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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Food City 300

Bristol Motor Speedway

September 15th, 2023

Race #27 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 300
Miles Raced : 159.9
Time of Race : 01 Hours 52 minutes 11 seconds
Average Speed: 85.521 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.695 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 48
Lead Changes: 8
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 14 (37%)

Justin Allgaier and crew climb the fence — Bristol, Tennessee - September 15th, 2023: Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 BRANDT Chevrolet, and crew climb the fence to celebrate with fans after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo by Meg Oliphant | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	10	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	59	40	19	6	300	110	3	2	1	Running
2	5	10	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	39	35	4	0	300	33	2	0	7	Running
3	3	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	46	34	12	0	300	1	1	4	6	Running
4	1	0	Cole Custer	Ford	52	33	19	1	300	109	2	1	2	Running
5	4	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	39	32	7	0	300	0	0	6	9	Running
6	7	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	31	31	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
7	12	19	Trevor Bayne	Toyota	42	30	12	0	300	0	0	5	5	Running
8	16	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	32	29	3	0	300	0	0	0	8	Running
9	6	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	29	28	1	0	300	0	0	10	0	Running
10	31	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	27	27	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
11	21	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
12	18	11	Derek Kraus	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
13	38	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
14	29	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	23	23	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
15	14	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
16	36	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	21	21	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
17	25	44	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
18	22	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
19	35	7	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
20	20	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
21	27	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	16	16	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
22	28	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
23	30	4	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
24	9	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
25	32	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	296	0	0	0	0	Running
26	19	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	11	11	0	0	295	0	0	0	0	Running
27	24	91	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	294	0	0	0	0	Running
28	33	2	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	294	0	0	0	0	Running
29	23	8	Chad Finchum	Ford	8	8	0	0	276	0	0	0	0	Running
30	15	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	16	7	9	0	271	47	1	9	4	Ignition
31	13	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	10	6	4	0	246	0	0	7	0	Running
32	17	45	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	6	5	1	0	229	0	0	0	10	Brakes
33	26	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	12	4	8	0	217	0	0	0	3	DVP
34	8	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	11	3	8	0	178	0	0	3	0	Suspension
35	11	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	5	2	3	0	166	0	0	8	0	Accident
36	2	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	166	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	37	35	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	117	0	0	0	0	Power Steering
38	34	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	0	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	Rear Gear

Race Infractions

Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Jeb Burton	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Riley Herbst	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Anthony Alfredo	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Patrick Emerling	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Derek Kraus	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	83	0	Green/Yellow
Patrick Emerling	Commitment Line Violation Garage	Tail End	89	0	Yellow
Patrick Emerling	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	89	0	Yellow
Josh Williams	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	90	95	Yellow
Joe Graf Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	147	153	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	151	153	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	167	179	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	167	179	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	218	0	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	219	224	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	250	256	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	252	256	Yellow
Dale Earnhardt Jr	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	270	0	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway
Food City 300
Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
Age: 37
Team : No. 7 - BRANDT Chevrolet
Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
Crew Chief: James Pohlman
Justin Allgaier won the Food City 300, his 22nd victory in 432 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 23 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Daniel Hemric (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2023.
John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Chandler Smith (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 10 points over Justin Allgaier.

Race Recap

Pit strategy propels Justin Allgaier to NASCAR Xfinity Playoff victory at Bristol

September 15th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

On an ambivalent night for JR Motorsports, Justin Allgaier took advantage of a brilliant strategic call by crew chief Jim Pohlman to win Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first event in the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

Charging from 13^th after restart on Lap 257 of 300, Allgaier passed Daniel Hemric for the lead on Lap 288 and pulled away to win by 1.695 seconds, securing a spot in the Round of 8 of the Playoffs.

Allgaier also broke news in Victory Lane, announcing off the cuff that he had re-signed for another season with JR Motorsports.

That was the good news. In a rare appearance as a driver team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. led 47 laps before pulling off the track on lap 271 with a fireball in his car licking at his firesuit. Earnhardt made a quick exit and finished 30^th.

And that was after three JR Motorsports cars were eliminated from the race in the same wreck.

Without hesitation, Pohlman called Allgaier to the pits when Josh Bilicki’s spin in Turn 1 caused the sixth and final caution on Lap 248. Allgaier rocketed through the field until he caught Hemric, harrying the driver of the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet until he slipped past with just over 12 laps left.

The victory was Allgaier’s second at the 0.533-mile short track and his first since his initial Xfinity Series win in 2010. Between victories Allgaier led plenty of laps but couldn’t return to Victory Lane—until Friday night.

“This team has done an amazing job at this racetrack since I started at JR Motorsports,” Allgaier said. “We led a lot of laps, and the monkey was definitely on our back. The pit strategy there… coming down pit road by myself was nerve-wracking, right?

“I’m speechless, man. This place, Jim Pohlman and I circled this place on our calendar when we started the year, before we ever even took a green flag lap, we said we want to win Bristol. Man, we won Bristol! It’s Bristol, baby—let’s go!”

The victory was Allgaier’s third of the season and 22^nd of his career.

Hemric floundered early in the race until the top lane came in. Then his car came to life.

“We just enough race car there that once the top came in, I was going to live by it,” Hemric said. “I thought it would be OK. I thought if I could hold the 7 (Allgaier) off to get to that next group of traffic maybe I’d have a chance to at least race him down in the last five or 10 laps.

“Yeah, the tires were just too much there. Him and Dale Jr. had the best cars all night. So yeah, proud of this group. We definitely stole a finish tonight but came a long way through traffic.”

Playoff drivers John Hunter Nemechek, Cole Custer and Chandler Smith finished third through fifth, respectively. Custer led 109 laps, one fewer than Allgaier.

A four-car wreck in Turn 1 on Lap 167 sidelined three JR Motorsports cars, two of them driven by Playoff contenders Josh Berry and Sam Mayer. After slight side-to-side contact with the No. 1 Chevrolet of Mayer, Berry’s No. 8 Chevy cut a right front tire and turned up the track into Mayer, knocking him into the outside wall.

Running behind his JR Motorsports teammates, Brandon Jones also was collected in the wreck, as was the No. 39 Ford of Ryan Sieg.

Those weren’t the only teammates who ran afoul of each other. On Lap 217, Sheldon Creed clipped regular-season winner Austin Hill just short of the start/finish line. Out of control, Hill’s Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet bounced off the inside wall and nosed into the outside SAFER barrier in Turn 1. Hill was unable to continue.

Hill finished 33^rd. Creed came home 11^th.

As if that weren’t enough drama, Earnhardt ran in or near the lead until his car began to smoke with 30 laps left.

“The shifter tunnel column was on fire,” Earnhardt explained. “I saw some smoke in the car, and I felt that I was like, ‘Hopefully that’s not me,’ but it was. That last lap, I saw a big fireball down in the tunnel of the car and I felt it.

“Obviously, my uniform was burning up. I was like, ‘I can’t keep going. I got to stop.’ And usually when you stop the fire gets bigger.

“So I pulled over by the pit stall and some of the guys were pretty alert, and they helped me out. We were going to finish with a top 10, maybe top five. We had a shot at winning it, if the car was going to run good at the end.”

Mayer, Berry, Parker Kligerman (who lost 53 laps under repairs in the garage) and Jeb Burton (who started from the rear in a backup car and finished 13^th) all dropped below the cut line for the Round of 8 as the series heads for the second Round of 12 Playoff race Sept. 23 at Texas Motor Speedway.