Practice #1 : Dover Motor Speedway

• Dover Motor Speedway
• 41st Annual A-GAME 200
• Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
• Age: 25
• Team : No. 19 - Menards/Pelonis Toyota
• Owner: Joe Gibbs
• Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
• Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual A-GAME 200 with a lap of 22.872 seconds, 157.398 mph.
• This is his fourth pole in 213 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
• This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2022.
• This is his second pole in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2022 and his first in one race at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Noah Gragson (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in ten races this season.
• Sheldon Creed (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

• Saturday, April 30th, 2022
• NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain

Josh Berry takes home the checkered flag at the Monster Mile

Josh Berry answered a runner-up finish last year at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway with a victory Saturday in the A-Game 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the track– holding off his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier by .604-seconds.

Berry led the final 55 laps of the 200-lap race to claim his first win of 2022 and the third of his Xfinity Series career. His JR Motorsports team claimed four of the race’s top-five positions – the first time any team has done so since 2013. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs was third followed by JRM drivers Noah Gragson and Sam Mayer.

Allgaier led a race-best 67 laps but was passed by Berry’s No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet with 55 laps remaining. He rallied to his ultimate second-place finish after suffering a setback on a slow final pit stop. Berry returned to track with the lead on that re-start and Allgaier had to race forward from fourth place, getting as high as second but never having a true chance to make a pass for the win.

“I struggled a lot on the bottom on the restarts and just kept trying to work to get better. It’s just credit to these guys, the pit crew did a phenomenal job today, they executed when we needed it,’’ said the 31-year old Tennessee native, Berry. “And we were there when it counted.

“I went toe-to-toe with Justin Allgaier and he’s so freaking good here,’’ Berry added. “Gosh, I thought he was kind of out of it after that pit stop and then he was right back to second and I thought, ‘here we go again.’ ”

Allgaier, 35, a perennial championship contender, is looking for his first win since Darlington, S.C. last May. This marked his fifth runner-up finish in that time – but is his best showing of 2022.

“Proud of our team, we wanted to get the car in victory lane but with the string of bad luck, I feel like today was a good day, just a little bit short,’’ said Allgaier, who had finished 20^th or worse in four of the five races leading into Dover.

Gragson’s fourth place finish marked a solid end to a challenging day for the 23-year old and earned him his $100,000 bonus check in the Dash 4 Cash program.

“What a day for the entire company, four cars in the top-five, and congratulations to Josh Berry for his win,’’ said Gragson, who added with a smile holding up the giant $100,000 cardboard Dash 4 Cash winner’s check, “My car was as fast as the Xfinity internet.’’

A.J. Allmendinger finished sixth but retains the championship lead by 43 points over both two-race winner Gragson and three-race winner Gibbs.

Mayer’s fifth place finish was impressive considering his eventful day. He won Stage 1 and then had a pit stop situation during the ensuing stop. His No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lost a left rear tire and he ended up having to make an extra stop and eventually dropping back as far as 19^th place before making his way forward again.

Saturday’s polesitter Brandon Jones rallied to a seventh-place finish after pit issues as well.

Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed was eighth – the highest finishing rookie with Riley Herbst and Ryan Sieg rounding out the top-10.

• Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
• Laps Scheduled: 200
• Margin of Victory: 0.604 Seconds
• Time of Race: 1 Hours 55 Minutes 17 Seconds
• Average Speed: 104.091
• Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
• Lead Changes: 7
• Green Flag Passes: 750 (4.6 passes per green flag lap)

• Dover Motor Speedway
• 41st Annual A-GAME 200
• Race Winner: Josh Berry
• Age: 31
• Team : No. 8 - Tire Pros Chevrolet
• Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
• Crew Chief: Mike Bumgarner
• Josh Berry won the 41st Annual A-GAME 200, his third victory in 39 Xfinity Series races.
• This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
• This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 22 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
• Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Sheldon Creed (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
• AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 43 points over Ty Gibbs.