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Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 2023

Race #1 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 120
- Extended to 125 laps
Miles Raced : 312.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 21 minutes 30 seconds
Average Speed: 132.509 mph
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 32
Lead Changes: 25
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 26 (68%)

Austin Hill celebrates in victory lane — Daytona Beach, Florida - February 18th, 2023: Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International 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	1	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	58	40	18	6	125	39	4	1	3	Running
2	7	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	40	35	5	0	125	8	4	9	8	Running
3	5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	52	34	18	1	125	36	7	3	1	Running
4	16	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	33	33	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
5	13	19	Myatt Snider	Toyota	33	32	1	0	125	0	0	10	0	Running
6	9	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	35	31	4	0	125	0	0	0	7	Running
7	29	39	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	30	30	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
8	22	38	Ryan Sieg	Ford	29	29	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
9	3	00	Cole Custer	Ford	30	28	2	0	125	1	1	0	9	Running
10	19	10	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	125	1	1	4	0	Running
11	20	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	33	26	7	0	125	0	0	5	10	Running
12	8	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	34	25	9	0	125	0	0	2	0	Running
13	17	45	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
14	11	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	30	23	7	0	125	0	0	0	4	Running
15	25	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
16	34	24	Parker Chase	Toyota	21	21	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
17	38	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
18	36	53	Joey Gase	Ford	19	19	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
19	15	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	18	18	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
20	23	8	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	125	1	1	0	0	Running
21	26	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	16	16	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
22	28	2	David Starr	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	125	2	1	0	0	Running
23	2	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	17	14	3	0	125	1	1	8	0	Running
24	10	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
25	12	5	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	Running
26	18	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	20	11	9	0	125	17	1	7	6	Running
27	14	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	19	10	9	0	124	14	3	0	2	Accident
28	24	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	Running
29	32	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	14	8	6	0	124	0	0	0	5	Running
30	37	34	Jesse Iwuji	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	110	0	0	0	0	Electrical
31	31	35	CJ McLaughlin	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	87	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	33	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	5	5	0	0	82	0	0	0	0	Engine
33	21	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	Engine
34	4	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	8	3	5	0	41	5	1	6	0	Accident
35	35	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	6	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	27	7	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	30	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Joey Gase	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeb Burton	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Ellis	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Sieg	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Austin Hill	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
Stefan Parsons	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Berry	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
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	10	11	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	20	0	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	21	25	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	24	25	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	24	25	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	31	36	Yellow
Joey Gase	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	33	36	Yellow
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon	Tail End	33	36	Yellow
Joe Graf Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	33	36	Yellow
Sheldon Creed	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	33	36	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Tire violation	Tail End	34	36	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Unspecified Pit Interference	Tail End	34	36	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	34	36	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	41	0	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Garage	Tail End	41	0	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	45	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	41	45	Yellow
Sheldon Creed	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	45	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	45	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	66	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	66	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	63	66	Yellow
Jesse Iwuji	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	64	66	Yellow
Stefan Parsons	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	64	66	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	76	79	Green
Sammy Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	91	94	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	91	94	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	121	123	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300
Race Winner: Austin Hill
Age: 28
Team : No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress Racing
Crew Chief: Andy Street
Austin Hill won the Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300, his third victory in 49 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Daytona International Speedway.
John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 25 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Parker Retzlaff (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

Hill wins NASCAR Xfinity opener in overtime photo finish at Daytona

February 18th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

After Sam Mayer spun on the roof of his Chevrolet on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway, trailing a shower of sparks, Austin Hill, Justin Allgaier and John Hunter Nemechek sat in their cars and waited.

And after what must have seemed an eternity to the drivers, NASCAR reviewed video of the final lap of overtime and declared Hill the winner of his second straight season opener at the World Center of Racing in front of the largest crowd to witness an Xfinity Series race at Daytona since the $400-million renovation of the facility in 2016.

A consummate superspeedway racer, Hill led a race-high 38 laps in Saturday's Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 and was narrowly ahead of surging John Hunter Nemechek when the sanctioning body called the caution for Mayer's spectacular accident on Lap 125-five circuits beyond the scheduled distance.

"As soon as the caution lights came on, I thought I had it, but it was so close," Hill said. "To get back-to-back here at Daytona, it's really special. That's three wins for me now, two in the Xfinity, one in the truck here. We came from the back two different times.

"I hope everyone enjoyed it. It was such a blast. I had so much fun. We won at Daytona! Let's go!"

Hill's first thought, however, was for Mayer. Contact between Hill's No. 21 Camaro and Mayer's No. 1 Chevrolet sent Mayer spinning and then flipping upside down until his car hit the infield grass and landed upright.

Mayer was treated and released from the infield care center.

"When I saw the 1 (Mayer) and the 7 (Allgaier) get together, I just went to go squeeze them, and the 1 came down, he started getting loose, and then you can't lift-it's last lap," Hill said. "I hope Sam is OK, man. That was a heck of a flip there."

Allgaier, who was credited with a third-place finish, had another close call in the race that has eluded him.

"I've been short my whole life, so I guess it's just fitting," quipped the 5-foot-6-inch driver. "But really proud of everybody at JR Motorsports. Our Chevy Camaros tonight were absolutely blazing fast.

"Obviously, I'm glad Sam is OK. He had a heck of a run there at the end."

Rookie Parker Retzlaff finished a career-best fourth, followed by Myatt Snider. Riley Herbst, Joe Graf Jr., Ryan Sieg, Cole Custer and Justin Haley completed the top 10.

Hill won the first stage, but only through Allgaier's benevolence. On the final lap of the stage, Hill steered down the track to block Allgaier's Chevrolet. Allgaier backed out of the throttle to give Hill room, as the rear bumper of Hill's Camaro slid uncomfortably close to the nose of Allgaier's car.

"If I don't lift, I wreck the whole field," Allgaier said on his radio. "It's stupid racing."

"Justin really cut me a break," Hill acknowledged. "I really appreciate that from him."

Allgaier must have gotten some karmic benefit from his magnanimity. When Parker Kligerman turned Sheldon Creed's Chevrolet while bump-drafting near the entrance to Turn 1 on Lap 40, Allgaier's Chevrolet spun sideways onto the apron behind the initial wreck.

After a tape job to the left rear of his car, Allgaier returned to the track, started at the rear of the field and quickly charged back into the lead on Lap 54. Allgaier went on to win the second stage, with Mayer close behind him.

"To go to the back and have that spin and just battle our way through, it's crazy how fast our car was tonight and how good we were in traffic," Allgaier said.

Unfortunately for the veteran driver, speed, maneuverability and good karma could carry him only so far.