Entry List

The official 2022 Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC

Saturday, October 8th, 2022

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 4 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina with a lap of 81.694 seconds, 102.235 mph.
  • This is his seventh pole in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 24th top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 17th in 29 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 8th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger wins fourth straight race at Charlotte ROVAL

It took a bit of thievery for AJ Allmendinger to preserve his perfect record at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

"We got that one—we stole that one," shouted Allmendinger after spinning his car like a dervish during a celebratory burnout at the finish line of the 2.32-mile, 17-turn road course.

Indeed, the 40-year-old Allmendinger swiped the lead from Ty Gibbs—a driver half his age—after an overtime restart on Lap 68 of the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, the Round of 12 elimination race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

After lagging behind Gibbs into Turn 1 on three previous restarts, Allmendinger kept his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet to the outside of Gibbs No. 54 Toyota through the first corner, surged ahead into Turn 2 and cleared Gibbs from the inside line through Turns 3 and 4.

"It's unbelievable," Allmendinger, who won for the fourth time in four starts at the Charlotte ROVAL. "Ty was really good there at the end, and I didn't know if I was going to be able to get him. I knew if I could just get to one restart on the outside of him, at least we'd have a chance."

Once in the lead, Allmendinger survived a second overtime restart before beating Gibbs to the finish line by .582 seconds. The victory was Allmendinger's second straight in the series, his fifth of the season and the 15th of his career — 10 of which have come on road courses.

"I was wanting it pretty bad there," Allmendinger said. "I didn't think we had a shot, but I'm always going to put it on my back when it's time to go. We got that one. We stole that one!...

"I drove it in as deep as I could (on the final restart), probably used Ty up just a little bit, but I'd expect the same if the roles were reversed."

Gibbs was diplomatic in his assessment of the final two restarts.

"I just lost the lead on that one restart and didn't execute the right way and lost it there," Gibbs said. "The last one, I caught the fence when I got ran wide, and it just kind of hurt my momentum… I feel like I gave it my best run, but I was proud of the effort.

"I had a fun out there and learned a lot."

Allmendinger already had clinched a spot in the Playoffs' Round of 8 with last Saturday's victory at Talladega. So had third-place finisher Noah Gragson, who won his fourth straight race a week earlier at Texas Motor Speedway.

Gibbs clinched his spot in the Round of 8 by finishing second to Allmendinger in the first stage of Saturday's race. Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill and Brandon Jones also advanced to the next round, with Jones finishing seventh in the race and claiming the final spot by two points over Ryan Sieg.

All four JR Motorsports drivers—Gragson, Allgaier, Berry and Mayer—will be competing for positions in the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway.

In addition to Sieg, reigning series champion Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst and Jeremy Clements were eliminated from the postseason.

Hemric qualified third but slammed into the outside barrier between Turns 5 and 6 on Lap 3. He recovered to finish 17th but ended the round 11 points behind Jones after contact from Sieg on a late restart.

"I made a mistake on Lap 3 that you just can't make," Hemric said ruefully.

Road course specialist James Davison ran fourth, followed by Allgaier, Alex Labbe, Jones, Berry, Sieg and Landon Cassill.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 67
  • Laps Actual: 72 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.582 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 21 Minutes 37 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.771
  • Cautions: 9 for 15 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,546 (27.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, his 15th victory in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and 26th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his fourth consecutive victory at the Charlotte Road Course - series-most consecutive wins on a road course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Sheldon Creed (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Allmendinger's four straight wins are also the second-most consecutive wins at a single track behind Dale Earnhardt (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Texas) and Jack Ingram (South Boston) with five straight wins each.
AJ Allmendinger celebrates after winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval
Concord, North Carolina - October 9, 2021 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Hyperice Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
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Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 40 Chevrolet Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 08 Andy Lally Northport, NY Feb 11, 1975 47 Ford Engine Parts Plus/DBAutomotive SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
3 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 46 Chevrolet WorkPro Breast Cancer Aware Motorsports Business Management George Church
4 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 33 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
5 13 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 29 Chevrolet Motorsports Business Management Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
6 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 36 Chevrolet The BRANDT Foundation JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
7 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 30 Chevrolet Arrowhead Brass Our Motorsports Chad Walter
8 47 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Feb 10, 1998 24 Chevrolet Unsponsored Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
9 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 35 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
10 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
11 52 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 31 Chevrolet Jimmy Means Racing Means Motorsports Tim Brown
12 44 Josh Bilicki Menomonee Falls, WI Jun 3, 1995 27 Chevrolet Insurance King/Susan G. Komen Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
13 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet JD Motorsports JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
14 18 James Davison Melbourne, Australia Aug 28, 1986 36 Toyota Rich Mar Florist Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
15 34 Kaz Grala Boston, MA Dec 29, 1998 23 Chevrolet Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
16 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 29 Chevrolet Can-Am DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
17 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 28 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
18 78 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 29 Chevrolet BJ McLeod Motorsports BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
19 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards/Fisher Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
20 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
21 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 24 Ford Bucked Up Energy SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
22 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 29 Chevrolet DGM Racing DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
23 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 27 Chevrolet TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
24 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
25 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 23 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
26 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 23 Chevrolet Death Wish Coffee Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
27 91 Preston Pardus New Smyrna Beach, FL Feb 15, 1997 25 Chevrolet DGM Racing DGM Racing Dan Pardus
28 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 22 Chevrolet JD Motorsports JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
29 5 Scott Heckert Ridgefield, CT Nov 21, 1993 28 Ford Malco Automotive BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
30 45 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Keffer Volkswagen Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
31 38 Patrick Gallagher Thornville, OH Oct 6, 1992 30 Ford Belle haven RSS Racing Steve Addington
32 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 25 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
33 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 31 Chevrolet Harrison’s USA JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
34 68 Kris Wright Wexford, PA Jul 17, 1994 28 Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
35 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 20 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
36 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 19 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
37 02 Sage Karam Nazareth, PA Mar 5, 1995 27 Chevrolet Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
38 32 Austin Wayne Self Austin, TX Mar 5, 1996 26 Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions Jordan Anderson Racing Jamie Jones
39 35 Brad Perez Hollywood, FL Jan 21, 1997 25 Ford Green Tech Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
40 26 Daniil Kvyat Ufa, Russia Apr 26, 1994 28 Toyota Nemaco Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
41 48 Marco Andretti Nazareth, PA Mar 13, 1987 35 Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue