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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Shriners Children's 200

Watkins Glen International

August 19th, 2023

Race #23 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 82
- Extended to 86 laps
Miles Raced : 208.8
Time of Race : 02 Hours 25 minutes 33 seconds
Average Speed: 86.857 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.909 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 18
Lead Changes: 9
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 21 (55%)

Sam Mayer and crew celebrate — Watkins Glen, New York - August 19th, 2023: Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, and crew celebrate after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	5	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	53	40	13	5	86	8	2	3	6	Running
2	13	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	41	35	6	0	86	0	0	7	9	Running
3	14	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	36	34	2	0	86	0	0	10	10	Running
4	17	91	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
5	19	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	32	32	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
6	12	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	39	31	8	0	86	0	0	6	8	Running
7	4	0	Cole Custer	Ford	38	30	8	0	86	1	1	9	5	Running
8	18	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
9	2	17	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	86	4	1	0	2	Running
10	25	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
11	24	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
12	32	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
13	33	4	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	86	2	1	0	0	Running
14	11	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	37	23	14	0	86	0	0	5	3	Running
15	21	45	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
16	3	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	37	21	16	0	86	1	1	2	4	Running
17	1	19	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	86	70	4	1	1	Running
18	9	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	19	19	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
19	37	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	18	18	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
20	7	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	28	17	11	0	86	0	0	4	7	Running
21	26	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	16	16	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
22	36	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	15	15	0	0	85	0	0	0	0	Running
23	6	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	Running
24	22	8	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Running
25	28	7	Josh Bilicki		12	12	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Running
26	29	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	82	0	0	0	0	Running
27	8	10	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	Transmission
28	15	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	9	9	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	Accident
29	20	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	8	8	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	Suspension
30	35	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	Running
31	27	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	Axle
32	38	35	Stanton Barrett	Toyota	5	5	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	Suspension
33	23	44	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Brakes
34	31	96	Max McLaughlin	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	10	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	5	2	3	0	37	0	0	8	0	Suspension
36	34	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	16	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	Suspension
38	30	2	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	Transmission

Race Infractions

Shriners Children's 200 at Watkins Glen International

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Alex Bowman	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
Cole Custer	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Parker Retzlaff	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chandler Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	20	22	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Unspecified Through too manybox on exit	Tail End	20	22	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Watkins Glen International
Shriners Children's 200
Race Winner: Sam Mayer
Age: 20
Team : No. 1 - Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet
Owner: L.W. Miller
Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
Sam Mayer won the Shriners Children's 200, his second victory in 74 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Watkins Glen International.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
Parker Kligerman (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. It was his 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
Chandler Smith (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

Sam Mayer wins NASCAR Xfinity Series Thriller at Watkins Glen

August 19th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer survived a full-contact afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International – contributing his own bump and run on the final restart to take the lead in overtime and hold off the field for his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win Saturday in the Shriners Children’s 200 at The Glen.

Mayer’s No. 1 JRM Chevrolet tagged the back of the day’s most dominant driver and then-race leader Ty Gibbs, spinning Gibbs’ No. 19 Toyota which then collected a handful of other lead pack cars. The 21-year old Wisconsin-native Mayer was able to pull away from the mayhem behind and raced off to a .909-second victory over Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed.

Gibbs, who races full time as a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series, led a race high 70 of the 86 laps and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 on the 3.45-mile, 11-turn historic road course in upstate New York. But it was Mayer using that aggressive move forward, that hoisted the trophy.

“On that first one, I got used up, thought I had a good one there’’ Mayer said of the two overtime restarts. “All glory to God for this one because we had to work our tails off for it.

“I wheel-hopped it, that’s unfortunate and I feel bad for doing that, obviously you don’t want to take out any car like that’’ Mayer added. “Just trying to get another win in the Xfinity Series. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I was in there, I put my nose in there and that’s part of it.

“That’s an accident, but I think everyone can agree it’s okay for an Xfinity Series regular to win this race.’’

There is history between the two young drivers, Mayer and the 2022 Xfinity Series champion Gibbs. There was even a physical confrontation between the two after a race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway last year.

Gibbs, 20, none too surprisingly, didn’t take kindly to the race ending. He was credited with 17th place on the day.

“I think when you have to race out of desperation like that and you wheel-hop and take the leader out, I guess you can call it a racing incident but it just really sucks,’’ Gibbs said. “We had a really fast Toyota Supra and I really appreciate all the team’s hard work. We had a really good time out there and wish that caution didn’t come. Definitely sucks to get cleaned out there.

“It’s a part of life and a part of racing and you just get over it and when stuff like that happens, desperate moves like that happen, it’s just part of it and you try to keep going. We were really fast.

“I don’t know really know how much of a conversation you can really have with him in that situation,’’ Gibbs said when asked if wanted to have words with Mayer.

“We kind of grew up racing around each other and I think he has more starts than I do and this is his second win so congratulations to him on his second win. Definitely wish I could have gotten my 13th there.’’

Parker Kligerman came through the wreck to finish third in the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet, followed by NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain in the No. 91 DGM Chevrolet and Connor Mosack in the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Kligerman’s third-place showing was important as the series heads towards its Playoffs next month. He pulled to within three-points of Riley Herbst for that final transfer position. Herbst’s No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford had a rough day, retiring on Lap 37 and taking a 35th place finish. He had led Kligerman by 17 points coming into the Watkins Glen race.

“We had a great finish and salvaged great points,’’ Kligerman said. “We kept ourselves in the fight, but I’ve got to sort through this one.

“To me, three [points], 15 [points], it all feels the same. It’s so close that can happen in a stage essentially. We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing. We scored stage points in all stages today so that is a big deal for us.’’

“I think we’re doing the right things, just need a little more,’’ he added with a smile.

Herbst was frustrated, but said he was optimistic about upcoming races – at Daytona Beach, Darlington, S.C. and Kansas to set the 12-driver Playoff field.

“I don’t think we should be in this situation as it is, it’s just frustrating,’’ Herbst said. “We have some good tracks for us and good tracks for Stewart-Haas Racing, I’m excited. It’s just frustrating that things like this beyond our control keep happening, but it’ll turn around one day and when it does we’ll be happy.”

John Hunter Nemechek, Cole Custer, Chandler Smith, Alex Bowman and Jeb Burton rounded out the top 10. Austin Hill, who was among those collected in the overtime re-start finished 14th and now holds a nine-point advantage over Nemechek atop the championship standings.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to Daytona International Speedway next week for Friday’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Jeremy Clements is the defending race winner. Hill won at Daytona in February.