Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

A-Game 200

Dover International Speedway

April 29th, 2023

Race #10 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 200.0
Time of Race : 01 Hours 51 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 107.191 mph
Margin of Victory : 04.820 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 33
Lead Changes: 11
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 10 (26%)

Ryan Truex celebrates in victory lane — Dover, Delaware - April 29th, 2023: Ryan Truex, driver of the #19 Toyota Genuine Accessories Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series A-GAME 200 at Dover International 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	12	19	Ryan Truex	Toyota	60	40	20	7	200	124	4	1	1	Running
2	19	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	42	35	7	0	200	0	0	5	10	Running
3	18	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	41	34	7	0	200	0	0	0	4	Running
4	6	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	49	33	16	0	200	18	2	4	2	Running
5	22	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	49	32	17	0	200	0	0	2	3	Running
6	28	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	38	31	7	0	200	0	0	7	8	Running
7	2	00	Cole Custer	Ford	39	30	9	0	200	13	2	8	5	Running
8	8	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	34	29	5	0	200	0	0	6	0	Running
9	24	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	30	28	2	0	200	0	0	0	9	Running
10	16	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	29	27	2	0	200	0	0	9	0	Running
11	3	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	38	26	12	0	199	41	2	3	7	Running
12	26	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	25	25	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
13	10	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	30	24	6	0	199	0	0	10	6	Running
14	35	2	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	199	4	1	0	0	Running
15	14	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	22	22	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
16	20	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	21	21	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
17	5	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
18	4	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
19	15	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
20	13	10	Derek Kraus	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
21	11	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	16	16	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
22	21	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	15	15	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
23	7	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
24	9	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
25	29	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
26	30	45	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
27	17	8	Gray Gaulding	Ford	10	10	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
28	38	7	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
29	25	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	8	8	0	0	195	0	0	0	0	Running
30	37	66	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	195	0	0	0	0	Running
31	27	4	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	195	0	0	0	0	Running
32	34	91	Chad Chastain	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	193	0	0	0	0	Running
33	32	35	Patrick Emerling	Ford	4	4	0	0	192	0	0	0	0	Running
34	23	53	CJ McLaughlin	Ford	3	3	0	0	192	0	0	0	0	Running
35	36	24	Corey Heim	Toyota	0	0	0	0	170	0	0	0	0	Engine
36	31	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Brakes
37	33	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	119	0	0	0	0	Engine
38	1	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

A-Game 200 at Dover International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Timmy Hill	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Allgaier	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	20	24	Yellow
Brett Moffitt	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	20	24	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	20	69	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	22	24	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	22	24	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	48	53	Yellow
Parker Retzlaff	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	48	53	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Tire violation	Tail End	49	53	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	49	53	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	68	69	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	94	99	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	94	99	Yellow
Patrick Emerling	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	99	Yellow
Corey Heim	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	164	168	Green
Rajah Caruth	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	165	169	Green
Rajah Caruth	Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon	Pass Thru	165	169	Green
Patrick Emerling	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	170	173	Green
Patrick Emerling	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Pass Thru	170	173	Green
Derek Kraus	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	173	177	Green
Chad Chastain	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	176	179	Green
Riley Herbst	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	189	194	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Dover Motor Speedway
A-GAME 200
Race Winner: Ryan Truex
Age: 31
Team : No. 19 - Toyota Genuine Accessories Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
Ryan Truex won the A-GAME 200, his first victory in 89 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 23 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Sammy Smith (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill leads the point standings by 4 points over John Hunter Nemechek.

Race Recap

Ryan Truex wins first career Xfinity Series race at Dover

April 29th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Of all the places for Ryan Truex to absolutely turn in a career day, the 31-year-old led a dominating 124 of the 200 laps at his hometown Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. He swept both stage wins and ultimately took the checkered flag an impressive 4.8-seconds ahead of the field to claim his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in Saturday's A-GAME 200.

It was such a big day for the 31-year-old who has raced in NASCAR's Xfinity Series – primarily part-time – for nine seasons and is scheduled to only make a handful of starts in 2023. Yet he parlayed this part-time opportunity driving the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota into a hugely sentimental victory at a special place –one the Mayetta, N.J. native has always claimed as his "home track."

Just before steering his Toyota into Dover's Victory Lane, he stopped and was greeted by his older brother, NASCAR Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. – the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion, who similarly earned his first victory in that series at Dover back in 2007.

"I'm just so thankful, all these fans, my team, they really stuck behind me,” said a smiling and emotional Truex, who becomes the 13th different NASCAR Xfinity Series driver to claim his first win at Dover.

"Most people didn't believe in me, and I still did – my girlfriend, my family, my parents, my brother did. I'm just so thankful to be here.

"I felt like with 20 to go, I was just waiting for something to happen," he continued, ‘just praying, please God keep everything straight and let's get to the end of this. What a car, what an amazing Toyota Supra. I'm speechless.

"I thought I'd be more emotional right now, but when I crossed the flag I couldn't even talk on the radio and I'm not an emotional guy. This is for everyone that doubted me.”

JR Motorsports driver and defending race winner Josh Berry finished second to Truex, securing an impressive record at Dover as well. He's finished either first or second in all three of his Xfinity Series starts at The Monster Mile.

"We made some good adjustments in the second half of the race, the pit crew executed well the last couple stops and had a good green flag cycle and got up to second but the 19 (Truex) was just too far out and it seemed like he was the best car all day," Berry said, adding, "It's a fun day, I love this race track. Hate we didn't get the win, but it was a great rebound and great day for us."

Berry's JRM teammate, Justin Allgaier, was third followed by Richard Childress Racing's Austin Hill and Truex's Joe Gibbs Racing teammates John Hunter Nemechek and Sammy Smith. The third place showing for Hill, who led 18 laps, keeps the 2023 three-race winner atop the championship standings by four-points over Nemechek.

Stewart-Haas Racing's Cole Custer finished sixth – good enough to earn the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash incentive award for the second straight week; the final installment of the bonus for 2023. He also got the big money from series sponsor Xfinity at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway last week.

JR Motorsports drivers Brandon Jones and Sam Mayer were eighth and ninth with 2021 series champion Daniel Hemric rounding out the Top-10 on Saturday.

Richard Childress Racing driver Sheldon Creed, whose 41 laps out front were second only to Truex, finished 11^th; an impressive outcome considering he spun and brought out a caution flag earlier in the race.

The afternoon, however, unquestionable belonged to Truex, who made his Xfinity Series debut as an 18-year-old driving for Michael Waltrip in 2010, and has since made 73 assorted starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well.

And now he is a bona fide winner in one of NASCAR's headline series.

"I belong here, and I just proved that," said Truex, whose 124 laps out front Saturday were more than his previous career total (67) in 88 starts.

"I've known it for a while and people around me have known it for a while. And now everyone in this garage area knows it. My goal is to drive a race car fulltime next year and hopefully we can make it happen."