Entry List

The official 2022 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Darlington Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200

Saturday, September 3rd, 2022

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Atlas Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 with a lap of 29.722 seconds, 165.453 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 227 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second pole and 15th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in ten races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Noah Gragson (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2022 and his sixth in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his second top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 13th in 24 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Noah Gragson triumphs in wild NASCAR Xfinity Series duel at Darlington

At the end of a thrilling three-car battle that wasn't decided until the last corner of the last lap Saturday at Darlington Raceway, Noah Gragson stole a victory from Sheldon Creed and charging Kyle Larson to score his fourth victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

After passing Gragson for second place on Lap 144 of 147, Larson got a strong run on Creed, then the leader, coming to the white flag. Larson steered his No. 17 Chevrolet to the inside of Creed's Camaro, and the drivers raced side-by-side through the first two corners.

Creed brushed the outside wall, and Larson got loose beneath him, allowing Gragson to gain ground. Creed cut down his right front tire and buried his car into Turn three, hitting the outside wall in a shower of sparks.

Gragson found room to the inside, slapped the outside wall near the exit of Turn 4 as Creed rode the fence and powered ahead in the last 200 yards to claim his second victory in the last three races at the Lady in Black and the ninth of his career.

The late-race pyrotechnics took place under the lights after a rain delay that stopped the proceedings for 2 hours, 37 minutes, 22 seconds.

"All you fans, was that cool - we put on a show for you guys?" Gragson shouted to the crowd from Victory Lane. "Sheldon Creed was really fast - I watched, during that rain delay, him running the top in (Turns) 1 and 2, and I knew there was a lot of speed there.

"So I went up there (after a restart on Lap 134), and I found something, and Sheldon pinched me off, and the 17 (Larson) got by me when it was like three (laps) to go, and I was like, "Oh, they're going to get into each other - they're racing too hard.' (Sheldon's) got nothing to lose, He's racing his tail off, and Kyle's going for a win."

Gragson's vision of the immediate future proved prophetic, as the two cars ahead of him made contact.

"I was trying to hold on," Creed said. "I had a really fast car. It was just a little too free to run their speed there at the end. They could run up the hill in (Turns) 1 and 2 and then really get a good run down the backstretch. I had to stay really low to keep the rear of the car underneath me.

"I was hoping they were going to get to racing behind me. When Kyle got next to me, my only opportunity was to side-draft as hard as I could. We got that wall, and I felt the right-front start to go down (as I was) going down the backstretch."

Creed held onto second place, crossing the finish line .794 seconds behind the race winner. In the last-lap chaos, Larson slipped to fifth behind Justin Allgaier and AJ Allmendinger.

"It was a lot of fun," said Larson, who will begin defense of his NASCAR Cup Series title in Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500, the first of 10 Playoff races in NASCAR's top division. "I was just trying to be patient as I caught them two - I was able to get by Noah, and I saw Sheldon was really loose in front of me, so I was just trying to stay patient behind him.

"Coming to white, I didn't want to get inside him on the frontstretch, because I knew what would happen, but I had such a good run off of (Turn) 4 that I had to make a move. He sat on my door and got me really loose. I had to chase him up the track - He was racing really hard for his first win. It was just a lot of fun from all of our seats. Crazy to be a part of a finish like that."

A victory would have put Creed into the Xfinity Series Playoffs. Instead, he leaves Darlington 13th in the standings, 16 points behind 12th-place Ryan Sieg. There are two races left before the 12-driver Xfinity Playoff field is set.

Gragson led four times for 82 laps and dominated the action before the rain delay.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 147
  • Margin of Victory: 0.794 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 2 Minutes 58 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 97.979
  • Cautions: 5 for 39 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 691 (6.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 24
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Noah Gragson won the 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200, his ninth victory in 126 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 51 points over Ty Gibbs.
Justin Allgaier celebrates in victory lane
Darlington, South Carolina - May 7, 2022 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Hellmann's Chevrolet, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Mahindra ROXOR 200 at Darlington Raceway.
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Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 40 Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 45 Chevrolet Wild Willies Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 33 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 54 Ford TicketSmarter / Special Report SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 36 Chevrolet Hellmann's JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 17 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 30 Chevrolet Hendrickcars.com Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
7 02 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 30 Chevrolet Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
8 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 30 Chevrolet Rush Energy Our Motorsports Chad Walter
9 44 Ryan Ellis Torrence, CA Nov 29, 1989 32 Chevrolet KeenParts.com Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
10 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 35 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
11 48 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 29 Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
12 34 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 25 Chevrolet eRacing Association Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
13 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
14 13 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 27 Chevrolet Ted Russell Ford Lincoln Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
15 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet Hy-Vee 4 Chevrolet JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
16 26 John Hunter Nemechek Mooresville, NC Jun 11, 1997 25 Toyota Freedom 13 Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
17 18 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 27 Toyota Sport Clips Haircuts Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
18 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 28 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
19 78 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 28 Toyota Jabs Construction BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
20 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards\Atlas Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
21 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet Booze Pops Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
22 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 24 Ford G Coin SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
23 36 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 29 Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
24 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 27 Chevrolet Capital City Towing Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
25 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
26 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 23 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
27 5 Tommy Joe Martins Como, MS Dec 7, 1986 35 Ford Capital City BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
28 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 25 Chevrolet Anderson Power Services DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
29 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 23 Chevrolet Carolina Cowboys Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
30 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 21 Chevrolet Native Sons JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
31 45 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Pops Mart Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
32 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 24 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
33 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 31 Chevrolet Harrison's USA Back to School JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
34 68 Kris Wright Wexford, PA Jul 17, 1994 28 Chevrolet First National Bank Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
35 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 19 Toyota Shriners Children's 100th Anniversary Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
36 38 Kyle Sieg Tucker, GA Apr 16, 2001 21 Ford H & W Electrical RSS Racing Andrew May
37 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 19 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
38 35 Dawson Cram San Diego, CA Sep 12, 2001 20 Ford Be Water Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois