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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200

Darlington Raceway

September 4th, 2021

Race #24 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 147
- Extended to 152 laps
Miles Raced : 207.6
Time of Race : 02 Hours 01 minutes 38 seconds
Average Speed: 102.422 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.219 seconds
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 41
Lead Changes: 19

Noah Gragson celebrates in victory lane — Darlington, South Carolina - September 4th, 2021: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway. 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
Noah Gragson	8	1	2	1	1	19	2.8	+7	14	8	+6	14	18	98.0%	40	152	135.8	59
Harrison Burton	6	5	3	2	2	21	5.7	+4	24	17	+7	24	3	97.4%	0	152	112.0	44
Austin Cindric	24	3	6	3	1	24	6.6	+21	39	15	+24	30	1	95.4%	1	152	104.8	46
Justin Haley	3	6	7	4	1	12	5.7	-1	16	16	+0	14	1	100.0%	4	152	105.3	42
Jeb Burton	5	15	15	5	4	18	12.7	+0	34	52	-18	31	0	78.3%	0	152	89.0	32
Justin Allgaier	4	8	4	6	1	22	5.7	-2	31	28	+3	30	12	97.4%	19	152	114.6	39
Tyler Reddick	28	11	10	7	5	28	14.1	+21	50	28	+22	19	0	61.2%	0	152	84.3	0
Jeremy Clements	15	14	13	8	6	20	13.5	+7	38	26	+12	32	0	77.0%	0	152	84.2	29
Myatt Snider	9	10	11	9	7	24	9.9	+0	27	22	+5	26	1	97.4%	0	152	96.0	31
Alex Labbe	22	24	17	10	10	34	21.7	+12	39	35	+4	7	0	7.9%	0	152	70.3	27
Ryan Sieg	12	13	12	11	7	19	13.0	+1	41	28	+13	36	0	90.8%	0	152	85.8	26
Denny Hamlin	14	7	1	12	1	24	6.0	+2	40	9	+31	32	24	94.1%	43	152	124.5	0
Michael Annett	19	16	8	14	6	19	12.4	+5	33	33	+0	23	0	88.2%	0	152	86.0	23
Josh Williams	16	21	19	15	13	32	20.1	+1	41	36	+5	8	0	14.5%	0	152	70.5	22
Landon Cassill	17	19	16	16	2	32	18.7	+1	29	49	-20	2	0	9.2%	0	152	69.8	21
Colin Garrett	31	35	23	17	14	39	31.9	+14	17	22	-5	0	0	0.7%	0	152	52.8	20
Mason Massey	26	27	20	18	12	37	25.4	+8	58	30	+28	0	0	2.6%	0	152	58.8	19
Joe Graf Jr	32	25	26	19	17	36	26.0	+13	37	43	-6	0	0	0.0%	0	152	51.3	18
AJ Allmendinger	2	2	5	20	1	25	3.8	-18	21	33	-12	17	10	96.7%	24	152	107.4	30
Jade Buford	20	22	24	21	16	35	23.6	-1	32	51	-19	0	0	0.0%	0	152	58.5	16
BJ McLeod	39	26	18	22	12	39	24.3	+17	43	31	+12	0	0	2.6%	0	152	59.2	0
Matt Mills	33	30	22	23	3	37	29.2	+10	26	22	+4	0	0	3.3%	0	152	44.7	14
Daniel Hemric	1	4	9	24	1	38	9.7	-23	53	58	-5	35	24	81.6%	18	152	98.2	29
Ryan Vargas	27	28	21	25	21	38	27.6	+2	34	38	-4	0	0	0.0%	0	152	48.3	12
Jeffrey Earnhardt	21	29	25	26	21	36	27.0	-5	31	56	-25	0	0	0.0%	0	152	46.7	11
Colby Howard	30	34	31	27	15	37	30.8	+3	25	22	+3	0	0	0.7%	0	152	35.8	10
Brandon Brown	23	17	30	28	11	31	19.5	-5	38	53	-15	9	0	9.9%	0	151	63.2	9
Austin Dillon	35	9	29	29	7	35	19.1	+6	39	43	-4	17	4	46.1%	0	151	74.9	0
David Starr	18	31	27	30	14	36	28.5	-12	17	34	-17	0	0	1.3%	0	151	39.2	7
Carson Ware	38	32	28	31	2	39	32.6	+7	8	7	+1	0	0	3.3%	0	151	32.5	6
Jesse Little	34	33	32	32	31	38	34.2	+2	7	19	-12	0	0	0.0%	0	150	31.7	5
Brandon Jones	25	36	33	33	4	37	26.1	-8	27	16	+11	17	0	31.6%	0	146	53.8	7
Kyle Weatherman	37	38	34	34	20	38	33.1	+3	26	11	+15	0	0	0.0%	0	134	41.7	3
Ryan Ellis	36	37	35	35	25	38	34.4	+1	17	31	-14	0	1	0.0%	0	133	35.4	2
Timmy Hill	29	23	36	36	1	33	26.7	-7	27	59	-32	0	0	4.0%	3	116	47.7	0
Tommy Joe Martins	13	18	37	37	13	32	22.6	-24	29	35	-6	8	0	25.0%	0	108	61.8	1
Riley Herbst	7	12	38	38	5	34	18.7	-31	19	19	+0	8	2	62.5%	0	107	74.5	1
Sam Mayer	11	39	39	39	11	38	36.3	-28	18	29	-11	1	0	0.7%	0	45	31.7	1
Gray Gaulding	40	40	40	40	40	40	40.0	+0	0	0	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	2	23.2	1

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Darlington Raceway
39th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200
Race Winner: Noah Gragson
Age: 23
Team: No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: David Elenz
Noah Gragson won the 39th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200, his third victory in 93 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in five races at Darlington Raceway.
Harrison Burton (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
Austin Cindric (third) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Darlington Raceway.
Jade Buford (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

Noah Gragson snags first 2021 victory with strong run at Darlington

September 4th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Fresh from the announcement of his return to JR Motorsports next year, Noah Gragson sped to victory at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, clinching a spot in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

After pre-race favorite Denny Hamlin was sent to the rear under penalty for an equipment violation during a pit stop under caution on Lap 139, Gragson grabbed the lead from Daniel Hemric on Lap 143 and held it the rest of the way.

Gragson's victory in the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at the 1.366-mile speedway was his first of the season, his first at Darlington and the third of his career.

After debris from a Hemric spin on Lap 144 caused the eighth caution of the afternoon and sent the race to overtime, Gragson surged ahead on the final restart and finished .218 seconds ahead of runner-up Harrison Burton.

Reigning series champion Austin Cindric ran third, closing to a single point his deficit to current series leader AJ Allmendinger, who finished 20th after pitting under the final caution because of a loose wheel.

"It's been way too long," said Gragson, who celebrated by climbing the frontstretch catchfence with his team after climbing from his car. "I hate that the 54 (Hamlin) ...something happened to him on pit road. It was pretty fun racing there.

"We made good adjustments on the pit stops ... And like you said, it's been way too long. A lot of frustration this year, and things haven't gone our way, but we're getting some momentum when we need to, and I just can't thank everybody enough on this No. 9 team."

Hamlin appeared headed for his sixth Xfinity Series victory at Darlington when Brandon Jones spun off Turn 4 on Lap 138 of a scheduled 147. On the ensuing pit stop for new tires, Hamlin's crew was penalized for bringing equipment over the wall too soon, ending the driver's chances for a win.

Gragson took the checkered flag on Lap 152 at the end of the only overtime attempt. The victory marked his fifth straight finish of seventh or better.

Cindric took advantage of Allmendinger's late issue to set up a tight battle for the regular-season championship with two races left before the 12-driver Playoff field is set.

"We did a solid job all day trying to execute but we weren't perfect," Cindric said. "I'm proud of what we gained today with the Snap-On Ford Mustang. It's definitely the best race I feel like I've had at Darlington, just having the strength and not having too many weaknesses.

"As a team, that takes a lot of conversations throughout the week to try to get that right, so we righted a lot of wrongs for me at this race track today. I feel good about that."

Justin Haley, last weekend's Daytona winner, finished fourth, followed by Kaulig racing teammate Jeb Burton. Justin Allgaier, Tyler Reddick, Jeremy Clements, Myatt Snider and Alex Labbe completed the top 10.

There were eight cautions for a total of 41 laps and 19 lead changes among eight drivers. Hamlin, who finished 12th, led a race-high 43 laps. Gragson was out front for 40 circuits.

According to Cindric, the fresh strip of pavement in Turn 2 seemed to gain grip throughout the race but did not play a significant role in the outcome.

"Today when we showed up it was a construction site, and now it's a race track," Cindric said. "That's the way I see it. It's dirty. It's new asphalt. We're the first cars to run on it. It gained grip throughout the day. It got cleaned throughout the day. It got more raceable throughout the day. I don't think it will be much of a story line tomorrow (in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race)."