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Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Drive for the Cure 250

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

October 9th, 2021

Race #29 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 67
- Extended to 68 laps
Miles Raced : 155.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 07 minutes 14 seconds
Average Speed: 74.396 mph
Margin of Victory : 03.192 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 13
Lead Changes: 6
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 27 (68%)

AJ Allmendinger celebrates after winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval — Concord, North Carolina - October 9th, 2021: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Hyperice Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. Photo by Brian Lawdermilk | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	14	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	49	40	9	5	68	21	1	2	0	Running
2	1	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	35	35	0	0	68	22	2	0	0	Running
3	3	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	54	34	20	2	68	17	2	1	1	Running
4	5	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	48	33	15	0	68	0	0	5	2	Running
5	6	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	42	32	10	0	68	0	0	6	6	Running
6	10	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	46	31	15	0	68	1	1	3	4	Running
7	37	90	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
8	13	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	37	29	8	0	68	0	0	0	3	Running
9	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
10	15	8	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	28	27	1	0	68	0	0	0	10	Running
11	17	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
12	11	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	32	25	7	0	68	0	0	10	5	Running
13	7	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	28	24	4	0	68	0	0	9	9	Running
14	20	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
15	8	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	29	22	7	0	68	0	0	8	7	Running
16	19	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
17	35	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
18	40	61	Austin Hill	Toyota	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
19	23	99	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
20	32	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
21	12	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	26	16	10	0	68	7	1	4	8	Running
22	16	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
23	24	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
24	36	78	Stefan Parsons	Toyota	13	13	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
25	28	31	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
26	25	23	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
27	4	1	Michael Annett		10	10	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	Running
28	30	17	Joe Graf Jr	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
29	29	26	Will Rodgers	Toyota	8	8	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
30	26	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
31	33	52	Spencer Boyd	Toyota	0	0	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
32	18	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	5	5	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	Running
33	21	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	9	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	7	3	4	0	61	0	0	7	0	Suspension
35	34	66	Loris Hezemans	Toyota	2	2	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	Electrical
36	27	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	Axle
37	22	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	31	7	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	38	15	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	Suspension
40	39	74	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	Rear Gear

Race Infractions

Drive for the Cure 250 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Josh Berry	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Will Rodgers	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	2	4	Green/Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	3	4	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	7	7	Green
Ryan Sieg	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	9	9	Green
Myatt Snider	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage	Tail End	10	0	Green/Yellow
Gray Gaulding	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	11	0	Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	11	13	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	12	13	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Pass Thru	14	17	Green
Jade Buford	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	17	22	Green/Yellow
Kris Wright	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	20	0	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Tire violation Uncontrolled Tire	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Loris Hezemans	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Loris Hezemans	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	30	32	Yellow
Joe Graf Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	31	32	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Unspecified Restart Violation - Changed Lanes	Pass Thru	42	43	Green
Ryan Sieg	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	44	44	Green
Ty Gibbs	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	47	47	Green
Ty Gibbs	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	49	49	Green
Noah Gragson	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	51	51	Green
Loris Hezemans	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	61	61	Green
Loris Hezemans	Speeding on pit road Garage	Tail End	62	0	Green
Austin Hill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	63	66	Green/Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	63	0	Yellow
Josh Berry	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Unspecified Missed Front Stretch Chicane - 30 Second Post Race Penalty	Other - See Notes	67	68	Green
Sam Mayer	Unspecified Missed Back Stretch Chicane	Stop & Go	67	67	Green
Sage Karam	Unspecified Missed Front Stretch Chicane - 30 Second Post Race Penalty	Other - See Notes	67	68	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
40th Annual Drive for the Cure 250
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 39
Team : No. 16 - Hyperice Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
AJ Allmendinger won the 40th Annual Drive for the Cure 250, his 10th victory in 56 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Austin Cindric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 22nd top-10 finish in 2021.
Daniel Hemric (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Sam Mayer (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger now leads the NASCAR Xfinity Series in road course with six victories.
Jeb Burton, Myatt Snider, Jeremy Clements and Riley Herbst did not advance to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of 8.

Race Recap

AJ Allmendinger streaks to third straight NASCAR Xfinity win at Charlotte Road Course

October 9th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

AJ Allmendinger stayed undefeated at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

The driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet won his third straight race at the 2.28-mile, 17-turn Roval and achieved several milestones in the process.

With his overtime victory in the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Allmendinger clinched a spot in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. He won for the fifth time this season and the 10th time in his career.

Winning for the sixth time on a road course, Allmendinger broke a tie with race runner-up Austin Cindric for most-ever Xfinity road course victories.

Allmendinger, who worked his way forward from the 14th starting position, took the lead for good on Lap 48 when Ty Gibbs suffered brake problems, blew the chicane on the backstretch and had to come to a full stop before continuing.

From that point, Allmendinger stretched his lead to 8.8 seconds before a caution for Tommy Joe Martins' wreck on Lap 64 sent the race to overtime.

After the subsequent restart on Lap 67, Allmendinger pulled away again and beat Cindric to the finish line by 3.192 seconds.

Cindric, the defending series champion, already had clinched a spot in the Round of 8. Third-place finisher Daniel Hemric joined him, along with Justin Haley (fourth Saturday), Brandon Jones (fifth), Noah Gragson (sixth), Justin Allgaier (ninth) and Harrison Burton (15th).

Jeb Burton, Myatt Snider, Jeremy Clements and Riley Herbst were eliminated from the Playoffs.

"I knew it was coming out," Allmendinger said of the final caution. "It wasn't going to go simple like that. That was a fight today. We had to be kind of on defense early, worrying about the points. This place was tough to pass—the track was really slick to start with, obviously, because of all the rain.

"Once we got the lead, the (car) was stupid-fast."

As the final run progressed, Cindric didn't have the pace to keep up with Allmendinger.

"I feel like this has honestly been one of my weakest road courses for probably exactly what you saw—the rear tires fall off way too much," Cindric said. "I felt like I was driving a skid-pad car after about 10 laps.

"I feel a little bit lucky and a bit fortunate, honestly. I didn't get moved or put in the wall, so either way we had a fast car. I think we set a fast lap time and got a good finish, so that sets us up well for Texas. I just wish we could have taken advantage of getting a Playoff point."

Instead, it was Hemric who added to his Playoff point total by winning the first two stages of the race. Allmendinger gained five additional Playoff points for the victory.

The race featured six lead changes among five drivers, with Allmendinger leading the final 21 circuits. There were seven cautions for 13 laps, the fourth of which also caused a brief stoppage when the brakes failed on the No. 07 Chevrolet of Josh Bilicki, with the car plowing through the backstretch chicane and dislodging pieces of curbing in its path.

Track workers had to remove the exposed bolts that had held the curbing in place before the race could continue.