Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

DoorDash 250

Sonoma Raceway

June 10th, 2023

Race #14 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 70
- Extended to 79 laps
Miles Raced : 157.2
Time of Race : 02 Hours 03 minutes 29 seconds
Average Speed: 76.388 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.868 seconds
Cautions: 2
Caution Laps: 8
Lead Changes: 10
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (82%)

Aric Almirola drinks wine in victory lane — Sonoma, California - June 10th, 2023: Aric Almirola, driver of the #28 Michael Roberts Construction Ford, drinks wine in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series DoorDash 250 at Sonoma Raceway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	4	28	Aric Almirola	Ford	0	0	0	79	17	2	3	6	Running
2	5	10	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	79	2	2	2	2	Running
3	1	17	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	79	53	3	1	1	Running
4	7	19	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	79	0	0	5	3	Running
5	12	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	37	32	5	79	0	0	8	9	Running
6	26	0	Cole Custer	Ford	31	31	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
7	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	44	30	14	79	0	0	4	4	Running
8	13	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	35	29	6	79	4	2	0	5	Running
9	10	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	29	28	1	79	0	0	10	0	Running
10	6	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	32	27	5	79	0	0	7	10	Running
11	3	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	28	26	2	79	0	0	9	0	Running
12	14	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	25	25	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
13	8	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	29	24	5	79	0	0	6	0	Running
14	20	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	23	23	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
15	23	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	25	22	3	79	0	0	0	8	Running
16	9	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	25	21	4	79	1	1	0	7	Running
17	24	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	20	20	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
18	15	91	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
19	25	36	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	18	18	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
20	27	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	17	17	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
21	28	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	16	16	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
22	18	8	Kyle Weatherman	Ford	15	15	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
23	32	4	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	43	Dylan Lupton	Chevrolet	13	13	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
25	11	29	Alex Labbe		12	12	0	79	2	1	0	0	Running
26	30	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	11	11	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
27	17	7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
28	34	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	9	9	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
29	31	53	Brad Perez	Chevrolet	8	8	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
30	36	2	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	7	7	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
31	38	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	6	6	0	79	0	0	0	0	Running
32	29	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	5	5	0	78	0	0	0	0	Running
33	19	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	4	4	0	76	0	0	0	0	Running
34	21	44	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	3	3	0	71	0	0	0	0	Transmission
35	22	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	2	2	0	60	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	35	45	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	1	1	0	59	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	37	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	1	1	0	44	0	0	0	0	Suspension
38	16	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	Transmission

Race Infractions

DoorDash 250 at Sonoma Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Anthony Alfredo	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeremy Clements	Safety violation	Tail End	22	23	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	25	26	Yellow
Josh Berry	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes	Pass Thru	52	54	Green
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	61	0	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	63	Yellow
Connor Mosack	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	63	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Jumping the restart	Pass Thru	65	67	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Sonoma Raceway
DoorDash 250
Race Winner: Aric Almirola
Age: 39
Team : No. 28 - Michael Roberts Construction Ford
Owner: Pam Sieg
Crew Chief: Allen Chambers
Aric Almirola won the DoorDash 250, his fourth victory in 104 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Sonoma Raceway.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Sonoma Raceway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2023.
Kyle Larson (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Sonoma Raceway.
Sammy Smith (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 4 points over Austin Hill.

Race Recap

Opportunistic Aric Almirola grabs NASCAR Xfinity win at Sonoma Raceway

June 10th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Aric Almirola knew Sonoma Raceway is a track that wouldn’t make him look like a “wanker.”

Far from it. Holding off the dominant car of Kyle Larson—until Larson made a critical mistake—and then outrunning road course ace AJ Allmendinger over the final laps, Almirola won Saturday’s DoorDash 250 at the 1.99-mile road course.

The victory was Almirola’s fourth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and his first since 2017, when he won at Talladega for owner Fred Biagi.

The win also was the first-ever for Georgia-based RSS Racing, which fields cars for brothers Ryan and Kyle Sieg. The Stewart-Haas Racing shop prepared the car for Almirola.

Driving the No. 28 Ford, Almirola took the checkered flag 1.868 seconds ahead of runner-up Allmendinger, with Larson running third 3.329 seconds back. Almirola had taken the lead from the fifth position on a Lap 65 restart, an advantage he held the rest of the way.

“Oh, man, this is so special,” said Almirola, who was making his second Xfinity start of the season after a 24th-place finish at Circuit of the Americas in April. “It’s hard to explain. I know it’s an Xfinity win—it’s not a Cup win, but after COTA (I said) I don’t think I should run any more road course races in an Xfinity car.

“It makes me look like a wanker, and I lose self-confidence going into Sunday. But I knew that this racetrack, this is one I that can run good at. I’ve run good here my whole career. I don’t know what it is about this place, but I love racing here.”

Larson swept the first two stages and held a lead of more than 13 seconds over Allmendinger when Jeffrey Earnhardt backed into the barrier in Turn 10 on Lap 60 and caused the race’s second caution.

If the subsequent restart on Lap 65 was crucial to Almirola’s victory, Larson’s mistake on Lap 72 was even more so. On Lap 72 of 79, Larson drove hard into the Turn 11 hairpin within inches of Almirola’s back bumper and clipped one of the stacks of tires defining the corner.

Larson’s Chevrolet shot to the left of the racing line, and by the time he had righted the car, Allmendinger had passed him for second.

“I just got too greedy,” said Larson, who led a race-high 53 laps to Almirola’s 17. “I was kind of tucked up right behind him, clipped the tires, and it knocked the wheel out of my hands. After that the toe was off. I was really tight in the left and really loose in the right, so I couldn’t make runs at it…

“I’m really mad at myself right now, but I’m really proud of the car they (Hendrick Motorsports) brought. Congrats to Aric, too. He did a really good job out in front of me, hitting his marks. He could kind of get away from me in a couple of important areas and would make me have to work hard behind him. So hats off to him and that team.”

Ty Gibbs ran fourth, as full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers claimed the top four finishing positions. Parker Kligerman led the Xfinity regulars in fifth, followed by Cole Custer, Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill, Sammy Smith and Sam Mayer.