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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today

Circuit of The Americas

March 25th, 2023

Race #6 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 46
Miles Raced : 144.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 05 minutes 03 seconds
Average Speed: 75.263 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.853 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 7
Lead Changes: 6
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (82%)

AJ Allmendinger celebrates in victory lane — Austin, Texas - March 25th, 2023: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #10 Celsius Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas. 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	1	10	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	46	28	2	1	6	Running
2	9	17	William Byron	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	46	1	1	5	7	Running
3	3	19	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	4	8	Running
4	2	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	37	33	4	0	46	0	0	9	9	Running
5	8	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	36	32	4	0	46	0	0	7	0	Running
6	11	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
7	14	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	31	30	1	0	46	0	0	10	0	Running
8	15	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	35	29	6	0	46	0	0	0	5	Running
9	4	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	47	28	19	1	46	16	3	2	1	Running
10	7	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	32	27	5	0	46	0	0	6	0	Running
11	26	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	29	26	3	0	46	0	0	8	0	Running
12	27	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
13	18	88	Miguel Paludo	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
14	25	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
15	23	92	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
16	29	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
17	34	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
18	20	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	19	19	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
19	22	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	18	18	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
20	32	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
21	21	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	17	16	1	0	46	0	0	0	10	Running
22	33	2	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
23	31	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	23	14	9	0	46	0	0	0	2	Running
24	13	8	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	4	Running
25	36	45	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
26	38	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	11	11	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
27	6	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	18	10	8	0	46	0	0	0	3	Running
28	24	91	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
29	30	53	Brad Perez	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
30	35	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	7	7	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	Running
31	5	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	14	6	8	0	46	1	1	3	0	Running
32	10	00	Cole Custer	Ford	5	5	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Running
33	37	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	Steering
34	28	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	3	3	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	Engine
35	16	44	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	Engine
36	19	50	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	Suspension
37	12	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	Engine
38	17	7	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	Transmission

Race Infractions

Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today at Circuit of The Americas

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Brett Moffitt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Brennan Poole	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Cole Custer	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kaz Grala	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Alex Labbe	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Joe Graf Jr	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
Sheldon Creed	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
Sage Karam	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chandler Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Sage Karam	Unspecified Short cut course	Pass Thru	5	6	Green
Ryan Sieg	Unspecified Short cut course	Pass Thru	6	7	Green
Ryan Sieg	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	7	9	Yellow
Preston Pardus	Tire violation	Tail End	8	9	Yellow
Preston Pardus	Unspecified Short cut course	Pass Thru	15	15	Green
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	18	19	Yellow
Brandon Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	20	22	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	Tail End	28	29	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	30	32	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Circuit of The Americas
Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 41
Team : No. 10 - Celsius Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Alex Yontz
AJ Allmendinger won the Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today, his 16th victory in 94 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory (2022-2023) and third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
William Byron (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
Ty Gibbs (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Sammy Smith (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
This win is A.J. Allmendinger's NASCAR Xfinity Series leading 11th victory on a road course.

Race Recap

Allmendinger holds off Byron for second Xfinity win at Circuit of The Americas

March 25th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

A.J. Allmendinger started on pole position and won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today on Saturday afternoon on the world-renowned Circuit of The Americas road course.

The 46 laps in between the green and checkered flags, however, were dramatic and full of emotional highs and lows for the veteran Allmendinger, who led 14 laps to start the race and the final 14 laps to close it out. The series’ all-time road course winner earned his 11th road course trophy (and 16th career Xfinity Series trophy) despite having to navigate through the field after falling back to 25th place during mid-race green flag pit stops.

It was a major league road course lesson for the rest of the field as the 41-year-old Californian diced and sliced his way forward in the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet to win this race for the second consecutive year. He ultimately took a .853-second victory over relentless Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron in the No. 17 Chevrolet.

“William Byron put his best foot forward, you’ve seen all the Cup races he’s winning," Allmendinger said of the season’s two-race winner Byron. “I knew it was going to be tough just trying to fight to get back up to the front there. Hate that I had contact with Sheldon [Creed], he got under me, I was trying to stay off him, so I hate that happened but so proud of everyone at Kaulig Racing. The Celsius Chevy was really hooked up and with all the damage we had it didn’t hurt the car.”

“I spent a lot of years not winning anything so I’m going to celebrate every one of them like it’s my last one," Allmendinger said. “You never know. As much pressure as I put on myself, I’m always going to try to live up to it. The pit crew was awesome and I’m so proud of everyone."

NASCAR Cup Series rookie Ty Gibbs – the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion – finished third in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota, just ahead of his JGR teammate Sammy Smith and veteran JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier.

The 3.41-mile, 20-turn COTA track is regarded as one of the more challenging stops on the NASCAR schedule and Allmendinger certainly had his work cut out for him on Saturday. He led early, but was shuffled back after winning Stage 1 and gambling on a pit stop later than the other frontrunners.

Forced to lineup for a re-start toward the back of the field – and miscommunication from the team to driver regarding the exact position he should take – left him 25th near the race midpoint. He answered by reeling off one car after another and made his way into the top-10 with 15 laps remaining – making a dramatic push forward on that final restart to go from sixth to first with 14 laps remaining. He took the lead after a spirited battle with Sheldon Creed, who spun out after contact between the two.

Allmendinger then drove off to more than a 1-second gap on the field, but, was doggedly chased by Byron, who will start Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA from the pole position.

“I was getting one final run at him, but obviously they were really good all day, just great at these road courses," Byron said. “Just a little bit to gain and then made a mistake [navigating the esses].

“It was a great effort, just need to clean it up in the cars … but had a lot of fun racing," Byron added.

Kaulig Racing’s Daniel Hemric, JR Motorsports teammates Sam Mayer and Josh Berry, Creed and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst rounded out the top-10.

Austin Hill, a three-race winner in 2023 that was leading the championship standings by nearly 50 points coming into Austin, suffered mechanical problems in his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and took a DNF. He still holds a 15-point advantage over Herbst atop the championship, however.

This was a Dash 4 Cash qualifying race with the four top-finishing fulltime NASCAR Xfinity Series competitors now eligible for a $100,000 bonus next week at Richmond (Va.) Raceway; the top finisher among the four will earn the big paycheck and is eligible for another the following race at Martinsville, Va. on April 15.

With their showings on Saturday: Sammy Smith, Justin Allgaier, Daniel Hemric and Sam Mayer are the four drivers who race for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash $100,000 in next week’s Call811 Before You Dig 250 at Richmond Raceway