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Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Explore The Pocono Mountains 225

Pocono Raceway

July 23rd, 2022

Race #19 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 90
Miles Raced : 225.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 49 minutes 22 seconds
Average Speed: 123.438 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.281 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 18
Lead Changes: 9
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 24 (63%)

Noah Gragson celebrates with champagne in victory lane — Long Pond, Pennsylvania - July 23rd, 2022: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates with champagne in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono Raceway. Photo by Logan Riely | 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	54	40	14	6	90	43	3	7	1	Running
2	2	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	51	35	16	0	90	3	1	4	2	Running
3	7	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	45	34	11	0	90	9	1	6	5	Running
4	4	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	45	33	12	0	90	0	0	3	7	Running
5	6	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	45	32	13	0	90	0	0	5	4	Running
6	12	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
7	1	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	45	30	15	1	90	22	1	1	6	Running
8	8	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	31	29	2	0	90	4	1	10	10	Running
9	13	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	32	28	4	0	90	0	0	9	9	Running
10	16	7	Cole Custer	Ford	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
11	21	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	29	26	3	0	90	0	0	0	8	Running
12	14	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	25	25	0	0	90	4	1	0	0	Running
13	26	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
14	28	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
15	15	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	22	22	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
16	24	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	90	3	1	0	0	Running
17	3	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	37	20	17	0	90	0	0	2	3	Running
18	17	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	90	2	1	0	0	Running
19	25	34	Kyle Weatherman		18	18	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
20	27	45	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
21	33	78	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
22	20	38	Kyle Sieg	Ford	15	15	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
23	30	5	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
24	29	91	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
25	35	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
26	23	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
27	34	8	David Starr	Ford	10	10	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
28	38	66	JJ Yeley	Toyota	9	9	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
29	36	35	Patrick Emerling	Toyota	8	8	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
30	37	13	Timmy Hill	Toyota	0	0	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
31	5	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	9	6	3	0	53	0	0	8	0	Accident
32	18	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	19	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	10	48	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	11	26	Santino Ferrucci	Toyota	2	2	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	31	77	Ronnie Bassett Jr	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	22	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	32	44	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
JJ Yeley	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Sam Mayer	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	3	7	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	4	7	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	6	7	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	22	25	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	22	25	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	22	25	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	24	25	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	45	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Speeding on pit road Failure to decelerate while using pit road as an escape path	Tail End	46	50	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	46	50	Yellow
Mason Massey	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	47	50	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	50	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	50	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	50	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	53	0	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	54	56	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	56	Yellow
Mason Massey	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	56	Yellow
Patrick Emerling	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	56	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Pocono Raceway
7th Annual Explore the Pocono Mountains 225
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 7th Annual Explore the Pocono Mountains 225, his eighth victory in 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Pocono Raceway.
Ty Gibbs (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Pocono Raceway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2022.
Josh Berry (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Pocono Raceway.
Sheldon Creed (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 16 points over Justin Allgaier.

Race Recap

Gragson holds off Gibbs to win wild Xfinity race at Pocono

July 23rd, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Two of the most determined, talented, young drivers in NASCAR put on a show for the ages in the closing laps of Saturday’s Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway with 24-year-old Noah Gragson ultimately holding off Ty Gibbs, 19, by the blink of an eye to take the victory.

Gragson’s No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line at the storied 2.5-mile track by a mere .281-seconds ahead of Gibb’s No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota – the last 15 laps the duo staying within .3-seconds of one another.

Gibbs earned three of his four race wins this season on a last lap pass, but Gragson didn’t allow it Saturday – so happy with the effort he climbed out of his car and joined his team scaling the fencing in front of a boisterous and approving crowded frontstretch grandstand.

“That was probably the best I’ve ever driven there," said the Las Vegas native Gragson, whose three wins this season already ties his single season high mark. “I’m worn out. Working my ass off out there to keep the 54 back. He’s pretty fast.

“I had to work for it," Gragson said still catching his breath from climbing the fence. “It was tough. Kept getting tight, tight, tight and with 15 to go I didn’t think I could hold him off. But we just keep digging."

That summed up a dramatic ending to an action-packed day.

Gragson’s JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier started from pole position and led the first 23 laps to win Stage 1. Gragson was seventh and Gibbs’ fourth in the opening run. But Gragson took the lead on the ensuing pit stop and won Stage 2 – his seventh and the JR Motorsports series’ best 21st stage win of the year.

Ultimately, good pit strategy made the difference for Gragson, whose Chevrolet was able to benefit from a four-tire and gas stop with 38 laps to go. He re-started sixth – behind Gibbs’ who did not take tires – and worked his way forward, taking the lead for good with 22 laps to go.

“It definitely hurt us giving him a tire advantage," Gibbs said. “But I was so surprised to be able to hang with the 9 (car) when he was on [fresh tires]. Had a great car, just didn’t put it together. I just made some mistakes and we’ll come back next weekend."

Gragson’s teammate Berry finished third, followed by Xfinity Series driver standings leader Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger and Richard Childress Racing's rookie Sheldon Creed.

Two more JR Motorsports drivers, Sam Mayer and Allgaier finished sixth and seventh – a particularly impressive comeback for Allgaier who was penalized for speeding on pit road during his last pit stop.

RCR’s Austin Hill, Kaulig’s Daniel Hemric and NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer rounded out the top 10.

It was a dramatic race from start to finish, including a red flag period during Stage 2 for a for a high-speed accident involving five cars. Santino Ferrucci’s car got loose exiting Turn 3 and was hit from behind by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. whose car catapulted toward the pit road wall, colliding with Jeb Burton’s car, spinning and flipping Burton’s car over on its hood.

The NASCAR AMR Safety Crew immediately responded, checked that Burton was okay and then carefully right-sided his car back onto its tires. Burton climbed out un-assisted and the wreckage was cleaned up. The red flag lasted a little more than eight minutes and the race resumed.

“Man, that was not good," said Burton, driver of the No. 27 Our Motorsport Chevrolet. “Hate if for my guys, those guys work hard on these race cars.

“But appreciate the safety crew, they got to me fast," he added. “It’s been a tough year, but we’ll keep digging.”

Gragson’s victory marked the seventh win in the last 11 races for JR Motorsports, which is enjoying a summer of success. And Allmendinger now leads Allgaier by 16 points atop the series driver standings.