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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Go Bowling 250

Richmond Raceway

September 11th, 2021

Race #25 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 187.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 14 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 83.364 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.381 seconds
Cautions: 9
Caution Laps: 58
Lead Changes: 15
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 27 (68%)

Noah Gragson celebrates in victory lane at Richmond Raceway — Richmond, Virginia - September 11th, 2021: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway. 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	3	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	50	40	10	5	250	22	2	8	4	Running
2	4	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	35	35	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
3	27	26	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	10	Running
4	5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	33	33	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
5	20	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	35	32	3	0	250	0	0	0	8	Running
6	12	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	41	31	10	0	250	17	2	7	5	Running
7	15	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	47	30	17	1	250	67	3	4	1	Running
8	17	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
9	2	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	41	28	13	0	250	43	2	6	3	Running
10	6	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
11	19	2	Ty Dillon		26	26	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
12	38	99	Sam Mayer	Ford	29	25	4	0	250	7	1	0	7	Running
13	11	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	26	24	2	0	250	0	0	0	9	Running
14	30	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
15	32	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
16	1	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	34	21	13	0	250	50	2	3	6	Running
17	34	78	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
18	8	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	38	19	19	1	250	39	3	1	2	Running
19	13	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
20	16	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	17	17	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
21	21	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
22	10	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
23	14	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	31	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
25	9	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
26	7	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
27	28	15	Bayley Currey		0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
28	37	66	David Starr	Ford	9	9	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
29	29	17	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	14	8	6	0	248	0	0	5	0	Running
30	26	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
31	23	7	Joe Graf Jr	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
32	22	23	Patrick Emerling	Chevrolet	6	5	1	0	248	0	0	10	0	Running
33	35	90	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	248	0	0	9	0	Running
34	40	52	Akinori Ogata	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
35	25	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
36	18	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
37	24	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	10	1	9	0	227	5	1	2	0	Accident
38	36	61	Stephen Leicht	Toyota	1	1	0	0	220	0	0	0	0	Running
39	31	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	179	0	0	0	0	Ignition
40	39	74	CJ McLaughlin	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	111	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Brett Moffitt	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver change	Tail End	0	0	White
Colby Howard	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver change	Tail End	0	0	White
Akinori Ogata	Pre-Race to the Rear Missed driver intros	Tail End	0	0	White
Stephen Leicht	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	29	42	Green/Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	37	42	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	42	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	42	Yellow
Stephen Leicht	Unspecified Pit- fail to meet minimum speed	Other - See Notes	66	67	Green
Stephen Leicht	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	67	91	Green/Yellow
Stephen Leicht	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	67	91	Green/Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Tire violation	Tail End	79	84	Yellow
Michael Annett	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	81	84	Yellow
Jade Buford	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	147	158	Yellow
Jade Buford	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	151	158	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Tire violation	Tail End	154	158	Yellow
Stephen Leicht	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	156	158	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Tire violation	Tail End	171	176	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	171	176	Yellow
Jade Buford	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	171	176	Yellow
Jade Buford	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	171	176	Yellow
Stephen Leicht	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	172	176	Yellow
Akinori Ogata	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	173	176	Yellow
David Starr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	174	176	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage	Tail End	181	0	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	183	187	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Unspecified Running over choose box	Tail End	186	187	Yellow
Dale Earnhardt Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	225	230	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Tire violation	Tail End	225	230	Yellow
Patrick Emerling	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	225	230	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	231	0	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Richmond Raceway
41st Annual Go Bowling 250
Race Winner: Noah Gragson
Age: 23
Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
Owner: JR Motorsports
Crew Chief: David Elenz
Noah Gragson won the 41st Annual Go Bowling 250, his fourth victory in 94 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Richmond Raceway.
Justin Haley (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
Ty Gibbs (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 5 points over Austin Cindric.
This is JR Motorsports' sixth win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Richmond Raceway.

Race Recap

Noah Gragson holds off Justin Haley to win Xfinity Series race at Richmond

September 11th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Noah Gragson led the final 14 laps – holding off the field on a pair of late race restarts- in Saturday' Go Bowling 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway to earn his second win in as many weeks – celebrating the moment by wrapping himself in an American flag then climbing the front grandstand fence to a cheering crowd.

Gragson, 23, was only three years old when the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred, but the Las Vegas native was clearly moved by the opportunity to acknowledge the powerful day in American history. And important day in his career.

His .381-second win in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet over a hard-charging Kaulig Racing's Justin Haley gives him a two-race winning streak heading into next week's regular season finale at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where the 12-driver Playoff field will be set.

"I knew they [Haley] had tires, but the thing that really kept us alive were those two cautions at the end," said Gragson, who now has four career Xfinity Series wins.

"But today's not about this team or this win, it's about everyone who lost their lives 20 years ago. We have a lot of heavy hearts and at least in America we can come together on this day and appreciate all you race fans for coming out.

"It's an emotional day. It's a special day. But it's not about us today."

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship competitor John Hunter Nemechek finished third with Gragson's JRM teammate Justin Allgaier rallying from an early race mechanical issue to finish fourth, followed by Stewart-Haas Racing's Riley Herbst.

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Daniel Hemric and 18-year-old Ty Gibbs were sixth and seventh. Gibbs led a race best 67 of the 250 laps and won Stage 2.vBrandon Brown, Harrison Burton and Jeb Burton rounded out the top 10.

NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., a four-time winner of this race, finished 14th in his only NASCAR start of the season. He was running among the top-10 but was called for a pit road speeding penalty on a late race pit stop. He still got to celebrate in Victory Lane, however, as one of Gragson's team owners.

"They race hard there in the middle of the pack, especially around me, but it was fun," said Earnhardt, who also noted, "Helps me remember some of the things that make me a better broadcaster."

Earnhardt, the sport's 15-time Most Popular Driver, is an NBC Sports announcer and moved from pit lane to the announcers booth for the NASCAR Cup Series race later Saturday night at the Richmond three-quarter mile track.

Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger and Team Penske's Austin Cindric were separated by a single-point in the regular season championship entering the race, and Allmendinger extended his points lead to five points with a Stage 1 win and an 18th-place finish. Cindric finished 16th.

Nine drivers have now officially clinched a Playoff position, including Cindric, Allmendinger, Gragson, Allgaier, Haley, Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric, Myatt Snider, and Harrison Burton.

Herbst currently holds 12th position in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driver standings, the final Playoff transfer position, with a 66-point edge on JR Motorsports' driver Michael Annett, who had been among the Playoff 12 before missing four races with an injury.