Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Production Alliance 300

Auto Club Speedway

February 26th, 2022

Race #2 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 150
- Extended to 165 laps
Miles Raced : 330.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 05 minutes 05 seconds
Average Speed: 105.682 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.565 seconds
Cautions: 12
Caution Laps: 58
Lead Changes: 19
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 24 (63%)

Cole Custer celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane — Fontana, California - February 26th, 2022: Cole Custer, driver of the #07 Production Alliance Group Ford, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Production Alliance 300 at Auto Club Speedway. 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	2	7	Cole Custer	Ford	0	0	0	0	165	80	5	2	1	Running
2	6	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	49	35	14	0	165	25	6	4	4	Running
3	4	18	Trevor Bayne	Toyota	44	34	10	1	165	24	2	1	0	Running
4	11	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	39	33	6	0	165	0	0	7	9	Running
5	28	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	32	32	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
6	13	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	35	31	4	0	165	0	0	10	8	Running
7	1	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	39	30	9	0	165	13	1	6	7	Running
8	20	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	45	29	16	0	165	7	3	3	3	Running
9	16	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	29	28	1	0	165	0	0	0	10	Running
10	14	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	30	27	3	0	165	0	0	8	0	Running
11	30	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
12	5	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	32	25	7	0	165	10	1	9	6	Running
13	12	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	36	24	12	0	165	3	1	5	5	Running
14	21	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
15	18	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	22	22	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
16	22	92	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
17	10	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
18	38	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	19	19	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
19	17	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
20	36	35	Joey Gase	Toyota	17	17	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
21	34	78	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
22	24	66	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
23	25	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
24	19	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	165	0	0	0	0	Running
25	29	45	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
26	31	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
27	8	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	Running
28	33	91	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	Running
29	37	26	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Toyota	8	8	0	0	161	0	0	0	0	Running
30	23	99	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	27	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
32	9	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	156	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	3	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	13	4	9	0	155	3	1	0	2	Accident
34	26	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	Running
35	32	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	35	34	Jesse Iwuji	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Running
37	15	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	7	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Production Alliance 300 at Auto Club Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Timmy Hill	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver change	Tail End	0	0	White
Joey Gase	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeb Burton	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Williams	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Tommy Joe Martins	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jesse Iwuji	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine change	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	8	13	Yellow
Jesse Iwuji	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	9	0	Yellow
Austin Hill	Unspecified Ran over choose box	Tail End	12	13	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	20	24	Yellow
Austin Hill	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	21	24	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	24	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	42	Yellow
Austin Hill	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	39	42	Yellow
Jesse Iwuji	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	42	Yellow
Alex Labbe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	48	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	48	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	48	Yellow
Austin Hill	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	45	48	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	48	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	59	60	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	59	60	Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Unspecified Equipment over early	Tail End	73	76	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	73	76	Yellow
Jesse Iwuji	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	74	76	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	103	108	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	108	Yellow
Jesse Iwuji	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	125	128	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	141	144	Yellow
Mason Massey	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	141	144	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	142	144	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	146	150	Yellow
Sheldon Creed	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	146	150	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	154	155	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	163	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	159	0	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Unspecified Ran over choose box	Tail End	162	163	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Auto Club Speedway
23rd Production Alliance Group 300
Race Winner: Cole Custer
Age: 24
Team : No. 07 - Production Alliance Group Ford
Owner: SS Green Light Racing
Crew Chief: Joe Williams
Cole Custer won the 23rd Production Alliance Group 300, his 10th victory in 106 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Auto Club Speedway.
Noah Gragson (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Auto Club Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2022.
Trevor Bayne (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Auto Club Speedway.
Austin Hill (27th) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is SS Green Light Racing's first win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Race Recap

Cole Custer dominates Xfinity race at Fontana in three NASCAR overtimes

February 26th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Californian Cole Custer was the only former Auto Club Speedway winner in the field for Saturday's Production Alliance 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Fontana, California.

Three overtimes, 12 cautions and more than three hours of official race time later, Custer was still the only former winner in the Fontana field, having beaten runner-up Noah Gragson to the finish line by .565 seconds.

It was a long day's journey into night, a race that started in mid-afternoon and unexpectedly ended under the lights in temperatures that dropped appreciably between the start and the finish. The three overtimes extended the event 15 laps beyond its scheduled distance of 150 circuits at the 2-mile track.

But Custer was the clear class of the field, leading 80 of the 165 laps and twice charging like a rocket from the outside of the fourth row to the lead after slower-than-usual late pit stops.

He got his second victory at Fontana in a No. 07 Ford that was a partnership entry between Stewart-Haas Racing and Bobby Dotter-owned SS Green Light Racing.

Custer was moonlighting - literally, as it turned out - from his Sunday ride in the No. 41 SHR Ford Mustang, which he'll be racing in the WISE Power 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

"Man, it was just an awesome car," Custer said during his post-race frontstretch interview. "That thing was just a rocket ship all day. I can't thank Bobby Dotter enough - everybody that was involved on this car.

"It was unbelievable how fast we were. It's awesome to win at home - can't wait for tomorrow."

Gragson was competitive all day, leading 25 laps. Despite sliding though his pit stall during a pit stop under the eighth caution on Lap 125, he surged back to the front from 14th, retaking the top spot on the second lap after a restart on Lap 129.

Five laps later, however, Custer regained the lead and held it for all but one of the last 31 laps, through four more cautions and three overtime restarts.

"I felt like the car was really close all day, just struggled with the cloud cover and the temperature change - too loose or too tight," Gragson said. "Hats off to all the guys on the 07 car and Cole Custer. He was really fast today."

Trevor Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner, ran third in his first Xfinity Series start since a one-off in 2016. Josh Berry was fourth, as JR Motorsports drivers claimed four of the top eight finishing positions, with Gragson second, Sam Mayer sixth and Justin Allgaier eighth.

Anthony Alfredo parlayed tire strategy into a fifth-place finish. Pole winner AJ Allmendinger recovered from an unscheduled pit stop for a loose wheel to come home seventh. Riley Herbst and Ryan Sieg were ninth and 10th, respectively.