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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Raptor King of Tough 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 18th, 2023

Race #5 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 163
Miles Raced : 251.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 44 minutes 49 seconds
Average Speed: 91.382 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.085 seconds
Cautions: 12
Caution Laps: 68
Lead Changes: 13
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 25 (66%)

Austin Hill celebrates with a burnout — Hampton, Georgia - March 18th, 2023: Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series RAPTOR 250 at Atlanta 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	3	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	53	40	13	6	163	103	3	1	8	Running
2	11	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	39	35	4	0	163	0	0	7	0	Running
3	4	19	Ryan Truex	Toyota	34	34	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
4	13	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	43	33	10	1	163	5	1	0	1	Running
5	5	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	47	32	15	0	163	11	2	5	2	Running
6	12	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	36	31	5	0	163	0	0	6	0	Running
7	9	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	34	30	4	0	163	0	0	0	7	Running
8	2	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	37	29	8	0	163	10	1	3	0	Running
9	10	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
10	18	10	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	163	5	2	10	0	Running
11	14	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	34	26	8	0	163	0	0	8	6	Running
12	8	00	Cole Custer	Ford	29	25	4	0	163	0	0	9	9	Running
13	29	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
14	15	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	29	23	6	0	163	18	2	0	5	Running
15	23	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	23	22	1	0	163	0	0	0	10	Running
16	16	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
17	1	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	20	20	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
18	32	35	Patrick Emerling	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
19	21	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	26	18	8	0	163	10	1	0	3	Running
20	35	8	Gray Gaulding	Ford	17	17	0	0	163	1	1	0	0	Running
21	7	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	32	16	16	0	163	0	0	2	4	Running
22	36	7	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
23	24	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
24	37	91	Chad Chastain	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
25	27	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	12	12	0	0	163	0	0	0	0	Running
26	26	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	11	11	0	0	161	0	0	0	0	Running
27	17	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	Accident
28	6	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	16	9	7	0	127	0	0	4	0	Rear Gear
29	19	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	Accident
30	25	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	7	7	0	0	69	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	30	45	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	Radiator
32	22	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	20	2	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	31	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	28	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	2	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	34	4	Garrett Smithley		1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	33	53	Joey Gase	Toyota	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	38	66	Caesar Bacarella		1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Raptor King of Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kyle Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	4	6	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Improper fueling	Tail End	5	7	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	19	21	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	20	23	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	27	29	Yellow
Josh Williams	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	27	30	Yellow
Josh Williams	Unspecified Extending the caution	NASCAR Discretion	33	0	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	44	Yellow
Sage Karam	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	44	Yellow
Joey Gase	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	43	45	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	44	46	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Safety violation	Tail End	44	46	Yellow
Chad Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	47	Yellow
Parker Retzlaff	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	62	64	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Improper fueling	Tail End	64	66	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	69	71	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	82	84	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Unspecified manually moved	Tail End	82	84	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	84	86	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	118	120	Yellow
Joey Gase	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	120	122	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	127	0	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
RAPTOR King of Tough 250
Race Winner: Austin Hill
Age: 28
Team : No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress
Crew Chief: Andy Street
Austin Hill won the RAPTOR King of Tough 250, his fifth victory in 53 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Daniel Hemric (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2023.
Ryan Truex (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Sammy Smith (17th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill leads the point standings by 46 points over John Hunter Nemechek.

Race Recap

Austin Hill wins at Atlanta for third NASCAR Xfinity victory of 2023

March 18th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

In a race that started in chaos and ended in bedlam on the last lap, Austin Hill won his third NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season, beating Daniel Hemric to the checkered flag in Saturday's RAPTOR King of the Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

With his family in attendance, the Winston, Ga., native, led three times for a race-high 103 laps and dominated an event that featured a record 12 cautions for 68 laps.

NASCAR called the final yellow on the last lap, after a multicar wreck erupted as Hill and Hemric approached the finish line.

Parker Kligerman made a race of it until the cars entered the frontstretch dogleg on the last lap. At the end of a two-lap dash to the finish, Kligerman's Chevrolet turned sideways across the front bumper of Hemric's car and hit the right rear of Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevy.

Hill maintained control and took the checkered flag with Hemric trailing by .085 seconds. Kligerman slid backwards across the finish line in fourth, as Ryan Truex edged him for the third spot by .001 seconds.

"They knew we were here," Kligerman radioed to his Big Machine Racing team.

The defending race winner, Hill came to Atlanta with victories at Daytona and Las Vegas and, understandably, the Xfinity Series lead. The win was Hill's second at Atlanta and the fifth of his career.

The only thing that shook Hill all night was the contact with the right rear of his car in the final 100 yards.

"I have no idea how I saved it coming to the line," Hill said, after his young daughter ran out to greet him at the finish line. "What a start to the season. Everybody at Richard Childress Racing, ECR engines—we've just had such a fast start with Chevrolet. This has been special, for sure."

Riley Herbst finished fifth, followed by Brett Moffitt, Josh Berry, John Hunter Nemechek, Sam Mayer and Justin Haley.

Hill won the first stage, and Kligerman gave Big Machine its first-ever stage victory in the second.

In the first two stages combined, the race featured more caution laps than green-flag laps—49 to 31, to be exact—the result of nine yellow flags.

Josh Williams' No. 92 Chevrolet sustained damage in a Lap 27 accident with the No. 02 Chevy of Kyle Weatherman, and when Williams dropped debris on the frontstretch to cause the fourth caution moments after the subsequent Lap 32 restart, NASCAR parked him under the Damaged Vehicle Policy.

Instead of driving his car to the garage, however, a frustrated Williams parked it at the start/finish line. NASCAR ordered Williams to the hauler for a discussion of the incident, after he was released from the infield care center.