The official 2022 United Rentals 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Phoenix Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Saturday, March 12th, 2022
Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Noah Gragson came heartbreakingly close a week ago to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the 2022 season. On Saturday, his No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet left no doubt as to who would be hoisting the winner's trophy.
Gragson led 72 of the final 87 laps - a race best 114 of 200 laps on the day - to earn the win in the United Rentals 200 at Phoenix Raceway. He passed race runner-up Brandon Jones with 15 laps remaining, negotiated lapped traffic and ultimately pulled away to an impressive 2.555-second win.
The 23-year old Las Vegas native and his team celebrated the victory by scaling the wire fence on the front straightaway and pumping their fists at the cheering crowd. It was not only the first win of the year, but it was the fourth straight top-five finish for the team and increased his Xfinity Series championship lead to a more substantial 39 points over rookie Ty Gibbs, who finished sixth Saturday.
"Feels great," said a grinning Gragson, who now has six career Xfinity Series wins.
"Pit crew executed great and this team has been on a roll so far this year," he added. "Top three finishes in all four races. Can't thank everybody enough for all their hard work."
Jones, who used a short-pit strategy to close out the race, just couldn't hold off Gragson in the final laps of a race that had only four caution periods - and none in the final 101 laps of competition.
"I'm still all-in-all very happy to come home second," said Jones, whose season got off to a rough start with a crash two weeks ago and a 17th place in the Daytona season-opener.
There were 16 lead changes - primarily among Gragson, Jones - a former Phoenix winner - and Trevor Bayne, who won the 2011 DAYTONA 500 in his first try, but has raced sparingly in the last few years. Bayne won the pole position for Saturday's race and his third-place finish is his second top-five in as many starts in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota this year.
Gragson's teammate Josh Berry, Bayne, and John Hunter Nemechek rounded out the top-five. The 19-year old Gibbs, who races for his grandfather Joe Gibbs' team, won last week at Las Vegas and finished sixth on Saturday. The three Kaulig Racing teammates A.J. Allmendinger, reigning Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric and Landon Cassill finished seventh, eighth and ninth respectively and Gragson's veteran JR Motorsports teammate, Justin Allgaier completed the top-10.
Allgaier, a two-time Phoenix winner, had been running top-five all day - even leading five laps - but was penalized for a pit infraction on the final pit stop and had to race back through the field.
Bayne won Stage 1 and Gragson won Stage 2 for a series best third stage victory of the season.
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 | Action Industries | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
2 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Phoenix, AZ | Oct 5, 1976 | 45 | Ford | Remote Health Solutions | 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 | 8 | David Starr | Houston, TX | Nov 11, 1967 | 54 | Ford | TicketSmarter | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
6 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Riverton, IL | Jun 6, 1986 | 35 | Chevrolet | BRANDT | JR Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
7 | 2 | Brett Moffitt | Grimes, IA | Aug 7, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Our Motorsports | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
8 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Halifax, VA | Aug 6, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Freshly Laid / Club Scottsdale | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
9 | 35 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 32 | Toyota | DalStrong | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
10 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Torrence, CA | Nov 29, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | Keen Parts | Alpha Prime Racing | Dan Stillman |
11 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 34 | Ford | CMRroofing.com\ A-game | RSS Racing | Kevin Starland |
12 | 92 | Kyle Weatherman | Wentzville, MO | Aug 28, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | PORAC | DGM Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
13 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | AG1 - Athletic Greens | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
14 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Sacramento, CA | Apr 11, 1991 | 30 | Chevrolet | Lerner & Rowe Injury Lawyers | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
15 | 34 | Jesse Little | Sherrills Ford, NC | Apr 15, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | eRacing Association | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Jason Houghtaling |
16 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | Ghost | JD Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
17 | 26 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mooresville, NC | Jun 11, 1997 | 24 | Toyota | Stillhouse | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
18 | 45 | Kaz Grala | Boston, MA | Dec 29, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | Lilly Finance/Ruedebusch | Alpha Prime Racing | Paul Clapprood |
19 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Can-Am | DGM Racing | Ryan London |
20 | 21 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 27 | Chevrolet | United Rentals | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
21 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | TradeTheChain.com | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
22 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Menards\Jeld-Wen | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
23 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 37 | Chevrolet | First Pacific Funding | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
24 | 7 | Joe Graf Jr | Mahwah, NJ | Jul 12, 1998 | 23 | Ford | Bucked Up Energy | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
25 | 78 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Phoenix Children's / I.M.S | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Daniel Johnson |
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 | BRUNT Workwear | DGM Racing | Mario Gosselin |
30 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Ridgefield, CT | Mar 1, 1999 | 23 | Chevrolet | Dude Wipes | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
31 | 48 | Jade Buford | Brentwood, TN | Feb 15, 1988 | 34 | Chevrolet | Big Machine Spiked Coolers | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
32 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | La Miranda, CA | Sep 23, 2000 | 21 | Chevrolet | Advanced Masonry and Concrete | JD Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
33 | 13 | Stan Mullis | Las Vegas, NV | Oct 17, 1976 | 45 | Toyota | LasVegas.net / Sharelife | Motorsports Business Management | Carl Long |
34 | 99 | Stefan Parsons | Cornelius, NC | Jun 15, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | SOKAL Ukraine | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
35 | 33 | Loris Hezemans | Amsterdam, Netherlands | May 26, 1997 | 24 | Toyota | Reaume Brothers Racing | Reaume Brothers Racing | Andrew Abbott |
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 | PUBG MOBILE | JR Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
38 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Charlotte, NC | Oct 4, 2002 | 19 | Toyota | Sport Clips Haircuts | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
39 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Tucker, GA | Apr 16, 2001 | 20 | Ford | RSS Racing | RSS Racing | Andrew May |
40 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Franklin, WI | Jun 26, 2003 | 18 | Chevrolet | Accelerate Pros Talent | JR Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
41 | 5 | Nicholas Sanchez | Miami, FL | Jun 10, 2001 | 20 | Chevrolet | Barefoot Rentals | BJ McLeod Motorsports | David Ingram |
42 | 38 | Parker Retzlaff | Rhinelander, WI | May 21, 2003 | 18 | Ford | Ponsse | RSS Racing | Steve Addington |