The official 2022 SRS Distribution 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Texas Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
After running among the leaders all afternoon, Tyler Reddick took the point himself with a dramatic pass from third place with 31 laps remaining and held off the field to take the checkered flag in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity Series SRS Distribution 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
It was Reddick’s 10th career Xfinity Series victory, coming in only his second start of 2022, and his first trophy since his 2019 Xfinity Series championship year.
It marked the first ever win for the new Big Machine Racing team’s No. 48 Chevrolet, with Reddick taking the checkered flag a distant 1.825-seconds ahead of fellow NASCAR Cup Series regular William Byron in an action-packed afternoon.
There were 11 caution periods, the second-most in the series’ history at the 1.5-mile Texas high banks, and tight racing on the ensuing restarts with the two-time Xfinity Series champion Reddick pulling off that impressive pass and ultimately earning his team’s debut victory.
“First off, just a huge opportunity and thank you to Big Machine Racing, it [the car] was just so good," the 26-year-old Californian said, noting he was motivated to take the drive this week to help the Richard Childress Racing-partnered team improve the Xfinity Series program overall.
“Chevrolet was just so good," he added. “Nobody at RCR was really happy with where the cars were at, and I wanted to help and try to make these cars get better and to figure out what we needed to do to get these cars better.
“Well," he smiled. “We figured it out pretty quick, I guess."
Reddick’s victory snapped a three-race winning streak by the JR Motorsports Chevrolets, which combined to lead 118 of the 167 laps on Saturday.
Race runner-up William Byron, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, was making his first Xfinity Series start since claiming the 2017 series championship and came within two-seconds of earning JRM what would have been a historic fourth consecutive win by four different drivers.
The team had three cars finish in the top-five and four finish inside the top-10, including Byron, Sam Mayer in third, Justin Allgaier in fourth and Josh Berry in seventh. Berry led a race best 46 laps, Allgaier was out front for 33 and Byron paced the field for seven laps.
Gragson, who is ranked second in the series driver standings, ended up scored 36th in the 38-car field after first, being collected in a chain reaction accident then secondly damaging the car beyond repair when a tire problem put the car in the wall only five laps afterward.
It was a rough ending to a great start on the weekend. The 23-year-old Las Vegas native earned his first career pole position, led 32 laps, and won Stage 1 – his series best sixth stage victory of the season - twice that of any driver.
“I guess the only positive is we got a Playoff point for the stage win," Gragson said, adding, “Definitely sucks. Good to see the other JRM cars running strong. … hopefully, we can get the company a good finish today.
“Just a bummer. We’ve been doing awesome, just disappointed. We were pretty quick and was just bidding our time.”
Ryan Truex finished sixth in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, scoring his best finish in five Xfinity Series starts this season. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst was eighth – his sixth straight top-10 finish and ninth of the season. Kaulig Racing’s Landon Cassill was 10th; his seventh top-10 of 2022.
All three of the championship leaders faced adversity on Saturday. Current points leader A.J. Allmendinger – the only driver to finish inside the top-10 in every race this season – looked like that streak may have been stopped when his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet had a tire rub racing Allgaier in the closing laps. He was able to maintain his top-10 season run, however, salvaging a ninth-place finish.
Ty Gibbs, who is third in the driver standings, was involved in the initial Gragson multi-car accident on Lap 89. He already had a challenging day, sent to start the race at the rear of the field for an inspection violation.
After the race – and despite the challenges they all three faced – Allmendinger will take a 44-point advantage over Gragson into next week’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Alsco Uniforms 300 (1 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). He holds a 52-point edge over Gibbs, who is the defending Charlotte race winner.
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 | Work Pro Tools | 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 | 08 | David Starr | Houston, TX | Nov 11, 1967 | 54 | Ford | TicketSmarter | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
5 | 13 | Timmy Hill | Port Tobacco, MD | Feb 25, 1993 | 29 | Toyota | TX Remodeling / CrashClaimsR.us | Motorsports Business Management | Carl Long |
6 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Mayetta, NJ | Mar 18, 1992 | 30 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Riverton, IL | Jun 6, 1986 | 35 | Chevrolet | hellowater | JR Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
8 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Grimes, IA | Aug 7, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Hometown Lenders | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
9 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Halifax, VA | Aug 6, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | State Water Heathers | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
10 | 26 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 32 | Toyota | ForeverLawn | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
11 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Torrence, CA | Nov 29, 1989 | 32 | Chevrolet | Limetree Marketing | Alpha Prime Racing | Michael Brandt |
12 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 34 | Ford | CMRroofing.com / A-game | RSS Racing | Kevin Starland |
13 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | Cirkul - Water Your Way | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
14 | 88 | William Byron | Charlotte, NC | Nov 29, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Hendrick Cars.com | JR Motorsports | Jason Stockert |
15 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Sacramento, CA | Apr 11, 1991 | 31 | Chevrolet | American Scroll | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
16 | 48 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 26 | Chevrolet | Big Machine Racing Jag Metals | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
17 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | Chasco Constructors | JD Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
18 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 29 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | DGM Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
19 | 21 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 28 | Chevrolet | Global Industrial | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
20 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Brandonbilt Foundations | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
21 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 25 | Toyota | Menards / Delta Faucets | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
22 | 38 | CJ McLaughlin | Framingham, MA | Jul 1, 1992 | 29 | Ford | TopPool.com | RSS Racing | Steve Addington |
23 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 37 | Chevrolet | Straitline Nitro | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
24 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Mahwah, NJ | Jul 12, 1998 | 23 | Ford | G Coin | SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
25 | 78 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 28 | Chevrolet | Alloy Employer Services | BJ McLeod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
26 | 5 | Matt Mills | Lynchburg, VA | Nov 14, 1996 | 25 | Chevrolet | J.F. Electric | BJ McLeod Motorsports | David Ingram |
27 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Charlotte, NC | Dec 30, 1994 | 27 | Chevrolet | Superior Essex | Jordan Anderson Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
28 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Las Vegas, NV | Jul 15, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC | JR Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
29 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Las Vegas, NV | Feb 24, 1999 | 23 | Ford | Monster Energy | Stewart-Haas Racing | Richard Boswell |
30 | 91 | Mason Massey | Douglasville, GA | Jan 24, 1997 | 25 | Chevrolet | SPI Asphalt | DGM Racing | Mario Gosselin |
31 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Ridgefield, CT | Mar 1, 1999 | 23 | Chevrolet | First Phase | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
32 | 34 | Jesse Iwuji | Carrollton, TX | Aug 12, 1987 | 34 | Chevrolet | Equity Prime Mortgage | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Dan Stillman |
33 | 35 | Patrick Emerling | Orchard Park, NY | Sep 19, 1992 | 29 | Chevrolet | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
34 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | La Miranda, CA | Sep 23, 2000 | 21 | Chevrolet | Twin Liquors | JD Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
35 | 45 | Stefan Parsons | Cornelius, NC | Jun 15, 1998 | 23 | Chevrolet | Market Rebellion / Sokal | Alpha Prime Racing | Frank Kerr |
36 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Alpine, CA | Sep 30, 1997 | 24 | Chevrolet | Whelen / NLEOMF | Richard Childress Racing | Jim Pohlman |
37 | 8 | Josh Berry | Hendersonville, TN | Oct 22, 1990 | 31 | Chevrolet | Jarrett Industries | JR Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
38 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Charlotte, NC | Oct 4, 2002 | 19 | Toyota | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
39 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Franklin, WI | Jun 26, 2003 | 18 | Chevrolet | Accelerate Pros Talent | JR Motorsports | Andrew Overstreet |