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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pit Boss 250

Circuit of The Americas

March 26th, 2022

Race #6 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 48
- Shortened to 46 laps
Miles Raced : 144.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 13 minutes 14 seconds
Average Speed: 70.640 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.039 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 8
Lead Changes: 8

Noah Gragson leads the field — Austin, Texas - March 26th, 2022: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, leads the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas. 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
AJ Allmendinger	4	5	1	1	1	16	3.0	+3	23	13	+10	20	13	97.8%	27	46	146.6	53
Austin Hill	8	7	2	2	2	23	8.1	+6	24	43	-19	18	2	89.1%	0	46	110.9	35
Cole Custer	3	2	6	3	2	35	7.9	+0	51	35	+16	21	7	91.3%	0	46	124.2	0
Noah Gragson	12	6	3	4	3	30	8.8	+8	51	70	-19	24	0	91.3%	0	46	103.3	35
Sam Mayer	10	4	7	5	1	31	11.5	+5	62	46	+16	26	2	71.7%	3	46	110.2	42
Myatt Snider	21	28	9	6	5	34	19.1	+15	64	55	+9	17	0	30.4%	0	46	73.3	31
Brett Moffitt	13	16	12	7	6	29	16.0	+6	67	44	+23	20	0	45.7%	0	46	79.5	30
Jade Buford	16	13	10	8	2	27	12.1	+8	67	34	+33	37	0	80.4%	0	46	93.7	42
Miguel Paludo	17	19	14	9	9	38	20.1	+8	60	57	+3	14	0	34.8%	0	46	71.0	28
Sheldon Creed	6	8	23	10	6	36	16.2	-4	55	90	-35	20	0	58.7%	0	46	83.7	27
Ryan Sieg	35	27	8	11	6	35	22.3	+24	53	43	+10	12	0	30.4%	0	46	57.7	26
Parker Kligerman	11	15	11	12	4	28	13.9	-1	46	43	+3	29	0	67.4%	0	46	85.8	0
Anthony Alfredo	18	20	16	13	11	27	17.6	+5	58	53	+5	14	0	30.4%	0	46	72.2	24
Preston Pardus	7	22	19	14	5	33	19.2	-7	59	54	+5	13	0	39.1%	0	46	75.0	28
Ty Gibbs	1	36	26	15	1	36	17.8	-14	56	77	-21	16	3	47.8%	1	46	89.0	23
Sage Karam	24	32	18	16	7	32	21.2	+8	93	62	+31	12	0	15.2%	0	46	55.8	26
Ross Chastain	2	1	31	17	1	35	6.4	-15	36	74	-38	10	3	80.4%	14	46	110.8	0
Brandon Jones	38	14	29	18	7	38	20.7	+20	76	64	+12	11	1	28.3%	0	46	71.1	19
Parker Chase	23	26	21	19	8	36	21.9	+4	68	57	+11	4	0	15.2%	0	46	59.8	21
Brandon Brown	28	21	22	20	11	38	25.6	+8	49	68	-19	2	0	4.4%	0	46	47.3	17
Stefan Parsons	33	29	17	21	16	38	29.3	+12	71	80	-9	0	0	0.0%	0	46	43.3	16
Patrick Gallagher	30	30	30	22	19	38	30.7	+8	63	77	-14	0	0	0.0%	0	46	39.7	15
Jeb Burton	20	12	5	23	3	31	14.4	-3	38	76	-38	18	0	58.7%	0	46	73.5	14
Jeremy Clements	26	17	4	24	3	29	15.7	+2	66	61	+5	16	0	41.3%	0	46	70.3	15
Daniel Hemric	19	9	25	25	3	32	13.2	-6	60	59	+1	22	0	69.6%	0	46	76.8	20
Riley Herbst	22	25	15	26	2	36	20.7	-4	91	54	+37	10	0	23.9%	0	46	55.7	17
Josh Berry	25	23	35	27	4	38	28.1	-2	72	54	+18	4	0	10.9%	0	46	47.2	17
Bubba Wallace	15	3	24	28	2	36	15.3	-13	50	77	-27	13	0	54.4%	0	46	76.2	0
JJ Yeley	36	35	28	29	22	37	32.1	+7	51	50	+1	0	0	0.0%	0	46	30.0	8
Ryan Vargas	34	34	34	30	19	37	32.4	+4	43	54	-11	0	0	0.0%	0	46	30.0	7
Landon Cassill	14	11	13	31	4	34	17.9	-17	42	74	-32	12	0	47.8%	0	46	54.0	6
Scott Heckert	32	31	33	32	10	35	28.9	+0	69	44	+25	2	0	8.7%	0	46	37.5	6
Justin Allgaier	9	18	32	33	1	35	16.2	-24	60	56	+4	15	0	54.4%	1	46	60.7	18
Joe Graf Jr	31	33	20	34	14	35	28.1	-3	62	65	-3	0	0	2.2%	0	46	36.2	3
Josh Bilicki	27	24	27	35	11	36	25.6	-8	89	61	+28	1	0	4.4%	0	46	39.2	2
Alex Labbe	5	10	36	36	2	36	14.6	-31	27	50	-23	19	0	73.9%	0	41	81.0	10
Will Rodgers	37	37	37	37	29	38	35.5	+0	12	10	+2	0	0	0.0%	0	34	29.0	1
Bayley Currey	29	38	38	38	17	29	33.2	-9	20	20	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	13	37.8	1

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Race Fast Facts

Circuit of The Americas
2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 40
Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
AJ Allmendinger won the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250, his 11th victory in 66 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 1 points over AJ Allmendinger.

Race Recap

AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas

March 26th, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he's considered one of NASCAR's road course superstars.

Allmendinger's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over Austin Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the first road course race of the year. It was the 40-year-old veteran's first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season and 11th of his career. He has seven road course wins on six different road course tracks (series-most).

He led early, and he led late, just when he needed to, holding off the field on two late, and dicey race restarts and controlling the race the final 14 laps en route to the checkered flag.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer turned in an inspired comeback from a midrace pit road speeding penalty to finish third. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson was fourth - his sixth top-five finish in the seven-race season to date. Gragson's teammate Sam Mayer finished fifth.

With their work, Allmendinger, Hill, Gragson and Mayer are now eligible to win a $100,000 bonus next week in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes opener at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. The top finishing driver among them in the ToyotaCare 250 will take the check, courtesy of sponsor Comcast.

"I told myself yesterday, I was not happy with where I put ourselves," said Allmendinger, who qualified fourth.

"Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don't' sleep during the week, they're busting their tales and that's why I'm so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today."

And it was not easy. Pole-winner Ty Gibbs and fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Custer joined Allmendinger at the front of the field for most of the early-going. Gibbs and Chastain exchanged the lead with Allmendinger, but both ultimately suffered setbacks during the course of the 46-lap race around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit.

Gibbs' Toyota suffered a flat time and put him well back in the field (36th place) after he was forced to pit during a green flag run, he recovered to finish 15th. Chastain ran among the front pack all the way until the end of the race when he was collected in an aggressive pack on the final race restart with seven laps remaining and finished 17th.

Myatt Snider finished sixth in a final lap duel with Mayer. Brett Moffitt finished seventh with Jade Buford, Miguel Paludo and Sheldon Creed - who won the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier in the day rounded out the top 10.

The runner-up Hill was especially encouraged because he was able to keep Allmendinger honest in the closing laps.

"All in all, it was a solid effort for our Global Chevy Camaro," Hill said, adding, "I've always felt like I could get around road courses. I felt like I proved it last year in the trucks winning at Watkins Glen and its just kind of build the momentum and the confidence going forward into this year that when we come to road courses, we can get the job done.

"I guess A.J. was just a little bit better than us, because I felt we had a really good car, but this shows we can run with AJ."

With the showing at COTA, fourth-place finisher Gragson holds a single-point lead over Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series driver standings with Gibbs third, 31 points back.