 finish in 2021.
Daniel Hemric (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Sam Mayer (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger now leads the NASCAR Xfinity Series in road course with six victories.
Jeb Burton, Myatt Snider, Jeremy Clements and Riley Herbst did not advance to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of 8.

Race Recap

AJ Allmendinger streaks to third straight NASCAR Xfinity win at Charlotte Road Course

October 9th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

AJ Allmendinger stayed undefeated at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

The driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet won his third straight race at the 2.28-mile, 17-turn Roval and achieved several milestones in the process.

With his overtime victory in the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Allmendinger clinched a spot in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. He won for the fifth time this season and the 10th time in his career.

Winning for the sixth time on a road course, Allmendinger broke a tie with race runner-up Austin Cindric for most-ever Xfinity road course victories.

Allmendinger, who worked his way forward from the 14th starting position, took the lead for good on Lap 48 when Ty Gibbs suffered brake problems, blew the chicane on the backstretch and had to come to a full stop before continuing.

From that point, Allmendinger stretched his lead to 8.8 seconds before a caution for Tommy Joe Martins' wreck on Lap 64 sent the race to overtime.

After the subsequent restart on Lap 67, Allmendinger pulled away again and beat Cindric to the finish line by 3.192 seconds.

Cindric, the defending series champion, already had clinched a spot in the Round of 8. Third-place finisher Daniel Hemric joined him, along with Justin Haley (fourth Saturday), Brandon Jones (fifth), Noah Gragson (sixth), Justin Allgaier (ninth) and Harrison Burton (15th).

Jeb Burton, Myatt Snider, Jeremy Clements and Riley Herbst were eliminated from the Playoffs.

"I knew it was coming out," Allmendinger said of the final caution. "It wasn't going to go simple like that. That was a fight today. We had to be kind of on defense early, worrying about the points. This place was tough to pass—the track was really slick to start with, obviously, because of all the rain.

"Once we got the lead, the (car) was stupid-fast."

As the final run progressed, Cindric didn't have the pace to keep up with Allmendinger.

"I feel like this has honestly been one of my weakest road courses for probably exactly what you saw—the rear tires fall off way too much," Cindric said. "I felt like I was driving a skid-pad car after about 10 laps.

"I feel a little bit lucky and a bit fortunate, honestly. I didn't get moved or put in the wall, so either way we had a fast car. I think we set a fast lap time and got a good finish, so that sets us up well for Texas. I just wish we could have taken advantage of getting a Playoff point."

Instead, it was Hemric who added to his Playoff point total by winning the first two stages of the race. Allmendinger gained five additional Playoff points for the victory.

The race featured six lead changes among five drivers, with Allmendinger leading the final 21 circuits. There were seven cautions for 13 laps, the fourth of which also caused a brief stoppage when the brakes failed on the No. 07 Chevrolet of Josh Bilicki, with the car plowing through the backstretch chicane and dislodging pieces of curbing in its path.

Track workers had to remove the exposed bolts that had held the curbing in place before the race could continue.