Entry List

The official 2021 Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 11 Toyota

  • New Hampshire Motor Speedway
  • Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200
  • Pole Winner: Jeb Burton
  • Age: 28
  • Team: No. 10 - LS Tractors Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Jeb Burton won the Pole Award for the Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 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 17th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Christopher Bell wins third straight Xfinity race at New Hampshire

Kyle Busch had used up his eligibility for this year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Ty Gibbs had the week off.

But the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota they have driven to a combined seven victories this season was still around—much to the chagrin of the series regulars.

Competing in the Xfinity Series for the first time since he finished third in the final standings in 2019, Christopher Bell led 151 of 200 laps, swept the first two stages and won Saturday's Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The victory was Bell's third straight at the 1.058-mile track and the 17th of his career. It was the sixth straight win for Joe Gibbs Racing at New Hampshire, which did not host an Xfinity Series race last year because of schedule changes necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bell was the only former New Hampshire winner in the field for Saturday's race. He finished a comfortable 6.241 seconds ahead of runner-up Justin Allgaier, who held off third-place Daniel Hemric during the final 45-lap green-flag run.

From Bell's standpoint, the secret to success was easy to define.

"What I've got figured out is I've got really, really fast race cars to drive," said Bell, who started 14th and took the lead for the first time on Lap 44—one circuit before the end of the first stage. "I just love being here with Joe Gibbs Racing. All these Supras I've for the last three times I've been here have been amazing.

"Hopefully, the Camry is just a good tomorrow (in the NASCAR Cup Series race), but it just feels good to win."

A flat right front tire shot Patrick Emerling's Chevrolet into the outside wall in Turn 4 to cause the fifth and last caution of the race on Lap 149. After an adjustment to his No. 7 Chevrolet designed to create short-run speed, Allgaier battled Bell side-by side after the final restart on Lap 156.

But the strength and turning ability of Bell's car, set up by crew chief Chris Gayle, soon prevailed, and Bell pulled away as Allgaier and Hemric fought for the second position.

"Obviously, it was a good short-track battle there," Allgaier said. "This place is difficult, but it's fun. You're out there and you're sliding around a lot. We didn't start off the race like we wanted to, and (crew chief) Jason (Burdett) and the boys did a great job of making adjustments and getting us where we needed to be at.

"I wish I knew what we needed there. The Gibbs cars definitely had something we didn't have today. We'll go back home, we'll keep working on it and hopefully get our Brandt Camaro into Victory Lane sooner than later."

Series leader Austin Cindric ran fourth, followed by Harrison Burton, announced this week as the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers NASCAR Cup Series Ford for 2022. Justin Haley, Myatt Snider, Josh Berry, Brett Moffitt and Riley Herbst completed the top 10.

Herbst made a remarkable recovery from an early accident on a Lap 26 restart and now trails Michael Annett by 32 points for the final Playoff position. Annett missed Saturday's race—with Berry as his substitute—after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his right femur.

NASCAR opted not to apply traction compound to the third lane of the racing surface, though the PJ1 had been used for recent races at New Hampshire.

Accordingly, Bell believes racing on Saturday without the compound will give him an advantage in Sunday's Cup race.

"Especially coming here, the Xfinity rules package is really similar to the Cup rules package," Bell said. "I hope we have a really fast Camry tomorrow."

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 06.241 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 4 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 102.031
  • Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,019 (5.9 passes per green flag lap)
Riley Herbst pits at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire - July 17, 2021 : Riley Herbst, driver of the #98 Monster Energy Ford, pits during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire 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 90 Dexter Bean Westby, WI Jan 5, 1987 34 Chevrolet DGM Racing DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
3 17 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 44 Ford Nurtec Rick Ware Racing Jason Miller
4 4 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet Voyager JD Motorsports Tommy Machek
5 66 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 53 Toyota Carson Towing & Repair Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
6 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet Brandt JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
7 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 28 Chevrolet Robert B Our Co Inc Our Motorsports Tucker Scanlon
8 10 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 28 Chevrolet LS Tractors Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
9 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, NC Jun 22, 1989 32 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Paul Clapprood
10 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Game RSS Racing Shane Wilson
11 47 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 23 Chevrolet Axe Crossbows Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon
12 18 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 30 Toyota Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
13 13 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 26 Toyota Unsponsored Motorsports Business Management Sebastian Laforge
14 78 Jesse Little Sherrills Ford, NC Apr 15, 1997 24 Toyota Unsponsored BJ McLeod Motorsports Adam Brooks
15 11 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 22 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
16 52 Spencer Boyd Creve Coeur, MO Jun 26, 1995 26 Chevrolet Freedom Warranty Means Motorsports Tim Brown
17 54 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 26 Toyota DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
18 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 28 Chevrolet Prolon / rousseau / Silver Wax 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 Jabs Construction Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
21 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 24 Toyota Menards / Jeld-Wen Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
22 61 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 29 Toyota Sci Aps Hattori Racing Enterprises Doug Richert
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 First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
25 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 23 Chevrolet Bucked Up Energy SS Green Light Racing Joe Williams
26 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 27 Chevrolet Sleep Well / ANE Electric DGM Racing Eddie Troconis
27 5 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 Crosley Furniture 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 99 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 24 Toyota Brunt Workwear BJ McLeod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
33 15 Colby Howard Simpsonville, SC Oct 28, 2001 19 Chevrolet Project Hope Foundation JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
34 126 Brandon Gdovic Pittsburgh, PA Feb 28, 1992 29 Toyota SnapMobile.Shop Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
35 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 33 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
36 23 Patrick Emerling Orchard Park, NY Sep 19, 1992 28 Chevrolet Spirit Snorkeling Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
37 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 20 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
38 31 Jordan Anderson Forest Acres, SC Apr 15, 1991 30 Chevrolet Bommarito.com Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
39 1 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 30 Chevrolet PFJ Spicy Chicken Sandwhich JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
40 8 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet Unsponsored JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
41 74 Dawson Cram San Diego, CA Sep 12, 2001 19 Chevrolet Crafty One Customs Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett