Starting from pole Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota won the 42nd Annual ToyotaCare 250, his 7th win in 25 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 3rd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2 races at Richmond Raceway. 2nd Place Car 18 John Hunter Nemechek Safeway Toyota, started from 2nd place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Car 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, started from 11th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway.
4th Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet, started from 9th place followed by 5th place Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford, started from 24th place. 6th Place Car 11 Daniel Hemric AG1 – Athletic Greens Chevrolet, started from 16th place followed by 7th place Car 8 Josh Berry Tire Pros Chevrolet, started from 12th place. 8th Place Car 68 Brandon Brown Jabs Construction Chevrolet, started from 26th place followed by 9th place Car 39 Ryan Sieg A-Game Ford, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 38 Parker Retzlaff Ponsse Ford, in 10th place, started from 10th place. Canadian Car 36 Alex Labbe Larue Industrial Snow Blowers Chevrolet finished in 19th place. Austin Hill (18th) was the highest finishing rookie. AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 20 points over Ty Gibbs. Mayer won the Dash 4 Cash as the highest finishing eligible driver. Gibbs, Mayer, Allmendinger and Riley Herbst qualify for next week’s Dash 4 Cash at Martinsville Speedway.
The race had 3 Caution Flags for 24 laps: 1st Caution on lap 77 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 90 for Debris Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 152 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
The race had 8 Lead Changes among 3 drivers; T. Gibbs 1-11; J. Nemechek(i) 12-78; J. Berry 79; J. Nemechek(i) 80-143; T. Gibbs 144-216; J. Nemechek(i) 217; T. Gibbs 218-246; J. Nemechek(i) 247-249; T. Gibbs 250.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 9, 8, 16, 54, 39, 38, 19, 21, 1
Stage 2 Top 10: 54, 18, 8, 39, 16, 23, 1, 7, 98, 38
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 7
Race Results for the 42nd Annual ToyotaCare 250 – Saturday, April 2, 2022. Richmond Raceway – Richmond, VA – 0.75 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 250 Laps – 187.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 250 Running |
2. 2. Car 18 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Safeway Toyota 250 Running |
3. 11. Car 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet 250 Running |
4. 9. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 250 Running |
5. 24. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 250 Running |
6. 16. Car 11 Daniel Hemric AG1 – Athletic Greens Chevrolet 250 Running |
7. 12. Car 8 Josh Berry Tire Pros Chevrolet 250 Running |
8. 26. Car 68 Brandon Brown Jabs Construction Chevrolet 250 Running |
9. 8. Car 39 Ryan Sieg A-Game Ford 250 Running |
10. 10. Car 38 Parker Retzlaff Ponsse Ford 250 Running |
11. 38. Car 27 Jeb Burton Rocky Boots Chevrolet 250 Running |
12. 19. Car 23 Anthony Alfredo Larry?s Hard Lemonade/Sim Seats Chevrolet 250 Running |
13. 5. Car 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Nibco Toyota 250 Running |
14. 14. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 250 Running |
15. 36. Car 10 Landon Cassill Carnomaly Chevrolet 250 Running |
16. 6. Car 5 Ryan Preece(i) Mohawk Ford 250 Running |
17. 25. Car 91 Mason Massey Anderson Power Services Chevrolet 250 Running |
18. 4. Car 21 Austin Hill # Bennett Transportation and Logistics Chevrolet 250 Running |
19. 20. Car 36 Alex Labbe Larue Industrial Snow Blowers Chevrolet 250 Running – Canadian |
20. 7. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Fox Sports/Spartan Waste Chevrolet 249 Running |
21. 3. Car 9 Noah Gragson Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet 249 Running |
22. 13. Car 2 Sheldon Creed # Whelen Chevrolet 249 Running |
23. 33. Car 08 David Starr Ticket Smarter Ford 248 Running |
24. 22. Car 44 Rajah Caruth Virginia State Chevrolet 248 Running |
25. 15. Car 02 Brett Moffitt Half Off Wholesale Chevrolet 248 Running |
26. 31. Car 26 Derek Griffith Toyota Racing Toyota 247 Running |
27. 23. Car 78 Josh Williams ChildrensHospitalRichmondVCU Chevrolet 247 Running |
28. 29. Car 34 Kyle Weatherman eRacing Association Chevrolet 246 Running |
29. 27. Car 07 Joe Graf Jr Bucked Up Energy Drink Ford 246 Running |
30. 21. Car 31 Myatt Snider TaxSlayer Chevrolet 246 Running |
31. 32. Car 4 Bayley Currey TGeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet 246 Running |
32. 35. Car 66 JJ Yeley Remote Health Solutions Ford 245 Running |
33. 17. Car 48 Jade Buford Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 245 Running |
34. 37. Car 35 Joey Gase Donate Life VA Ford 245 Running |
35. 18. Car 99 Stefan Parsons Little Joe?s/SOKAL Chevrolet 245 Running |
36. 28. Car 6 Ryan Vargas TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet 243 Running |
37. 34. Car 28 Kyle Sieg # The Engineering Groupe Ford 139 Engine |
38. 30. Car 47 Brennan Poole Save22Vet Chevrolet 112 Rear Gear |
Race Comments: Prior to the start the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: #11, #27, #66 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (4) 52 Harrison Rhodes, 77 Dillon Bassett, 45 Howie Disavino III, 55 Matt Mills. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 58 Mins, 3 Secs. Average Speed: 95.299 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.116 Seconds. Caution Flags: 3 for 24 laps. Lead Changes: 8 among 3 drivers. Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Ty Gibbs, #54. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Austin Hill, #21.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 8, 2022 – Martinsville Speedway
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