Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Henry 180

Road America

July 3rd, 2021

Race #17 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 45
Miles Raced : 184.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 25 minutes 47 seconds
Average Speed: 74.972 mph
Margin of Victory : 03.522 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 11
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 27 (75%)

Kyle Busch takes the checkered flag at Road America — Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin - July 3rd, 2021: Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 M&M's Ice Cream Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series Henry 180 at Road America on July 03, 2021 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	5	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0	0	0	0	45	5	1	0	5	Running
2	4	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	48	35	13	0	45	3	1	6	3	Running
3	12	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	37	34	3	0	45	0	0	8	0	Running
4	3	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	53	33	20	2	45	12	3	1	1	Running
5	10	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	34	32	2	0	45	0	0	0	9	Running
6	20	99	Kevin Harvick	Ford	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
7	34	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	32	30	2	0	45	0	0	10	10	Running
8	2	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	41	29	12	0	45	10	3	2	8	Running
9	36	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	34	28	6	0	45	4	1	5	0	Running
10	13	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	41	27	14	0	45	0	0	4	4	Running
11	19	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
12	6	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	38	25	13	0	45	5	2	7	2	Running
13	15	5	Andy Lally	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
14	8	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	31	23	8	0	45	0	0	3	0	Running
15	33	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
16	16	90	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
17	30	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
18	7	31	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
19	21	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	23	18	5	0	45	4	1	0	6	Running
20	29	42	Timmy Hill	Toyota	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
21	22	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
22	26	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	15	15	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
23	27	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
24	17	17	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
25	25	126	Kris Wright	Toyota	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
26	31	13	Stephen Leicht	Toyota	11	11	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
28	9	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	Running
29	14	07	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	9	0	Accident
30	28	78	Ryan Ellis	Toyota	7	7	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	24	02	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	35	23	Natalie Decker	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	1	81	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	8	4	4	0	34	2	1	0	7	Transmission
34	11	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	Suspension
35	23	8	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	18	6	Spencer Pumpelly	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Henry 180 at Road America

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Brett Moffitt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Ellis	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Noah Gragson	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Riley Herbst	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Natalie Decker	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Spencer Pumpelly	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	6	0	Yellow
Cody Ware	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	7	8	Yellow
Jade Buford	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	7	8	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	8	12	Green
Ty Gibbs	Unspecified Restart Violation - Changed Lanes	Tail End	8	12	Green
Stephen Leicht	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	11	12	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	11	12	Yellow
Natalie Decker	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	11	12	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	14	15	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	14	15	Yellow
Brett Moffitt	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	18	22	Green
Josh Bilicki	Tire violation Uncontrolled Tire	Tail End	18	22	Green
AJ Allmendinger	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Stephen Leicht	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	21	22	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Speeding on pit road Garage	Tail End	24	29	Green
Daniel Hemric	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	27	29	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	27	29	Yellow
Preston Pardus	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	29	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	1 Lap	36	37	Yellow
Josh Williams	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	36	37	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	38	39	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Road America
12th Annual Henry 180
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 36
Team : No. 54 - M&M's Ice Cream Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Mark McFarland
Kyle Busch won the 12th Annual Henry 180, his 101st victory in 361 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in his series debut at Road America.
Daniel Hemric (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Road America. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
Michael Annett (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Road America.
Ty Gibbs (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is Joe Gibbs Racing's second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Road America (2019, Christopher Bell; 2021, Kyle Busch).
Kyle Busch becomes the 12th different NASCAR Xfinity Series winner at Road America, extending the series active record for most consecutive different winners at a track.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch wins again in NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Road America

July 3rd, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Taking advantage of a late wreck that foiled other contenders—not to mention fresher tires for the final six-lap green-flag run—Kyle Busch won Saturday's Henry 180 at Road America, claiming his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in four starts this season.

On Lap 41 of 45, Busch took the lead from AJ Allmendinger, whose No. 16 Chevrolet was struggling on older tires.

Over the next four laps, the driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota widened his lead to 3.522 seconds at the finish over teammate Daniel Hemric, who ran second after passing Allmendinger for the runner-up spot.

Busch who won in his Road America debut and for the 101st time in his career, extending his own series record. The victory came after Busch experienced several off-track excursions that luckily didn't deprive his car of the speed necessary to win.

"Obviously, tires—that was the saving grace for us," said Busch, who got four new tires under caution on Lap 36. "We had a set of tires left over and (Allmendinger) didn't.

"When we did put our last set of tires on, I wasn't sure we'd be able to get through that many cars. I don't know what happened on those last couple of restarts. I couldn't really see what was happening. We were fortunate to get by that stuff and get through that stuff without any damage to our race car."

Busch restarted seventh on Lap 40 after the final caution for the multicar wreck. He made up four positions almost immediately and passed Allmendinger for the lead in Turn 3 on the following circuit.

Michael Annett overtook Allmendinger on the next-to-last lap and finished third. The winner of the first two stages, Allmendinger held fourth, with Harrison Burton completing the top five.

An 11-car wreck between Turns 2 and 3 after a restart on Lap 37 damaged the contending cars of Austin Cindric and Justin Allgaier and set Busch up for his run to victory. Cindric appeared in control of the race until he pitted for tires after the No. 81 Toyota of Ty Gibbs stalled on the track with transmission issues on Lap 35 and caused the sixth caution of the race.

Cindric's No. 22 Ford sustained damaged to the right rear in the melee that followed the restart, and he was forced to pit for repairs. Nevertheless, he charged to eighth place at the finish and holds an 89-point lead over second-place Allmendinger in the series standings.

"Sometimes it works out for you, and sometimes it doesn't," Cindric said philosophically. "Today was one of those days. It just wasn't meant to be. If they gave out an award for cars passed, we would handily have that.

"I'm not sure there's a corner on this car that doesn't have damage. I appreciate the hard work by everybody. We had a decent points day, and we will move on."

Gibbs, who edged Cindric for the pole position during Saturday morning's time trials, was running second when his car stopped because of the broken transmission at the top of the hill in Turn 6. His 31st-place result was his worst in a part-time campaign that has produced two victories and seven top fives in nine starts.