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NASCAR Xfinity Series

New Holland 250

Michigan International Speedway

August 21st, 2021

Race #22 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 125
- Extended to 139 laps
Miles Raced : 278.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 24 minutes 16 seconds
Average Speed: 115.619 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.163 seconds
Cautions: 9
Caution Laps: 43
Lead Changes: 13
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 14 (35%)

AJ Allmendinger climbs the fence — Brooklyn, MI - August 21st, 2021: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 RAMCO Specialties Inc. Chevrolet, climbs the fence to celebrate with fans after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	58	40	18	6	139	70	4	3	1	Running
2	24	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	42	35	7	0	139	0	0	8	7	Running
3	4	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	45	34	11	0	139	0	0	5	6	Running
4	17	1	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	38	33	5	0	139	24	2	9	8	Running
5	6	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	44	32	12	0	139	0	0	7	3	Running
6	5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	38	31	7	0	139	9	3	0	4	Running
7	8	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	31	30	1	0	139	0	0	0	10	Running
8	20	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	31	29	2	0	139	0	0	0	9	Running
9	19	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
10	36	61	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
11	11	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
12	23	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	25	25	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
13	10	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	42	24	18	0	139	1	1	2	2	Running
14	27	5	Matt Mills	Toyota	23	23	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
15	31	31	Jordan Anderson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
16	22	23	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
17	3	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	21	20	1	0	138	0	0	10	0	Running
18	14	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
19	18	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
20	29	26	Colin Garrett	Toyota	17	17	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
21	35	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
22	37	66	David Starr	Toyota	15	15	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
23	30	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
24	21	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
25	38	15	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
26	15	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
27	40	52	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
28	28	17	Carson Ware	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	Running
29	12	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	14	8	6	0	135	23	2	0	5	Running
30	26	78	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	13	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Running
32	33	99	Jesse Little	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	16	8	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	114	0	0	0	0	Running
34	39	74	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	103	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	34	90	Caesar Bacarella	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	DVP
36	9	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	8	1	7	0	45	0	0	4	0	DVP
37	1	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	11	1	10	1	41	12	1	1	0	DVP
38	32	7	Joe Graf Jr	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	DVP
39	7	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	6	1	5	0	36	0	0	6	0	Accident
40	25	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Josh Berry	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver change	Tail End	0	0	White
Caesar Bacarella	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	21	26	Yellow
Caesar Bacarella	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	21	26	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	21	26	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	22	26	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Tire violation	Tail End	23	26	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	23	26	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	32	35	Yellow
Josh Berry	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	32	35	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	34	35	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	36	0	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	45	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	45	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	36	0	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	45	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	36	0	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	36	0	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	45	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Improper fueling 2 laps under DVP	Other - See Notes	36	37	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	45	Yellow
David Starr	Improper fueling	Tail End	63	66	Yellow
Colby Howard	Safety violation	Tail End	63	66	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Pass Thru	92	98	Green
Bayley Currey	Tire violation	Pass Thru	92	98	Green
Alex Labbe	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	103	127	Green/Yellow
Carson Ware	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	106	108	Green
Ty Gibbs	Tire violation	Pass Thru	106	109	Green
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	116	120	Yellow
Jordan Anderson	Safety violation	Tail End	118	120	Yellow
Colby Howard	Jumping the restart	Tail End	120	127	Green/Yellow
Bayley Currey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	122	127	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	123	127	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	133	137	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Michigan International Speedway
29th Annual New Holland 250
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 39
Team : No. 16 - RAMCO Specialties Inc. Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
AJ Allmendinger won the 29th Annual New Holland 250, his eighth victory in 49 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in his series debut at Michigan International Speedway.
Brandon Jones (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2021.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Michigan International Speedway.
Josh Berry (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is Kaulig Racing's 11th victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Race Recap

AJ Allmendinger's dream continues with Xfinity Series victory at Michigan

August 21st, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Standing in front of an enthusiastic Michigan International Speedway grandstands after his victory burnout, Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger paused and took in the cheering crowd – on its feet and chanting his name 'AJ. AJ. AJ."

It was the second time in the past week that Allmendinger earned a trip to NASCAR Victory Lane. On Saturday he prevailed in triple overtime to take the New Holland 250 win – the third of the season and the eighth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of his career. He beat Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brandon Jones to the line by a mere .163-seconds and actually thanked Jones for the push on that last restart to let the two decided the trophy between themselves.

It was a high-action day on the Michigan high-banks, with Allmendinger answering his NASCAR Cup Series win at Indianapolis last week by leading a race best 70 of the 139 Xfinity Series laps on Saturday afternoon at Michigan.

'Whoa, I'm more tired from the celebrations than I am the driving," the 39-year old Allmendinger joked after climbing out of his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet and telling the crowd, 'Thank you so much, guys."

'When you restart on the front row, the outside was the place to be. And you also have to just hope you got a push and Brandon Jones, thank you so much. He pushed me every time.

"I don't want to wake up from this dream," Allmendinger added. And while it may have been dream-like for Allmendinger, the outcome was definitely not that for several other of the series' normal frontrunners.

The bottom of the scoreboard read like the top normally would. Championship points leader and five-race winner Austin Cindric, Daniel Hemric, Justin Haley and Myatt Snider were all involved in a Lap 36 seven-car incident. Brandon Brown, who went into the race ranked 14th, hoping to point his way into the Playoffs during the final four regular season races was also involved. Cindric, who won the opening 30-lap Stage 1, Hemric, Snider and Brown were unable to finish the race. And Haley, who is Allmendinger's Kaulig Racing teammate, was able to continue and salvage a 17th-place finish.

'We just got collected in a wreck by the cars that decided to stay out," Team Penske's Cindric said. 'I thought we had the fastest car out there today. In some ways I feel like that is a bold statement coming from me, but our guys did an amazing job on this Ford Mustang and I wish we could have contended for the rest of the race because I think we would have had a shot."

Ty Gibbs, a two-race winner even though he is only competing part-time in 2021, made a solid run for another trophy, but spun out while running top 10 in the second overtime. He said on Twitter following the race, 'Looks like I ran out a talent."

JR Motorsports drivers Noah Gragson and Josh Berry (who drove the No. 1 Chevrolet for injured Michael Annett) finished third and fourth with Berry leading an impressive 24 laps and keeping Allmendinger honest in the closing laps. Harrison Burton rounded out the top five.

Justin Allgaier, Riley Herbst, Brett Moffitt, rookie Jade Buford and NASCAR Cup Series regular Bubba Wallace rounded out the top 10.

There are now four races remaining to set the season's 12-driver Playoff field. The NASCAR Xfinity Series' next race is the Wawa 250 under the lights at Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).