Practice #1 : Daytona International Speedway

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  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300
  • Pole Winner: Daniel Hemric
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No. 11 - AG1 Athletic Greens Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Alex Yontz
  • Daniel Hemric won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 with a lap of 49.221 seconds, 182.849 mph.
  • This is his sixth pole in 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in eight races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Jade Buford (third) posted his second top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
  • This is Kaulig Racing's first NASCAR Xfinity Series pole at Daytona International Speedway.

  • Saturday, February 19th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Rookie Austin Hill snatches Xfinity Series win at Daytona

Austin Hill nosed ahead of AJ Allmendinger moments before an incident on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway ripped the engine and rear end out of Myatt Snider's car.

The caution froze the field with Hill the winner of Saturday's Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 in his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start with Richard Childress Racing.

In a large pack, the cars were streaking down the backstretch at the 2.5-mile superspeedway when an aggressive push from Anthony Alfredo's No. 23 Chevrolet turned Snider's No. 31 Camaro in front of Jade Buford's No. 48 Chevrolet. The resulting contact lifted Snider off the track and into the catchfence.

With pieces of his car strewn across the infield, Snider climbed from his destroyed race car in yet another testament to the safety of the vehicles that race at speeds in excess of 180 mph. Snider visited the infield care center, where he was treated and released.

The victory was Hill's first in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in his 16th start, after he moved from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to a full-time ride with RCR in the Xfinity ranks.

All told, nine cars were involved in the wreck that forced the race to end under the sixth caution of the evening.

Hill developed a strong run on the backstretch and made the winning pass after Allmendinger's Chevrolet advanced too far in front of the lead pack.

"We timed it perfectly," an elated Hill said after climbing from his car on the frontstretch. "Obviously, that caution came out, but we had a heck of a run, so who knows what would have happened there.

"I was able to drag back, the 98 (Riley Herbst) gave me a heck of a push, we were able to get by (Allmendinger), and this is so crazy.

"I won (a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener) in 2019 with a new team, now we're with RCR, first race with them. We were able to get the job done… Man, I'm speechless. (Crew chief) Andy Street, (owner) Richard Childress, just all these guys back at RCR for believing in me. It's been a fun offseason, and now we get to go race for a championship. Let's go!"

Allmendinger was credited with his second straight runner-up finish in a Daytona Xfinity Series race.

"I'd have to go see the replay, study it," Allmendinger said. "I'm sure I will. Kind of kept trying to block both lanes, and it looked like Austin moved up there and timed it perfect where he just got a massive shove, and I probably could have tried to really block, but I think I probably would have wrecked us if I would have done it.

"Seeing there, I've got to be better sometimes not getting too far out in the lead. I don't know, I'll just keep working on it, man."

Noah Gragson was third, followed by Herbst and Justin Allgaier. Sheldon Creed, Alfredo, Ryan Sieg, Josh Bilicki and Brandon Brown completed the top 10.

Hill led four times for 23 of the 120 laps, second only to the 38 of reigning series champion Daniel Hemric, who was the victim of a 10-car crash on Lap 91. Hemric finished 28th, four laps down.

Another casualty of the final wreck was Ty Gibbs, who was making his first Xfinity start on the Daytona oval. Gibbs was 11th when the field was frozen by the caution.

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (9 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 120
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 11 Minutes 46 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 136.605
  • Cautions: 6 for 28 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 5,193 (56.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300
  • Race Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 21 - Bennett/United Rentals Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Austin Hill won the 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300, his first victory in 16 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Hill becomes the fourth different driver to win both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Daytona International Speedway; joining Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick and Mike Wallace.
  • This is Richard Childress Racing's seventh NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Daytona International Speedway.
Ty Gibbs prepares to qualify
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 19, 2022 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, prepares to qualify for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
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DRIVER
DRIVER
#
MAKE
SINGLE BEST LAP
RANK
SPEED
TIME
BHND
LAP
LAPS
TOTAL
MULTI-LAP AVERAGES
5-LAP
10-LAP
15-LAP
20-LAP
25-LAP
30-LAP
10-LAP AVG
SPEED
FROM
TO

Ty Gibbs
54
Toyota
1
186.645
48.220
0.000
3
23
48.493
48.650
48.739
48.749
185.001
10
19
Brandon Jones
19
Toyota
2
186.621
48.226
0.006
2
22
48.467
48.551
48.737
48.758
185.376
9
18
Drew Dollar
18
Toyota
3
186.575
48.238
0.018
3
32
48.465
48.569
48.658
48.730
185.307
9
18
Ryan Truex
26
Toyota
4
186.540
48.247
0.027
3
14
48.641
48.827
184.339
2
11
Noah Gragson
9
Chevrolet
5
186.308
48.307
0.087
12
24
48.431
48.687
184.864
9
18
Justin Allgaier
7
Chevrolet
6
186.274
48.316
0.096
7
14
48.846
48.922
183.972
2
11
Josh Berry
8
Chevrolet
7
186.204
48.334
0.114
7
16
48.663
48.913
184.009
2
11
Daniel Hemric
11
Chevrolet
8
186.147
48.349
0.129
15
17
48.601
48.629
48.681
185.076
6
15
Sam Mayer
1
Chevrolet
9
186.116
48.357
0.137
7
14
48.769
48.923
183.971
2
11
AJ Allmendinger
16
Chevrolet
10
186.093
48.363
0.143
15
17
48.594
48.636
48.708
185.051
8
17
Landon Cassill
10
Chevrolet
11
185.950
48.400
0.180
15
20
48.616
48.672
48.708
184.914
6
15
Jade Buford
48
Chevrolet
12
185.674
48.472
0.252
8
8
48.906
0
0
Brett Moffitt
02
Chevrolet
13
185.109
48.620
0.400
4
10
48.771
0
0
Anthony Alfredo
23
Chevrolet
14
185.060
48.633
0.413
4
10
48.733
0
0
Jeb Burton
27
Chevrolet
15
185.037
48.639
0.419
2
10
48.753
0
0
Jeremy Clements
51
Chevrolet
16
184.445
48.795
0.575
5
9
49.843
0
0
Myatt Snider
31
Chevrolet
17
184.200
48.860
0.640
9
14
49.639
0
0
Brandon Brown
68
Chevrolet
18
183.970
48.921
0.701
6
10
0
0
Riley Herbst
98
Ford
19
183.921
48.934
0.714
17
18
49.101
0
0
Ryan Sieg
39
Ford
20
183.906
48.938
0.718
11
12
49.043
0
0
Ronnie Bassett Jr
77
Chevrolet
21
183.240
49.116
0.896
8
10
49.290
0
0
Sheldon Creed
2
Chevrolet
22
182.886
49.211
0.991
5
7
0
0
Ryan Vargas
6
Chevrolet
23
182.789
49.237
1.017
1
4
0
0
Matt Mills
5
Chevrolet
24
182.589
49.291
1.071
3
7
0
0
Austin Hill
21
Chevrolet
25
182.245
49.384
1.164
5
5
0
0
Kyle Weatherman
92
Chevrolet
26
182.160
49.407
1.187
10
10
0
0
Caesar Bacarella
45
Chevrolet
27
182.083
49.428
1.208
4
6
0
0
Josh Bilicki
36
Chevrolet
28
181.664
49.542
1.322
6
7
0
0
Mason Massey
91
Chevrolet
29
181.324
49.635
1.415
5
11
50.380
0
0
Bayley Currey
4
Chevrolet
30
181.021
49.718
1.498
6
6
0
0
Jesse Iwuji
34
Chevrolet
31
180.654
49.819
1.599
9
9
0
0
Josh Williams
78
Chevrolet
32
180.650
49.820
1.600
8
8
0
0
Joey Gase
53
Ford
33
180.625
49.827
1.607
5
5
0
0
Tommy Joe Martins
44
Chevrolet
34
180.552
49.847
1.627
4
4
0
0
Jeffrey Earnhardt
24
Toyota
35
180.534
49.852
1.632
9
9
0
0
JJ Yeley
66
Toyota
36
180.509
49.859
1.639
3
3
0
0
CJ McLaughlin
38
Ford
37
180.422
49.883
1.663
4
4
0
0
Stefan Parsons
99
Chevrolet
38
180.007
49.998
1.778
6
6
0
0
Natalie Decker
33
Toyota
39
179.809
50.053
1.833
2
10
0
0
Joe Graf Jr
07
Ford
40
179.788
50.059
1.839
9
10
50.110
0
0
Kyle Sieg
28
Chevrolet
41
179.587
50.115
1.895
4
7
0
0
David Starr
08
Chevrolet
42
179.469
50.148
1.928
3
3
0
0
Alex Labbe
90
Chevrolet
43
179.147
50.238
2.018
6
6
0
0
Gray Gaulding
47
Chevrolet
44
178.688
50.367
2.147
3
5
0
0
Shane Lee
35
Toyota
45
177.504
50.703
2.483
3
4
0
0
Harrison Rhodes
52
Chevrolet
46
175.781
51.200
2.980
9
9
0
0
Tim Viens
74
Chevrolet
47
173.264
51.944
3.724
2
2
0
0