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Check out the DraftKings DFS driver scoring results for the 2021 Andy's Frozen Custard 335, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Texas Motor Speedway race.

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METRIC	POINTS
Place Differential	+/- 1 Pt
Fastest Laps	+0.45 Pts
Laps Led	+0.25 Pts

FINISH	POINTS	FINISH	POINTS
1st	45	21st	21
2nd	42	22nd	20
3rd	41	23rd	19
4th	40	24th	18
5th	39	25th	17
6th	38	26th	16
7th	37	27th	15
8th	36	28th	14
9th	35	29th	13
10th	34	30th	12
11th	32	31st	10
12th	31	32nd	9
13th	30	33rd	8
14th	29	34th	7
15th	28	35th	6
16th	27	36th	5
17th	26	37th	4
18th	25	38th	3
19th	24	39th	2
20th	23	40th	1

Scoring Notes

Place Differential = (Starting Position) – (Finishing Position) Example: If a driver starts in 20th position and finishes in 10th place then his Place Differential is +10.
A driver's starting position is based on his qualifying position. If a driver's qualifying position is disallowed, his starting position will be his new spot at the back of the race. If a driver's starting position changes between qualifying and the start of the race for any other reason (e.g. going to a backup car) the original qualifying position will be used to calculate place differential.
Points for Finishing Position and Place Differential will be updated in real-time during the race. Drivers will gain points as they move up in position and lose points as they drop in position.
Finishing Position is defined as the driver's standing order at the end of the race. Disqualifications related to same-day post-race inspection will not change a driver's Finishing Position, Laps Led, or Fastest Laps stats.

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Andy's Frozen Custard 335

Saturday, October 16th, 2021

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

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Texas Motor Speedway
Andy's Frozen Custard 335
Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 39
Team: No. 16 - Andy's Frozen Custard Chevrolet
Owner: Kaulig Racing
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Andy's Frozen Custard 335 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.

Saturday, October 16th, 2021
NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain

John Hunter Nemechek overcomes penalty for second Xfinity Series victory

John Hunter Nemechek overcame a late race pit penalty to rally through the field and take his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday in the Andy's Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway – the first of three Playoff events that will set the Championship 4 field for the season finale.

Nemechek, whose full-time job is contending for a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, is the third different driver to win an Xfinity Series race in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota joining Kyle Busch, Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell – the group combining for 10 wins in 2021 in assorted part-time starts.

Nemechek's victory by 1.316-seconds over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Hemric marked the third win in four series Playoff races by a non-Playoff driver this season. It was the second Xfinity Series win in the 24-year old Nemechek's career – the other coming at Kansas Speedway in 2018.

A penalty during a pit stop – a crewman coming over the wall too soon – took Nemechek from the lead to 18th position for a restart with 51 laps remaining. Far from crushing his hopes, it motivated Nemechek and his team.vDuring a pit stop on the 10th and final caution period with 28 laps remaining, Nemechek's team called for a two-tire change while the rest of the contenders took four tires. The strategy put him on the front row for the re-start and he navigated his way forward and re-took the lead for good with 20 laps remaining.

"[Spotter] Stevie Reeves and [crew chief] Chris Gayle kept me calm," said Nemechek, who led a race best 92 laps on the afternoon. "I've grown a lot as a driver and been put in positions like that in the truck series as well.

"Man, I can't say enough about this whole team. The 54 has been fast every single week. My goal coming in was to win. I had to win to prove to myself I can do this."

It marked the third runner-up finish for Hemric this season and the 10th of his Xfinity Series career as he races for his first career victory. He was the top Playoff driver on Saturday.

"They just made a really good call to take two [tires] there, obviously," an understandably subdued Hemric said of Nemechek, adding, "Congratulations to those guys. We just weren't quite good enough [to catch him]."

Those two Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas were pretty much the story of the day. NASCAR Xfinity Series championship leader A.J. Allmendinger led the opening 13 laps and then his chief challenger, defending series champion Austin Cindric, took the lead, earning his 10th stage victory.

The JGR Toyotas pushed forward and started racking up the laps led. Nemechek won Stage 2 and primarily exchanged the lead with Hemric for the remainder of the race. The exception was a bold pit move – defending Texas winner Harrison Burton (also a JGR driver) opted not to pit on the last caution and led six laps before Nemechek overtook him and held the lead until the checkered flag.

JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson finished third rallying from damage early in the race, followed by his teammate Justin Allgaier and Cindric.

Allmendinger was sixth, followed by Justin Haley, Burton, Michael Annett and Brandon Jones. All eight of the Playoff drivers were among the top 10 with Nemechek and Annett the exceptions.

The sixth-place finish for Allmendinger was good enough to keep him atop the championship standings by four points over Cindric. Allgaier is third, 26 points back and Gragson is fourth.

Despite his runner-up effort, Hemric is fifth, two points behind Gragson. Hailey is sixth (-6), Burton (-21) and Jones (-32) round out the Playoff standings.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway for the second race of this Playoff round next Saturday afternoon, the Kansas Lottery 300 (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Current NASCAR Cup Series rookie Chase Briscoe is the defending race winner. However, Jones is a two-time Kansas winner, taking back-to-back wins in Fall, 2019, and Spring, 2020.

Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
Laps Scheduled: 200
Margin of Victory: 01.316 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 35 Minutes 48 Seconds
Average Speed: 115.533
Cautions: 10 for 54 laps
Lead Changes: 8
Green Flag Passes: 1,359 (9.3 passes per green flag lap)

Texas Motor Speedway
17th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 335
Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
Age: 24
Team : No. 54 - Romco Equipment Toyota
Owner: Coy Gibbs
Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
John Hunter Nemechek won the 17th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 335, his second victory in 56 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Daniel Hemric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Sam Mayer (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 4 points over Austin Cindric.

John H. Nemechek celebrates — Fort Worth, Texas - October 16, 2021 : John H. Nemechek, driver of the #54 Romco Equipment Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Andy's Frozen Custard 335 at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Andy's Frozen Custard 335 at Texas 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
1	10,700	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing	54	Toyota	200	145.50	10	1	45	9	58	43.61	26.10	92	46.0	23.00	103.10
2	8,800	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	200	131.60	3	2	42	1	32	24.06	14.40	55	27.5	13.75	71.15
7	9,600	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	200	110.40	5	3	41	2	3	2.26	1.35	0	0.0	0.00	44.35
4	10,200	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	200	117.40	6	4	40	2	14	10.53	6.30	0	0.0	0.00	48.30
3	9,800	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	22	Ford	200	114.80	2	5	39	-3	11	8.27	4.95	34	17.0	8.50	49.45
9	10,500	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	16	Chevrolet	200	107.00	1	6	38	-5	6	4.51	2.70	13	6.5	3.25	38.95
14	9,200	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	11	Chevrolet	200	99.40	4	7	37	-3	2	1.5	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	34.90
10	9,900	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	200	92.20	8	8	36	0	2	1.5	0.90	6	3.0	1.50	38.40
13	8,100	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	1	Chevrolet	200	100.20	9	9	35	0	4	3.01	1.80	0	0.0	0.00	36.80
16	9,000	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	200	94.70	7	10	34	-3	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	31.00
15	8,400	Jeb Burton	Kaulig Racing	10	Chevrolet	200	90.80	13	11	32	2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	34.00
8	8,600	Riley Herbst	Stewart Haas Racing	98	Ford	200	85.70	20	12	31	8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	39.00
18	8,300	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	8	Chevrolet	200	86.00	11	13	30	-2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	28.00
11	7,300	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	39	Ford	200	67.30	22	14	29	8	1	0.75	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	37.45
6	11,200	Kaz Grala	Jordan Anderson Racing	31	Chevrolet	200	72.80	32	15	28	17	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	45.00
12	9,400	Brett Moffitt	Our Motorsports	02	Chevrolet	200	76.50	26	16	27	10	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	37.00
5	5,200	Bayley Currey	JD Motorsports	15	Chevrolet	200	74.30	39	17	26	22	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	48.00
16	6,400	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	44	Chevrolet	200	69.20	24	18	25	6	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	31.00
23	5,600	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	92	Chevrolet	200	64.00	15	19	24	-4	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	20.00
21	7,100	Austin Hill	Hattori Racing Enterprises	61	Toyota	199	70.50	21	20	23	1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	24.00
29	7,700	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevrolet	199	71.50	12	21	21	-9	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	12.00
18	5,100	Ryan Vargas	JD Motorsports	106	Chevrolet	199	51.30	30	22	20	8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	28.00
24	5,700	Jeffrey Earnhardt	JD Motorsports	0	Chevrolet	199	51.30	23	23	19	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	19.00
31	5,500	Alex Labbe	DGM Racing	36	Chevrolet	199	52.30	16	24	18	-8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	10.00
26	4,600	Kyle Weatherman	Mike Harmon Racing	47	Chevrolet	199	57.20	25	25	17	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	17.00
18	6,600	Joe Graf Jr	N/A	07	Chevrolet	198	44.30	38	26	16	12	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	28.00
22	5,900	Mason Massey	BJ McLeod Motorsports	105	Toyota	196	38.00	35	27	15	8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	23.00
27	4,500	Spencer Boyd	DGM Racing	90	Chevrolet	196	35.50	28	28	14	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	14.00
34	6,100	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	51	Chevrolet	196	52.20	14	29	13	-15	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-2.00
24	6,300	Joey Gase	N/A	52	Chevrolet	195	31.50	37	30	12	7	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	19.00
28	5,400	Jesse Little	BJ McLeod Motorsports	178	Chevrolet	195	31.50	34	31	10	3	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	13.00
33	4,800	Matt Mills	BJ McLeod Motorsports	199	Chevrolet	193	42.70	31	32	9	-1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	8.00
38	7,900	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	68	Chevrolet	171	69.80	18	33	8	-15	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-7.00
32	4,900	David Starr	Motorsports Business Management	66	Ford	152	46.70	36	34	7	2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	9.00
30	4,700	CJ McLaughlin	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevrolet	145	26.70	40	35	6	5	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	11.00
39	7,000	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	104	Chevrolet	108	36.50	19	36	5	-17	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-12.00
35	6,900	Tanner Berryhill	Our Motorsports	23	Chevrolet	100	49.20	27	37	4	-10	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-6.00
35	6,700	Dylan Lupton	Sam Hunt Racing	26	Toyota	100	51.70	29	38	3	-9	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-6.00
40	6,000	Jade Buford	Big Machine Racing	48	Chevrolet	81	32.00	17	39	2	-22	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-20.00
35	7,400	JJ Yeley	N/A	17	Chevrolet	37	28.30	33	40	1	-7	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-6.00

NASCAR XFINITY Series

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Andy's Frozen Custard 335

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John Hunter Nemechek overcomes penalty for second Xfinity Series victory

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