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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Andy's Frozen Custard 335

Texas Motor Speedway

October 16th, 2021

Race #30 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 300.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 35 minutes 48 seconds
Average Speed: 115.533 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.316 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 54
Lead Changes: 8

John H. Nemechek celebrates — Fort Worth, Texas - October 16th, 2021: John H. Nemechek, driver of the #54 Romco Equipment Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Andy's Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo by Logan Riely | 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
John Hunter Nemechek	10	1	2	1	1	18	4.0	+9	38	13	+25	32	58	95.5%	92	200	145.5	0
Daniel Hemric	3	2	4	2	1	28	2.7	+1	19	16	+3	19	32	99.5%	55	200	131.6	44
Noah Gragson	5	23	8	3	2	29	8.2	+2	61	32	+29	37	3	81.5%	0	200	110.4	45
Justin Allgaier	6	5	3	4	1	30	6.1	+2	49	31	+18	42	14	97.0%	0	200	117.4	43
Austin Cindric	2	6	7	5	1	26	6.2	-3	48	35	+13	35	11	92.5%	34	200	114.8	42
AJ Allmendinger	1	22	5	6	1	28	8.5	-5	57	28	+29	34	6	86.0%	13	200	107.0	40
Justin Haley	4	25	9	7	4	31	9.5	-3	56	32	+24	34	2	85.5%	0	200	99.4	41
Harrison Burton	8	8	1	8	1	29	10.9	+0	49	58	-9	41	2	92.0%	6	200	92.2	33
Michael Annett	9	9	6	9	3	25	7.8	+0	42	19	+23	32	4	97.5%	0	200	100.2	38
Brandon Jones	7	10	10	10	3	29	8.8	-3	31	42	-11	28	0	96.5%	0	200	94.7	27
Jeb Burton	13	4	11	11	2	35	10.3	+2	50	50	+0	42	0	90.0%	0	200	90.8	33
Riley Herbst	20	7	12	12	5	32	11.4	+8	40	46	-6	36	0	82.5%	0	200	85.7	30
Sam Mayer	11	3	13	13	2	35	10.7	-2	41	43	-2	28	0	89.0%	0	200	86.0	32
Ryan Sieg	22	34	18	14	14	37	26.7	+8	38	30	+8	2	1	5.0%	0	200	67.3	23
Kaz Grala	32	16	14	15	12	35	19.3	+17	50	57	-7	11	0	32.0%	0	200	72.8	0
Brett Moffitt	26	14	15	16	7	35	18.0	+10	56	25	+31	12	0	43.0%	0	200	76.5	23
Bayley Currey	39	13	16	17	7	39	17.7	+22	51	37	+14	9	0	34.0%	0	200	74.3	0
Tommy Joe Martins	24	17	17	18	10	34	18.8	+6	31	47	-16	7	0	11.5%	0	200	69.2	19
Josh Williams	15	18	19	19	8	33	19.3	-4	24	49	-25	5	0	9.5%	0	200	64.0	18
Austin Hill	21	15	22	20	5	31	18.2	+1	59	51	+8	18	0	19.5%	0	199	70.5	0
Myatt Snider	12	12	24	21	5	24	17.0	-9	38	62	-24	14	0	36.0%	0	199	71.5	16
Ryan Vargas	30	26	20	22	15	35	25.8	+8	33	61	-28	0	0	1.5%	0	199	51.3	15
Jeffrey Earnhardt	23	24	23	23	13	39	25.8	+0	39	43	-4	0	0	2.0%	0	199	51.3	14
Alex Labbe	16	27	21	24	12	36	25.9	-8	30	42	-12	1	0	3.0%	0	199	52.3	13
Kyle Weatherman	25	19	25	25	10	34	23.6	+0	43	43	+0	2	0	9.5%	0	199	57.2	12
Joe Graf Jr	38	31	26	26	16	38	27.8	+12	23	38	-15	0	0	0.0%	0	198	44.3	11
Mason Massey	35	33	27	27	21	39	31.6	+8	21	17	+4	0	0	0.0%	0	196	38.0	10
Spencer Boyd	28	32	28	28	22	39	31.5	+0	6	27	-21	0	0	0.0%	0	196	35.5	0
Jeremy Clements	14	21	29	29	7	33	23.6	-15	25	23	+2	4	0	23.5%	0	196	52.2	11
Joey Gase	37	36	30	30	30	39	34.4	+7	10	12	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	195	31.5	7
Jesse Little	34	35	31	31	24	38	33.7	+3	8	21	-13	0	0	0.0%	0	195	31.5	6
Matt Mills	31	28	32	32	15	35	28.1	-1	39	39	+0	0	0	0.5%	0	193	42.7	5
Brandon Brown	18	11	33	33	8	32	17.9	-15	54	36	+18	19	0	49.5%	0	171	69.8	5
David Starr	36	20	34	34	12	36	27.4	+2	37	51	-14	3	0	3.0%	0	152	46.7	3
CJ McLaughlin	40	37	35	35	35	40	36.5	+5	0	0	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	145	26.7	2
Landon Cassill	19	39	36	36	19	39	36.3	-17	7	6	+1	0	0	0.0%	0	108	36.5	1
Tanner Berryhill	27	29	37	37	10	29	28.3	-10	17	25	-8	3	0	8.0%	0	100	49.2	1
Dylan Lupton	29	30	38	38	7	30	27.8	-9	16	32	-16	8	0	23.0%	0	100	51.7	1
Jade Buford	17	38	39	39	15	40	36.4	-22	8	12	-4	1	0	1.0%	0	81	32.0	1
JJ Yeley	33	40	40	40	25	38	37.8	-7	15	23	-8	0	0	0.0%	0	37	28.3	1

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Texas Motor Speedway
17th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 335
Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
Age: 24
Team : No. 54 - Romco Equipment Toyota
Owner: Coy Gibbs
Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
John Hunter Nemechek won the 17th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 335, his second victory in 56 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Daniel Hemric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Sam Mayer (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 4 points over Austin Cindric.

Race Recap

John Hunter Nemechek overcomes penalty for second Xfinity Series victory

October 16th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

John Hunter Nemechek overcame a late race pit penalty to rally through the field and take his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday in the Andy's Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway – the first of three Playoff events that will set the Championship 4 field for the season finale.

Nemechek, whose full-time job is contending for a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, is the third different driver to win an Xfinity Series race in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota joining Kyle Busch, Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell – the group combining for 10 wins in 2021 in assorted part-time starts.

Nemechek's victory by 1.316-seconds over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Hemric marked the third win in four series Playoff races by a non-Playoff driver this season. It was the second Xfinity Series win in the 24-year old Nemechek's career – the other coming at Kansas Speedway in 2018.

A penalty during a pit stop – a crewman coming over the wall too soon – took Nemechek from the lead to 18th position for a restart with 51 laps remaining. Far from crushing his hopes, it motivated Nemechek and his team.vDuring a pit stop on the 10th and final caution period with 28 laps remaining, Nemechek's team called for a two-tire change while the rest of the contenders took four tires. The strategy put him on the front row for the re-start and he navigated his way forward and re-took the lead for good with 20 laps remaining.

"[Spotter] Stevie Reeves and [crew chief] Chris Gayle kept me calm," said Nemechek, who led a race best 92 laps on the afternoon. "I've grown a lot as a driver and been put in positions like that in the truck series as well.

"Man, I can't say enough about this whole team. The 54 has been fast every single week. My goal coming in was to win. I had to win to prove to myself I can do this."

It marked the third runner-up finish for Hemric this season and the 10th of his Xfinity Series career as he races for his first career victory. He was the top Playoff driver on Saturday.

"They just made a really good call to take two [tires] there, obviously," an understandably subdued Hemric said of Nemechek, adding, "Congratulations to those guys. We just weren't quite good enough [to catch him]."

Those two Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas were pretty much the story of the day. NASCAR Xfinity Series championship leader A.J. Allmendinger led the opening 13 laps and then his chief challenger, defending series champion Austin Cindric, took the lead, earning his 10th stage victory.

The JGR Toyotas pushed forward and started racking up the laps led. Nemechek won Stage 2 and primarily exchanged the lead with Hemric for the remainder of the race. The exception was a bold pit move – defending Texas winner Harrison Burton (also a JGR driver) opted not to pit on the last caution and led six laps before Nemechek overtook him and held the lead until the checkered flag.

JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson finished third rallying from damage early in the race, followed by his teammate Justin Allgaier and Cindric.

Allmendinger was sixth, followed by Justin Haley, Burton, Michael Annett and Brandon Jones. All eight of the Playoff drivers were among the top 10 with Nemechek and Annett the exceptions.

The sixth-place finish for Allmendinger was good enough to keep him atop the championship standings by four points over Cindric. Allgaier is third, 26 points back and Gragson is fourth.

Despite his runner-up effort, Hemric is fifth, two points behind Gragson. Hailey is sixth (-6), Burton (-21) and Jones (-32) round out the Playoff standings.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway for the second race of this Playoff round next Saturday afternoon, the Kansas Lottery 300 (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Current NASCAR Cup Series rookie Chase Briscoe is the defending race winner. However, Jones is a two-time Kansas winner, taking back-to-back wins in Fall, 2019, and Spring, 2020.