Starting from 4th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota won the 31st Annual Nalley Cars 250, his 6th win in 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 2nd win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transporation and Logistics Chevrolet, started from 14th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2022. Austin Hill was the highest finishing rookie. 3rd Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet, started from 7th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 4 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford, started from 24th place followed by 5th place Car 10 Landon Cassill Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet, started from 10th place. 6th Place Car 91 Mason Massey Anderson Power Services Chevrolet, started from 26th place followed by 7th place Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Pentair Toyota, started from 3rd place. 8th Place Car 92 Kyle Weatherman LS Tractor Chevrolet, started from 28th place followed by 9th place Car 2 Sheldon Creed # Whelen Chevrolet, started from 13th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford, in 10th place, started from 9th place. Canadian Car 36 Alex Labbe Studio Fore/Pork Missile Chevrolet finished in 19th place. Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 19 points over Ty Gibbs.
The race had 10 Caution Flags for 56 laps: 1st Caution on lap 22 for Competition Caution. 2nd Caution on lap 42 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 107 for #23, 27, 48 and 51 Crash on the Backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 114 for #07 and 11 Crash in Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 130 for #1 Spin in Turn 2. 7th Caution on lap 140 for #2, 8 and 68 Crash in Turn 2. 8th Caution on lap 154 for #1, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 27, 36, 44, 45, 54 and 99 Big Crash on the Frontstretch. 9th Caution on lap 162 for #31 and 98 Crash in Turn 1. 10th Caution on lap 167 for #5, 45 and 99 Crash in Turn 1 [Red Flag: 12:03].
The race had 11 Lead Changes: 11 among 10 drivers; N. Gragson 1-25; B. Jones 26; N. Gragson 27-39; J. Berry 40-42; A. Allmendinger 43-83; S. Creed # 84-98; T. Bayne 99-100; M. Snider 101-102; T. Bayne 103-138; A. Hill # 139-165; R. Sieg 166-171; T. Gibbs 172.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 8, 9, 7, 1, 18, 21, 27, 68, 19, 02
Stage 2 Top 10: 16, 11, 48, 45, 44, 2, 68, 21, 27, 10
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the 31st Annual Nalley Cars 250 – Saturday, March 19, 2022. Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA – 1.54 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 172 Laps – 264.88 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
| 1. 4. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 172 Running |
| 2. 14. Car 21 Austin Hill # Bennett Transporation and Logistics Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 3. 7. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 4. 24. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 172 Running |
| 5. 10. Car 10 Landon Cassill Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 6. 26. Car 91 Mason Massey Anderson Power Services Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 7. 3. Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Pentair Toyota 172 Running |
| 8. 28. Car 92 Kyle Weatherman LS Tractor Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 9. 13. Car 2 Sheldon Creed # Whelen Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 10. 9. Car 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford 172 Running |
| 11. 21. Car 66 JJ Yeley Work Pro Tools Ford 172 Running |
| 12. 32. Car 6 Ryan Vargas KSDT CPA Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 13. 19. Car 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt ForeverLawn Toyota 172 Running |
| 14. 16. Car 02 Brett Moffitt Hometown Lenders Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 15. 12. Car 27 Jeb Burton Int’l Championship Boxing Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 16. 27. Car 23 Anthony Alfredo Digital Ally Companies Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 17. 35. Car 35 Shane Lee Kitty Kat Coin Toyota 172 Running |
| 18. 11. Car 68 Brandon Brown Zero FG Energy Drink Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 19. 17. Car 36 Alex Labbe Studio Fore/Pork Missile Chevrolet 172 Running -Canadian |
| 20. 37. Car 45 Tommy Joe Martins AP Regimen Legacy Series Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 21. 15. Car 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 22. 36. Car 78 Josh Williams COOLRAY Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 23. 23. Car 07 Joe Graf Jr. GTECHNIQ Ford 172 Running |
| 24. 31. Car 28 Kyle Sieg # A-Game Ford 172 Running |
| 25. 25. Car 99 Stefan Parsons SOKAL Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 26. 1. Car 9 Noah Gragson Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 27. 38. Car 34 Jesse Iwuji # Equity Prime Mortgage Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 28. 5. Car 18 Trevor Bayne Devotion Nutrition Toyota 172 Running |
| 29. 20. Car 4 Bayley Currey KSDT CPA Chevrolet 172 Running |
| 30. 22. Car 31 Myatt Snider TaxSlayer Chevrolet 171 Running |
| 31. 33. Car 5 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 165 Accident |
| 32. 29. Car 44 Sage Karam The Driveway Company Chevrolet 154 Accident |
| 33. 2. Car 8 Josh Berry Harrison’s USA Chevrolet 153 Accident |
| 34. 6. Car 7 Justin Allgaier Axalta Nalley Clicklane Chevrolet 152 Accident |
| 35. 8. Car 11 Daniel Hemric AG1 – Athletic Greens Chevrolet 113 Accident |
| 36. 34. Car 38 Loris Hezemans(i) Hezeberg Systems Toyota 112 Accident |
| 37. 18. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Fly and Form Structures Chevrolet 106 Accident |
| 38. 30. Car 48 Jade Buford Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 105 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 5, 26, 38. 39 and 99 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (5) 08 David Starr, 47 Brennan Poole, 13 Chad Finchum, 77 Dillon Bassett, 52 Harrison Rhodes. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 36 Mins, 39 Secs. Average Speed: 101.454 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.178 Seconds. Caution Flags: 10 for 56 laps. Lead Changes: 11 among 10 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 26, 2022 – Circuit of The Americas
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