Entry List

The official 2022 Call 811 Before You Dig 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Martinsville Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Call 811 Before You Dig 250

Friday, April 8th, 2022

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com with a lap of 19.728 seconds, 95.985 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third pole and fifth top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2022 and his fourth in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his sixth in eight races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Friday, April 8th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Brandon Jones snatches victory from Ty Gibbs in Martinsville brawl

On older tires, Brandon Jones stole an Xfinity Series win from the scion of the owner of his race team on Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway.

Jones dived to the inside of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs as the Call 811 Before You Dig 250 went to a second overtime. Jones cleared Gibbs on the second circuit (Lap 261) and got to the finish line .677 seconds ahead of Landon Cassill, as Sam Mayer bumped Gibbs’s Toyota and squeezed it into the outside wall off the final corner.

While Mayer and Gibbs tangled, AJ Allmendinger took third and the $100,000 Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus that goes to the highest finisher among four eligible drivers, a group that also included Mayer and Gibbs.

Gibbs led 198 of the 261 laps in a race that was scheduled for 250. Jones led 28. But Gibbs was too busy fighting Mayer on pit road after the race to worry about the lap count.

While Jones was performing a celebratory burnout on the frontstretch, Gibbs strode to Mayer’s car, and heated words soon led to punches—Mayer with helmet off, Gibbs with helmet still on.

“I tried to talk to him, and he got in my face, and that’s when I had to start fighting,” Gibbs said.

“The only thing I’m mad about is that he (Mayer) wasn’t going to get by the 16 (Allmendinger), and I got hit in the left rear. It’s just frustrating, but I was on the other side of it last week (moving John Hunter Nemechek for a win at Richmond), so that’s just part of it.”

The dust-up on pit road did nothing to dampen the elation of Jones, who picked up his first Xfinity Series win since 2020 and the fifth of his career.

“It’s fun to beat him (Gibbs),” Jones said. “He’s hot right now.”

If Gibbs was hot, in another figurative sense, Mayer was unapologetic after the incident, which left him with a swollen left eye.

“With a hundred grand on the line, I put the bumper to him—that’s what short-track racing’s all about,” Mayer told FoxSports’ Bob Pockrass. “He got upset… he threw a couple of punches that were weak… But I just put the bumper to him for a hundred grand, and he got upset, but he’s been doing that to everyone else every week so far.”

Long before the chaotic ending, the race got off to a rocky start. Rain began falling right after the command was given to start engines and the green flag was delayed until a small storm cell left the area.

And before the field could complete a lap, the engine in Brennan Poole’s No. 47 Chevrolet exploded, sending a plume of smoke into the cool night air and dropping a trail of oil on the track.

The smoke was an appropriate metaphor. For the rest of Stage 1, Gibbs smoked the rest of the field, leading 59 of the 60 laps.

By pitting early under caution on Lap 42, Noah Gragson inherited the lead when Gibbs brought his No. 54 Toyota to pit road at the Stage 1 conclusion, but it didn’t take Gibbs long to prevail on new tires. (Gragson’s winning chances would evaporate in a wild multicar wreck that stopped the first attempt at overtime almost before it started.)

On Lap 88, the 19-year-old Gibbs passed Gragson for the top spot and began to pull away until Stefan Parsons’ spin in Turn 2 on Lap 101 caused the fifth caution.

Undeterred, Gibbs maintained his advantage, but the restart on Lap 108 gave Jones the opportunity to slip past Gragson for second. Gibbs elected to pit under caution on Lap 117 after contact from Anthony Alfredo’s Chevrolet turned the Toyota of Derek Griffith in Turn 1, causing the sixth caution.

That handed the stage win to Jones, who surrendered the lead to Parsons—with Gibbs running fourth—by pitting during the stage break, along with other drivers who had stayed out to collect stage points.

It took Gibbs fewer than two circuits to regain the lead after a restart on Lap 129. But at that point, barely past halfway, there were still nine cautions, two overtimes and a fistfight to go.

  • Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 261 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.677 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 26 Minutes 50 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 56.099
  • Cautions: 16 for 100 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,497 (9.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com
  • Race Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Lyons Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com, his fifth victory in 211 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Landon Cassill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 20 points over Ty Gibbs.
Dale Earnhardt Jr prepares to practice
Martinsville, Virginia - April 7, 2022 : Dale Earnhardt Jr, driver of the #88 Hellmann's Fridge Hunters Chevrolet, prepares to practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Call 811 Before You Dig 250 powered by Call 811.com at Martinsville Speedway.
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Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville Speedway 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 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Kannapolis, NC Oct 10, 1974 47 Chevrolet Hellmann's Fridge Hunters JR Motorsports Jason Stockert
3 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 45 Ford Work Pro Tools Motorsports Business Management George Church
4 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet Chevy Trucks Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
5 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 54 Ford TicketSmarter SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
6 18 Ryan Truex Mayetta, NJ Mar 18, 1992 30 Toyota ShopUSAPickleball.com Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
7 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet BRANDT JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
8 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 29 Chevrolet Half Off Wholesale Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
9 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 29 Chevrolet Gods Pit Crew / Puryear Tank Our Motorsports Chad Walter
10 45 Ryan Ellis Torrence, CA Nov 29, 1989 32 Chevrolet KeenParts.com Alpha Prime Racing Kevin Eagle
11 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMRroofing.com / A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
12 34 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 24 Chevrolet eRacing Association Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jason Houghtaling
13 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
14 47 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 30 Chevrolet Save22.vet Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
15 52 Harrison Rhodes High Point, NC Jul 15, 1993 28 Chevrolet American Dream Means Motorsports Tim Brown
16 13 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 27 Toyota Garrison Homes / Units Storage Motorsports Business Management Carl Long
17 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet JD Motorsports JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
18 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 28 Chevrolet Larue Industrial Snowblowers DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
19 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 27 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation and Logistics Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
20 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 28 Chevrolet Solid Rock Carriers Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
21 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards / Lyons Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
22 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
23 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 23 Ford Bucked Up LFG BURN SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
24 78 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 28 Chevrolet Alloy Employment Services BJ McLeod Motorsports Adam Brooks
25 5 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 25 Chevrolet J.F. Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
26 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 27 Chevrolet TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
27 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
28 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 23 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
29 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 25 Chevrolet Anderson Power Services DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
30 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 23 Chevrolet Sim Seats Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
31 77 Dillon Bassett Winston-Salem, NC Apr 2, 1997 25 Chevrolet Honest Amish Bassett Racing Ronnie Bassett Jr
32 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 34 Chevrolet Big Machine Vodka - Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
33 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 21 Chevrolet JD Motorsports JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
34 99 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet Sokal BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
35 35 Shane Lee Newton, NC Jul 4, 1993 28 Toyota Kitty Kat Coin Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
36 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 24 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
37 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 31 Chevrolet Harrison's USA JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
38 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 19 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
39 28 Natalie Decker Eagle River, WI Jun 25, 1997 24 Ford Nerd Focus RSS Racing Clifford Turner
40 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
41 26 Derek Griffith Hudson, NH Feb 9, 1997 25 Toyota Toyota Racing Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
42 44 Howie Disavino III Chesterfield, VA Apr 10, 2001 20 Chevrolet Alpha Prime / Richard Green Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
43 38 Parker Retzlaff Rhinelander, WI May 21, 2003 18 Toyota Ponsse RSS Racing Steve Addington