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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 2023

Race #1 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 120
- Extended to 125 laps
Miles Raced : 312.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 21 minutes 30 seconds
Average Speed: 132.509 mph
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 32
Lead Changes: 25

Jeb Burton, Riley Herbst, Anthony Alfredo, and John Hunter Nemechek — Daytona Beach, Florida - February 18th, 2023: Jeb Burton, driver of the #27 State Water Heaters Chevrolet, Riley Herbst, driver of the #98 Monster Energy Ford, Anthony Alfredo, driver of the #78 Ticket Smarter Chevrolet, and John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #20 Mobil 1 Toyota, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | 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
Austin Hill	1	3	1	1	1	35	5.3	+0	200	139	+61	139	4	90.4%	39	125	131.8	58
John Hunter Nemechek	7	8	6	2	1	29	7.6	+5	172	166	+6	151	2	94.4%	8	125	110.8	40
Justin Allgaier	5	1	3	3	1	32	4.9	+2	157	121	+36	113	3	88.8%	36	125	124.4	52
Parker Retzlaff	16	17	10	4	4	34	17.3	+12	129	136	-7	53	3	41.6%	0	125	78.5	33
Myatt Snider	13	11	7	5	4	37	12.4	+8	161	146	+15	110	3	80.0%	0	125	97.1	33
Riley Herbst	9	7	12	6	1	24	9.2	+3	186	187	-1	137	7	86.4%	0	125	97.8	35
Joe Graf Jr	29	26	13	7	6	35	21.3	+22	93	120	-27	23	3	26.4%	0	125	65.0	30
Ryan Sieg	22	12	8	8	2	35	14.2	+14	203	172	+31	91	3	60.8%	0	125	84.5	29
Cole Custer	3	9	18	9	1	27	12.6	-6	185	193	-8	117	2	64.8%	1	125	86.3	30
Justin Haley	19	18	21	10	1	32	12.4	+9	224	200	+24	157	6	65.6%	1	125	87.3	0
Jeb Burton	20	10	19	11	3	33	14.5	+9	258	209	+49	139	6	58.4%	0	125	90.1	33
Chandler Smith	8	30	23	12	1	32	13.9	-4	200	215	-15	144	0	60.8%	0	125	72.8	34
Stefan Parsons	17	32	22	13	12	33	26.7	+4	79	76	+3	5	0	2.4%	0	125	54.3	24
Brandon Jones	11	4	5	14	2	27	8.7	-3	209	213	-4	146	4	84.8%	0	125	95.5	30
Josh Williams	25	15	16	15	2	33	21.0	+10	115	101	+14	9	6	6.4%	0	125	66.6	22
Parker Chase	34	13	17	16	8	34	18.3	+18	161	170	-9	30	0	20.8%	0	125	69.0	21
Jeremy Clements	38	16	20	17	4	38	20.2	+21	149	139	+10	30	7	9.6%	0	125	64.8	20
Joey Gase	36	23	25	18	10	36	26.3	+18	65	70	-5	1	0	2.4%	0	125	47.7	19
Sammy Smith	15	33	27	19	4	37	23.1	-4	138	114	+24	71	4	30.4%	0	125	70.0	18
Gray Gaulding	23	19	15	20	1	35	20.0	+3	124	124	+0	13	2	18.4%	1	125	64.5	17
Kyle Sieg	26	28	24	21	16	36	28.8	+5	47	72	-25	0	2	0.0%	0	125	41.1	16
David Starr	28	25	26	22	1	37	28.5	+6	68	95	-27	3	0	2.4%	2	125	41.8	15
Parker Kligerman	2	20	11	23	1	32	13.7	-21	149	181	-32	113	1	65.6%	1	125	64.9	17
Anthony Alfredo	10	31	9	24	1	34	13.4	-14	203	196	+7	119	7	70.4%	0	125	84.0	13
Jade Buford	12	14	14	25	6	31	15.5	-13	174	190	-16	89	5	56.8%	0	125	80.4	12
Josh Berry	18	6	2	26	1	27	7.8	-8	188	169	+19	139	1	85.6%	17	125	95.2	20
Sam Mayer	14	2	4	27	1	33	7.6	-13	191	166	+25	124	0	88.8%	14	124	91.6	19
Jeffrey Earnhardt	24	21	28	28	2	32	20.7	-4	112	154	-42	31	0	20.8%	0	124	52.7	9
Brett Moffitt	32	5	29	29	2	34	16.1	+3	172	195	-23	129	0	54.4%	0	124	67.3	14
Jesse Iwuji	37	27	30	30	5	37	30.0	+7	57	67	-10	2	1	1.6%	0	110	34.1	7
CJ McLaughlin	31	24	31	31	12	35	28.8	+0	62	74	-12	1	0	3.2%	0	87	43.5	6
Kaz Grala	33	29	32	32	12	37	30.3	+1	45	78	-33	4	2	1.6%	0	82	37.8	5
Brennan Poole	21	22	33	33	9	33	26.9	-12	97	114	-17	8	1	4.8%	0	81	49.0	4
Sheldon Creed	4	34	34	34	1	34	25.7	-30	76	78	-2	68	0	30.4%	5	41	62.5	8
Ryan Ellis	35	35	35	35	22	38	34.4	+0	13	10	+3	0	1	0.0%	0	41	27.0	2
Daniel Hemric	6	36	36	36	2	25	31.7	-30	66	76	-10	54	0	14.4%	0	20	42.5	1
Blaine Perkins	27	37	37	37	9	27	34.1	-10	52	48	+4	24	0	5.6%	0	19	36.2	1
Bayley Currey	30	38	38	38	13	38	37.2	-8	20	32	-12	0	0	0.0%	0	8	24.8	1

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Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300
Race Winner: Austin Hill
Age: 28
Team : No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress Racing
Crew Chief: Andy Street
Austin Hill won the Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300, his third victory in 49 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Daytona International Speedway.
John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 25 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Parker Retzlaff (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

Hill wins NASCAR Xfinity opener in overtime photo finish at Daytona

February 18th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

After Sam Mayer spun on the roof of his Chevrolet on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway, trailing a shower of sparks, Austin Hill, Justin Allgaier and John Hunter Nemechek sat in their cars and waited.

And after what must have seemed an eternity to the drivers, NASCAR reviewed video of the final lap of overtime and declared Hill the winner of his second straight season opener at the World Center of Racing in front of the largest crowd to witness an Xfinity Series race at Daytona since the $400-million renovation of the facility in 2016.

A consummate superspeedway racer, Hill led a race-high 38 laps in Saturday's Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 and was narrowly ahead of surging John Hunter Nemechek when the sanctioning body called the caution for Mayer's spectacular accident on Lap 125-five circuits beyond the scheduled distance.

"As soon as the caution lights came on, I thought I had it, but it was so close," Hill said. "To get back-to-back here at Daytona, it's really special. That's three wins for me now, two in the Xfinity, one in the truck here. We came from the back two different times.

"I hope everyone enjoyed it. It was such a blast. I had so much fun. We won at Daytona! Let's go!"

Hill's first thought, however, was for Mayer. Contact between Hill's No. 21 Camaro and Mayer's No. 1 Chevrolet sent Mayer spinning and then flipping upside down until his car hit the infield grass and landed upright.

Mayer was treated and released from the infield care center.

"When I saw the 1 (Mayer) and the 7 (Allgaier) get together, I just went to go squeeze them, and the 1 came down, he started getting loose, and then you can't lift-it's last lap," Hill said. "I hope Sam is OK, man. That was a heck of a flip there."

Allgaier, who was credited with a third-place finish, had another close call in the race that has eluded him.

"I've been short my whole life, so I guess it's just fitting," quipped the 5-foot-6-inch driver. "But really proud of everybody at JR Motorsports. Our Chevy Camaros tonight were absolutely blazing fast.

"Obviously, I'm glad Sam is OK. He had a heck of a run there at the end."

Rookie Parker Retzlaff finished a career-best fourth, followed by Myatt Snider. Riley Herbst, Joe Graf Jr., Ryan Sieg, Cole Custer and Justin Haley completed the top 10.

Hill won the first stage, but only through Allgaier's benevolence. On the final lap of the stage, Hill steered down the track to block Allgaier's Chevrolet. Allgaier backed out of the throttle to give Hill room, as the rear bumper of Hill's Camaro slid uncomfortably close to the nose of Allgaier's car.

"If I don't lift, I wreck the whole field," Allgaier said on his radio. "It's stupid racing."

"Justin really cut me a break," Hill acknowledged. "I really appreciate that from him."

Allgaier must have gotten some karmic benefit from his magnanimity. When Parker Kligerman turned Sheldon Creed's Chevrolet while bump-drafting near the entrance to Turn 1 on Lap 40, Allgaier's Chevrolet spun sideways onto the apron behind the initial wreck.

After a tape job to the left rear of his car, Allgaier returned to the track, started at the rear of the field and quickly charged back into the lead on Lap 54. Allgaier went on to win the second stage, with Mayer close behind him.

"To go to the back and have that spin and just battle our way through, it's crazy how fast our car was tonight and how good we were in traffic," Allgaier said.

Unfortunately for the veteran driver, speed, maneuverability and good karma could carry him only so far.