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Ag-Pro 300

Saturday, April 23rd, 2022

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • 31st Annual Ag-Pro 300
  • Pole Winner: Jeffrey Earnhardt
  • Age: 32
  • Team: No. 3 - ForeverLawn Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Larry McReynolds
  • Jeffrey Earnhardt won the Pole Award for the 31st Annual Ag-Pro 300 with a lap of 52.454 seconds, 182.560 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 136 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his sixth in nine races this season.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Noah Gragson triumphs at Talladega in three-overtime thriller

It was an Earnhardt Saturday in Earnhardt country.

Grabbing the lead on a restart in the third overtime, Noah Gragson - driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports - won the Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway.

Gragson beat Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt Sr., who was driving a black No. 3 Chevrolet in a special appearance for Richard Childress Racing, which fielded Dale Sr.’s car during his heyday.

On the mammoth 2.66-mile track where Dale Sr. won a record 10 times and Dale Jr. added another six, Jeffrey Earnhardt crossed the finish line .131 seconds behind Gragson, who won for the first time at Talladega, the second time this season and the seventh time in his career.

Gragson grabbed the lead when JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier ran out of fuel as he led the field to the third-overtime restart on Lap 123. The driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet held the top spot the rest of the way as Earnhardt worked his way forward from his eighth-place restarting position.

Moments after the race, Gragson was already planning his celebration in the notorious Talladega infield.

“This team at Jr. Motorsports, they never quit,” Gragson said. “We’ve had a kind of a rough last month, just not getting the finishes that we wanted...I couldn’t make moves on the top there very much at the beginning of the race, so I just kept running the bottom - running the bottom - and we’d get shuffled back and keep moving back up.

“I’ve got to run in the Cup race (on Sunday), but the Talladaga Boulevard looks a lot more enchanting right now and inviting, so I might have to go out there and then throw some beads.”

On the second of the two overtime laps, Earnhardt slipped past AJ Allmendinger for second but couldn’t catch Gragson through the tri-oval.

“I’m living the dream here—I’m just so thankful to get this opportunity,” said Earnhardt, whose crew chief, FOX Sports broadcaster Larry McReynolds, was serving his first stint on a pit box since 2000. “Thanks to RCR for building this amazing race car. We were fast all weekend long.

“We just fell a little short there, but congrats to Noah. He’s good at plate races.”

Allmendinger had led on the second overtime restart and appeared to have control of the race when Jeremy Clements’ Chevrolet stalled in Turn 2 to cause the 10th and final caution of the race. With his third-place result, however, Allmendinger claimed the $100,000 Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus available to the top finisher among four eligible drivers.

“I thought I crashed about seven times on the last lap,” Allmendinger said. “I really appreciate what Xfinity and Comcast do to allow us to race for 100 grand at these four races. I didn’t realize that the 7 (Allgaier) started laying back, and you can’t take off before him. I was really checking up when he ran out of fuel.

“At that point, the 9 (Gragson) had such a run. This Chevy handled really well. We just lacked kind of the top-end speed, so they could get to my bumper, then basically boot me out of the way. I was just hanging on there. Jeffrey did a good job to make the move (for second place).”

Austin Hill, winner of the season opener at Daytona, led a race-high 67 laps and was out front with fewer than four laps left when Sam Mayer lost control of his Chevrolet in the outside lane and knocked Hill’s Chevy into the infield wall. Both cars were damaged too severely to continue.

Ryan Sieg and Landon Cassill finished fourth and fifth behind Allmendinger, with Cassill scoring his second straight top-five result. Anthony Alfredo, Riley Herbst, Joe Graf Jr., Myatt Snider and Brett Moffitt completed the top 10.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 113
  • Laps Actual: 124 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.131 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 40 Minutes 52 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 123.024
  • Cautions: 10 for 39 laps
  • Lead Changes: 25
  • Green Flag Passes: 6,611 (77.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • 31st Annual Ag-Pro 300
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Noah Gragson won the 31st Annual Ag-Pro 300, his seventh victory in 111 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Jeffrey Earnhardt (second) posted his first top-10 finish in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Kyle Sieg (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash.
Justin Allgaier leads the field
Talladega, Alabama - October 2, 2021 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 BRANDT Chevrolet, leads the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sparks 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Ford RHS USA / Coble Enterprises Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Voyager Crypto Debit Card Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 56 Ford TicketSmarter/Special Report SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
5 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 38 Chevrolet Fight Hunger Spark Change JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 02 Brett Moffitt Grimes, IA Aug 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
7 35 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Toyota Kitty Kat Coin Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
8 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 32 Chevrolet Rocky Boots Our Motorsports Chad Walter
9 3 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, NC Jun 22, 1989 35 Chevrolet ForeverLawn Richard Childress Racing Larry McReynolds
10 44 Ryan Ellis Torrence, CA Nov 29, 1989 34 Chevrolet Heartbeat Hot Sauce Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
11 38 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 37 Toyota A-GAME RSS Racing Kevin Starland
12 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 33 Chevrolet Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
13 47 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 33 Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
14 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 27 Chevrolet Habana Brisa JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
15 48 Kaz Grala Boston, MA Dec 29, 1998 25 Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
16 36 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 31 Chevrolet Larue Industrial Snowblowers DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
17 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 30 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation and Logistics Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
18 68 Brandon Brown Woodbridge, VA Sep 14, 1993 31 Chevrolet Trade The Chain Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
19 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 27 Toyota Menards\Atlas Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
20 45 Caesar Bacarella Parkland, FL Dec 18, 1975 48 Chevrolet Lilly Finance Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
21 28 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 32 Ford SciAps RSS Racing Steve Addington
22 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 39 Chevrolet One Stop / ASE Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
23 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 26 Ford Bucked Up Energy Drink SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
24 78 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 31 Chevrolet Alloy Employer Servies BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
25 5 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 27 Chevrolet J.F. Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
26 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 29 Chevrolet TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
27 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
28 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 25 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
29 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 27 Chevrolet Anderson Power Services DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
30 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 25 Chevrolet Dude Wipes Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
31 34 Jesse Iwuji Carrollton, TX Aug 12, 1987 37 Chevrolet SELE Foundation Jesse Iwuji Motorsports TBA
32 6 Ryan Vargas La Miranda, CA Sep 23, 2000 24 Chevrolet Hempvana Pain Relief Cream JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
33 53 Shane Lee Newton, NC Jul 4, 1993 31 Ford Kitty Kat Coin Emerling Gase Motorsports Mark Hillman
34 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 27 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jim Pohlman
35 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 33 Chevrolet PUBG MOBILE JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
36 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
37 13 Natalie Decker Eagle River, WI Jun 25, 1997 27 Toyota Nerd Focus Motorsports Business Management Kody Clark
38 39 Kyle Sieg Tucker, GA Apr 16, 2001 23 Ford TA Services/ C2 Freight RSS Racing Andrew May
39 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 21 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
40 26 Chandler Smith Talking Rock, GA Jun 26, 2002 22 Toyota ChargeMe / VITAL Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
41 18 Drew Dollar Atlanta, GA Dec 2, 2000 23 Toyota Lynx Capital Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff