2022 Ag-Pro 300 Last updated February 08, 2025 Ninth race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Motor car race
The 2022 Ag-Pro 300 was the ninth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series , the 31st iteration of the event , and the third race of the Dash 4 Cash . The race was held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway , a 2.66 mile (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The Dash 4 Cash in this race is consisted of Brandon Jones , Landon Cassill , A. J. Allmendinger , and Austin Hill , since they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars after Martinsville Speedway . The race was extended from 113 laps to 124 laps, due to three NASCAR overtime attempts. At race's end, Noah Gragson of JR Motorsports would grab the win, after being able to take the lead on the final restart. [ 1] This was Gragson's seventh career Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Jeffrey Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing and A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Allmendinger would win the Dash 4 Cash , after finishing ahead of Cassill, Jones, and Hill. [ 1]
This was the debut race for Chandler Smith . [ 2]
Background Talladega Superspeedway , nicknamed “Dega” , and formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway (AIMS ), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama . It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln . A tri-oval , the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation , a business controlled by the France Family . As of 2021, the track hosts the NASCAR Cup Series , NASCAR Xfinity Series , NASCAR Camping World Truck Series , and ARCA Menards Series . Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, with a length of 2.66 miles (4.281 km), compared to the Daytona International Speedway , which is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The total peak capacity of Talladega is around 175,000 spectators, [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] with the main grandstand capacity being about 80,000. [ 6]
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, April 22, at 4:30 PM CST . [ 7] Since Talladega Superspeedway is a superspeedway , the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole. [ 8]
Jeffrey Earnhardt , driving the iconic No. 3 for Richard Childress Racing , scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.454 seconds and a speed of 182.560 mph (293.802 km/h) . It was Earnhardt's first career pole in NASCAR , along with his first at Talladega . It was also the first pole for Larry McReynolds as a crew chief since 2000. [ 9]
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 25
Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts 1 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9 3 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 8 4 10 Landon Cassill Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 7 5 21 Austin Hill (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6 6 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5 7 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4 8 23 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 3 9 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 10 02 Brett Moffitt Our Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage 2 Laps: 25
Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts 1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 2 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 3 21 Austin Hill (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8 4 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7 5 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6 6 18 Drew Dollar Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5 7 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 4 8 3 Jeffrey Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3 9 31 Myatt Snider Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 2 10 27 Jeb Burton Our Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage 3 Laps: 74
Fin. St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Points 1 19 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 124 7 Running 44 2 1 3 Jeffrey Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 124 10 Running 38 3 13 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 124 6 Running 42 4 10 38 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 124 0 Running 33 5 6 10 Landon Cassill Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 124 0 Running 39 6 12 23 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 124 3 Running 34 7 20 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 124 0 Running 30 8 24 07 Joe Graf Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Ford 124 0 Running 29 9 31 31 Myatt Snider Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 124 0 Running 30 10 18 02 Brett Moffitt Our Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 Running 28 11 16 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 124 5 Running 36 12 21 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 124 0 Running 25 13 9 18 Drew Dollar Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 124 1 Running 29 14 32 53 Shane Lee Emerling-Gase Motorsports Ford 124 0 Running 23 15 22 27 Jeb Burton Our Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 Running 23 16 36 35 Joey Gase Emerling-Gase Motorsports Ford 124 0 Running 21 17 29 4 Bayley Currey JD Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 Running 20 18 37 39 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 124 0 Running 19 19 26 78 Josh Williams B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 Running 18 20 7 6 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet 124 0 Running 17 21 33 47 Gray Gaulding Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 123 0 Running 16 22 11 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 122 13 Fuel Pressure 30 23 34 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 122 0 Running 14 24 4 2 Sheldon Creed (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 113 1 Accident 13 25 23 45 Caesar Bacarella Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 113 0 Accident 12 26 15 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 0 DVP 18 27 2 21 Austin Hill (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 110 67 Accident 24 28 14 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 109 2 Accident 20 29 8 48 Kaz Grala (i) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 103 0 Accident 0 30 17 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 103 1 Accident 11 31 27 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 96 0 Accident 6 32 38 44 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 84 0 DVP 5 33 35 08 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Ford 83 1 DVP 4 34 5 11 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 79 0 DVP 3 35 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 76 5 Accident 17 36 28 66 J. J. Yeley MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 51 2 DVP 1 37 25 91 Mason Massey DGM Racing Chevrolet 47 0 Accident 1 38 30 26 Chandler Smith (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 47 0 Accident 0 Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
References 1 2 Spencer, Reid (April 23, 2022). "Noah Gragson holds off Earnhardt, wins in Talladega overtime; Dash 4 Cash to Allmendinger" . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. ↑ Srigley, Joseph (April 23, 2022). "Chandler Smith Joins Sam Hunt Racing for Three Races, Xfinity Debut Set for Talladega" . TobyChristie.com . ↑ "Talladega is known for speed, but slow down and take in what the Alabama city offers" . April 19, 2019. ↑ "Talladega Superspeedway" . December 31, 2017. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . ↑ "Track Facts" . Talladega Superspeedway. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2010 . ↑ Utter, Jim (November 27, 2013). "Talladega Superspeedway to reduce seating to 80,000" . The Charlotte Observer . The McClatchy Company . Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013 . ↑ "2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Talladega Spring Race Page" . Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site . Retrieved April 17, 2022 . ↑ "NASCAR announces practice, qualifying return in 2022" . Official Site Of NASCAR . November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022 . ↑ Srigley, Joseph (April 22, 2022). "Jeffrey Earnhardt, Larry McReynolds Put Richard Childress Racing No. 3 on Pole at Talladega" . TobyChristie.com .
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