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Kansas Lottery 300

Saturday, September 10th, 2022

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Kansas Speedway
  • 22nd Annual Kansas Lottery 300
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Klearvue Cabinetry Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 22nd Annual Kansas Lottery 300 with a lap of 30.911 seconds, 174.695 mph.
  • This is his sixth pole in 228 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in eight races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 20th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his first top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 14th in 25 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, September 10th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Noah Gragson picks up fifth NASCAR Xfinity victory with win at Kansas

In what is turning out to be a banner season for Noah Gragson, the driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet scored his fifth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the year in Saturday's rain-shortened Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Gragson charged from sixth in the running order past cars on older tires—and past the dominant Toyota of Ty Gibbs—to grab the lead after a restart on Lap 76.

A light rain interrupted the proceedings on Lap 82, but Gragson held the top spot in a two-lap shootout at the end of Stage 2. When rain began to fall harder and drenched the track, NASCAR red-flagged the race on Lap 94 and subsequently declared Gragson the winner.

The victory was Gragson's second straight, his first at Kansas—the only active Xfinity Series track where he had previously failed to record a top 10—and the 10th of his career.

"The 54 (Gibbs) was really fast all day," Gragson said. "The pit crew did a good job all day keeping us in contention. That restart (on lap 76) was the most important part of the race today. Yeah, it's a rain victory, but we came off pit road third behind the 54 and 19 (Brandon Jones).

"They both took the top, and I chose the bottom, third row. I restarted inside the 19, and I could see the 54 pushing the 07 (Brett Moffitt, who along with Ryan Sieg and Austin Hill had stayed out on older tires). He (Moffitt) was spinning his tires pretty bad.

"I got to the lead on those guys, and that kind of was the game-changer on today's race. I think we all knew that we were racing to halfway or a little after."

After the restart with two laps left in the second stage, there was drama right behind Gragson. As Justin Allgaier battled Stage 1 winner Gibbs for the runner-up spot, Allgaier forced Gibbs' No. 54 Toyota high into the outside lane.

Gibbs brushed the wall and subsequently turned down and door-slammed Allgaier's No. 7 Chevrolet as the cars approached the finish line. Allgaier held second, .670 seconds behind the race winner, with Gibbs finishing third, 1.266 seconds back.

After the race, Gibbs apologized for losing his cool on what proved to be the final lap.

"I came back down, frustrated, and hit the 7," Gibbs said. "The worst part is, I hurt my day more than it's going to hurt anybody else's. It's just stupid of me to do that. I just think I need to fix those things - It's easy for all of us to get angry—me especially. I just didn't make the right decision there.

"I apologize to them. I apologize to my group. I should be the one taking the door off the race car, because I hit him."

Allgaier had mixed feelings about the stoppage. His car was improving with every pit stop, but the damage he suffered during the run-in with Gibbs would have limited his chances to win, had the race resumed.

"If we were to go back green, I think it extremely limited his day and probably was going to limit our day as well," Allgaier said. "Frustrations get the best of you a lot of times, but I just hate it that we tore up a race car that wasn't really torn up before that."

Pole winner Brandon Jones ran fourth, followed by Ross Chastain. AJ Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer and Moffitt completed the top 10. Mayer and 16th-place finisher Riley Herbst clinched Playoffs spots on points with one race left before the cutoff.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 93 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 13 Minutes 37 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 113.697
  • Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Green Flag Passes: 807 (10.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kansas Speedway
  • 22nd Annual Kansas Lottery 300
  • 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 22nd Annual Kansas Lottery 300, his 10th victory in 127 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in five races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 13 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 38 points over Ty Gibbs.
Ty Gibbs celebrates in victory lane at Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas - October 23, 2021 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.
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Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas 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 Toyota Coble Enterprises Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Carnomaly Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 56 Ford Ticket Smarter SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 38 Chevrolet BRANDT JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 07 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 32 Ford Circle B Diecast.com SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
7 35 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Ford Explore Branson Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
8 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 32 Chevrolet It Consulting St. Pete Our Motorsports Chad Walter
9 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 37 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
10 48 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
11 34 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 27 Chevrolet Equity Prime Mortgage Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
12 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 33 Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
13 47 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 33 Chevrolet Inspire Real Change Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
14 5 Garrett Smithley Ligonier, PA Apr 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet J.F. Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
15 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet Hy-Vee 4 Chevrolet JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
16 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 30 Chevrolet United Rentals Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
17 02 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 31 Chevrolet Larry's Lemonade Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
18 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 27 Toyota Menards/Klearvue Cabinetry Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
19 38 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 32 Ford SciAps RSS Racing Steve Addington
20 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 39 Chevrolet All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
21 36 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 31 Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
22 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 29 Chevrolet BG/ EasyCare /TORQ Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
23 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
24 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 25 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
25 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 27 Chevrolet Anderson Power Services DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
26 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 25 Chevrolet First Phase Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
27 77 Dillon Bassett Winston-Salem, NC Apr 2, 1997 27 Chevrolet Jerry Hunt Supercenter Bassett Racing Ronnie Bassett Jr
28 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 24 Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
29 78 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Team BJMM BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
30 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 27 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
31 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 33 Chevrolet Harrison's USA JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
32 68 Kris Wright Wexford, PA Jul 17, 1994 30 Chevrolet Wright Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
33 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Reser's Fine Foods Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
34 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 21 Chevrolet Huck's Market JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
35 13 Akinori Ogata Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan Aug 14, 1973 51 Ford Kyowa / SEAVAC Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
36 26 Derek Griffith Hudson, NH Feb 9, 1997 27 Toyota SpotOn Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
37 44 Howie Disavino III Chesterfield, VA Apr 10, 2001 23 Chevrolet Clear Cryptos Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
38 45 Rajah Caruth Atlanta, GA Jun 11, 2002 22 Chevrolet iRacing Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
39 18 Sammy Smith Johnston, IA Jun 4, 2004 20 Toyota Pilot Flying J Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff