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Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Drive for the Cure 250

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

October 7th, 2023

Race #29 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 67
Miles Raced : 152.8
Time of Race : 02 Hours 00 minutes 31 seconds
Average Speed: 77.387 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.909 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 12
Lead Changes: 10
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 33 (87%)

Sam Mayer celebrates with a burnout — Concord, North Carolina - October 7th, 2023: Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BCBS at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	47	40	7	5	67	50	4	8	7	Running
2	7	0	Cole Custer	Ford	35	35	0	0	67	4	1	0	0	Running
3	3	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	34	34	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
4	9	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	33	33	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
5	14	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	32	32	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
6	6	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	46	31	15	0	67	0	0	4	3	Running
7	4	10	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	48	30	18	0	67	0	0	2	2	Running
8	38	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	39	29	10	1	67	2	1	0	1	Running
9	8	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	34	28	6	0	67	0	0	5	0	Running
10	5	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	42	27	15	0	67	0	0	3	4	Running
11	22	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	35	26	9	0	67	0	0	7	6	Running
12	17	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	33	25	8	0	67	0	0	6	8	Running
13	25	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	24	24	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
14	31	19	Myatt Snider	Toyota	23	23	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
15	10	91	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	28	22	6	0	67	0	0	0	5	Running
16	12	11	Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
17	32	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
18	29	8	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	20	19	1	0	67	0	0	0	10	Running
19	28	44	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
20	33	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
21	26	45	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
22	23	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
23	15	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
24	16	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	13	13	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
25	18	7	Josh Bilicki	Ford	15	12	3	0	67	0	0	10	9	Running
26	13	4	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
27	20	66	Sage Karam	Ford	10	10	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
28	24	2	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
29	11	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
30	21	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
31	35	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	6	6	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
32	36	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	5	5	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
33	37	35	Alex Guenette	Toyota	4	4	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	Running
34	19	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	5	3	2	0	66	1	1	9	0	Running
35	34	53	Conor Daly	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	Running
36	30	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	11	1	10	1	60	10	3	1	0	Accident
38	27	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	1	1	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	Ignition

Race Infractions

Drive for the Cure 250 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Ryan Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
John Hunter Nemechek	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeremy Clements	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Williams	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
Conor Daly	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeb Burton	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	22	24	Yellow
Conor Daly	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	22	24	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Pass Thru	28	30	Green
Brandon Jones	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	38	43	Green/Yellow
Conor Daly	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	43	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	43	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	41	43	Yellow
Alex Labbe	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	41	43	Yellow
Alex Labbe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	43	Yellow
Brett Moffitt	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage	Pass Thru	47	0	Green
Leland Honeyman Jr	Unspecified Not serving Stop & Go	Pass Thru	49	51	Green
Joe Graf Jr	Unspecified Not serving Stop & Go	Tail End	55	59	Green/Yellow
Connor Mosack	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	57	59	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Race Winner: Sam Mayer
Age: 20
Team : No. 1 - Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet
Owner: L.W. Miller
Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
Sam Mayer won the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, his third victory in 80 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Cole Custer (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2023.
Josh Berry (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Sammy Smith (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 35 points over Cole Custer.

Race Recap

Sam Mayer stays alive in NASCAR Xfinity Playoffs with dominating win

October 7th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a new road course ace.

“We may be Allmendinger 2.0,” Sam Mayer quipped after winning Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course and clinching a spot in the Round of 8 in the series Playoffs.

The reference was to AJ Allmendinger, winner of the previous four Xfinity races at the 2.32-mile, 17-turn circuit. With Allmendinger ineligible for the race as a full-time NASCAR Cup driver this year, Mayer took over and got the win he needed to advance in the Playoffs.

Mayer earned the final spot in the Round of 8 at the expense of seventh-place finisher Daniel Hemric, who ran third in a three-way drag race to the finish line with Parker Kligerman and Kaz Grala—when a fifth-place result would have been enough to survive the round.

“They came out in the bottom of the seventh and hit a home run,” said Hemric, who finished second in each of the first two stages and was bounced from the postseason only because Mayer won from last place in the Xfinity Playoff standings.

Lining up second next to Cole Custer for a restart on Lap 63 of 67, Mayer muscled his way past Custer’s No. 00 Ford through Turns 3 and 4 a lap later and pulled away to win by .909 seconds.

“I knew we had time,” said Mayer, who led five times for 50 laps. “Our car was so fast—it really felt unbeatable… We kicked their tails today, and it just feels so great.”

The victory was the third for the 20-year-old driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet—all this year and all on road courses.

“This is our second-chance moment,” Mayer said. “I think we can make something out of it… We can go on and do great things because of this win.”

Kligerman, Josh Berry and Jeb Burton joined Hemric on the Playoff sidelines. Kligerman missed out by five points after coming home sixth.

Berry finished third despite battling issues with his power steering but fell short in a must-win situation, as did Burton, who stayed out on old tires for a restart on Lap 60 and crashed into Justin Allgaier’s Chevrolet in Turn 1.

Sheldon Creed, on the other hand, squeaked into the Round of 8 by two points over Hemric after running 10^th on Saturday.

“We had no front turn,” Creed said. “I was talking to our teammate Austin (Hill) about it. Both of our cars did not turn all day… I had to work for that one. I did not think we would be in by two—I thought we would be better than that.”

After the Lap 63 restart, Hemric’s fate was in the hands of Custer, who couldn’t keep Mayer behind him.

“We struggled on the short run, for sure,” Custer said. “It’s frustrating. There are definitely things on the replay I could have done different, but our guys did a great job all day, getting our car to where we could compete for a win—but we just needed a little more.”

Riley Herbst ran fourth, with Kaz Grala fifth. Kligerman, Hemric, Stage 2 winner John Hunter Nemechek, Hill and Creed completed the top 10.