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Kansas Lottery 300

Saturday, October 23rd, 2021

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 3 Ford

  • Kansas Speedway
  • Kansas Lottery 300
  • Pole Winner: Daniel Hemric
  • Age: 30
  • Team: No. 18 - Poppy Bank Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Dave Rogers
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Daniel Hemric won the Pole Award for the Kansas Lottery 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.

  • Saturday, October 23rd, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Rising star Ty Gibbs gets fourth NASCAR Xfinity win in Kansas

Ty Gibbs continued his phenomenal NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie season on Saturday with his fourth victory of the year in the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Gibbs passed reigning series champion Austin Cindric on Lap 190 and 200 and beat the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford to the finish line by .759 seconds to earn his ninth top-five finish in his 16th start.

"He got a little bit free and kind of slowed down in (Turns) 3 and 4, and I could get to his left rear and side-draft him and get away from him," the 19-year-old Gibbs said of the winning pass.

"I got loose a couple of times over there (pointing to Turns 3 and 4), but I was just trying to give it my all, trying to come back with a win. To have four wins this year in the Xfinity Series is just unbelievable."

Gibbs victory as a non-Playoff driver means that at least three drivers will advance to the Championship 4 on points after next Saturday's race at Martinsville Speedway. That's good news for Cindric and AJ Allmendinger (third Saturday), who have made a habit of swapping the series lead this year.

Cindric and Allmendinger leave Kansas 47 points above the cutoff for the Championship 4, and barring disaster at NASCAR's shortest track, both will earn spots in the title race Nov. 6 at Phoenix Raceway.

"I feel like I could hold my own with the track position and we did a good job being consistent and not making mistakes today," said Cindric, who won the second stage and led a race-high 151 laps to 14 for the race winner. "Maybe if I didn't enter (the corner) as high, I could have maybe air-blocked a little better.

"The cooler it got, the freer I was getting. I thought the tire cycle would help me, but it didn't help me. I would have loved the win to lock our way in, but it's better than crashing out at a Kansas Playoff race like I have the last three years. We led a lot of laps but finished second, but it could have been a lot worse."

Indeed. Cindric could have suffered the fate of Noah Gragson or Harrison Burton who wrecked out of the race on Lap 179 when a misjudged move by Sam Mayer sent Burton's Toyota spinning into Gragson's Chevrolet, and both cars clobbered the outside frontstretch wall.

Burton and Gragson finished 34th and 35th respectively, dropping Gragson to sixth in the Playoff standings (24 points below the cut line) and leaving Burton eighth (51 points out of fourth and needing a win next Saturday at Martinsville).

"We were fast today," Burton said. "We felt like this was a race we were finally showing what we were capable of, and it's been a rough couple of weeks really. I don't know - it's just so frustrating."

Ninth-place finisher Justin Allgaier is nine points above the cutoff for the Championship 4, two points ahead of Saturday's polesitter, Daniel Hemric, who recovered from a spin with Gragson on Lap 97 to finish 15th.

Gibbs came back through the field to win despite a pit road speeding penalty under caution on Lap 93 after the completion of the second stage.vJustin Haley improved his chances of qualifying for the championship race with a fourth-place result, leaving him fifth in the standings and seven points behind Hemric. Non-Playoff drivers Ryan Sieg, Brett Moffitt, Michael Annett and Sam Mayer finished fifth through eighth, respectively.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 0.759 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 39 Minutes 48 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 112.641
  • Cautions: 10 for 46 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,685 (10.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kansas Speedway
  • 21st Annual Kansas Lottery 300
  • Race Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the 21st Annual Kansas Lottery 300, his fourth victory in 18 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 24th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Cindric leads the point standings by 0 points over AJ Allmendinger.
Chase Briscoe celebrates with the checkered flag
Kansas City, Kansas - October 17, 2020 : Chase Briscoe, driver of the #98 Ford Performance Racing School Ford, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.
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Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
2 104 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Voyager JD Motorsports Tommy Machek
3 66 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 56 Toyota Brett Baier Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
4 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 38 Chevrolet Brandt JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
5 1 Michael Annett Des Moines, IA Jun 23, 1986 38 Chevrolet Pilot Flying J JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
6 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Dead On Tools Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
7 52 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Chevrolet Donate Life Texas Means Motorsports Tim Brown
8 10 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 32 Chevrolet Dyna Gro Seed Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
9 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, NC Jun 22, 1989 35 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Paul Clapprood
10 26 Dylan Lupton Wilton, CA Dec 7, 1993 30 Toyota Toyota Racing Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
11 74 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Feb 10, 1998 26 Chevrolet SciAps Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
12 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 37 Ford CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
13 47 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 27 Chevrolet Big Frig Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
14 18 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 33 Toyota Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
15 61 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 30 Toyota AutoParts4Less.com Hattori Racing Enterprises Michael Contarino
16 178 Jesse Little Sherrills Ford, NC Apr 15, 1997 27 Chevrolet Shriners Hospital BJ McLeod Motorsports Adam Brooks
17 15 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
18 11 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
19 90 Spencer Boyd Creve Coeur, MO Jun 26, 1995 29 Chevrolet MiniDoge DGM Racing BJ Tucker
20 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 31 Chevrolet Coin / Prolon Controls DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
21 22 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Odyssey Battery Team Penske Brian Wilson
22 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 31 Chevrolet TradeTheChain.com Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
23 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 27 Toyota Menards / Patriot Lighting Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
24 20 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Toyota Morton Buildings / DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
25 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 39 Chevrolet First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
26 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 26 Chevrolet EatSleepRace SS Green Light Racing Joe Williams
27 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 31 Chevrolet WorkPro Tools DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
28 199 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 27 Chevrolet JF Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
29 2 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 29 Chevrolet Louisiana Hot Sauce / Hy-Vee Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
30 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC JR Motorsports Dave Elenz
31 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 25 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
32 44 Tommy Joe Martins Como, MS Dec 7, 1986 37 Chevrolet Alpha Prime Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
33 105 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 27 Toyota Gerber Collision & Glass BJ McLeod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
34 17 Carson Ware Jamestown, NC Feb 28, 2000 24 Chevrolet Jacob Companies SS Green Light Racing Mark Hillman
35 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 36 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
36 23 Patrick Emerling Orchard Park, NY Sep 19, 1992 32 Chevrolet Spirit Snorkeling Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
37 106 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 24 Chevrolet Swann Communications JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
38 31 Jordan Anderson Forest Acres, SC Apr 15, 1991 33 Chevrolet Bommarito Automotive Group Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
39 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
40 8 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 21 Chevrolet Cat Dealer Tech JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer