Entry List

The official 2022 Pit Boss 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Circuit of The Americas, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Pit Boss 250

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Interstate Batteries Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250 with a lap of 134.52 seconds, 91.258 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in his series debut at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second in two races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas

A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he's considered one of NASCAR's road course superstars.

Allmendinger's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over Austin Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the first road course race of the year. It was the 40-year-old veteran's first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season and 11th of his career. He has seven road course wins on six different road course tracks (series-most).

He led early, and he led late, just when he needed to, holding off the field on two late, and dicey race restarts and controlling the race the final 14 laps en route to the checkered flag.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer turned in an inspired comeback from a midrace pit road speeding penalty to finish third. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson was fourth - his sixth top-five finish in the seven-race season to date. Gragson's teammate Sam Mayer finished fifth.

With their work, Allmendinger, Hill, Gragson and Mayer are now eligible to win a $100,000 bonus next week in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes opener at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. The top finishing driver among them in the ToyotaCare 250 will take the check, courtesy of sponsor Comcast.

"I told myself yesterday, I was not happy with where I put ourselves," said Allmendinger, who qualified fourth.

"Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don't' sleep during the week, they're busting their tales and that's why I'm so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today."

And it was not easy. Pole-winner Ty Gibbs and fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Custer joined Allmendinger at the front of the field for most of the early-going. Gibbs and Chastain exchanged the lead with Allmendinger, but both ultimately suffered setbacks during the course of the 46-lap race around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit.

Gibbs' Toyota suffered a flat time and put him well back in the field (36th place) after he was forced to pit during a green flag run, he recovered to finish 15th. Chastain ran among the front pack all the way until the end of the race when he was collected in an aggressive pack on the final race restart with seven laps remaining and finished 17th.

Myatt Snider finished sixth in a final lap duel with Mayer. Brett Moffitt finished seventh with Jade Buford, Miguel Paludo and Sheldon Creed - who won the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier in the day rounded out the top 10.

The runner-up Hill was especially encouraged because he was able to keep Allmendinger honest in the closing laps.

"All in all, it was a solid effort for our Global Chevy Camaro," Hill said, adding, "I've always felt like I could get around road courses. I felt like I proved it last year in the trucks winning at Watkins Glen and its just kind of build the momentum and the confidence going forward into this year that when we come to road courses, we can get the job done.

"I guess A.J. was just a little bit better than us, because I felt we had a really good car, but this shows we can run with AJ."

With the showing at COTA, fourth-place finisher Gragson holds a single-point lead over Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series driver standings with Gibbs third, 31 points back.

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 48
  • Laps Actual: 46 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: 02.039 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 13 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.640
  • Cautions: 4 for 8 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,104 (55.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250, his 11th victory in 66 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 1 points over AJ Allmendinger.
 Kyle Busch celebrates after winning
Austin, Texas - May 22, 2021 : Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Skittles Gummies Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas.
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Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas 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 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 45 Ford Remote Health Solutions Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet USIO Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet BRANDT JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
5 35 Parker Kligerman Westport, CT Aug 8, 1990 31 Toyota Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
6 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 29 Chevrolet Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
7 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 29 Chevrolet Jon Wayne Service Company Our Motorsports Chad Walter
8 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
9 92 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 29 Chevrolet Ticket Smarter DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
10 18 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 28 Toyota Dr. Pepper Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
11 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
12 47 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 30 Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
13 07 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 24 Ford Bucked Up Energy Drink SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
14 45 Josh Bilicki Menomonee Falls, WI Jun 3, 1995 26 Chevrolet The Boss / Lemons of Love Alpha Prime Racing Paul Clapprood
15 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet Chasco Constructors JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
16 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 28 Chevrolet Can-Am DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
17 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 27 Chevrolet Global Industrial Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
18 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 28 Chevrolet TradeTheChain.com Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
19 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards\Oklahoma Joe's Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
20 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet Straitline Nitro Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
21 08 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 23 Ford G Coin SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jeff Kirkendall
22 78 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 28 Chevrolet Alloy Employment Services BJ McLeod Motorsports Daniel Johnson
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 23 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 Pit Boss Grills Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
27 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 34 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
28 34 Jesse Iwuji Carrollton, TX Aug 12, 1987 34 Chevrolet Equity Prime Mortgage Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jason Houghtaling
29 91 Preston Pardus New Smyrna Beach, FL Feb 15, 1997 25 Chevrolet Chinchor Electric/Danus DGM Racing Dan Pardus
30 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 21 Chevrolet Twin Liquors JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
31 5 Scott Heckert Ridgefield, CT Nov 21, 1993 28 Chevrolet Malco BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
32 99 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet SOKAL BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
33 28 Patrick Gallagher Thornville, OH Oct 6, 1992 29 Ford Belle Haven RSS Racing Steve Addington
34 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 24 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
35 38 Will Rodgers Maui, HI Oct 8, 1994 27 Toyota Kelly Benefits RSS Racing Clifford Turner
36 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 31 Chevrolet PUBG MOBILE JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
37 88 Miguel Paludo Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Jul 26, 1983 38 Chevrolet BRANDT JR Motorsports Jason Stockert
38 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 19 Toyota Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
39 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
40 44 Sage Karam Nazareth, PA Mar 5, 1995 27 Chevrolet Market Rebellion Alpha Prime Racing Dan Stillman
41 26 Parker Chase New Braunfels, TX Feb 22, 2001 21 Toyota Bahnbrecker Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
42 52 Gar Robinson Houston, TX Jan 17, 1995 27 Chevrolet Jimmy Means Racing Means Motorsports Tim Brown