Starting from 8th place Car 27 Jeb Burton Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet won the Ag-Pro 300, his 2nd win in 118 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 2nd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 7 races at Talladega Superspeedway. This the 1st win for Jordan Anderson Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. 2nd Place Car 2 Sheldon Creed Whelen Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 5th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Car 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet, started from 38th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 4 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
4th Place Car 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford, started from 18th place followed by 5th place Car 6 Brennan Poole Macc Door Chevrolet, started from 17th place. 6th Place Car 43 Caesar Bacarella Clear Cryptos Chevrolet, started from 28th place followed by 7th place Car 31 Parker Retzlaff # FUNKAWAY Chevrolet, started from 4th place was the highest finishing rookie. 8th Place Car 08 Gray Gaulding Panini NFT Chevrolet, started from 26th place followed by 9th place Car 35 Joey Gase LOPA Ford, started from 33rd place. Lasty in the Top 10 was Car 92 Josh Williams Alloy Employer/Coolray Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 23rd place. Austin Hill leads the point standings by 4 points over John Hunter Nemechek.
The race had 10 Caution Flags for 48 laps: 1st Caution on lap 27-31 (Stage 1 Conclusion [None]). 2nd Caution on lap 39-42 (10, 24, 31 and 78 Crash on the Backstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 49-54 (#02, 5 and 66 Crash on the Backstretch [Red Flag: 11:55]. 4th Caution on lap 65-69 (#18 Crash in Turn 3 [38]). 5th Caution on lap 76-79 (#1, 9, 98 Crash in Turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 83-89 (#20 Crash on the Frontstretch. 7th Caution on lap 95-98 (#8 and 21 Crash in Turn 4. 8th Caution on lap 102-107 (#1, 7, 8 and 10 Crash in Turn 3. 9th Caution on lap 112-114 (#11, 26, 39 and 98 Crash in Turn 3 [Red Flag: 13:53]. 10th Caution on lap 116-119 (#21 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 28 Lead Changes among 12 drivers; P. Retzlaff # 1-2; A. Alfredo 3-7; D. Hemric 8-12; S. Creed 13-20; C. Smith # 21; S. Creed 22-23; J. Allgaier 24-27; B. Poole 28; R. Truex 29-32; J. Allgaier 33; B. Moffitt 34; J. Allgaier 35-36; B. Moffitt 37-43; J. Burton 44-50; B. Poole 51; D. Hemric 52-53; R. Truex 54; D. Hemric 55-61; A. Hill 62-75; R. Truex 76-79; B. Moffitt 80-90; R. Sieg 91-106; B. Moffitt 107; R. Sieg 108-109; D. Hemric 110; J. Burton 111-113; S. Creed 114; J. Burton 115-121.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 2, 1, 27, 21, 48, 19, 16, 8, 98
Stage 2 Top 10: 27, 16, 19, 8, 11, 21, 10, 2, 9, 7
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the Ag-Pro 300 – Saturday, April 22, 2023
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 121 Laps – 321.86 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 8. Car 27 Jeb Burton Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet 121 Running 2. 2. Car 2 Sheldon Creed Whelen Chevrolet 121 Running 3. 38. Car 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet 121 Running 4. 18. Car 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 121 Running 5. 17. Car 6 Brennan Poole Macc Door Chevrolet 121 Running 6. 28. Car 43 Caesar Bacarella Clear Cryptos Chevrolet 121 Running 7. 4. Car 31 Parker Retzlaff # FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 121 Running 8. 26. Car 08 Gray Gaulding Panini NFT Chevrolet 121 Running 9. 33. Car 35 Joey Gase LOPA Ford 121 Running 10. 23. Car 92 Josh Williams Alloy Employer/Coolray Chevrolet 121 Running 11. 36. Car 45 Ryan Ellis Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers Chevrolet 121 Running 12. 10. Car 25 Brett Moffitt AM Technical Solutions Ford 121 Running 13. 32. Car 53 CJ McLaughlin SciAps Ford 121 Running 14. 21. Car 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Turtle Wax Chevrolet 121 Running 15. 27. Car 28 Kyle Sieg TA Services Ford 121 Running 16. 29. Car 4 Garrett Smithley Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 121 Running 17. 13. Car 19 Ryan Truex Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota 121 Running 18. 1. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett/Realtree Chevrolet 121 Running 19. 37. Car 51 Jeremy Clements One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet 120 Accident 20. 25. Car 38 Joe Graf Jr. Getcoverseal.com Ford 113 Running 21. 9. Car 11 Daniel Hemric Fission by Cirkul Chevrolet 110 Accident 22. 31. Car 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com Ford 110 Accident 23. 15. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 110 Accident 24. 30. Car 26 Kaz Grala CRUSH Strawberry Lemonade Toyota 110 Accident 25. 11. Car 16 Chandler Smith # Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet 110 Accident 26. 35. Car 91 Josh Bilicki Insurance King Chevrolet 110 Accident 27. 14. Car 10 Derek Kraus Leaf Home Water Solutions Chevrolet 110 DVP 28. 7. Car 7 Justin Allgaier Fight Hunger Spark Change Chevrolet 100 Accident 29. 16. Car 1 Sam Mayer First Bank of Alabama Chevrolet 100 Accident 30. 20. Car 8 Josh Berry Tire Pros Love The Drive Chevrolet 100 Accident 31. 19. Car 44 Jeffrey Earnhardt SouthPoint Bank/ForeverLawn Chevrolet 83 Transmission 32. 3. Car 20 John Hunter Nemechek Mobil 1 Toyota 81 Accident 33. 12. Car 18 Sammy Smith # Pilot Flying J Toyota 63 Accident 34. 34. Car 02 Blaine Perkins # Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Chevrolet 47 Accident 35. 22. Car 66 Dexter Stacey ReCap Recovery Drink Chevrolet 47 Accident 36. 5. Car 5 Jade Buford Double Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 47 Accident 37. 6. Car 78 Anthony Alfredo RTIC Chevrolet 37 Accident 38. 24. Car 24 Parker Chase Ontivity Toyota 37 DVP
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #00, 1 and 48 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (4) 13 Jason White, 34 Jesse Iwuji, 07 David Starr, 74 Mike Harmon. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 0 Mins, 33 Secs. Average Speed: 106.96 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.113 Seconds. Caution Flags: 10 for 48 laps. Lead Changes: 28 among 12 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 29, 2023 – Dover Motor Speedway
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