Starting from 2nd Place Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett/United Rentals Chevrolet won the 41st Annual Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300, his 1st win in 16 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2 races at Daytona International Speedway. Austin Hill was the highest finishing rookie. Austin Hill # becomes the fourth different driver to win both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Daytona International Speedway; joining Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick and Mike Wallace. This is Richard Childress Racing’s seventh NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Daytona International Speedway. 2nd Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, started from 11th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Car 9 Noah Gragson Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, started from 14th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway.
4th Place Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford, started from 10th place followed by 5th place Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet, started from 17th place. 6th Place Car 2 Sheldon Creed Whelen Chevrolet, started from 4th place followed by 7th place Car 23 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet, started from 16th place. 8th Place Car 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford, started from 19th place followed by 9th place Car 36 Josh Bilicki Zeigler/Elliott’s Custom Trailers Chevrolet, started from 31st place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 68 Brandon Brown TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 13th place.
The race had 6 Cautions for 28 Laps: 1st Caution om lap 15 for #18, 51 Crash on the Backstretch. 2nd Caution om lap 32 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution om lap 62 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution om lap 85 for Debris Turn 4. 5th Caution om lap 92 for #02, 11, 24, 34, 35, 38, 44, 53, 78, 92 Big Crash on the Frontstretch. 6th Caution om lap 120 for #31, 5, 48, 44, 23, 27, 10, 54, 8 Big Crash on the Backstretch.
The race had 18 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; D. Hemric 0; D. Hemric 1-2; A. Hill # 3-10; D. Hemric 11-33; J. Graf Jr. 34-36; B. Brown 37-48; N. Gragson 49-59; D. Hemric 60-66; T. Gibbs 67; D. Hemric 68-73; T. Gibbs 74-75; J. Berry 76; J. Bilicki 77-86; A. Hill # 87-97; A. Allmendinger 98-102; A. Hill # 103-105; A. Allmendinger 106-117; N. Gragson 118; A. Allmendinger 119; A. Hill # 120.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 16, 98, 21, 9, 54, 7, 39, 68, 1
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 39, 1, 16, 7, 68, 54, 8, 19, 98
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 1
Race Results for the 41st Annual Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300 – Saturday, February 19, 2022. Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 120 Laps – 300. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 21 Austin Hill # Bennett/United Rentals Chevrolet 120 Running |
2. 11. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet 120 Running |
3. 14. Car 9 Noah Gragson Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet 120 Running |
4. 10. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 120 Running |
5. 17. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 120 Running |
6. 4. Car 2 Sheldon Creed # Whelen Chevrolet 120 Running |
7. 16. Car 23 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 120 Running |
8. 19. Car 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford 120 Running |
9. 31. Car 36 Josh Bilicki Zeigler/Elliott’s Custom Trailers Chevrolet 120 Running |
10. 13. Car 68 Brandon Brown TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet 120 Running |
11. 15. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 120 Running |
12. 38. Car 26 Ryan Truex Circle B Diecast Toyota 120 Running |
13. 21. Car 66 JJ Yeley Remote Health Solutions Chevrolet 120 Running |
14. 6. Car 10 Landon Cassill Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet 120 Running |
15. 20. Car 24 Jeffrey Earnhardt ForeverLawn Toyota 120 Running |
16. 7. Car 8 Josh Berry Harrison’s USA Chevrolet 120 Running |
17. 9. Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Swiffer Toyota 120 Running |
18. 8. Car 6 Ryan Vargas Swann Security Chevrolet 120 Running |
19. 27. Car 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 120 Running |
20. 25. Car 4 Bayley Currey KSDT CPA Chevrolet 120 Running |
21. 36. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Night Owl Contractors Ford 120 Running |
22. 33. Car 31 Myatt Snider TaxSlayer Chevrolet 119 Accident |
23. 3. Car 48 Jade Buford Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 119 Accident |
24. 32. Car 44 Tommy Joe Martins Rally For Valor/Market Rebels Chevrolet 119 Accident |
25. 18. Car 5 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 119 Accident |
26. 28. Car 53 Joey Gase Kitty Kat Coin Ford 119 Running |
27. 30. Car 34 Jesse Iwuji # Equity Prime Mortgage Chevrolet 118 Running |
28. 1. Car 11 Daniel Hemric AG1 Athletic Greens Chevrolet 116 Running |
29. 29. Car 07 Joe Graf Jr. Bucked Up Energy Ford 110 Running |
30. 34. Car 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pro Talent Chevrolet 105 Running |
31. 24. Car 78 Josh Williams Alloy Employment Services Chevrolet 95 Accident |
32. 23. Car 92 Kyle Weatherman LS Tractor Chevrolet 91 Accident |
33. 37. Car 35 Shane Lee Kitty Kat Coin Toyota 91 Accident |
34. 5. Car 02 Brett Moffitt Hometown Lenders Chevrolet 91 Accident |
35. 26. Car 38 CJ McLaughlin Sci Aps Ford 91 Accident |
36. 12. Car 18 Drew Dollar Lynx Capital Toyota 14 Accident |
37. 35. Car 51 Jeremy Clements One Stop/ASE Chevrolet 13 Accident |
38. 22. Car 45 Caesar Bacarella Lilly Finance Chevrolet 11 Engine |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: Nos. 1, 26, 35 (Unapproved Adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (9) 08 David Starr, 90 Alex Labbe, 99 Stefan Parsons, 91 Mason Massey, 33 Natalie Decker, 47 Gray Gaulding, 77 Ronnie Bassett Jr., 52 Harrison Rhodes, 74 Tim Viens(i). Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 11 Mins, 46 Secs. Average Speed: 136.605 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 6 for 28 laps. Lead Changes: 18 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: February 26, 2022 – Auto Club Speedway
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