Entry List

The official 2022 Pacific Office Automation 147 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Portland International Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Pacific Office Automation 147

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Portland International Raceway
  • Inaugural Pacific Office Automation 147
  • Pole Winner: Anthony Alfredo
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 23 - Dude Wipes Chevrolet
  • Owner: Chris Our
  • Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
  • Anthony Alfredo won the Pole Award for the Inaugural Pacific Office Automation 147 with a lap of 76.071 seconds, 93.229 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in one races at Portland International Raceway.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2022 and his first in one race at Portland International Raceway.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his first top-10 start at Portland International Raceway. It is his eighth in 14 races this season.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, June 5th, 2022
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AJ Allmendinger wins wet and wild Xfinity Series race at Portland

AJ Allmendinger won an action-packed Pacific Office Automation 147 - the NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at the Portland International Raceway road course Saturday afternoon.

Action-packed being the key words from green flag to checkered; in the rain, in the dry and in the rain again.

Allmendinger literally came from last on the grid to earn the win – after changing “everything but the motor” before the race, he claimed in victory lane. His No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet led only six of the race’s 75 laps and bested Myatt Snider by 2.879-seconds to earn the popular veteran his second Xfinity Series victory of 2022; his other win coming on the road course at the Circuit of the Americas early this season.

“It might be one of the craziest wins I’ve ever had,’’ the 12-time Xfinity Series winner Allmendinger said smiling.

It would be hard to argue otherwise. Not only did the 40-year old Californian Allmendinger start from the rear, he had his first of a half-dozen off-track excursions before even taking the checkered flag. He went down a lap early but managed to stay focused and rally back to the lead lap in a race that had nine cautions and only 21 of the 38 cars on the lead lap at the finish.

“Man I cannot believe this, I crashed before it went green,’’ said Allmendinger, who also earned his first Champ Car win at Portland back in 2006.

“I was making so many mistakes, trying so hard,’’ he added. “I put so much pressure on myself in these races because I know what everyone expects and I know what I expect out of myself, more importantly. But what a win.’’

Snider, who led five laps in the No. 31 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet, managed a smile himself acknowledging that runner-up to Allmendinger on a road course isn’t such a horrible defeat.

“Just A.J.’s experience,’’ Snider said, managing a smile as he explained the difference in winning Saturday. “I could tell he was setting up those [corner] exits better than I was. To me that was good hard racing.

“So cool to be disappointed with second [place] with a team that’s only a year-and-a-half old and to get my first stage win and maybe the first Top-3 with this car,’’ he added.

Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill finished third with JR Motorsports teammates Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier rounding out the Top-5.

Daniel Hemric, Ty Gibbs, JJ Yeley, Noah Gragson and Alex Labbe completed the Top-10.

As with Allmendinger, much of the top finishers had adventurous days.

The opening stages on the 1.97-mile course called for wet-tires with a steady downpour at the green flag that dissipated slowly as the race progressed. By the Stage 2 break, most teams opted for the Goodyear slicks as the rain lessened and was replaced with heavy mist. Only to have the rain come back in the final stage – after cars had swapped to the dry tires.

It was the sort of drama that characterized the race.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Gibbs led a race best 42 laps in the No. 54 JGR Toyota but was involved in several on-track incidents vying for the lead - and even just driving under caution at one point, hit from behind by Jesse Iwuji, who was three laps down.

Gragson, who like Allmendinger started from the rear of the field, made up a race best 22 positions by the start of Stage 2 and was running Top-5 when he was pushed off course by Gibbs on a mid-race re-start that proved to be consequential for many of the day’s top drivers.

Gibbs had contact with Gragson then with Sheldon Creed – resulting in both Gibbs and Creed’s cars going off-course. Creed returned to track and then was involved in a multi-car accident with 20 laps to go – damaging his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet beyond repair.

“I thought we had an okay day going. I made a mistake running second there but got back to the lead,’’ said Creed, whose wife is due to give birth to their first child any day now.

“The way my year’s gone, every time we have speed something goes wrong. … Today I felt like we had a really good shot at winning.’’

With the victory Allmendinger extended his championship lead over Gibbs to 44 points. Gragson’s ninth place finish keeps him 45 points behind.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 75
  • Margin of Victory: 02.879 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 1 Minutes 21 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 48.883
  • Cautions: 9 for 26 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,938 (39.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Portland International Raceway
  • Inaugural Pacific Office Automation 147
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Matthew Kaulig
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Inaugural Pacific Office Automation 147, his 12th victory in 74 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Portland International Raceway.
  • Myatt Snider (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Portland International Raceway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Portland International Raceway.
  • Austin Hill (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 43 points over Ty Gibbs.
The full field of the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers
Portland, Oregon - June 3, 2022 : The full field of the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers pose for a group photo prior to qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway.
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Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 40 Chevrolet Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 44 Andy Lally Northport, NY Feb 11, 1975 47 Chevrolet Clear Cryptos Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
3 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 45 Ford Motorsports Business Management Motorsports Business Management George Church
4 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet StormX Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 35 Chevrolet BRANDT JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 29 Chevrolet Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
7 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 29 Chevrolet Uvalde Strong Our Motorsports Chad Walter
8 6 Gray Gaulding Colonial Heights, VA Feb 10, 1998 24 Chevrolet JT Marine Inc JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
9 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 34 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
10 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
11 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet Team JD Motorsports JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
12 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 29 Chevrolet Larue Industrial Snow Blowers DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
13 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 28 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation and Logistics Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
14 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 28 Chevrolet Brandonbilt Foundations Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
15 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards\Patriot Lighting Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
16 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
17 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 23 Ford BuckedUp Buck Shot SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
18 78 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 28 Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
19 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 27 Chevrolet Tree Top Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
20 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
21 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 23 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
22 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 23 Chevrolet Dude Wipes Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
23 48 Jade Buford Brentwood, TN Feb 15, 1988 34 Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
24 34 Jesse Iwuji Carrollton, TX Aug 12, 1987 34 Chevrolet Equity Prime Mortgage Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
25 35 Patrick Emerling Orchard Park, NY Sep 19, 1992 29 Chevrolet Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
26 47 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 21 Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
27 5 Scott Heckert Ridgefield, CT Nov 21, 1993 28 Ford Malco BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
28 45 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 23 Chevrolet Lanphere Auto Group Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
29 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 24 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
30 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 31 Chevrolet Tire Pros JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
31 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 19 Toyota He Gets Us Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
32 13 Matt Jaskol Thousand Oaks, CA Oct 15, 1984 37 Toyota Auto Parts 4 Less Motorsports Business Management Carl Long
33 08 Spencer Pumpelly Arlington, VA Dec 28, 1974 47 Ford TicketSmarter SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
34 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 18 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
35 26 Parker Chase New Braunfels, TX Feb 22, 2001 21 Toyota Tower Family Foundation Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
36 18 Connor Mosack Charlotte, NC Jan 20, 1999 23 Toyota Open Eyes Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
37 38 Darren Dilley Clackamas, OR Jan 1, 1970 n/a Ford Willamette Valley Hops RSS Racing Steve Addington
38 91 Mason Filippi Alamo, CA Apr 23, 1998 24 Chevrolet OpenFender.com DGM Racing Mario Gosselin