Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Food City 300

Bristol Motor Speedway

September 16th, 2022

Race #26 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 300
Miles Raced : 159.9
Time of Race : 01 Hours 58 minutes 27 seconds
Average Speed: 80.996 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.145 seconds
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 58
Lead Changes: 6
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 13 (34%)

Noah Gragson celebrates after winning — Bristol, Tennessee - September 16th, 2022: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor 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	9	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	57	40	17	5	300	25	1	3	2	Running
2	11	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	42	35	7	0	300	0	0	0	4	Running
3	15	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	39	34	5	0	300	0	0	0	6	Running
4	5	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	42	33	9	0	300	0	0	4	9	Running
5	12	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	38	32	6	0	300	0	0	0	5	Running
6	4	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	45	31	14	0	300	0	0	5	3	Running
7	2	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	35	30	5	0	300	0	0	6	0	Running
8	14	45	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
9	3	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	47	28	19	1	300	148	3	2	1	Running
10	10	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	28	27	1	0	300	0	0	10	0	Running
11	20	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	300	4	1	0	0	Running
12	21	26	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Toyota	25	25	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
13	18	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
14	6	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	24	23	1	0	299	0	0	0	10	Running
15	7	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	30	22	8	0	299	0	0	7	7	Running
16	19	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
17	33	34	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
18	31	2	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
19	28	44	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
20	8	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	23	17	6	0	298	0	0	8	8	Running
21	30	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
22	36	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
23	37	7	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	14	14	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
24	35	38	CJ McLaughlin	Ford	13	13	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
25	34	68	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
26	25	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
27	23	35	Patrick Emerling	Toyota	10	10	0	0	294	0	0	0	0	Running
28	32	77	Ronnie Bassett Jr	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	294	0	0	0	0	Running
29	24	48	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	294	0	0	0	0	Running
30	27	8	David Starr	Ford	7	7	0	0	293	0	0	0	0	Running
31	38	6	Bobby McCarty	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	288	0	0	0	0	Running
32	17	91	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	271	0	0	0	0	Oil Line
33	26	66	JJ Yeley	Ford	4	4	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	29	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	220	0	0	0	0	Brakes
35	16	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	4	2	2	0	188	0	0	9	0	Running
36	1	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	11	1	10	1	129	89	1	1	0	Accident
37	22	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	128	34	1	0	0	Accident
38	13	5	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Stefan Parsons	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	6	10	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	41	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	45	50	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	50	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	46	50	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	46	50	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	46	50	Yellow
Ronnie Bassett Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	91	94	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	91	94	Yellow
Bobby McCarty	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	91	94	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	94	Yellow
Josh Berry	Unspecified Pitting while being a wave around vehicle	1 Lap	92	94	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	129	0	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	175	179	Yellow
Ronnie Bassett Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	178	179	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	208	212	Green
Bobby McCarty	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	214	220	Green
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	273	280	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	275	280	Yellow
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	275	280	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	276	280	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	276	280	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway
41st Annual Food City 300
Race Winner: Noah Gragson
Age: 24
Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
Owner: JR Motorsports
Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
Noah Gragson won the 41st Annual Food City 300, his 11th victory in 128 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his career-high sixth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brandon Jones (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Austin Hill (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger wins the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship.
Daniel Hemric and Ryan Sieg clinch the final two spots in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

Race Recap

Noah Gragson claims third straight Xfinity victory in Bristol shootout

September 16th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Make it three in a row for Noah Gragson, who has built enormous momentum as the NASCAR Xfinity Series moves into its seven-race Playoff.

On 90-lap older tires, Gragson held off Brandon Jones, the driver who will take his seat in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet next year, in a 20-lap green-flag run to the finish of Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The victory was Gragson’s third straight in the series, his sixth of the season and the 11th of his career.

The race also settled the series Playoff picture. Despite power-steering issues, Daniel Hemric clinched one of the two available spots in the 12-driver Playoff field with a 20th-place finish. Ryan Sieg claimed the final berth, finishing 10th—his first top-10 run in 16 Bristol starts—after brake issues sent Landon Cassill to the garage for 112 laps and relegated him to 35th.

AJ Allmendinger clinched his second straight Regular Season Championship with a sixth-place result.

When J.J. Yeley slammed the inside wall after slight contact from race leader Justin Allgaier, on Lap 271, Gragson and crew chief Luke Lambert opted to stay on the track while all the other lead-lap cars pitted for fresh tires.

After the restart on Lap 281, Gragson pulled out to a one-second lead before Jones began to close the gap on new rubber. Jones got to Gragson’s bumper but couldn’t find a way past the No. 9 Chevrolet. Gragson crossed the finish line .145 seconds ahead of Jones’ No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

“That last caution came out, and I knew if I could ring the top, it was going to be hard for them to get there,” said Gragson, who will graduate to a full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride with Petty GMS in 2023. “I appreciate Brandon Jones racing us clean. He gave us the bumper with two (laps) to go, and I was hanging on, scrubbing the fence.

“We won here in Bristol in 2020 and there were no fans here (because of the coronavirus pandemic)… What a great opportunity to race here in front of fans and have the opportunity to win the race. Our car was fast all day. We got to the top and we were rolling. I had a blast.”

A rueful Jones provided a post-mortem of the event on pit road.

“This one hurt the most because this was our race to lose, I thought,” Jones said. “Fresher tires certainly paid off there at the end. I just caught him (Gragson) at the wrong time every time.”

Gragson’s stiffest competition—his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier—wasn’t at the front of the field for the ending. Allgaier led the procession of lead-lap cars to pit road when Gragson stayed out, but a speeding penalty sent him to the rear of the field for the final restart.

“I know what happened; I didn’t really think I was speeding, but obviously I was,” said Allgaier, who has led 791 laps in his last seven Bristol races without winning. “I just hate it for everybody. It was cool for (Noah) to get the win. I cannot believe that they were able to stay out there and still run the speed they were.

“I love to hate this place. I’m close to 1,000 career laps led here (actually 1,004) and only one win, and that was over 10 years ago (2010). So, I’ve just got to do a better job next time.”

Allgaier led a race-high 148 laps on Friday, to 89 for Ty Gibbs, 34 for Sheldon Creed and 25 for Gragson.

Gragson also was instrumental in changing the complexion of the race in the middle of Stage 2. Pole winner Gibbs had won the first stage wire-to-wire, but on Lap 129, while Gibbs and Creed were battling for the lead, contact from Gragson’s Chevrolet sent Gibbs’ Toyota into Creed’s Camaro.

Both Gibbs and Creed crashed hard into the outside wall and were eliminated from the race.

Austin Hill finished third, followed by Sam Mayer and Riley Herbst. Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Stefan Parsons, Allgaier and Sieg completed the top 10.