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Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC

Saturday, October 8th, 2022

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 4 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina with a lap of 81.694 seconds, 102.235 mph.
  • This is his seventh pole in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 24th top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 17th in 29 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 8th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger wins fourth straight race at Charlotte ROVAL

It took a bit of thievery for AJ Allmendinger to preserve his perfect record at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

"We got that one—we stole that one," shouted Allmendinger after spinning his car like a dervish during a celebratory burnout at the finish line of the 2.32-mile, 17-turn road course.

Indeed, the 40-year-old Allmendinger swiped the lead from Ty Gibbs—a driver half his age—after an overtime restart on Lap 68 of the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, the Round of 12 elimination race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

After lagging behind Gibbs into Turn 1 on three previous restarts, Allmendinger kept his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet to the outside of Gibbs No. 54 Toyota through the first corner, surged ahead into Turn 2 and cleared Gibbs from the inside line through Turns 3 and 4.

"It's unbelievable," Allmendinger, who won for the fourth time in four starts at the Charlotte ROVAL. "Ty was really good there at the end, and I didn't know if I was going to be able to get him. I knew if I could just get to one restart on the outside of him, at least we'd have a chance."

Once in the lead, Allmendinger survived a second overtime restart before beating Gibbs to the finish line by .582 seconds. The victory was Allmendinger's second straight in the series, his fifth of the season and the 15th of his career — 10 of which have come on road courses.

"I was wanting it pretty bad there," Allmendinger said. "I didn't think we had a shot, but I'm always going to put it on my back when it's time to go. We got that one. We stole that one!...

"I drove it in as deep as I could (on the final restart), probably used Ty up just a little bit, but I'd expect the same if the roles were reversed."

Gibbs was diplomatic in his assessment of the final two restarts.

"I just lost the lead on that one restart and didn't execute the right way and lost it there," Gibbs said. "The last one, I caught the fence when I got ran wide, and it just kind of hurt my momentum… I feel like I gave it my best run, but I was proud of the effort.

"I had a fun out there and learned a lot."

Allmendinger already had clinched a spot in the Playoffs' Round of 8 with last Saturday's victory at Talladega. So had third-place finisher Noah Gragson, who won his fourth straight race a week earlier at Texas Motor Speedway.

Gibbs clinched his spot in the Round of 8 by finishing second to Allmendinger in the first stage of Saturday's race. Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill and Brandon Jones also advanced to the next round, with Jones finishing seventh in the race and claiming the final spot by two points over Ryan Sieg.

All four JR Motorsports drivers—Gragson, Allgaier, Berry and Mayer—will be competing for positions in the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway.

In addition to Sieg, reigning series champion Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst and Jeremy Clements were eliminated from the postseason.

Hemric qualified third but slammed into the outside barrier between Turns 5 and 6 on Lap 3. He recovered to finish 17th but ended the round 11 points behind Jones after contact from Sieg on a late restart.

"I made a mistake on Lap 3 that you just can't make," Hemric said ruefully.

Road course specialist James Davison ran fourth, followed by Allgaier, Alex Labbe, Jones, Berry, Sieg and Landon Cassill.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 67
  • Laps Actual: 72 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.582 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 21 Minutes 37 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.771
  • Cautions: 9 for 15 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,546 (27.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, his 15th victory in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and 26th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his fourth consecutive victory at the Charlotte Road Course - series-most consecutive wins on a road course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Sheldon Creed (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Allmendinger's four straight wins are also the second-most consecutive wins at a single track behind Dale Earnhardt (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Texas) and Jack Ingram (South Boston) with five straight wins each.
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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Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course 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
2 11,000 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 72 140.30 1 1 45 0 17 36.17 7.65 25 34.7 6.25 58.90
3 10,600 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota 72 135.10 2 2 42 0 18 38.3 8.10 24 33.3 6.00 56.10
1 10,100 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 72 101.20 37 3 41 34 0 0 0.00 1 1.4 0.25 75.25
4 9,000 James Davison Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 72 96.20 16 4 40 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 52.00
10 9,600 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 72 108.80 5 5 39 0 1 2.13 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 39.45
7 7,500 Alex Labbe DGM Racing 36 Chevrolet 72 89.30 12 6 38 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 44.00
6 8,800 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 72 98.00 15 7 37 8 0 0 0.00 3 4.2 0.75 45.75
9 9,200 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 72 88.00 14 8 36 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 42.00
8 8,000 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 72 74.00 17 9 35 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 43.00
14 8,200 Landon Cassill Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 72 85.70 7 10 34 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 31.00
18 10,000 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 72 104.00 6 11 32 -5 2 4.26 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 27.90
11 6,900 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 23 Chevrolet 72 81.20 18 12 31 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 37.00
5 8,400 Myatt Snider Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 72 61.80 31 13 30 18 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 48.00
19 7,400 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 72 77.80 10 14 29 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
11 7,200 Daniil Kvyat Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 72 69.80 24 15 28 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 37.00
21 9,800 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 72 114.10 4 16 27 -12 9 19.15 4.05 18 25.0 4.50 23.55
27 9,400 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 72 69.00 3 17 26 -14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
15 6,500 Jeb Burton Our Motorsports 27 Chevrolet 72 63.20 23 18 25 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
15 6,300 JJ Yeley Motorsports Business Management 66 Chevrolet 72 46.70 25 19 24 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
13 5,500 Brandon Brown BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 72 38.80 33 20 23 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 36.00
26 6,800 Preston Pardus DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 72 62.00 19 21 21 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
20 5,100 Scott Heckert BJ McLeod Motorsports 5 Ford 72 45.20 26 22 20 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
22 4,500 Brad Perez N/A 35 Ford 72 39.20 27 23 19 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
15 4,800 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 72 38.50 36 24 18 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
29 6,100 Stefan Parsons Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 72 70.00 13 25 17 -12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
24 4,900 Bayley Currey JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 72 50.20 32 26 16 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
22 5,200 Joe Graf Jr SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt 07 Ford 72 40.20 35 27 15 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
25 5,700 Timmy Hill Motorsports Business Management 13 Chevrolet 72 31.70 34 28 14 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
34 10,300 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 70 56.70 8 29 13 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -8.00
36 7,700 Sage Karam Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 70 82.20 9 30 12 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
28 7,000 Andy Lally SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt 08 Ford 69 38.80 29 31 10 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 8.00
38 8,600 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 67 86.00 11 32 9 -21 0 0 0.00 1 1.5 0.25 -11.75
30 5,300 Patrick Gallagher RSS Racing 38 Ford 67 40.80 28 33 8 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
33 5,800 Josh Bilicki Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 66 57.00 20 34 7 -14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -7.00
34 7,800 Kaz Grala Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Chevrolet 59 50.00 21 35 6 -14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -8.00
32 0 Marco Andretti Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 45 46.00 30 36 5 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -1.00
37 5,600 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 35 36.30 22 37 4 -15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -11.00
30 5,000 Kris Wright Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevrolet 7 23.70 38 38 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00