Entry List

The official 2021 Food City 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Bristol Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Food City 300

Friday, September 17th, 2021

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 3 Ford

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Food City 300
  • Pole Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: David Elenz
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Noah Gragson won the Pole Award for the Food City 300 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.

  • Friday, September 17th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger triumphs at Bristol, wins Xfinity regular-season crown in slugfest

With cars bouncing off each other like pinballs through two laps of overtime, AJ Allmendinger took his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet three-wide to the bottom, passed Justin Allgaier and Austin Cindric on the final lap and won Friday night's Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The victory gave Allmendinger the NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship by 10 points over Cindric, who held the race lead when the 10th and final caution flag flew on Lap 297 of 300 after Allgaier turned JR Motorsports teammate Sam Mayer in Turn 1.

In the overtime, things got crazy. Cindric and Allgaier picked the top lane, and Allmendinger chose the inside of the front row. On the white-flag lap, Allmendinger drove hard into Turns 3 and 4 and slid up into Cindric's No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Allmendinger fell back to third, but contact between Allgaier's Camaro and Cindric's Mustang gave Allmendinger a chance to slip beneath both cars into the lead.

But the race wasn't over. On the final lap, Cindric charged off the final corner, slammed into Allmendinger, and both cars slid sideways across the finish line, with Allmendinger the winner by .082 seconds.

After taking the checkered flag, Allmendinger careened off the inside wall, slid across the track into traffic and took a huge hit from Kaulig Racing teammate Justin Haley.

But the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship was his.

"I expected to get run into," Allmendinger said. "It happened that previous corner. It's frustrating getting hit that hard coming to checker, but we're battling for the win. It's Bristol, baby. That's what it's all about.

"I haven't had a lot of chances to get a win at Bristol, so you know what? When you have a chance to do it, you've got to go do it. If I don't take that chance, I don't belong in a race car, because my team deserves the win."

Under the circumstances, Cindric exhibited remarkable restraint in his post-race interview.

"I thought we had a great battle all season long up to this point, so congratulations to Kaulig and AJ," said Cindric, who led 75 laps, third-most behind Allgaier's 92 and Daniel Hemric's 78. "Those guys didn't want us to win really bad, and I hate that it completely destroyed our Ford Mustang.

"That's all I've got, man...It's looks like the 7 (Allgaier) just got loose there (in spinning Mayer), and AJ obviously just drove straight through us. You'll have that in green-white-checkered racing."

The victory was Allmendinger's first at Bristol, his fourth of the season and the ninth of his career. The final lap of overtime was the only lap he led, as the race went six laps past its scheduled distance of 300 circuits.

The regular-season cutoff race also set the final positions for the Round of 12 in the Xfinity Series Playoff. With no new winner, Brandon Jones, Riley Herbst and Jeremy Clements clinched the final three spots on points, as expected, as the series heads for the Playoff opener Sept. 25 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Herbst finished third behind the wrecking cars of Allmendinger and Cindric. Allgaier fell to fourth on the final lap, with Jones and Haley running fifth and sixth. Harrison Burton, Myatt Snider, Mayer and Hemric completed the top 10.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Laps Actual: 306 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.082 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 75.026
  • Cautions: 10 for 72 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,071 (4.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 40th Annual Food City 300
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 39
  • Team : No. 16 - Barger Precast Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 40th Annual Food City 300, his ninth victory in 53 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Riley Herbst (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger has won the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship.
Chase Briscoe celebrates with a burnout at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee - September 18, 2020 : Chase Briscoe, driver of the #98 Ford Performance Racing School Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Food City 300 at Bristol 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 Barger Precast Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
2 104 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Tommy Machek
3 66 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 53 Toyota Whataburger Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
4 13 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 28 Toyota Unsponsored Motorsports Business Management Sebastian Laforge
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet Brandt JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 29 Chevrolet Fr8Auctions Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
7 23 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 29 Chevrolet Home Town Lenders Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
8 10 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 29 Chevrolet Dynagro Seed Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
9 15 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 37 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
10 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, NC Jun 22, 1989 32 Chevrolet ForeverLawn JD Motorsports Paul Clapprood
11 52 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Feb 10, 1998 23 Chevrolet Panini American UFC Prizm Means Motorsports Tim Brown
12 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
13 47 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 24 Chevrolet Axe Crossbows Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
14 18 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 30 Toyota Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
15 61 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 26 Toyota Black Oak Contracting Hattori Racing Enterprises Doug Richert
16 178 Jesse Little Sherrills Ford, NC Apr 15, 1997 24 Chevrolet David's Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports Adam Brooks
17 74 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 24 Chevrolet Date Mining / JM Steel Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett
18 11 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 22 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
19 90 Spencer Boyd Creve Coeur, MO Jun 26, 1995 26 Chevrolet DGM Racing DGM Racing BJ Tucker
20 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 28 Chevrolet Globocam / Rousseau DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
21 22 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 23 Ford Menards / Richmond Team Penske Brian Wilson
22 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 28 Chevrolet Jabs Construction Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
23 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 24 Toyota YeeYee Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
24 20 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 20 Toyota DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
25 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 36 Chevrolet All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
26 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 23 Chevrolet Bucked Up Energy SS Green Light Racing Joe Williams
27 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 28 Chevrolet Workpro Tools DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
28 199 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 24 Chevrolet SOKAL Digital BJ McLeod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
29 2 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 26 Chevrolet Crosley Furniture Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
30 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC JR Motorsports Dave Elenz
31 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 22 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
32 44 Tommy Joe Martins Como, MS Dec 7, 1986 34 Chevrolet Gilreath Farms Red Angus Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
33 26 Brandon Gdovic Pittsburgh, PA Feb 28, 1992 29 Toyota SnapMobile.Shop Alternate Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
34 17 Carson Ware Jamestown, NC Feb 28, 2000 21 Chevrolet Pounds Property Management SS Green Light Racing Jason Miller
35 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 33 Chevrolet Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
36 106 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 20 Chevrolet Voyager JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
37 105 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet JF Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
38 1 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 30 Chevrolet PFJ Thank A Trucker JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
39 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 18 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
40 8 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet Tire Pros JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
41 31 Sage Karam Nazareth, PA Mar 5, 1995 26 Chevrolet Bommarito Automotive Group Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire