The official 2022 ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Richmond Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA
Ty Gibbs bumped his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate John Hunter Nemechek out of the lead on the final lap to claim his third NASCAR Xfinity Series race win of the season - by a mere .116-seconds over Nemechek in the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway.
The two JGR drivers dominated the afternoon - combining to lead all but one of the 250 laps on the .075-mile track - the first short track test of the season. Nemechek paced the field for a race high 135 laps in the No. 18 JGR Toyota and was within checkered flag sight when Gibbs got into him, pushing Nemechek's Toyota high up the track and then motoring on for his series best third win of the season and seventh of his young career.
In his previous two victories (at Las Vegas and at Atlanta) this season, the 19-year old Gibbs had led only 14 total laps. He was out front 115 on Saturday.
"I definitely deserve one back but we're racing for wins and they are hard to come by so you have to take it," said Gibbs, after climbing out of his No. 54 JGR Toyota.
"Short track racing," he added with a smile. "Got our third win so want to keep it going. What a great car."
"I deserve one back for sure but we're racing for wins and I've got to do what I can to win."
The second-generation driver Nemechek, who races full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, climbed out of his car and offered a smile to the television cameras, but the 23-year old was clearly miffed at his teammate.
"Him and I will settle it one day," Nemechek said. "I don't want to say too much and get myself in trouble. Just got drove through. He didn't even try and make the corner there.
"But racers never forget, that's for sure."
It was a career day for another teenager as well. Not only did 18-year old JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer earn a career best third place finish but he also secured the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash incentive prize offered by series sponsor Xfinity.
"By the end of the day our Chevrolet Camaro was as fast as Xfinity internet, so that's a really good, feels-good moment for us and obviously, my career best finish," Mayer said. "Unbelievable. This team definitely deserves it."
Now the top four eligible drivers from Saturday's race in Richmond - Mayer, race winner Gibbs, fourth place finisher A.J. Allmendinger and fifth-place finisher Riley Herbst will have an opportunity to contend for the prize money next weekend at Martinsville Speedway.
Although he won't be eligible for bonus money, reigning series champion Daniel Hemric had to be happy with his results on Saturday. Hemric rallied from the rear of the starting grid to finish sixth, followed by Josh Berry, Brandon Brown, Ryan Sieg and Parker Retzlaff.
Noah Gragson came into the weekend leading the points standings, but his No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet suffered brake problems all afternoon and ultimately finished 21st, a lap down. The misfortune cost him the championship lead. Allmendinger, the only driver to have Top-10 finishes in all seven races this year, now leads Gibbs and Gragson atop the standings by 20 points.
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 | Carnomaly | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
4 | 08 | David Starr | Houston, TX | Nov 11, 1967 | 54 | Ford | TicketSmarter | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
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 | Half Off Wholesale | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
7 | 35 | Joey Gase | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 8, 1993 | 29 | Toyota | Donate Life VA | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
8 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Halifax, VA | Aug 6, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Rocky Boots | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
9 | 5 | Ryan Preece | Berlin, CT | Oct 25, 1990 | 31 | Chevrolet | Mohawk | BJ McLeod Motorsports | David Ingram |
10 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 34 | Ford | A-GAME | RSS Racing | Kevin Starland |
11 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | Wentzville, MO | Aug 28, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | eRacing Association | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Jason Houghtaling |
12 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | AG1 - Athletic Greens | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
13 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Sacramento, CA | Apr 11, 1991 | 30 | Chevrolet | Save22.vet | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
14 | 52 | Harrison Rhodes | High Point, NC | Jul 15, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Jimmy Means Racing | Means Motorsports | Tim Brown |
15 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
16 | 18 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mooresville, NC | Jun 11, 1997 | 24 | Toyota | Safeway | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
17 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Larue Industrial Snow Blowers | DGM Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
18 | 21 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 27 | Chevrolet | Bennett Transportation and Logistics | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
19 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Jabs Construction | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
20 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Menards / NIBCO | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
21 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 37 | Chevrolet | Fox Sports / Spartan Waste | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
22 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Mahwah, NJ | Jul 12, 1998 | 23 | Ford | Bucked Up Energy Drink | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
23 | 78 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Adam Brooks |
24 | 55 | Matt Mills | Lynchburg, VA | Nov 14, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | J.F. Electric | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Keith Wolfe |
25 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Charlotte, NC | Dec 30, 1994 | 27 | Chevrolet | TaxSlayer | Jordan Anderson Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
26 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Las Vegas, NV | Jul 15, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC | JR Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
27 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Las Vegas, NV | Feb 24, 1999 | 23 | Ford | Monster Energy | Stewart-Haas Racing | Richard Boswell |
28 | 91 | Mason Massey | Douglasville, GA | Jan 24, 1997 | 25 | Chevrolet | Anderson Power Services | DGM Racing | Mario Gosselin |
29 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Ridgefield, CT | Mar 1, 1999 | 23 | Chevrolet | Sim Seats | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
30 | 77 | Dillon Bassett | Winston-Salem, NC | Apr 2, 1997 | 25 | Chevrolet | Honest Amish | Bassett Racing | Ronnie Bassett Jr |
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 | TeamJDMotorsports.com | JD Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
33 | 99 | Stefan Parsons | Cornelius, NC | Jun 15, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | SOKAL | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
34 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Alpine, CA | Sep 30, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Whelen | Richard Childress Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
35 | 8 | Josh Berry | Hendersonville, TN | Oct 22, 1990 | 31 | Chevrolet | Tire Pros | JR Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
36 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Charlotte, NC | Oct 4, 2002 | 19 | Toyota | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
37 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Tucker, GA | Apr 16, 2001 | 20 | Ford | The Engineer Group | RSS Racing | Kevin Johnson |
38 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Franklin, WI | Jun 26, 2003 | 18 | Chevrolet | Accelerate Pros Talent | JR Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
39 | 26 | Derek Griffith | Hudson, NH | Feb 9, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Toyota Racing | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
40 | 45 | Howie Disavino III | Chesterfield, VA | Apr 10, 2001 | 20 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime | Alpha Prime Racing | Paul Clapprood |
41 | 38 | Parker Retzlaff | Rhinelander, WI | May 21, 2003 | 18 | Toyota | Ponsse | RSS Racing | Steve Addington |
42 | 44 | Rajah Caruth | Atlanta, GA | Jun 11, 2002 | 19 | Chevrolet | Virginia State | Alpha Prime Racing | Dan Stillman |