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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Andy's Frozen Custard 300

Texas Motor Speedway

September 24th, 2022

Race #27 of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 300.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 38 minutes 21 seconds
Average Speed: 113.672 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.238 seconds
Cautions: 9
Caution Laps: 52
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 8 (21%)

Noah Gragson celebrates in victory lane — Fort Worth, Texas - September 24th, 2022: Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Andy's Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	56	40	16	5	200	85	3	4	2	Running
2	9	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	48	35	13	0	200	1	1	3	6	Running
3	8	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	42	34	8	0	200	3	2	9	5	Running
4	7	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	49	33	16	1	200	34	2	5	1	Running
5	11	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	32	32	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
6	16	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	36	31	5	0	200	0	0	6	0	Running
7	13	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
8	5	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	30	29	1	0	200	0	0	0	10	Running
9	14	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	34	28	6	0	199	0	0	8	8	Running
10	35	38	CJ McLaughlin	Ford	27	27	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
11	20	48	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
12	18	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
13	24	45	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
14	29	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
15	17	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	199	5	1	0	0	Running
16	32	5	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
17	26	92	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
18	19	7	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	19	19	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
19	25	23	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
20	31	31	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
21	23	2	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	190	0	0	0	0	Running
22	15	34	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	16	15	1	0	141	0	0	10	0	Accident
23	37	78	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	DVP
24	22	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Accident
25	36	35	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	DVP
26	30	36	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	Accident
27	1	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	12	10	2	0	117	0	0	0	9	Accident
28	4	18	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	0	0	0	0	116	60	3	7	3	Accident
29	6	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	21	8	13	0	116	0	0	2	7	Accident
30	3	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	24	7	17	1	116	12	2	1	4	Accident
31	21	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	116	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	33	91	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	116	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	12	10	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	28	66	JJ Yeley	Toyota	3	3	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Water Pump
35	38	13	Akinori Ogata	Toyota	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	10	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Ignition
37	34	8	David Starr	Ford	1	1	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	27	26	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Toyota	1	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Andy's Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
JJ Yeley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Garrett Smithley	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Bayley Currey	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Bayley Currey	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Pass Thru	0	1	White
Tommy Joe Martins	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
Josh Berry	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Gibbs	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Akinori Ogata	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
CJ McLaughlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	37	42	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	39	42	Yellow
Josh Berry	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	Tail End	39	42	Yellow
Sam Mayer	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	40	42	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	42	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	78	0	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	81	0	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	82	85	Yellow
Josh Berry	Tire violation	Tail End	82	85	Yellow
Akinori Ogata	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	86	96	Green/Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	96	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Equipment Interference	Tail End	93	96	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	96	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Garage	Pass Thru	100	0	Green
Akinori Ogata	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Pass Thru	104	0	Yellow
Akinori Ogata	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	104	0	Yellow
Josh Williams	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	106	109	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Unspecified Choose Violation	Tail End	108	109	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Joey Gase	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	110	116	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	115	116	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	115	116	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	115	116	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	115	116	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	115	116	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	117	0	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	117	0	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	118	126	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	125	126	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	125	126	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	127	132	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	131	132	Yellow
Matt Mills	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	131	132	Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	131	132	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Texas Motor Speedway
18th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 300
Race Winner: Noah Gragson
Age: 24
Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
Noah Gragson won the 18th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 300, his 12th victory in 129 Xfinity Series races.
This is his seventh victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Austin Hill (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2022.
Ty Gibbs (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 26 points over AJ Allmendinger.

Race Recap

Noah Gragson drives to Victory Lane at Texas, ties NASCAR Xfinity Series record with fourth consecutive win

September 24th, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Noah Gragson parked his No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet at the finish line, emerged through his car's roof flap and raised his arms in triumph taking in the loud cheers from the Texas Motor Speedway grandstands as he celebrated a historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday afternoon in the Andy's Frozen Custard 300.

It was a series best and career-high seventh win on the season for the 24-year old Las Vegas native and automatically reserves his spot in the next round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. That fourth consecutive victory is significant historically as well - tying one of the longstanding records- set in 1983 - by Sam Ard.

Although it was a tumultuous Playoff opener for many of the championship contenders, Gragson was out front often and ultimately when he needed to be. He didn't win a Stage, but led a race best 85-of-200 laps and held off fellow 2022 Playoff contenders Austin Hill and Ty Gibbs by 1.238-seconds to earn the big trophy - and even more momentum at just the right time of the calendar.

"This No. 9 team, man, they're on fire and all you fans, you keep us motivated,'' Gragson told the cheering grandstands. "We're gonna come back and win more races for you. You guys are awesome and we appreciate you. Thanks for coming out.

"Just this team, I mean the pit crew's done awesome and our car was as fast as Xfinity internet all day and I'm just so thankful for the opportunity"

"Such a relief,'' he continued. "We lost this race back in 2020 and just executed a great race [today],'' he continued.

Eight Playoff cars finished in the Top-10. Stewart-Haas Racing's Riley Herbst was fifth, followed by Playoff driver Josh Berry (JR Motorsports), Sheldon Creed, Playoff drivers Sam Mayer (JR Motorsports) and Ryan Sieg (Ryan Sieg Racing). C.J. McLaughlin was 10th – the first Top-10 of his career.

Compared to his closest competitors, Gragson's day was more a matter of holding court. Several other race contenders and Playoff competitors had busier days of survival and the power of positive thinking.

Both Gibbs, who finished third and regular season champion A.J. Allmendinger, who finished fourth, had to rally to those finishing positions. Gibbs started the race from the rear of the field after failing technical inspection. And the two-time regular season champion Allmendinger? He just had a hectic afternoon overcoming race setbacks.

Two multi-car accidents on mid-race restarts eliminated the winning opportunity for several Playoff drivers and now place them in catch-up mode only one race into the Playoff push.

Eight cars were involved in a crash on Lap 110, including regular season champion Allmendinger, whose No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet – only a few laps removed from the Stage 2 victory - was damaged. Quick repairs returned him to the track and the positions he lost during the pit stop actually proved to be advantageous as he missed the next accident up front after returning to the race.

It was a similar scene on the ensuing restart, only this time the accident started at the front. John Hunter Nemechek, who had led a race best 60 laps – at that point - got loose at the front of the pack, his Toyota colliding with Justin Allgaier's Chevy.

The hard contact sent them both hard into the wall and caused another chain-reaction accident that ended up collecting nine cars in all – including Playoff drivers Brandon Jones, the race polesitter, and 2021 series champion Daniel Hemric (who won Stage 1) in addition to Allgaier.

As with that Playoff trio, It was the end of the day for Nemechek, a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship driver who was driving the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at Texas as part of the owner's championship chase.

"The 7 (Allgaier) chose the top behind me, and I haven't seen the replay of it, but the 7 chose the top behind me and started pushing,'' Nemechek said. "The 21 (Austin Hill) made it three-wide on the 9 (Gragson) and I was three-wide at the top being able to be in the race and I think we ended up four-wide at one point which doesn't really work aero-wide in the pack. The resin was up there as well and I don't know. It sucks.

"I thought we were going to have a shot to win the race and repeat from last year. It didn't work out. I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.”

With two more races remaining in this opening Playoff round – at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and the Charlotte ROVAL road course – Gragson's win is an automatic berth into the next Playoff round. Allmendinger and Gibbs are second and third in the standings, 26 and 27 points – respectively behind Allmendinger.

Eight of the 12 Playoff drivers will advance following the ROVAL race.

Riley Herbst (-1), Hemric (-8), Jones (-13) and Jeremy Clements (-29) whose car retired early with an engine issue, now find themselves in the bottom four of the Playoff standings going to Talladega.