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ToyotaCare 250

Saturday, March 30th, 2024

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Richmond Raceway
  • ToyotaCare 250
  • Pole Winner: Parker Retzlaff
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 31 - FUNKAWAY Chevrolet
  • Owner: Jordan Anderson
  • Crew Chief: Chad Kendrick
  • Parker Retzlaff won the Pole Award for the ToyotaCare 250 with a lap of 22.42 seconds, 120.428 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 48 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2024.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Brandon Jones (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2024 and his seventh in 14 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his fourth in six races this season.
  • Jesse Love (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 30th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Chandler Smith wins second Xfinity race of the season at Richmond

Chandler Smith led a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep at Richmond (Va.) Raceway Saturday afternoon cruising to a 4.495-seconds victory over teammates Aric Almirola and Tanner Gray in the ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

It marks back-to-back wins in this race for Smith – answering his first career Xfinity Series victory last Spring – and he led the final 60 laps in the No. 81 JGR Toyota, 76 laps on the day for his third career win, second of the season. It was his teammate Almirola, who won both Stages and led a race best 95 of the 250 laps in his No. 20 JGR Toyota, but the former fulltime NASCAR Cup Series driver ultimately could not catch Smith, who pulled away in the closing laps.

“Never give up, never give up,” said Smith, who has top-10 finishes in all six races this year. “This car was not good. Stage 1 wasn’t good, but we were able to do some strategy there with this No. 81 Supra in Stage 2.

“Back here winning races on a consistent basis and took over the points lead too, I’m just blessed,” he added.

For his part Almirola acknowledged he just didn’t have what he needed to catch the 21-year old Georgia-native in the closing laps. He’ll have another chance at victory next week as he’s in the car again at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

“We just got a little bit too loose,” Almirola said. “The run before that in Stage 2, when I took off my car was really, really good. At the end, it just felt a little tight and that last run for whatever reason, different set of tires or what, I let Chandler go and when I started to just creep back to him, I didn’t have anything to go with.

“I was too loose in and couldn’t get throttle down on exit. Hate that to win both stages and feel like we had the dominant car and then to let it slip away there at the end, is disappointing.”

The JGR team can also take pride in its third-place finish – considering it was the 19-year old Gray’s series debut. NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series full-timer Corey Heim was fourth followed by series rookie Jesse Love.

It was also a big outing for renowned late model racer Bubba Pollard, punctuating his series debut with a sixth-place finish in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet – particularly impressive considering Pollard started 37th.

“I just got behind in qualifying there and it made for a long day,” Pollard said. “But these guys gave me a great race car, JR Motorsports.

“I needed that long green flag run just to get in a rhythm. This place is tough, it’s technical and probably one of the toughest places I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of places.

“I’m happy with it. I enjoyed it and had fun and hopefully the fans enjoyed it too.”

Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, JR Motorsports Sammy Smith and reigning series champion Cole Custer rounded out the top-10. The 20-year old Parker Retzlaff, who won his first career pole position Saturday, finished 16th in the No. 31 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet and led a career high 27 laps.

With their work, Smith, Almirola, Love and Kligerman have qualified for next week’s Dash 4 Cash event at Martinsville Speedway, and the highest finisher of the four Dash 4 Cash drivers in the race will collect an extra $100,000 bonus.

With the win, Smith takes a 10-point driver standings lead over Hill to next Saturday’s DUDE Wipes 250 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). John Hunter Nemechek is the defending race winner.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: 04.495 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 18 Minutes 35 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 81.179
  • Cautions: 6 for 51 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,668 (8.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Richmond Raceway
  • ToyotaCare 250
  • Race Winner: Chandler Smith
  • Age: 21
  • Team : No. 81 - Mobil 1 Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250, his third victory in 42 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2024.
  • This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his second top-10 finish in seven races at Richmond Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Richmond Raceway.
  • Jesse Love (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 10 points over Austin Hill.
Taylor Gray and Jesse Love drive during practice
Richmond, Virginia - March 30, 2024 : Taylor Gray, driver of the #19 Place of Hope Toyota, and Jesse Love, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, drive during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway.
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ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway 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 10,800 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota 250 133.40 4 1 45 3 27 14.06 12.15 76 30.4 19.00 79.15
1 10,300 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 250 136.20 10 2 42 8 33 17.19 14.85 95 38.0 23.75 88.60
3 8,500 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 250 98.20 27 3 41 24 12 6.25 5.40 0 0.0 0.00 70.40
5 7,800 Corey Heim Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 250 111.30 6 4 40 2 13 6.77 5.85 15 6.0 3.75 51.60
8 9,400 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 250 96.20 8 5 39 3 2 1.04 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 42.90
4 8,000 Bubba Pollard JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 250 81.40 37 6 38 31 1 0.52 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 69.45
11 8,200 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 250 89.80 9 7 37 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 39.00
7 9,500 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 250 95.80 16 8 36 8 2 1.04 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 44.90
10 8,800 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 250 88.50 13 9 35 4 2 1.04 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 39.90
13 10,500 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 249 106.80 3 10 34 -7 20 10.42 9.00 7 2.8 1.75 37.75
8 11,000 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 249 108.80 5 11 32 -6 22 11.46 9.90 28 11.2 7.00 42.90
6 6,600 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 249 77.40 26 12 31 14 6 3.13 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 47.70
17 9,200 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 249 92.20 14 13 30 1 4 2.08 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 32.80
23 9,700 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 249 78.00 7 14 29 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
21 7,500 Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig Racing 97 Chevrolet 249 72.80 12 15 28 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
24 7,300 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 249 86.70 1 16 27 -15 6 3.13 2.70 27 10.8 6.75 21.45
18 5,700 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 249 70.70 23 17 26 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
12 7,200 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing 38 Ford 249 63.30 31 18 25 13 1 0.52 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 38.45
16 5,400 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 249 59.00 29 19 24 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
20 4,800 Leland Honeyman Jr N/A 42 Chevrolet 249 53.70 25 20 23 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 28.00
15 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 249 43.00 36 21 21 15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 36.00
14 5,800 Logan Bearden SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 249 55.10 32 22 20 10 16 8.33 7.20 0 0.0 0.00 37.20
19 5,500 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 249 46.20 34 23 19 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
25 6,300 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 249 54.80 17 24 18 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
21 4,500 Dawson Cram JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 248 39.50 33 25 17 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
25 6,500 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 248 54.80 21 26 16 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
28 5,100 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 248 45.80 22 27 15 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
29 5,200 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 248 50.70 19 28 14 -9 11 5.73 4.95 0 0.0 0.00 9.95
33 6,800 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 248 43.00 18 29 13 -11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 2.00
34 9,000 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 246 87.40 11 30 12 -19 13 6.77 5.85 2 0.8 0.50 -0.65
31 6,000 Hailie Deegan AM Racing 15 Ford 241 44.70 24 31 10 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
36 7,000 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 220 50.00 15 32 9 -17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -8.00
31 5,300 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing 29 Ford 181 30.80 28 33 8 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
25 5,000 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevrolet 171 36.30 38 34 7 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
37 10,000 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 118 36.50 20 35 6 -15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
30 4,700 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet 95 25.30 35 36 5 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
38 8,300 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 42 52.90 2 37 4 -35 1 0.52 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -30.55
35 5,600 Ryan Vargas Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevrolet 18 24.20 30 38 3 -8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00