The official 2022 Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Nashville Superspeedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Saturday, June 25th, 2022
Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN
On a blindingly hot day at Nashville Superspeedway, Justin Allgaier fulfilled a dream in one of the best race cars he has ever had.
Leading five times for 134 laps and sweeping the first two stages of Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250, Allgaier breezed to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at the 1.33-mile concrete track, his second of the season and the 18th of his career.
Allgaier’s No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line 4.513 seconds ahead of runner-up Trevor Bayne, who overcame an interference penalty on pit road, assessed when two of the tires from his No. 18 Toyota rolled behind the gas man in pole winner Riley Herbst’s neighboring pit stall.
“This guitar has been on my bucket list for a long, long time,” said Allgaier, who won in his eighth start at Nashville, dating to 2009. After a 10-year pause in racing at the track, Allgaier finished second last year.
Asked whether he had ever driven a better race car, Allgaier was quick to answer.
“I don’t think ever,” he said. “What a heck of a race, man. We’ve been coming here for a long time, and I love this race track. Been trying to get a win so bad and hadn’t been able to do it.
“Today was like a dirt race. It was slick, it was hot, we were sliding around… I’ve got a guitar to take home, and we’re going to enjoy it, for sure.”
Chevrolet drivers have won the last seven Xfinity Series races, with JR Motorsports drivers winning five of those. Allgaier’s two stage wins were the 11th and 12th straight on oval tracks for JRM.
Herbst finished third, followed by Ty Gibbs and Sam Mayer, both of whom were involved in a late-race incident that turned Gibbs No. 54 Toyota sideways—setting up a masterful save.
Ryan Preece, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Austin Hill, Ryan Sieg and Brett Moffitt completed the top 10.
Sixteenth-place finisher AJ Allmendinger retained the series lead by 25 points over Gibbs in second place and 32 over Allgaier in third.
Mistakes cost Bayne a chance to race for the win.
“We drove to second twice, from the back,” he said. “The second stage, we came in with Riley (Herbst) and hit a pit crew member, not intentionally, but it can happen. Then fell back to 15th and drove back to second.
“Then we had a loose wheel and had to go to the very back and drove back and was catching Allgaier. He’s my buddy, Gator, congrats to him. Happy for him, but, man, I wanted to win that guitar and win here at Nashville.
“I feel like we did everything right on the car and feel like I did everything right behind the wheel. We have to clean up the mistakes and we’re going to win because it takes every piece of this deal.”
Herbst conceded that he wasn’t able to challenge Allgaier’s dominance.
“I don’t think the whole field had anything for the 7,” Herbst said. “I think he was on cruise control all day, but our Monster Energy Ford Mustang was really good. I’m just proud of us as a group. Way to execute.
“I messed up on pit road a few times, myself and the team, so we’ve got to clean up a little stuff there, but all in all, it was a good day. We got a pole and good points. This is what we need to keep doing—just knock on the door, and eventually it will open.”
ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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1 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Los Gatos, CA | Dec 16, 1981 | 40 | Chevrolet | Nutrien Ag Solutions | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
2 | 13 | JJ Yeley | Phoenix, AZ | Oct 5, 1976 | 45 | Toyota | Motorsports Business Management | Motorsports Business Management | George Church |
3 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jul 7, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | Voyager: Crypto for All | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
4 | 18 | Trevor Bayne | Knoxville, TN | Feb 19, 1991 | 31 | Toyota | Devotion Nutrition | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Riverton, IL | Jun 6, 1986 | 36 | Chevrolet | Hellmann's | JR Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
6 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Grimes, IA | Aug 7, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | RED / Half Off Wholesale | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
7 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Halifax, VA | Aug 6, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Hawkins Homes | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
8 | 08 | BJ McLeod | Wauchula, FL | Nov 17, 1983 | 38 | Ford | TicketSmarter | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
9 | 26 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 33 | Toyota | ForeverLawn | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
10 | 5 | Ryan Preece | Berlin, CT | Oct 25, 1990 | 31 | Ford | United Rentals | BJ McLeod Motorsports | David Ingram |
11 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Torrence, CA | Nov 29, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | Renascent Demolition | Alpha Prime Racing | Michael Brandt |
12 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 35 | Ford | A-GAME | RSS Racing | Kevin Starland |
13 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | Wentzville, MO | Aug 28, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Dan Stillman |
14 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | Cirkul - Water Your Way | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
15 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Sacramento, CA | Apr 11, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | Mike Harmon Racing | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
16 | 48 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 26 | Chevrolet | Big Machine Racing Lady A | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
17 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
18 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 29 | Chevrolet | Yoco Vodka | DGM Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
19 | 21 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 28 | Chevrolet | Bennett Transportation and Logistics | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
20 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | StruXure | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
21 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Menards\Ortho GroundClear | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
22 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 37 | Chevrolet | All South Electric | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
23 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Mahwah, NJ | Jul 12, 1998 | 23 | Ford | Bucked Up Energy Drink | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
24 | 78 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Peg Leg Porker / ALLOY | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
25 | 99 | Matt Mills | Lynchburg, VA | Nov 14, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | J.F. Electric | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Adam Brooks |
26 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Charlotte, NC | Dec 30, 1994 | 27 | Chevrolet | Superior Essex | 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 | LOS MAGOS | DGM Racing | Mario Gosselin |
30 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Ridgefield, CT | Mar 1, 1999 | 23 | Chevrolet | Blue Otter Polarized | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
31 | 77 | Dillon Bassett | Winston-Salem, NC | Apr 2, 1997 | 25 | Chevrolet | Jerry Hunt Honest Amish | Bassett Racing | Ronnie Bassett Jr |
32 | 35 | Patrick Emerling | Orchard Park, NY | Sep 19, 1992 | 29 | Toyota | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
33 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | La Miranda, CA | Sep 23, 2000 | 21 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Alex Bird |
34 | 45 | Stefan Parsons | Cornelius, NC | Jun 15, 1998 | 24 | Chevrolet | Millennium Metal Fabrications | Alpha Prime Racing | Frank Kerr |
35 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Alpine, CA | Sep 30, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Whelen | Richard Childress Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
36 | 8 | Josh Berry | Hendersonville, TN | Oct 22, 1990 | 31 | Chevrolet | Tire Pros | JR Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
37 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Charlotte, NC | Oct 4, 2002 | 19 | Toyota | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
38 | 66 | Natalie Decker | Eagle River, WI | Jun 25, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Nudie's Honky Tonk Bar | Motorsports Business Management | Jason Houghtaling |
39 | 38 | Kyle Sieg | Tucker, GA | Apr 16, 2001 | 21 | Ford | Night Owl | RSS Racing | Andrew May |
40 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Franklin, WI | Jun 26, 2003 | 18 | Chevrolet | Huck's Market | JR Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
41 | 28 | Parker Retzlaff | Rhinelander, WI | May 21, 2003 | 19 | Ford | FUNKAWAY | RSS Racing | Steve Addington |