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NASCAR Xfinity Series

United Rentals 200

Phoenix Raceway

March 11th, 2023

Race #4 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 204.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 26 minutes 12 seconds
Average Speed: 82.079 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.641 seconds
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 69
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 33 (87%)

Sammy Smith celebrates in victory lane — Avondale, Arizona - March 11th, 2023: Sammy Smith, driver of the #18 Pilot Flying J Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 200 at Phoenix Raceway. 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	11	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	55	40	15	5	200	92	2	3	4	Running
2	12	19	Ryan Truex	Toyota	35	35	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
3	5	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	44	34	10	0	200	0	0	2	10	Running
4	10	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	43	33	10	0	200	0	0	4	8	Running
5	6	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	33	32	1	0	200	2	2	10	0	Running
6	4	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	33	31	2	0	200	19	1	9	0	Running
7	8	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	39	30	9	0	200	22	3	0	2	Running
8	7	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
9	38	10	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	200	3	2	7	5	Running
10	3	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	41	27	14	0	200	0	0	5	3	Running
11	14	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	33	26	7	0	200	4	1	8	7	Running
12	1	00	Cole Custer	Ford	30	25	5	0	200	38	2	6	0	Running
13	17	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	24	24	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
14	25	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	28	23	5	0	200	0	0	0	6	Running
15	37	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
16	9	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	21	21	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
17	18	2	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
18	15	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
19	19	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
20	27	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
21	20	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
22	16	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
23	21	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
24	36	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	13	13	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
25	22	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	12	12	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
26	33	35	Joey Gase	Toyota	11	11	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
27	23	45	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
28	32	4	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
29	28	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
30	34	53	Patrick Emerling		7	7	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
31	24	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	6	6	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
32	30	91	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
33	31	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
34	13	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	5	3	2	0	199	0	0	0	9	Running
35	35	7	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	192	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	21	1	20	2	178	20	2	1	1	Accident
37	26	8	Gray Gaulding	Ford	1	1	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	29	74	Dawson Cram	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Fuel Pump

Race Infractions

United Rentals 200 at Phoenix Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kyle Busch	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Parker Kligerman	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Dawson Cram	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	14	55	Green/Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Unspecified Choose Violation	Tail End	34	35	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	43	Yellow
Connor Mosack	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	43	Yellow
CJ McLaughlin	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	50	55	Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr	Unspecified Choose Violation	Tail End	54	55	Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek	Jumping the restart Dropping below the yellow line	Pass Thru	74	77	Green
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	88	Yellow
Dawson Cram	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	98	100	Yellow
Dawson Cram	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	126	0	Green
Kyle Sieg	Tire violation	Tail End	143	147	Yellow
Sheldon Creed	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	150	156	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	180	185	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	182	185	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Phoenix Raceway
United Rentals 200
Race Winner: Sammy Smith
Age: 18
Team : No. 18 - Pilot Flying J Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
Sammy Smith won the United Rentals 200, his first victory in 13 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Phoenix Raceway.
Ryan Truex (second) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Phoenix Raceway.
Sammy Smith (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill leads the point standings by 30 points over John Hunter Nemechek.

Race Recap

Sammy Smith drives dominant car to NASCAR Xfinity win at Phoenix

March 11th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

High school senior Sammy Smith made the most of the fastest car in Saturday’s United Rentals 200, becoming the youngest NASCAR Xfinity Series winner Phoenix Raceway at age 18.

In a race that featured 11 cautions for 69 laps, Smith held off teammate Ryan Truex after a restart with 15 of 200 laps left to give Joe Gibbs Racing its 16th victory at the 1.0-mile track.

Smith led a race-high 92 laps, including the last 52, taking the lead from Kyle Busch on Lap 149. To secure his first victory in the series in his 13th start, Smith had to survive restarts on Laps 157, 177 and 186.

"That was tough with all of those restarts—and going against some of the best," said Smith, who takes his high school classes online. "I just have to thank everybody on Pilot/Flying J, Toyota, JGR guys and everybody on this 18 team for giving me an awesome car. This is awesome.

"This is a dream come true, and I did know that at some point this was coming. It took a lot of hard work and a lot of great people around me. Without all of these guys, I wouldn’t be here."

In a part-time role with JGR, Truex matched his career-best finish after restarting seventh on Lap 186.

"That was a good restart at the end," Truex said. "I thought I could at least try to make it exciting. Congrats to Sammy—he was the class of the field all day. His car was so good. He could really kind of do whatever he wanted.

"Sammy was just a little bit faster, but I’ll try again next time."

Sheldon Creed ran a miraculous third after spinning and losing track position on Lap 148 to cause the ninth caution. Creed got help from Kaulig Racing teammates Busch and Chandler Smith, who tangled on the last lap while racing for fourth.

Smith got the better of the exchange, finishing fifth to Busch’s ninth.

Busch and Chandler Smith weren’t the only teammates who traded paint on Saturday. JR Motorsports’ Josh Berry spun off the bumper of Sam Mayer on Lap 84 and fought back to finish eighth.

Justin Allgaier, who won the race’s first two stages, crashed hard on Lap 178 after contact from JR Motorsports teammate Brandon Jones and Sam Hunt Racing’s Kaz Grala. The accident eliminated Allgaier and set up Smith’s triumphant run to the checkered flag.

Riley Herbst ran fourth. John Hunter Nemechek recovered from a restart penalty—dipping below the yellow line on the apron before the start/finish line—to come home sixth. Austin Hill was seventh, followed by Berry, Busch and Daniel Hemric.

Mayer finished 11th and pole winner Cole Custer 12th.

Hill leads the series standings by 30 points over second-place Nemechek.