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NASCAR Xfinity Series

ToyotaCare 250

Richmond Raceway

April 1st, 2023

Race #7 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 187.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 09 minutes 29 seconds
Average Speed: 86.884 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.298 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 43
Lead Changes: 10

Chandler Smith takes the checkered flag to win — Richmond, Virginia - April 1st, 2023: Chandler Smith, driver of the #16 Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway. Photo by David Jensen | 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
Chandler Smith	8	1	4	1	1	8	2.7	+7	26	17	+9	25	29	100.0%	83	250	138.3	57
John Hunter Nemechek	10	9	2	2	1	34	10.0	+8	48	46	+2	27	11	78.4%	11	250	98.7	39
Josh Berry	7	4	1	3	1	9	3.9	+4	24	16	+8	24	17	100.0%	63	250	124.6	51
Kaz Grala	21	12	6	4	3	22	10.7	+17	53	39	+14	43	0	84.8%	0	250	94.5	38
Cole Custer	22	5	7	5	4	22	7.0	+17	44	30	+14	35	5	96.0%	0	250	105.3	44
Sheldon Creed	6	11	9	6	4	13	8.8	+0	26	32	-6	24	0	100.0%	0	250	94.7	35
Ryan Sieg	17	31	19	7	7	37	20.7	+10	70	34	+36	33	5	35.6%	0	250	91.3	32
Parker Kligerman	20	6	10	8	6	36	11.5	+12	50	27	+23	27	6	84.0%	0	250	86.2	32
Austin Hill	18	10	8	9	5	36	12.6	+9	61	43	+18	33	1	78.4%	0	250	82.8	28
Derek Kraus	11	8	11	10	7	19	11.3	+1	30	33	-3	24	1	92.0%	0	250	83.8	27
Alex Labbe	32	16	12	11	9	32	16.5	+21	45	29	+16	11	0	42.4%	0	250	73.5	26
Jeb Burton	16	18	13	12	9	33	17.3	+4	39	30	+9	11	0	22.8%	0	250	70.7	25
Justin Allgaier	1	7	18	13	1	23	8.5	-12	37	52	-15	24	10	91.2%	2	250	101.3	31
Chris Hacker	29	21	15	14	11	31	18.5	+15	26	24	+2	7	0	25.2%	0	250	63.8	0
Ryan Ellis	23	15	14	15	12	29	15.9	+8	30	30	+0	17	0	63.6%	0	250	71.0	22
Parker Retzlaff	14	33	21	16	14	35	26.5	-2	45	45	+0	2	0	0.4%	0	250	55.7	21
Sam Mayer	3	32	23	17	2	36	20.1	-14	39	32	+7	7	1	31.6%	0	250	90.6	21
Jeffrey Earnhardt	34	14	17	18	14	34	18.3	+16	45	37	+8	14	0	22.4%	0	250	62.3	19
Sammy Smith	2	30	22	19	1	34	21.1	-17	22	44	-22	2	11	17.6%	40	250	76.7	18
Kyle Sieg	25	24	16	20	5	32	23.2	+5	32	30	+2	0	1	1.2%	0	250	51.6	17
Brandon Jones	9	2	3	21	1	22	5.1	-12	29	34	-5	25	16	92.0%	24	250	104.8	33
Brett Moffitt	24	20	20	22	12	28	19.7	+2	42	36	+6	7	0	12.4%	0	250	59.8	15
Riley Herbst	4	3	5	23	1	23	5.4	-19	24	27	-3	23	23	93.2%	27	250	101.5	31
Daniel Hemric	5	19	24	24	1	27	15.0	-19	25	50	-25	11	5	45.6%	0	249	75.6	17
Leland Honeyman Jr	28	25	25	25	21	34	25.7	+3	30	31	-1	0	0	0.0%	0	249	42.3	12
Blaine Perkins	27	26	27	26	19	30	25.7	+1	28	28	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	248	45.7	11
Joey Gase	35	23	29	27	19	37	27.0	+8	106	110	-4	0	9	0.0%	0	248	46.2	10
Connor Mosack	19	22	28	28	17	32	24.1	-9	36	47	-11	0	1	0.0%	0	248	51.8	9
Patrick Emerling	33	27	30	29	6	36	29.8	+4	23	19	+4	0	0	0.8%	0	248	37.0	8
Garrett Smithley	37	28	26	30	3	37	30.4	+7	23	24	-1	0	0	0.8%	0	248	34.0	7
Mason Maggio	38	35	32	31	4	38	34.1	+7	16	21	-5	0	0	0.4%	0	247	28.5	0
Stefan Parsons	36	34	31	32	18	37	33.2	+4	29	17	+12	0	0	0.0%	0	247	33.2	5
Josh Williams	26	29	34	33	17	35	29.6	-7	34	51	-17	0	1	0.0%	0	247	35.8	4
Brennan Poole	30	36	33	34	20	36	34.1	-4	20	27	-7	0	0	0.0%	0	247	31.3	3
Gray Gaulding	31	37	35	35	28	38	35.7	-4	14	15	-1	0	26	0.0%	0	245	36.2	2
Jeremy Clements	12	13	36	36	9	36	16.8	-24	28	46	-18	26	0	73.6%	0	243	61.5	1
Joe Graf Jr	15	38	37	37	15	38	37.0	-22	4	28	-24	2	20	0.4%	0	236	36.9	1
Anthony Alfredo	13	17	38	38	10	35	27.4	-25	41	63	-22	11	1	13.2%	0	144	53.6	1

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Race Fast Facts

Richmond Raceway
ToyotaCare 250
Race Winner: Chandler Smith
Age: 20
Team : No. 16 - Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250, his first victory in ten Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2023 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Richmond Raceway.
John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Richmond Raceway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
Josh Berry (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
Chandler Smith (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier won the first race of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash.
Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Chandler Smith and John Hunter Nemechek all qualify for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash in Martinsville.

Race Recap

Chandler Smith Grabs First NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory at Richmond Raceway

April 1st, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Rookie Chandler Smith earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday afternoon at Richmond (Va.) Raceway holding off John Hunter Nemechek on a final race restart with six laps remaining to hoist the ToyotaCare 250 trophy.

Smith's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet led a race best 83 of the 250 laps – the bulk of that early in the race. But the 20-year year old Georgia native was able to run among the top five for most of the day and ultimately drive his Chevy around Nemechek's No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on that last restart, pulling away to a .298-second victory after some intense side-by-side action for the lead in the closing laps.

Smith has had three top-five finishes, including a gut-wrenching near miss at Las Vegas last month. After leading a dominant 118 laps and being out front with one lap to go at Vegas four races ago, he had to settle for third place. So this victory at Richmond was especially motivating for the young driver.

"Feels great,'' a smiling Smith said. "This goes to testimony as to Vegas, dominated that race but didn't win and said, it was all in God's timing. … here we are in Richmond, my favorite race track and we're sitting in victory lane.''

It marks the third-consecutive runner-up finish for Nemechek at the 0.75-mile Richmond track; including a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race and the last two NASCAR Xfinity Series races there.

"We weren't very good on the short run, we had a long-run speed car,'' Nemechek said, "But we came from the back up there to battle for the win, put ourselves in position.''

"Disappointed to run runner-up again, that's the last three races I've run here, finished second. Frustrated but we'll go back to work. The 16 (Smith) just had the best car on the short run.”

JR Motorsports driver Josh Berry finished third in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet. He led 63 laps and was out front with 65 laps remaining until a series of caution flags and restarts that characterized the race ending.

Kaz Grala turned in a strong day with a fourth place showing in the No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota -equaling his career best effort in the Xfinity Series. And Cole Custer rallied to a fifth place finish in the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford after a problem on pit road and some tight side-by-side racing late in the day.

Justin Allgaier – who started his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet from pole position after qualifying was rained out Saturday morning – led laps early but had an up-and-down day. Ultimately, he finished 13th and was good enough to take the first $100,000 bonus in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes sponsored by Xfinity.

With his work, Allgaier now joins Saturday's three new qualifiers – Chandler Smith, Berry and Nemechek to contend for the next $100,000 check at the series' next race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on April 15.

"Weird day today, we didn't fire off quite as good as we hoped for but they kept working, great pit stops all day.'' Allgaier said, adding, "It's weird finishing 13th and still be standing here holding this check but the other guys had a rough day. This puts us in next week for the Dash 4 Cash so huge thanks to Xfinity for all they do for the sport.''

Seven different drivers led at least 24 laps – and for much of the race there were at least three drivers ranked among the top 10 looking for their first career Xfinity Series win.

Sheldon Creed, Ryan Sieg, Parker Kligerman, the season's three-race winner Austin Hill and Derek Kraus rounded out the top 10. It was the first series start for Kraus, who raced among the top 10 in his No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet for most of the day.

Riley Herbst, who led 27 laps and Brandon Jones, who led 24, were involved in an accident while contending for fourth place late in the race. Herbst finished 23rd while Jones was 21st.