The official 2021 New Holland 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Michigan International Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Saturday, August 21st, 2021
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Standing in front of an enthusiastic Michigan International Speedway grandstands after his victory burnout, Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger paused and took in the cheering crowd – on its feet and chanting his name 'AJ. AJ. AJ."
It was the second time in the past week that Allmendinger earned a trip to NASCAR Victory Lane. On Saturday he prevailed in triple overtime to take the New Holland 250 win – the third of the season and the eighth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of his career. He beat Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brandon Jones to the line by a mere .163-seconds and actually thanked Jones for the push on that last restart to let the two decided the trophy between themselves.
It was a high-action day on the Michigan high-banks, with Allmendinger answering his NASCAR Cup Series win at Indianapolis last week by leading a race best 70 of the 139 Xfinity Series laps on Saturday afternoon at Michigan.
'Whoa, I'm more tired from the celebrations than I am the driving," the 39-year old Allmendinger joked after climbing out of his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet and telling the crowd, 'Thank you so much, guys."
'When you restart on the front row, the outside was the place to be. And you also have to just hope you got a push and Brandon Jones, thank you so much. He pushed me every time.
"I don't want to wake up from this dream," Allmendinger added. And while it may have been dream-like for Allmendinger, the outcome was definitely not that for several other of the series' normal frontrunners.
The bottom of the scoreboard read like the top normally would. Championship points leader and five-race winner Austin Cindric, Daniel Hemric, Justin Haley and Myatt Snider were all involved in a Lap 36 seven-car incident. Brandon Brown, who went into the race ranked 14th, hoping to point his way into the Playoffs during the final four regular season races was also involved. Cindric, who won the opening 30-lap Stage 1, Hemric, Snider and Brown were unable to finish the race. And Haley, who is Allmendinger's Kaulig Racing teammate, was able to continue and salvage a 17th-place finish.
'We just got collected in a wreck by the cars that decided to stay out," Team Penske's Cindric said. 'I thought we had the fastest car out there today. In some ways I feel like that is a bold statement coming from me, but our guys did an amazing job on this Ford Mustang and I wish we could have contended for the rest of the race because I think we would have had a shot."
Ty Gibbs, a two-race winner even though he is only competing part-time in 2021, made a solid run for another trophy, but spun out while running top 10 in the second overtime. He said on Twitter following the race, 'Looks like I ran out a talent."
JR Motorsports drivers Noah Gragson and Josh Berry (who drove the No. 1 Chevrolet for injured Michael Annett) finished third and fourth with Berry leading an impressive 24 laps and keeping Allmendinger honest in the closing laps. Harrison Burton rounded out the top five.
Justin Allgaier, Riley Herbst, Brett Moffitt, rookie Jade Buford and NASCAR Cup Series regular Bubba Wallace rounded out the top 10.
There are now four races remaining to set the season's 12-driver Playoff field. The NASCAR Xfinity Series' next race is the Wawa 250 under the lights at Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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1 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Los Gatos, CA | Dec 16, 1981 | 39 | Chevrolet | RAMCO Specialties, Inc | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
2 | 4 | Landon Cassill | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jul 7, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | Voyager | JD Motorsports | Tommy Machek |
3 | 66 | David Starr | Houston, TX | Nov 11, 1967 | 53 | Toyota | Sinex Transport | Motorsports Business Management | Johnny Roten |
4 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Riverton, IL | Jun 6, 1986 | 35 | Chevrolet | Brandt | JR Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
5 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Grimes, IA | Aug 7, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Our Motorsports | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
6 | 10 | Jeb Burton | Halifax, VA | Aug 6, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Nutrien AG Solutions | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
7 | 0 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Paul Clapprood |
8 | 52 | Gray Gaulding | Colonial Heights, VA | Feb 10, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | SVS Vision | Means Motorsports | Tim Brown |
9 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 34 | Ford | CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game | RSS Racing | Shane Wilson |
10 | 61 | Bubba Wallace | Mobile, AL | Oct 8, 1993 | 27 | Toyota | AISIN | Hattori Racing Enterprises | David McCarty |
11 | 47 | Kyle Weatherman | Wentzville, MO | Aug 28, 1997 | 23 | Chevrolet | Axe Crossbows | Mike Harmon Racing | Mike Tyska |
12 | 18 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 30 | Toyota | Poppy Bank | Joe Gibbs Racing | Dave Rogers |
13 | 199 | Jesse Little | Sherrills Ford, NC | Apr 15, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Adam Brooks |
14 | 23 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | Ohio Logistics | ||
15 | 74 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 24 | Chevrolet | Fort Worth Screen Printing | Mike Harmon Racing | Ed Jewett |
16 | 11 | Justin Haley | Winamac, IN | Apr 28, 1999 | 22 | Chevrolet | LeafFilter Gutter Protection | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
17 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Can-Am | DGM Racing | Mario Gosselin |
18 | 22 | Austin Cindric | Columbus, OH | Sep 2, 1998 | 22 | Ford | Menards / NIBCO | Team Penske | Brian Wilson |
19 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 27 | Chevrolet | Baby Dogecoin | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
20 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 24 | Toyota | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
21 | 90 | Caesar Bacarella | Parkland, FL | Dec 18, 1975 | 45 | Chevrolet | AP Sports Regimen / Maxim | DGM Racing | BJ Tucker |
22 | 26 | Colin Garrett | Paces, VA | Jul 6, 2000 | 21 | Toyota | 11/11 Project | Sam Hunt Racing | Andrew Abbott |
23 | 20 | Harrison Burton | Huntersville, NC | Oct 9, 2000 | 20 | Toyota | DEX Imaging | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
24 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 36 | Chevrolet | Booze Pops | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
25 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Mahwah, NJ | Jul 12, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | Powerweld | SS Green Light Racing | Joe Williams |
26 | 92 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | General Formulations | DGM Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
27 | 105 | Matt Mills | Lynchburg, VA | Nov 14, 1996 | 24 | Toyota | JF Electric | BJ McLeod Motorsports | David Ingram |
28 | 2 | Myatt Snider | Charlotte, NC | Dec 30, 1994 | 26 | Chevrolet | Superior Essex | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
29 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Las Vegas, NV | Jul 15, 1998 | 23 | 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 | AAN Adjusters | Martins Motorsports | Dan Stillman |
32 | 178 | Mason Massey | Douglasville, GA | Jan 24, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Gerber Collision & Glass | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Keith Wolfe |
33 | 15 | Colby Howard | Simpsonville, SC | Oct 28, 2001 | 19 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
34 | 17 | Carson Ware | Jamestown, NC | Feb 28, 2000 | 21 | Chevrolet | Jacobs | 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 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | La Miranda, CA | Sep 23, 2000 | 20 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
37 | 31 | Jordan Anderson | Forest Acres, SC | Apr 15, 1991 | 30 | Chevrolet | Bommarito Automotive Group | Jordan Anderson Racing | Arthur Haire |
38 | 1 | Josh Berry | Hendersonville, TN | Oct 22, 1990 | 30 | Chevrolet | Pilot Flying J TMAF | JR Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
39 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Charlotte, NC | Oct 4, 2002 | 18 | Toyota | SportClips Haircuts | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
40 | 8 | Sam Mayer | Franklin, WI | Jun 26, 2003 | 18 | Chevrolet | QPS Employment Group | JR Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |