Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pit Boss 250

Circuit of The Americas

March 26th, 2022

Race #6 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

Previous Race
Pit Boss 250
Next Race

Laps Scheduled: 48
- Shortened to 46 laps
Miles Raced : 144.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 13 minutes 14 seconds
Average Speed: 70.640 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.039 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 8
Lead Changes: 8
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 35 (92%)

AJ Allmendinger celebrates with his crew — Austin, Texas - March 26th, 2022: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas. Photo by Dylan Buell | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	4	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	53	40	13	6	46	27	2	1	8	Running
2	8	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	35	35	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
3	3	7	Cole Custer	Ford	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
4	12	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	35	33	2	0	46	0	0	0	9	Running
5	10	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	42	32	10	1	46	3	1	0	1	Running
6	21	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
7	13	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
8	16	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	42	29	13	0	46	0	0	7	2	Running
9	17	88	Miguel Paludo	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
10	6	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
11	35	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	26	26	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
12	11	35	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	4	0	Running
13	18	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
14	7	91	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	28	23	5	0	46	0	0	6	0	Running
15	1	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	23	22	1	0	46	1	1	10	0	Running
16	24	44	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	26	21	5	0	46	0	0	0	6	Running
17	2	92	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	46	14	3	0	7	Running
18	38	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	19	19	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
19	23	26	Parker Chase	Toyota	21	18	3	0	46	0	0	8	0	Running
20	28	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
21	33	99	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
22	30	28	Patrick Gallagher	Ford	15	15	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
23	20	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
24	26	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	15	13	2	0	46	0	0	9	0	Running
25	19	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	20	12	8	0	46	0	0	3	0	Running
26	22	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	17	11	6	0	46	0	0	0	5	Running
27	25	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	17	10	7	0	46	0	0	0	4	Running
28	15	18	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
29	36	66	JJ Yeley	Ford	8	8	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
30	34	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
31	14	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
32	32	5	Scott Heckert	Chevrolet	6	5	1	0	46	0	0	0	10	Running
33	9	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	18	4	14	0	46	1	1	5	3	Running
34	31	8	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	3	3	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
35	27	45	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
36	5	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	10	1	9	0	41	0	0	2	0	Rear Gear
37	37	38	Will Rodgers	Toyota	1	1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	Running
38	29	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
JJ Yeley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Landon Cassill	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Bilicki	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Brandon Brown	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Brandon Jones	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Patrick Gallagher	Passing on a start or restart	Pass Thru	0	1	Green
Sheldon Creed	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Will Rodgers	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Will Rodgers	Pre-Race to the Rear Missed driver intros	Tail End	0	0	White
Will Rodgers	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	14	0	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	32	Green/Yellow
Preston Pardus	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	32	Green/Yellow
Parker Chase	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	32	Green/Yellow
Parker Chase	Unspecified Equpiment over the wall too soon	Tail End	27	32	Green/Yellow
Josh Berry	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	30	32	Yellow
Josh Berry	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	34	35	Yellow
Alex Labbe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	40	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	40	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Unspecified Short cut course	Pass Thru	41	43	Green
Jeremy Clements	Unspecified Short cut course	Pass Thru	41	44	Green

Dabble in Draftkings or Fan Duel?

My OWNER Subscription has these DFS tools:
Dominator Points Cheatsheet.
Salary Cap Calculator.
Season Salary Trends.
Points by Track.
Points by Start Position.
Season Points Trend.
Points by Race.
Season Boxscore.

Race Weekend Links

New links are added as the race weekend progresses.

Race Fast Facts

Circuit of The Americas
2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 40
Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
AJ Allmendinger won the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250, his 11th victory in 66 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 1 points over AJ Allmendinger.

Race Recap

AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas

March 26th, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he's considered one of NASCAR's road course superstars.

Allmendinger's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over Austin Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the first road course race of the year. It was the 40-year-old veteran's first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season and 11th of his career. He has seven road course wins on six different road course tracks (series-most).

He led early, and he led late, just when he needed to, holding off the field on two late, and dicey race restarts and controlling the race the final 14 laps en route to the checkered flag.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer turned in an inspired comeback from a midrace pit road speeding penalty to finish third. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson was fourth - his sixth top-five finish in the seven-race season to date. Gragson's teammate Sam Mayer finished fifth.

With their work, Allmendinger, Hill, Gragson and Mayer are now eligible to win a $100,000 bonus next week in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes opener at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. The top finishing driver among them in the ToyotaCare 250 will take the check, courtesy of sponsor Comcast.

"I told myself yesterday, I was not happy with where I put ourselves," said Allmendinger, who qualified fourth.

"Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don't' sleep during the week, they're busting their tales and that's why I'm so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today."

And it was not easy. Pole-winner Ty Gibbs and fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Custer joined Allmendinger at the front of the field for most of the early-going. Gibbs and Chastain exchanged the lead with Allmendinger, but both ultimately suffered setbacks during the course of the 46-lap race around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit.

Gibbs' Toyota suffered a flat time and put him well back in the field (36th place) after he was forced to pit during a green flag run, he recovered to finish 15th. Chastain ran among the front pack all the way until the end of the race when he was collected in an aggressive pack on the final race restart with seven laps remaining and finished 17th.

Myatt Snider finished sixth in a final lap duel with Mayer. Brett Moffitt finished seventh with Jade Buford, Miguel Paludo and Sheldon Creed - who won the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier in the day rounded out the top 10.

The runner-up Hill was especially encouraged because he was able to keep Allmendinger honest in the closing laps.

"All in all, it was a solid effort for our Global Chevy Camaro," Hill said, adding, "I've always felt like I could get around road courses. I felt like I proved it last year in the trucks winning at Watkins Glen and its just kind of build the momentum and the confidence going forward into this year that when we come to road courses, we can get the job done.

"I guess A.J. was just a little bit better than us, because I felt we had a really good car, but this shows we can run with AJ."

With the showing at COTA, fourth-place finisher Gragson holds a single-point lead over Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series driver standings with Gibbs third, 31 points back.