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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Credit Karma Money 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway

July 10th, 2021

Race #18 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 163
- Extended to 164 laps
Miles Raced : 252.6
Time of Race : 02 Hours 18 minutes 59 seconds
Average Speed: 109.032 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.550 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 43
Lead Changes: 16
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 30 (75%)

Kyle Busch exits his car — Hampton, Georgia - July 10th, 2021: Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Extra Gum Toyota, exits his car after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 10, 2021 in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0	0	0	164	97	5	1	1	Running
2	11	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	35	35	0	164	1	1	0	0	Running
3	9	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	48	34	14	164	5	2	5	3	Running
4	7	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	38	33	5	164	0	0	8	9	Running
5	30	23	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	35	32	3	164	4	1	0	8	Running
6	20	02	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	40	31	9	164	0	0	6	7	Running
7	8	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	37	30	7	164	4	1	0	4	Running
8	19	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	29	29	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
9	22	8	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	28	28	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
10	4	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	27	27	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
11	6	1	Austin Dillon		0	0	0	164	0	0	10	10	Running
12	16	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	25	25	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
13	3	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	42	24	18	164	2	2	2	2	Running
14	32	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	23	23	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
15	17	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	26	22	4	164	0	0	7	0	Running
16	14	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	21	21	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
17	27	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	20	20	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
18	18	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	19	19	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
19	10	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	18	18	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
20	36	15	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	17	17	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
21	15	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	16	16	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
22	37	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	15	15	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
23	28	31	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	14	14	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
24	5	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	26	13	13	164	3	1	3	6	Running
25	33	07	Joe Graf Jr	Chevrolet	12	12	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
26	24	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	11	11	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
27	29	90	Ronnie Bassett Jr	Chevrolet	10	10	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
28	31	78	Jesse Little	Toyota	9	9	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
29	23	99	Mason Massey	Ford	8	8	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
30	2	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	20	7	13	164	45	3	4	5	Running
31	12	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	6	6	0	163	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	38	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	5	5	0	162	3	1	0	0	Accident
33	25	126	Santino Ferrucci	Toyota	4	4	0	162	0	0	0	0	Running
34	39	74	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	0	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	Running
35	40	52	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	2	2	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
36	26	17	Carson Ware	Chevrolet	1	1	0	139	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	34	66	CJ McLaughlin	Toyota	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
38	21	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	1	1	0	128	0	0	0	0	Running
39	13	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	3	1	2	118	0	0	9	0	Accident
40	35	61	David Starr	Toyota	1	1	0	50	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Michael Annett	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Jesse Little	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	24	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	23	0	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	43	46	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	43	46	Yellow
Carson Ware	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	1 Lap	44	46	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	46	Yellow
David Starr	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	51	0	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	66	Yellow
Carson Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Santino Ferrucci	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	82	86	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	83	86	Yellow
Gray Gaulding	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	96	101	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	1 Lap	98	101	Yellow
Santino Ferrucci	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	98	101	Yellow
Gray Gaulding	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	101	Yellow
Jesse Little	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	101	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	101	Yellow
Noah Gragson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	101	101	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	118	0	Yellow
Ronnie Bassett Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	122	124	Yellow
Joe Graf Jr	Unspecified Choose Zone Violation - Running over choose box	Tail End	123	124	Yellow
Matt Mills	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	148	152	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	148	152	Yellow
Colby Howard	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	148	152	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Unspecified Choose Zone Violation - Running over choose box	Tail End	151	152	Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	153	157	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	153	157	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	154	157	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	158	162	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 36
Team : No. 54 - Extra Gum Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
Kyle Busch won the Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250, his 102nd victory in 363 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fifth victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his third victory and 11th top-10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Jeb Burton (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Sam Mayer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch Earns Historic NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory in Overtime Thriller

July 10th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Busch earned his record 102nd NASCAR Xfinity Series race victory Saturday afternoon in the Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway – taking the checkered flag in overtime to top a perfect 5-for-5 record in Xfinity starts this season.

The winningest driver in series history proclaimed Saturday's work to be his final curtain call, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion saying he would no longer compete in the Xfinity Series.

Ironically, in what should have been his biggest bow before the fans – his traditional victory celebration – Busch, 36, opted for a more subdued acknowledgement of the win. He placed the flag inside his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 Toyota and conceded the win wasn't exactly how he wanted to add to his historic victory tally.

On the previous restart with only six laps remaining, Busch was behind his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Hemric and gave him a bumper-push forward to help the two get in front of the field. But Hemric's No. 18 JGR Toyota instead wiggled sideways, made contact with another car and hooked into the outside wall; the wreck forcing the overtime finish.

It had looked as if Busch, who led a race best 98 laps, and Hemric were going to settle the trophy between themselves. A victory for the 30-year old Hemric, would have been his first in any of NASCAR's premier series. He now has 105 Xfinity Series starts and nine runner-up finishes. On Saturday, he finished 30th.

"Not quite the win we were hoping for," Busch said, "a little bit of a somber win, I guess, not just for it being it the last one, but for the way it kind of happened.

"Really hate it for my teammate Daniel Hemric there on the front stretch. Just trying to get to him, trying to push him, trying to hit him and get him moving forward. We hit that bump there on the track at the same time and it kind of juked his car and he was across traffic, I guess. Ended up wrecked, which was not all how I foresaw that all going.

"But we were able to push our way through and get on to victory lane."

Added Busch, who won both stages and now has led an Xfinity Series record 20,088 laps, "He probably was going to have us beat, you know. Whoever got ahead off of Turn 2 on a restart was probably going to circle back around and take the checkered."

For his part, an obviously disappointed Hemric had very little to say on the team radio when the incident happened on-track, but spoke to reporters on pit road after the race and remained upbeat despite the frustrating situation.

"What could have been, right, that's all you can think about," Hemric told NBCSN on pit road. "On the flipside, you can't change it. Obviously, I know it wasn't intentional by no means. I did spin the tires a little bit, we were on scuffed tires there.

"I thought we got rolling there the best we could, and Kyle just went to push me and help out momentum in the bottom lane. Right when he went to hook on my back bumper, there's a swell there right before you turn into one Turn 1. The way the car loads there, and the bumpers didn't align and it shot me right there.

"I know it wasn't intentional but at the end of the day, I'm talking to you guys with a torn-up race car. This sucks."

"I don't know if I should have been expecting something different than what happened," Hemric continued. "But as soon as he touched me I never had a chance. That's a product of taking off in a restart zone on older tires and we're all doing all we can.

"Just unfortunate, but congrats to those guys they've been on top of it and our day will come."

Kaulig Racing's Jeb Burton finished second to Busch by .550-seconds, followed by JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson, who was leading the field to green following a caution period in the middle of the race only to have to drop into the pits to repair a punctured tire just before the restart. He was 31st at the time and rallied all the way to third. It was his best showing since a runner-up finish at Martinsville in early April – 12 races ago.

Burton's Kaulig teammate Justin Haley finished fourth and Ty Dillon earned his best showing of the season with a fifth-place run. Brett Moffitt, Justin Allgaier, Jeremy Clements, rookie Sam Mayer, championship leader Austin Cindric and Austin Dillon rounded out the Top-10.

It was a particularly impressive run for Austin Dillon, who got the call to substitute for Michael Annett in the JR Motorsports No. 1 Chevrolet only minutes before the race started. He was on the team radio asking for the name of his crew chief and his spotter just after the field took the green flag.

With only eight races remaining to set the 12-driver Xfinity Series Playoffs field, Cindric, a four-race winner, continues to lead the championship standings by 74 points over Allmendinger and Hemric is third.