Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Ag-Pro 300

Talladega Superspeedway

April 23rd, 2022

Race #9 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 113
- Extended to 124 laps
Miles Raced : 329.8
Time of Race : 02 Hours 40 minutes 52 seconds
Average Speed: 123.024 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.131 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 39
Lead Changes: 25
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (53%)

Noah Gragson and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr — Talladega, Alabama - April 23rd, 2022: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. pose for photos in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. 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	19	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	44	40	4	5	124	7	2	7	0	Running
2	1	3	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	38	35	3	0	124	10	1	0	8	Running
3	13	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	42	34	8	0	124	6	2	3	0	Running
4	10	38	Ryan Sieg	Toyota	33	33	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
5	6	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	39	32	7	0	124	0	0	4	0	Running
6	12	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	34	31	3	0	124	3	2	8	0	Running
7	20	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	30	30	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
8	24	7	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	29	29	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
9	31	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	30	28	2	0	124	0	0	0	9	Running
10	18	2	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	28	27	1	0	124	0	0	10	0	Running
11	16	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	36	26	10	1	124	5	1	1	0	Running
12	21	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
13	9	18	Drew Dollar	Toyota	29	24	5	0	124	1	1	0	6	Running
14	32	53	Shane Lee	Ford	23	23	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
15	22	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	23	22	1	0	124	0	0	0	10	Running
16	36	35	Joey Gase	Toyota	21	21	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
17	29	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
18	37	39	Kyle Sieg	Ford	19	19	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
19	26	78	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
20	7	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
21	33	47	Gray Gaulding		16	16	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Running
22	11	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	30	15	15	1	122	13	3	6	1	Fuel Pressure
23	34	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	Running
24	4	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	113	1	1	0	0	Accident
25	23	45	Caesar Bacarella	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	113	0	0	0	0	Accident
26	15	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	18	11	7	0	110	0	0	0	4	DVP
27	2	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	24	10	14	0	110	67	5	5	3	Accident
28	14	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	20	9	11	0	109	2	2	9	2	Accident
29	8	48	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	103	0	0	0	0	Accident
30	17	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	11	7	4	0	103	1	1	0	7	Accident
31	27	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	38	44	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	DVP
33	35	8	David Starr	Ford	4	4	0	0	83	1	1	0	0	DVP
34	5	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	DVP
35	3	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	17	2	15	0	76	5	2	2	5	Accident
36	28	66	JJ Yeley	Ford	1	1	0	0	51	2	1	0	0	DVP
37	25	91	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	30	26	Chandler Smith	Toyota	0	0	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Ryan Ellis	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
Caesar Bacarella	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Matt Mills	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Riley Herbst	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Shane Lee	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Berry	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	11	14	Yellow
Shane Lee	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	28	30	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	48	0	Yellow
Sheldon Creed	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	54	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	54	Yellow
Brandon Jones	All passing on pit road must be to the outside on entry	Tail End	50	54	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	68	71	Yellow
Josh Berry	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	69	71	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Tire violation	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Shane Lee	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	81	Yellow
Josh Berry	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	79	81	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	104	0	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	104	0	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	109	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	109	Yellow
Ryan Vargas	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	109	Yellow
Drew Dollar	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	109	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	113	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Improper fueling 2 laps	Other - See Notes	114	116	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	114	118	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Talladega Superspeedway
31st Annual Ag-Pro 300
Race Winner: Noah Gragson
Age: 23
Team: No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
Owner: JR Motorsports
Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
Noah Gragson won the 31st Annual Ag-Pro 300, his seventh victory in 111 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jeffrey Earnhardt (second) posted his first top-10 finish in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Kyle Sieg (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger won the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash.

Race Recap

Noah Gragson triumphs at Talladega in three-overtime thriller

April 23rd, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

It was an Earnhardt Saturday in Earnhardt country.

Grabbing the lead on a restart in the third overtime, Noah Gragson - driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports - won the Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway.

Gragson beat Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt Sr., who was driving a black No. 3 Chevrolet in a special appearance for Richard Childress Racing, which fielded Dale Sr.’s car during his heyday.

On the mammoth 2.66-mile track where Dale Sr. won a record 10 times and Dale Jr. added another six, Jeffrey Earnhardt crossed the finish line .131 seconds behind Gragson, who won for the first time at Talladega, the second time this season and the seventh time in his career.

Gragson grabbed the lead when JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier ran out of fuel as he led the field to the third-overtime restart on Lap 123. The driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet held the top spot the rest of the way as Earnhardt worked his way forward from his eighth-place restarting position.

Moments after the race, Gragson was already planning his celebration in the notorious Talladega infield.

“This team at Jr. Motorsports, they never quit,” Gragson said. “We’ve had a kind of a rough last month, just not getting the finishes that we wanted...I couldn’t make moves on the top there very much at the beginning of the race, so I just kept running the bottom - running the bottom - and we’d get shuffled back and keep moving back up.

“I’ve got to run in the Cup race (on Sunday), but the Talladaga Boulevard looks a lot more enchanting right now and inviting, so I might have to go out there and then throw some beads.”

On the second of the two overtime laps, Earnhardt slipped past AJ Allmendinger for second but couldn’t catch Gragson through the tri-oval.

“I’m living the dream here—I’m just so thankful to get this opportunity,” said Earnhardt, whose crew chief, FOX Sports broadcaster Larry McReynolds, was serving his first stint on a pit box since 2000. “Thanks to RCR for building this amazing race car. We were fast all weekend long.

“We just fell a little short there, but congrats to Noah. He’s good at plate races.”

Allmendinger had led on the second overtime restart and appeared to have control of the race when Jeremy Clements’ Chevrolet stalled in Turn 2 to cause the 10th and final caution of the race. With his third-place result, however, Allmendinger claimed the $100,000 Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus available to the top finisher among four eligible drivers.

“I thought I crashed about seven times on the last lap,” Allmendinger said. “I really appreciate what Xfinity and Comcast do to allow us to race for 100 grand at these four races. I didn’t realize that the 7 (Allgaier) started laying back, and you can’t take off before him. I was really checking up when he ran out of fuel.

“At that point, the 9 (Gragson) had such a run. This Chevy handled really well. We just lacked kind of the top-end speed, so they could get to my bumper, then basically boot me out of the way. I was just hanging on there. Jeffrey did a good job to make the move (for second place).”

Austin Hill, winner of the season opener at Daytona, led a race-high 67 laps and was out front with fewer than four laps left when Sam Mayer lost control of his Chevrolet in the outside lane and knocked Hill’s Chevy into the infield wall. Both cars were damaged too severely to continue.

Ryan Sieg and Landon Cassill finished fourth and fifth behind Allmendinger, with Cassill scoring his second straight top-five result. Anthony Alfredo, Riley Herbst, Joe Graf Jr., Myatt Snider and Brett Moffitt completed the top 10.