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Wawa 250

Friday, August 25th, 2023

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

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  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Pole Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 21 - Bennett/Realtree Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Austin Hill won the Pole Award for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola with a lap of 49.256 seconds, 182.719 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 72 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his second pole in five races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2023 and his fifth in five races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Sammy Smith (third) posted his second top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 15th in 24 races this season.
  • Sammy Smith (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Friday, August 25th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Justin Allgaier wins by inches in wild NASCAR Xfinity race at Daytona

Justin Allgaier survived a trip to the rear of the field, a pass-through penalty after the initial start and a war of attrition to win Friday night’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway in overtime.

Allgaier didn’t win by much. On the final lap of the two-circuit overtime, Allgaier bumped side-to-side with Sheldon Creed coming to the finish line and beat Creed to the stripe by .005 seconds—approximately 12 inches at the 2.5-mile track.

Allgaier was penalized after his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet failed pre-qualifying inspection three times on Thursday. He started from the rear of the field and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty with four other cars after the first lap.

But Allgaier, who won at Daytona for the first time after two runner-up finishes in 25 previous starts at the speedway, stayed on the lead lap for the first stage, and vaulted into the third position with a fuel-only pit stop during the break after Stage 2.

“I’ve been coming to this place for a long time,” said Allgaier, who won for the second time this season and the 21st time in his career. “I wanted to win here so bad—we’ve been so close. I just can’t say enough about (crew chief) Jim Pohlman and everybody on this 7 team.

“We had an oversight yesterday when we brought a car to the track and put it through inspection, and it wasn’t where we wanted… and that cost us a pass-through, but the team never quit, never gave up and we rallied, and obviously we put ourselves in a good position. The strategy was awesome.”

Allgaier’s battle with Creed followed a massive wreck in Turn 3 that sent the race to overtime.

A late block attempt by Trevor Bayne moments after a restart on Lap 99 of 100 robbed many contenders for the win. Bayne shared the front row with Allgaier for the restart. Running behind Bayne in the top lane, Austin Hill made a bold move to the outside, and Bayne moved up to cover, perhaps with Hill’s car dragging his bumper to the right.

Bayne turned into the outside wall, and chaos reigned behind him. All told, nine cars were involved, including those of John Hunter Nemechek and Josh Berry.

That set up the two-lap shootout, with Allgaier prevailing by the smallest of margins.

“Another great run for us—my best speedway race,” said Creed, who is still seeking his first Xfinity Series win. “I hated speedway racing two years ago. My teammate (Hill) was kicking my butt at it, and I had to get it together, right?

“So asking him questions, just trying to learn and watch and get better at this stuff because speedway racing is so hard mentally. It’s probably harder than any kind of racing mentally, just knowing where to go and what moves to make.”

Daniel Hemric ran third, followed by Parker Kligerman who moved into the final Playoff-eligible position in the standings with two races left before the Xfinity Playoffs begin.

Cole Custer was fifth, followed by Ryan Sieg, Parker Retzlaff, Alfredo, Gray Gaulding and Justin Haley.

As Hill was taking the green/checkered flag to win the 30-lap first stage, Riley Herbst’s left front tire exploded and obliterated the fender above it. Herbst brought the severely damaged No. 98 Ford to pit road where his crew effected repairs and beat the damaged vehicle policy clock.

Herbst, who had complained of steering issues before the tire blew, rejoined the field three laps down. The diagnosis? The top bolt had backed out of the steering box on the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Ford. That problem was solved, and Herbst continued—without a left-front quarterpanel.

Herbst benefited from late-race attrition to finish 24th, but he fell out of the top 12 and trails Kligerman by 20 points for the final Playoff berth.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Laps Actual: 110 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.005 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 12 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 124.779
  • Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
  • Lead Changes: 20
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,467 (44.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 7 - Hellmann's Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
  • Crew Chief: James Pohlman
  • Justin Allgaier won the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, his 21st victory in 429 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and 12th top-10 finish in 26 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his second top-10 finish in five races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Parker Retzlaff (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Hill leads the point standings by 27 points over Justin Allgaier.
Austin Hill and Sammy Smith lead the field
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 25, 2023 : Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett/Realtree Chevrolet, and Sammy Smith, driver of the #18 Pilot Flying J Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway.
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Wawa 250 at Daytona International 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
2 10,000 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 110 86.20 12 1 45 11 1 1.43 0.45 14 12.7 3.50 59.95
9 8,900 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 110 123.80 2 2 42 0 1 1.43 0.45 21 19.1 5.25 47.70
11 8,700 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 110 109.50 6 3 41 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 44.00
12 9,300 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 110 106.30 5 4 40 1 5 7.14 2.25 1 0.9 0.25 43.50
10 9,100 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 110 90.90 11 5 39 6 1 1.43 0.45 1 0.9 0.25 45.70
4 7,500 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 110 61.50 23 6 38 17 4 5.71 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 56.80
1 6,700 Ryan Sieg N/A 39 Ford 110 54.60 38 7 37 31 3 4.29 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 69.35
6 7,300 Anthony Alfredo BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 110 100.30 20 8 36 12 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 48.45
3 6,000 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevrolet 110 68.80 33 9 35 24 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 59.45
14 10,300 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 110 70.30 9 10 34 -1 6 8.57 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 35.70
6 5,600 Jeffrey Earnhardt Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 110 68.10 27 11 32 16 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 48.45
16 7,900 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 22 Chevrolet 110 67.70 10 12 31 -2 2 2.86 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 29.90
13 5,500 Kyle Sieg N/A 28 Ford 110 53.30 24 13 30 11 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 41.45
15 5,000 Joey Gase N/A 35 Chevrolet 110 60.90 15 14 29 1 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 30.45
5 7,600 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 110 53.70 37 15 28 22 6 8.57 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 52.70
8 4,800 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 110 48.90 36 16 27 20 3 4.29 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 48.35
18 9,900 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 110 76.50 13 17 26 -4 4 5.71 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 23.80
17 7,000 Brett Moffitt AM Racing 25 Ford 110 74.30 22 18 25 4 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 29.45
20 9,800 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 110 89.00 14 19 24 -5 3 4.29 1.35 6 5.5 1.50 21.85
21 7,100 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 109 64.30 18 20 23 -2 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 21.45
30 8,100 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 109 88.70 3 21 21 -18 2 2.86 0.90 4 3.7 1.00 4.90
31 8,500 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 109 94.30 4 22 20 -18 1 1.43 0.45 1 0.9 0.25 2.70
27 10,500 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 109 107.30 1 23 19 -22 0 0 0.00 36 33.0 9.00 6.00
25 7,700 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 108 45.80 16 24 18 -8 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 10.45
22 5,100 Blaine Perkins Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 108 51.90 25 25 17 0 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 17.45
19 6,900 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 104 73.50 32 26 16 6 2 2.86 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 22.90
24 6,200 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 103 64.90 21 27 15 -6 4 5.71 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 10.80
37 9,500 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 103 81.70 7 28 14 -21 4 5.71 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 -5.20
33 9,000 Trevor Bayne Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 103 96.30 8 29 13 -21 0 0 0.00 26 25.2 6.50 -1.50
23 6,400 JJ Yeley SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet 98 77.00 34 30 12 4 2 2.86 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 16.90
26 4,700 Caesar Bacarella Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 92 35.60 30 31 10 -1 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 9.45
29 5,300 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 91 40.80 28 32 9 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
36 6,500 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 45 55.10 19 33 8 -14 3 4.29 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -4.65
32 5,200 Joe Graf Jr N/A 38 Ford 42 44.90 26 34 7 -8 1 1.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -0.55
27 4,500 Natalie Decker N/A 53 Ford 42 24.80 35 35 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
38 8,300 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 41 57.70 17 36 5 -19 2 2.86 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -13.10
34 5,800 Connor Mosack Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota 41 36.50 29 37 4 -8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -4.00
34 4,900 Alex Guenette DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 41 25.80 31 38 3 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -4.00