Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

ToyotaCare 250

Richmond Raceway

March 30th, 2024

Race #6 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 187.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 18 minutes 35 seconds
Average Speed: 81.179 mph
Margin of Victory : 04.495 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 51
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 9 (24%)

Chandler Smith celebrates in victory lane — Richmond, Virginia - March 30th, 2024: Chandler Smith, driver of the #81 Mobil 1 Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway. Photo by Alex Slitz | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	4	81	Chandler Smith	Toyota	52	40	12	5	250	76	2	7	3	Running
2	10	20	Aric Almirola	Toyota	55	35	20	2	250	95	4	1	1	Running
3	27	19	Taylor Gray	Toyota	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	9	4	Running
4	6	26	Corey Heim	Toyota	0	0	0	0	250	15	2	3	5	Running
5	8	2	Jesse Love	Chevrolet	32	32	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
6	37	88	Bubba Pollard	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
7	9	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
8	16	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	33	29	4	0	250	0	0	0	7	Running
9	13	8	Sammy Smith	Chevrolet	29	28	1	0	250	0	0	10	0	Running
10	3	0	Cole Custer	Ford	32	27	5	0	249	7	1	8	9	Running
11	5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	38	26	12	0	249	28	3	4	6	Running
12	26	11	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
13	14	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	29	24	5	0	249	0	0	6	0	Running
14	7	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
15	12	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
16	1	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	24	21	3	0	249	27	1	0	8	Running
17	23	91	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
18	31	38	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	19	19	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
19	29	92	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
20	25	42	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
21	36	6	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
22	32	14	Logan Bearden	Chevrolet	16	15	1	0	249	0	0	0	10	Running
23	34	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	14	14	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
24	17	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
25	33	4	Dawson Cram	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
26	21	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
27	22	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
28	19	44	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	18	9	9	0	248	0	0	2	0	Running
29	18	5	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
30	11	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	22	7	15	0	246	2	2	5	2	Running
31	24	15	Hailie Deegan	Ford	6	6	0	0	241	0	0	0	0	Running
32	15	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	5	5	0	0	220	0	0	0	0	Running
33	28	29	Blaine Perkins	Ford	4	4	0	0	181	0	0	0	0	Running
34	38	35	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	171	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	20	18	Sheldon Creed	Toyota	2	2	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	Brakes
36	35	7	Patrick Emerling	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	95	0	0	0	0	Brakes
37	2	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	Engine
38	30	32	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Joey Gase	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	56	Yellow
Blaine Perkins	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	51	0	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Tire violation	Tail End	79	84	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	95	0	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	101	Yellow
Logan Bearden	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	98	101	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	100	101	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	100	101	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	158	159	Yellow
Blaine Perkins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	158	159	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	178	183	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Richmond Raceway
ToyotaCare 250
Race Winner: Chandler Smith
Age: 21
Team : No. 81 - Mobil 1 Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250, his third victory in 42 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway.
Aric Almirola (second) posted his second top-10 finish in seven races at Richmond Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Richmond Raceway.
Jesse Love (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 10 points over Austin Hill.

Race Recap

Chandler Smith wins second Xfinity race of the season at Richmond

March 30th, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Chandler Smith led a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep at Richmond (Va.) Raceway Saturday afternoon cruising to a 4.495-seconds victory over teammates Aric Almirola and Tanner Gray in the ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

It marks back-to-back wins in this race for Smith – answering his first career Xfinity Series victory last Spring – and he led the final 60 laps in the No. 81 JGR Toyota, 76 laps on the day for his third career win, second of the season. It was his teammate Almirola, who won both Stages and led a race best 95 of the 250 laps in his No. 20 JGR Toyota, but the former fulltime NASCAR Cup Series driver ultimately could not catch Smith, who pulled away in the closing laps.

“Never give up, never give up,” said Smith, who has top-10 finishes in all six races this year. “This car was not good. Stage 1 wasn’t good, but we were able to do some strategy there with this No. 81 Supra in Stage 2.

“Back here winning races on a consistent basis and took over the points lead too, I’m just blessed,” he added.

For his part Almirola acknowledged he just didn’t have what he needed to catch the 21-year old Georgia-native in the closing laps. He’ll have another chance at victory next week as he’s in the car again at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

“We just got a little bit too loose,” Almirola said. “The run before that in Stage 2, when I took off my car was really, really good. At the end, it just felt a little tight and that last run for whatever reason, different set of tires or what, I let Chandler go and when I started to just creep back to him, I didn’t have anything to go with.

“I was too loose in and couldn’t get throttle down on exit. Hate that to win both stages and feel like we had the dominant car and then to let it slip away there at the end, is disappointing.”

The JGR team can also take pride in its third-place finish – considering it was the 19-year old Gray’s series debut. NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series full-timer Corey Heim was fourth followed by series rookie Jesse Love.

It was also a big outing for renowned late model racer Bubba Pollard, punctuating his series debut with a sixth-place finish in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet – particularly impressive considering Pollard started 37th.

“I just got behind in qualifying there and it made for a long day,” Pollard said. “But these guys gave me a great race car, JR Motorsports.

“I needed that long green flag run just to get in a rhythm. This place is tough, it’s technical and probably one of the toughest places I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of places.

“I’m happy with it. I enjoyed it and had fun and hopefully the fans enjoyed it too.”

Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, JR Motorsports Sammy Smith and reigning series champion Cole Custer rounded out the top-10. The 20-year old Parker Retzlaff, who won his first career pole position Saturday, finished 16th in the No. 31 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet and led a career high 27 laps.

With their work, Smith, Almirola, Love and Kligerman have qualified for next week’s Dash 4 Cash event at Martinsville Speedway, and the highest finisher of the four Dash 4 Cash drivers in the race will collect an extra $100,000 bonus.

With the win, Smith takes a 10-point driver standings lead over Hill to next Saturday’s DUDE Wipes 250 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). John Hunter Nemechek is the defending race winner.