Entry List

The official 2021 Credit Karma Money 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Credit Karma Money 250

Saturday, July 10th, 2021

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA

  • 28 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 4 Ford

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Credit Karma Money 250
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 36
  • Team: No. 54 - Extra Gum Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Busch won the Pole Award for the Credit Karma Money 250 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, July 10th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kyle Busch Earns Historic NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory in Overtime Thriller

Kyle Busch earned his record 102nd NASCAR Xfinity Series race victory Saturday afternoon in the Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway – taking the checkered flag in overtime to top a perfect 5-for-5 record in Xfinity starts this season.

The winningest driver in series history proclaimed Saturday's work to be his final curtain call, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion saying he would no longer compete in the Xfinity Series.

Ironically, in what should have been his biggest bow before the fans – his traditional victory celebration – Busch, 36, opted for a more subdued acknowledgement of the win. He placed the flag inside his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 Toyota and conceded the win wasn't exactly how he wanted to add to his historic victory tally.

On the previous restart with only six laps remaining, Busch was behind his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Hemric and gave him a bumper-push forward to help the two get in front of the field. But Hemric's No. 18 JGR Toyota instead wiggled sideways, made contact with another car and hooked into the outside wall; the wreck forcing the overtime finish.

It had looked as if Busch, who led a race best 98 laps, and Hemric were going to settle the trophy between themselves. A victory for the 30-year old Hemric, would have been his first in any of NASCAR's premier series. He now has 105 Xfinity Series starts and nine runner-up finishes. On Saturday, he finished 30th.

"Not quite the win we were hoping for," Busch said, "a little bit of a somber win, I guess, not just for it being it the last one, but for the way it kind of happened.

"Really hate it for my teammate Daniel Hemric there on the front stretch. Just trying to get to him, trying to push him, trying to hit him and get him moving forward. We hit that bump there on the track at the same time and it kind of juked his car and he was across traffic, I guess. Ended up wrecked, which was not all how I foresaw that all going.

"But we were able to push our way through and get on to victory lane."

Added Busch, who won both stages and now has led an Xfinity Series record 20,088 laps, "He probably was going to have us beat, you know. Whoever got ahead off of Turn 2 on a restart was probably going to circle back around and take the checkered."

For his part, an obviously disappointed Hemric had very little to say on the team radio when the incident happened on-track, but spoke to reporters on pit road after the race and remained upbeat despite the frustrating situation.

"What could have been, right, that's all you can think about," Hemric told NBCSN on pit road. "On the flipside, you can't change it. Obviously, I know it wasn't intentional by no means. I did spin the tires a little bit, we were on scuffed tires there.

"I thought we got rolling there the best we could, and Kyle just went to push me and help out momentum in the bottom lane. Right when he went to hook on my back bumper, there's a swell there right before you turn into one Turn 1. The way the car loads there, and the bumpers didn't align and it shot me right there.

"I know it wasn't intentional but at the end of the day, I'm talking to you guys with a torn-up race car. This sucks."

"I don't know if I should have been expecting something different than what happened," Hemric continued. "But as soon as he touched me I never had a chance. That's a product of taking off in a restart zone on older tires and we're all doing all we can.

"Just unfortunate, but congrats to those guys they've been on top of it and our day will come."

Kaulig Racing's Jeb Burton finished second to Busch by .550-seconds, followed by JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson, who was leading the field to green following a caution period in the middle of the race only to have to drop into the pits to repair a punctured tire just before the restart. He was 31st at the time and rallied all the way to third. It was his best showing since a runner-up finish at Martinsville in early April – 12 races ago.

Burton's Kaulig teammate Justin Haley finished fourth and Ty Dillon earned his best showing of the season with a fifth-place run. Brett Moffitt, Justin Allgaier, Jeremy Clements, rookie Sam Mayer, championship leader Austin Cindric and Austin Dillon rounded out the Top-10.

It was a particularly impressive run for Austin Dillon, who got the call to substitute for Michael Annett in the JR Motorsports No. 1 Chevrolet only minutes before the race started. He was on the team radio asking for the name of his crew chief and his spotter just after the field took the green flag.

With only eight races remaining to set the 12-driver Xfinity Series Playoffs field, Cindric, a four-race winner, continues to lead the championship standings by 74 points over Allmendinger and Hemric is third.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 163
  • Laps Actual: 164 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.550 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 18 Minutes 59 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 109.032
  • Cautions: 10 for 43 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,896 (15.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250
  • Race Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 36
  • Team : No. 54 - Extra Gum Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Kyle Busch won the Inaugural Credit Karma Money 250, his 102nd victory in 363 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his third victory and 11th top-10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Jeb Burton (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier celebrates with a burnout
Hampton, Georgia - March 20, 2021 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Axalta / EchoPark Automotive Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series EchoPark 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on.
Kevin C CoxGetty Images
Credit Karma Money 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 39 Chevrolet Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
2 54 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 36 Toyota Extra Gum Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
3 4 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet Voyager JD Motorsports Tommy Machek
4 61 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 53 Toyota Whataburger Hattori Racing Enterprises Johnny Roten
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet hellowater Defense JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 1 Michael Annett Des Moines, IA Jun 23, 1986 35 Chevrolet PFJ Spicy Chicken Sandwich JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
7 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 28 Chevrolet Concrete Supply Our Motorsports Tucker Scanlon
8 23 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 29 Chevrolet Childress Vineyards Our Motorsports Matt Swiderski
9 10 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 28 Chevrolet Nutrien AG Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
10 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, NC Jun 22, 1989 32 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Paul Clapprood
11 52 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Feb 10, 1998 23 Chevrolet Panini America Means Motorsports Tim Brown
12 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game RSS Racing Shane Wilson
13 47 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 23 Chevrolet Axe Crossbows Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon
14 18 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 30 Toyota Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
15 78 Jesse Little Sherrills Ford, NC Apr 15, 1997 24 Toyota Unsponsored BJ McLeod Motorsports Adam Brooks
16 74 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 24 Chevrolet Fort Worth Screen Printing Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett
17 11 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 22 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
18 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 28 Chevrolet Larue Industrial Snowblowers DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
19 22 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 22 Ford Car Shop Team Penske Brian Wilson
20 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 27 Chevrolet Baby Dogecoin Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
21 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 24 Toyota Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
22 66 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 29 Toyota Sci-Aps Motorsports Business Management Doug Richert
23 20 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 20 Toyota Offerpad Awesome Different Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
24 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 36 Chevrolet All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
25 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 22 Chevrolet Z Grills SS Green Light Racing Mike Tyska
26 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 27 Chevrolet Coolray Heating & AC DGM Racing Eddie Troconis
27 5 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 24 Chevrolet JF Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
28 2 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 26 Chevrolet Crosley Furniture Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
29 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 22 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC JR Motorsports Dave Elenz
30 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 22 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
31 44 Tommy Joe Martins Como, MS Dec 7, 1986 34 Chevrolet Diamond Gusset Jeans Martins Motorsports Buddy Sisco
32 99 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 24 Ford Anderson Power Services BJ McLeod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
33 15 Colby Howard Simpsonville, SC Oct 28, 2001 19 Chevrolet Project Hope Foundation JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
34 17 Carson Ware Jamestown, NC Feb 28, 2000 21 Chevrolet Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Jason Miller
35 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 33 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
36 90 Ronnie Bassett Jr Winston-Salem, NC Dec 21, 1995 25 Chevrolet Unsponsored DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
37 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 20 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
38 31 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 30 Chevrolet Bommarito.com / EasyCare Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
39 126 Santino Ferrucci Woodbury, CT May 31, 1998 23 Toyota Manatawny Still Works Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
40 8 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet QPS Employment Group JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer