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Shriners Children's 200

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

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  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 6 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Watkins Glen International
  • Shriners Children's 200
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 19 - He Gets Us Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the Shriners Children's 200 with a lap of 70.549 seconds, 125.019 mph.
  • This is his ninth pole in 59 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and seventh top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Watkins Glen International.
  • Alex Bowman (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Watkins Glen International.
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his 17th in 23 races this season.
  • Sammy Smith (ninth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, August 19th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Sam Mayer wins NASCAR Xfinity Series Thriller at Watkins Glen

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer survived a full-contact afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International – contributing his own bump and run on the final restart to take the lead in overtime and hold off the field for his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win Saturday in the Shriners Children’s 200 at The Glen.

Mayer’s No. 1 JRM Chevrolet tagged the back of the day’s most dominant driver and then-race leader Ty Gibbs, spinning Gibbs’ No. 19 Toyota which then collected a handful of other lead pack cars. The 21-year old Wisconsin-native Mayer was able to pull away from the mayhem behind and raced off to a .909-second victory over Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed.

Gibbs, who races full time as a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series, led a race high 70 of the 86 laps and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 on the 3.45-mile, 11-turn historic road course in upstate New York. But it was Mayer using that aggressive move forward, that hoisted the trophy.

“On that first one, I got used up, thought I had a good one there’’ Mayer said of the two overtime restarts. “All glory to God for this one because we had to work our tails off for it.

“I wheel-hopped it, that’s unfortunate and I feel bad for doing that, obviously you don’t want to take out any car like that’’ Mayer added. “Just trying to get another win in the Xfinity Series. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I was in there, I put my nose in there and that’s part of it.

“That’s an accident, but I think everyone can agree it’s okay for an Xfinity Series regular to win this race.’’

There is history between the two young drivers, Mayer and the 2022 Xfinity Series champion Gibbs. There was even a physical confrontation between the two after a race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway last year.

Gibbs, 20, none too surprisingly, didn’t take kindly to the race ending. He was credited with 17th place on the day.

“I think when you have to race out of desperation like that and you wheel-hop and take the leader out, I guess you can call it a racing incident but it just really sucks,’’ Gibbs said. “We had a really fast Toyota Supra and I really appreciate all the team’s hard work. We had a really good time out there and wish that caution didn’t come. Definitely sucks to get cleaned out there.

“It’s a part of life and a part of racing and you just get over it and when stuff like that happens, desperate moves like that happen, it’s just part of it and you try to keep going. We were really fast.

“I don’t know really know how much of a conversation you can really have with him in that situation,’’ Gibbs said when asked if wanted to have words with Mayer.

“We kind of grew up racing around each other and I think he has more starts than I do and this is his second win so congratulations to him on his second win. Definitely wish I could have gotten my 13th there.’’

Parker Kligerman came through the wreck to finish third in the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet, followed by NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain in the No. 91 DGM Chevrolet and Connor Mosack in the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Kligerman’s third-place showing was important as the series heads towards its Playoffs next month. He pulled to within three-points of Riley Herbst for that final transfer position. Herbst’s No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford had a rough day, retiring on Lap 37 and taking a 35th place finish. He had led Kligerman by 17 points coming into the Watkins Glen race.

“We had a great finish and salvaged great points,’’ Kligerman said. “We kept ourselves in the fight, but I’ve got to sort through this one.

“To me, three [points], 15 [points], it all feels the same. It’s so close that can happen in a stage essentially. We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing. We scored stage points in all stages today so that is a big deal for us.’’

“I think we’re doing the right things, just need a little more,’’ he added with a smile.

Herbst was frustrated, but said he was optimistic about upcoming races – at Daytona Beach, Darlington, S.C. and Kansas to set the 12-driver Playoff field.

“I don’t think we should be in this situation as it is, it’s just frustrating,’’ Herbst said. “We have some good tracks for us and good tracks for Stewart-Haas Racing, I’m excited. It’s just frustrating that things like this beyond our control keep happening, but it’ll turn around one day and when it does we’ll be happy.”

John Hunter Nemechek, Cole Custer, Chandler Smith, Alex Bowman and Jeb Burton rounded out the top 10. Austin Hill, who was among those collected in the overtime re-start finished 14th and now holds a nine-point advantage over Nemechek atop the championship standings.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to Daytona International Speedway next week for Friday’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Jeremy Clements is the defending race winner. Hill won at Daytona in February.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 82
  • Laps Actual: 86 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.909 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 25 Minutes 33 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 86.857
  • Cautions: 5 for 18 laps
  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,036 (15.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Watkins Glen International
  • Shriners Children's 200
  • Race Winner: Sam Mayer
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 1 - Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet
  • Owner: L.W. Miller
  • Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
  • Sam Mayer won the Shriners Children's 200, his second victory in 74 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Watkins Glen International.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Parker Kligerman (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. It was his 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Chandler Smith (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sam Mayer takes the checkered flag
Watkins Glen, New York - August 19, 2023 : Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
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Shriners Children's 200 at Watkins Glen International 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 9,600 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 86 125.30 5 1 45 4 8 12.9 3.60 8 9.3 2.00 54.60
2 9,400 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 86 106.30 13 2 42 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 53.00
5 9,000 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 86 93.80 14 3 41 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 52.00
2 8,600 Ross Chastain DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 86 80.30 17 4 40 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 53.00
2 6,800 Connor Mosack Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota 86 66.50 19 5 39 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 53.00
11 9,700 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 86 92.10 12 6 38 6 1 1.61 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 44.45
14 10,200 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 86 99.20 4 7 37 -3 8 12.9 3.60 1 1.2 0.25 37.85
9 7,700 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 86 75.50 18 8 36 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 46.00
17 10,500 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 17 Chevrolet 86 102.10 2 9 35 -7 2 3.23 0.90 4 4.7 1.00 29.90
8 7,000 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 86 68.20 25 10 34 15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 49.00
10 7,400 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 86 79.50 24 11 32 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 45.00
6 5,100 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 86 59.30 32 12 31 20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 51.00
7 5,500 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 86 55.80 33 13 30 20 0 0 0.00 2 2.3 0.50 50.50
18 9,200 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 86 108.50 11 14 29 -3 8 12.9 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 29.60
15 7,500 Sage Karam Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 86 74.50 21 15 28 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
25 10,000 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 86 106.40 3 16 27 -13 3 4.84 1.35 1 1.2 0.25 15.60
13 10,900 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 86 132.30 1 17 26 -16 32 51.61 14.40 70 81.4 17.50 41.90
23 8,800 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 86 76.30 9 18 25 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
12 5,300 Kyle Sieg N/A 28 Ford 86 45.20 37 19 24 18 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 42.00
27 8,500 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 86 92.30 7 20 23 -13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
19 6,300 Ryan Sieg N/A 39 Ford 86 64.30 26 21 21 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 26.00
15 4,800 Joe Graf Jr N/A 38 Ford 85 35.20 36 22 20 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
32 8,100 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 84 76.50 6 23 19 -17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 2.00
23 6,500 Alex Labbe SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevrolet 83 53.20 22 24 18 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
20 6,100 Josh Bilicki N/A N/A N/A 83 39.50 28 25 17 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
21 6,200 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 82 51.20 29 26 16 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
35 11,500 Kyle Busch Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 78 72.20 8 27 15 -19 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -4.00
33 7,900 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 78 74.70 15 28 14 -13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 1.00
29 7,200 Brett Moffitt AM Racing 25 Ford 66 58.80 20 29 13 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
22 4,900 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 65 38.80 35 30 12 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
28 5,800 Anthony Alfredo BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 61 48.70 27 31 10 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
26 5,400 Stanton Barrett N/A 35 Toyota 56 30.00 38 32 9 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 15.00
34 5,600 Stefan Parsons Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 45 54.00 23 33 8 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00
29 6,000 Max McLaughlin FRS Racing 96 Chevrolet 43 30.20 31 34 7 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
38 8,300 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 37 63.20 10 35 6 -25 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -19.00
31 5,200 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 23 33.80 34 36 5 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
37 6,700 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 21 33.70 16 37 4 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -17.00
36 4,600 Blaine Perkins Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 11 26.80 30 38 3 -8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00