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Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola

Friday, August 26th, 2022

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 7 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 16 - Action Industries Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola 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.

  • Friday, August 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Jeremy Clements scores Daytona upset in wild NASCAR Xfinity race

Friday night's bizarre, attrition-filled, rain-delayed NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway produced an appropriately unexpected outcome when Jeremy Clements took the checkered flag under caution at the end of the third attempt at overtime.

Clements' victory in the Wawa 250, a race that started roughly three hours late and ended shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, was his first at Daytona and the second of his career. Both of Clements victories have come on August 27, his first at Road America on Aug. 27, 2017.

"I'm speechless, man - I don't even know what to say," said Clements, who grabbed a Playoff spot with the victory and shoved Ryan Sieg into 13th place in the standings, 12 points below the cut line. "We survived that big wreck back there (in the first overtime). It was like a 'Days of Thunder' wreck.

"Then I was like, 'If we can just keep up with these guys, it'll be a good day - top five and bring this car home in one piece.' But, wow! This is incredible."

As race leader Austin Hill lost electrical power and steered his Chevrolet to the apron, Clements got a push from Sage Karam on the third overtime restart on Lap 117 and was out front on the final lap when NASCAR called the 11th caution for Riley Herbst's spin on the backstretch. Timmy Hill finished second, followed by AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Brown and Karam, who posted his career-best finish.

Eighteen of the 38 cars that started the race were already in the garage when Clements took the checkered flag.

A massive multicar wreck on Lap 98 of a scheduled 100 sent the race to overtime. First, Landon Cassill's Chevrolet slapped the outside wall and collided with Jeb Burton's Camaro.

Then, at the front of the field, Daniel Hemric moved down the track and turned off the nose of Noah Gragson Chevrolet, igniting a melee that involved eight cars.

But that was just the appetizer before a feast of crumpled chassis that followed the restart for the first attempt at overtime. On Lap 104, Brown's Chevrolet got loose on the backstretch in front of Riley Herbst's Ford.

Brown spun, and 13 cars were damaged in the ensuing chaos. But the hardest hit of the night came on overtime attempt No. 2.

Chain reaction contact between the cars of Clements, Allmendinger and Noah Gragson turned Gragson into the path of Landon Cassill's Chevrolet. The impact from Cassill's car spun Gragson around 360 degrees and tore the body off the front clip.

Gragson had led a race-high 54 laps at that point.

A multicar accident on Lap 83 put a dent in Sheldon Creed's Playoff hopes and destroyed his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

John Hunter Nemechek's No. 26 Toyota got loose off Turn 2 and spun off the front bumper of Brown's Chevy.

"All of a sudden, I was looking at the inside wall," Nemechek said. "I'm not sure what happened, but I felt like I was hooked in the left rear."

Creed's Camaro hit Nemechek's car and spun to the inside and shot back across the track into traffic, demolishing Joe Graf Jr.'s Ford. The wreck kept Creed below the Playoff cut line, 55 points behind Cassill for the last spot, with three races left before the Playoff field is set.

  • Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Laps Actual: 118 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 36 Minutes 11 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 113.328
  • Cautions: 11 for 42 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 5,450 (71.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 21st Annual Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Race Winner: Jeremy Clements
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 51 - One Stop/ASE Chevrolet
  • Owner: Tony Clements
  • Crew Chief: Mark Setzer
  • Jeremy Clements won the 21st Annual Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, his second victory in 421 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 25 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Timmy Hill (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 12 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Kyle Sieg (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 58 points over Ty Gibbs.
Justin Haley celebrates in victory lane
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 28, 2021 : Justin Haley, driver of the #11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Wawa 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Chevrolet IEC My Electric Career Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 24 Joe Nemechek Lakeland, FL Sep 26, 1963 61 Toyota Fleetwing Sam Hunt Racing Eric Phillips
4 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
5 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 56 Ford EVERFI / Special Report SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
6 48 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
7 13 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 31 Toyota Coble Enterprises / VSI Racing Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
8 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 38 Chevrolet hellowater JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
9 35 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Toyota NCPC.ORG Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
10 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 32 Chevrolet Alliance Aviation Our Motorsports Chad Walter
11 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 37 Ford A-GAME RSS Racing Kevin Starland
12 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 33 Chevrolet Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
13 47 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 33 Chevrolet Barker Construction Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
14 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet Alka-Seltzer JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
15 14 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet DaaBIN Store Kaulig Racing Justin Cox
16 26 John Hunter Nemechek Mooresville, NC Jun 11, 1997 27 Toyota Freedom 13 Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
17 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 31 Chevrolet Can-Am DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
18 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 30 Chevrolet United Rentals Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
19 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 31 Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
20 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 27 Toyota Menards\Patriot Lighting Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
21 45 Caesar Bacarella Parkland, FL Dec 18, 1975 48 Chevrolet Clear Cryptos Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
22 28 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 32 Ford Sci Aps RSS Racing Steve Addington
23 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 39 Chevrolet One Stop / ASE Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
24 7 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 26 Ford GTECHNIQ SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
25 92 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 31 Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services DGM Racing Ryan London
26 78 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 27 Chevrolet J.F. Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
27 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 29 Chevrolet TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
28 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
29 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 25 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
30 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 27 Chevrolet BRUNT Workwear DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
31 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 25 Chevrolet Pit Boss Grills Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
32 34 Jesse Iwuji Carrollton, TX Aug 12, 1987 37 Chevrolet Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
33 77 Ronnie Bassett Jr Winston-Salem, NC Dec 21, 1995 28 Chevrolet Jerry Hunt Supercenter Bassett Racing Dillon Bassett
34 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 24 Chevrolet National Metering Services JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
35 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 27 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
36 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 33 Chevrolet Tire Pros Summer for Heroes JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
37 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
38 5 Natalie Decker Eagle River, WI Jun 25, 1997 27 Ford BJ McLeod Motorsports BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
39 2 Blaine Perkins Bakersfield, CA Feb 28, 2000 24 Chevrolet Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
40 38 Kyle Sieg Tucker, GA Apr 16, 2001 23 Ford Trouble spirits/Mafe RSS Racing Andrew May
41 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 21 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
42 44 Sage Karam Nazareth, PA Mar 5, 1995 29 Chevrolet Clermont Lakes/Alt-Tab Capital Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
43 18 Sammy Smith Johnston, IA Jun 4, 2004 20 Toyota Pilot Flying J Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff