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Food City 300

Friday, September 17th, 2021

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 3 Ford

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Food City 300
  • Pole Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: David Elenz
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Noah Gragson won the Pole Award for the Food City 300 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Friday, September 17th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger triumphs at Bristol, wins Xfinity regular-season crown in slugfest

With cars bouncing off each other like pinballs through two laps of overtime, AJ Allmendinger took his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet three-wide to the bottom, passed Justin Allgaier and Austin Cindric on the final lap and won Friday night's Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The victory gave Allmendinger the NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship by 10 points over Cindric, who held the race lead when the 10th and final caution flag flew on Lap 297 of 300 after Allgaier turned JR Motorsports teammate Sam Mayer in Turn 1.

In the overtime, things got crazy. Cindric and Allgaier picked the top lane, and Allmendinger chose the inside of the front row. On the white-flag lap, Allmendinger drove hard into Turns 3 and 4 and slid up into Cindric's No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Allmendinger fell back to third, but contact between Allgaier's Camaro and Cindric's Mustang gave Allmendinger a chance to slip beneath both cars into the lead.

But the race wasn't over. On the final lap, Cindric charged off the final corner, slammed into Allmendinger, and both cars slid sideways across the finish line, with Allmendinger the winner by .082 seconds.

After taking the checkered flag, Allmendinger careened off the inside wall, slid across the track into traffic and took a huge hit from Kaulig Racing teammate Justin Haley.

But the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship was his.

"I expected to get run into," Allmendinger said. "It happened that previous corner. It's frustrating getting hit that hard coming to checker, but we're battling for the win. It's Bristol, baby. That's what it's all about.

"I haven't had a lot of chances to get a win at Bristol, so you know what? When you have a chance to do it, you've got to go do it. If I don't take that chance, I don't belong in a race car, because my team deserves the win."

Under the circumstances, Cindric exhibited remarkable restraint in his post-race interview.

"I thought we had a great battle all season long up to this point, so congratulations to Kaulig and AJ," said Cindric, who led 75 laps, third-most behind Allgaier's 92 and Daniel Hemric's 78. "Those guys didn't want us to win really bad, and I hate that it completely destroyed our Ford Mustang.

"That's all I've got, man...It's looks like the 7 (Allgaier) just got loose there (in spinning Mayer), and AJ obviously just drove straight through us. You'll have that in green-white-checkered racing."

The victory was Allmendinger's first at Bristol, his fourth of the season and the ninth of his career. The final lap of overtime was the only lap he led, as the race went six laps past its scheduled distance of 300 circuits.

The regular-season cutoff race also set the final positions for the Round of 12 in the Xfinity Series Playoff. With no new winner, Brandon Jones, Riley Herbst and Jeremy Clements clinched the final three spots on points, as expected, as the series heads for the Playoff opener Sept. 25 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Herbst finished third behind the wrecking cars of Allmendinger and Cindric. Allgaier fell to fourth on the final lap, with Jones and Haley running fifth and sixth. Harrison Burton, Myatt Snider, Mayer and Hemric completed the top 10.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Laps Actual: 306 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.082 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 75.026
  • Cautions: 10 for 72 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,071 (4.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 40th Annual Food City 300
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 39
  • Team : No. 16 - Barger Precast Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 40th Annual Food City 300, his ninth victory in 53 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Riley Herbst (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger has won the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship.
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
5 10,500 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 306 115.60 10 1 45 9 14 6.28 6.30 1 0.3 0.25 60.55
1 11,200 Austin Cindric Team Penske 22 Ford 306 126.00 9 2 42 7 39 17.49 17.55 75 24.5 18.75 85.30
8 8,100 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 306 96.70 8 3 41 5 5 2.24 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 48.25
2 10,800 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 306 125.10 2 4 40 -2 33 14.8 14.85 92 30.1 23.00 75.85
7 9,400 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 306 100.30 16 5 39 11 2 0.9 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 50.90
12 8,700 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 306 106.80 5 6 38 -1 14 6.28 6.30 0 0.0 0.00 43.30
14 9,600 Harrison Burton Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 306 90.90 6 7 37 -1 3 1.35 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 37.35
6 7,800 Myatt Snider Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 306 90.10 17 8 36 9 14 6.28 6.30 0 0.0 0.00 51.30
3 9,900 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 306 112.80 22 9 35 13 28 12.56 12.60 49 16.0 12.25 72.85
4 9,200 Daniel Hemric Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 306 126.20 4 10 34 -6 41 18.39 18.45 78 25.5 19.50 65.95
16 11,500 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota 306 96.80 3 11 32 -8 8 3.59 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 27.60
18 10,200 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 306 94.50 1 12 31 -11 12 5.38 5.40 4 1.3 1.00 26.40
15 6,700 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 306 79.80 13 13 30 0 4 1.79 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 31.80
19 7,400 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevrolet 306 81.00 11 14 29 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 26.00
11 9,000 Ty Dillon Our Motorsports 23 Chevrolet 305 71.20 31 15 28 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 44.00
13 6,500 Sage Karam Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 305 65.70 32 16 27 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 43.00
10 5,300 Joe Graf Jr N/A 07 Chevrolet 305 57.30 36 17 26 19 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 45.00
9 7,000 Gray Gaulding N/A 52 Chevrolet 305 62.80 39 18 25 21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 46.00
24 5,900 Alex Labbe DGM Racing 36 Chevrolet 305 69.50 14 19 24 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
22 6,100 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 305 70.80 18 20 23 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 21.00
22 6,900 Brandon Gdovic Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 305 58.80 21 21 21 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 21.00
20 5,200 Stefan Parsons BJ McLeod Motorsports 105 Chevrolet 304 57.80 27 22 20 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
24 6,300 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports 44 Chevrolet 304 52.30 23 23 19 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
34 7,900 Jeb Burton Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 303 84.60 7 24 18 -17 0 0 0.00 7 2.3 1.75 2.75
21 5,400 Jeffrey Earnhardt JD Motorsports 0 Chevrolet 303 43.90 29 25 17 4 1 0.45 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 21.45
17 7,200 BJ McLeod JD Motorsports 15 Chevrolet 303 46.30 37 26 16 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
26 5,700 Jade Buford Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 302 43.30 30 27 15 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
29 4,600 Jesse Little BJ McLeod Motorsports 178 Chevrolet 302 36.50 25 28 14 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
33 4,500 Kyle Weatherman Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevrolet 301 60.00 19 29 13 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
31 4,700 David Starr Motorsports Business Management 66 Toyota 300 47.30 24 30 12 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
28 5,000 Spencer Boyd DGM Racing 90 Chevrolet 298 38.30 33 31 10 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
29 6,400 Carson Ware N/A 17 Chevrolet 297 31.70 34 32 9 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
27 5,100 Chad Finchum Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota 282 37.50 38 33 8 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 13.00
39 7,500 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 259 69.00 12 34 7 -22 3 1.35 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -13.65
38 0 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 215 60.40 15 35 6 -20 2 0.9 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -13.10
36 4,800 Matt Mills BJ McLeod Motorsports 199 Chevrolet 108 40.00 26 36 5 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00
36 4,900 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports 106 Chevrolet 94 29.70 28 37 4 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00
32 5,600 Bayley Currey Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevrolet 53 35.20 40 38 3 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
35 7,700 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports 104 Chevrolet 40 28.30 35 39 2 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00
40 8,500 Brett Moffitt Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 9 25.70 20 40 1 -20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -19.00