Race Lineup

The official 2021 Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 11 Toyota

  • New Hampshire Motor Speedway
  • Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200
  • Pole Winner: Jeb Burton
  • Age: 28
  • Team: No. 10 - LS Tractors Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Jeb Burton won the Pole Award for the Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Saturday, July 17th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Christopher Bell wins third straight Xfinity race at New Hampshire

Kyle Busch had used up his eligibility for this year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Ty Gibbs had the week off.

But the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota they have driven to a combined seven victories this season was still around—much to the chagrin of the series regulars.

Competing in the Xfinity Series for the first time since he finished third in the final standings in 2019, Christopher Bell led 151 of 200 laps, swept the first two stages and won Saturday's Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The victory was Bell's third straight at the 1.058-mile track and the 17th of his career. It was the sixth straight win for Joe Gibbs Racing at New Hampshire, which did not host an Xfinity Series race last year because of schedule changes necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bell was the only former New Hampshire winner in the field for Saturday's race. He finished a comfortable 6.241 seconds ahead of runner-up Justin Allgaier, who held off third-place Daniel Hemric during the final 45-lap green-flag run.

From Bell's standpoint, the secret to success was easy to define.

"What I've got figured out is I've got really, really fast race cars to drive," said Bell, who started 14th and took the lead for the first time on Lap 44—one circuit before the end of the first stage. "I just love being here with Joe Gibbs Racing. All these Supras I've for the last three times I've been here have been amazing.

"Hopefully, the Camry is just a good tomorrow (in the NASCAR Cup Series race), but it just feels good to win."

A flat right front tire shot Patrick Emerling's Chevrolet into the outside wall in Turn 4 to cause the fifth and last caution of the race on Lap 149. After an adjustment to his No. 7 Chevrolet designed to create short-run speed, Allgaier battled Bell side-by side after the final restart on Lap 156.

But the strength and turning ability of Bell's car, set up by crew chief Chris Gayle, soon prevailed, and Bell pulled away as Allgaier and Hemric fought for the second position.

"Obviously, it was a good short-track battle there," Allgaier said. "This place is difficult, but it's fun. You're out there and you're sliding around a lot. We didn't start off the race like we wanted to, and (crew chief) Jason (Burdett) and the boys did a great job of making adjustments and getting us where we needed to be at.

"I wish I knew what we needed there. The Gibbs cars definitely had something we didn't have today. We'll go back home, we'll keep working on it and hopefully get our Brandt Camaro into Victory Lane sooner than later."

Series leader Austin Cindric ran fourth, followed by Harrison Burton, announced this week as the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers NASCAR Cup Series Ford for 2022. Justin Haley, Myatt Snider, Josh Berry, Brett Moffitt and Riley Herbst completed the top 10.

Herbst made a remarkable recovery from an early accident on a Lap 26 restart and now trails Michael Annett by 32 points for the final Playoff position. Annett missed Saturday's race—with Berry as his substitute—after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his right femur.

NASCAR opted not to apply traction compound to the third lane of the racing surface, though the PJ1 had been used for recent races at New Hampshire.

Accordingly, Bell believes racing on Saturday without the compound will give him an advantage in Sunday's Cup race.

"Especially coming here, the Xfinity rules package is really similar to the Cup rules package," Bell said. "I hope we have a really fast Camry tomorrow."

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 06.241 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 4 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 102.031
  • Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,019 (5.9 passes per green flag lap)
Jeb Burton drives at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire - July 17, 2021 : Jeb Burton, driver of the #10 LS Tractors Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LS Tractors Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
3 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
4 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Car Shop Team Penske Brian Wilson
5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brandt Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
7 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Robert B Our Co Inc Our Motorsports Tucker Scanlon
8 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
9 8 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Unsponsored Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
10 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
11 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Shane Wilson
12 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
13 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
14 54 Christopher Bell Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
15 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Prolon / rousseau / Silver Wax Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
16 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Crosley Furniture Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
17 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 AAN Adjusters Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
18 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
19 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
20 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sleep Well / ANE Electric Dgm Racing Eddie Troconis
21 1 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PFJ Spicy Chicken Sandwhich Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
22 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Jabs Construction Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
23 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Jeld-Wen Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
24 23 Patrick Emerling Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Spirit Snorkeling Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
25 15 Colby Howard Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Project Hope Foundation Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
26 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Paul Clapprood
27 5 Matt Mills Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 JF Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
28 78 Jesse Little Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Unsponsored Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
29 99 Mason Massey Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brunt Workwear Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
30 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bucked Up Energy Ss Green Light Racing Joe Williams
31 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Voyager Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
32 126 Brandon Gdovic Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 SnapMobile.Shop Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
33 31 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bommarito.com Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
34 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Axe Crossbows Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon
35 Bayley Currey 0.000 0.000 0.000
36 17 JJ Yeley Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Nurtec Rick Ware Racing Jason Miller
37 90 Dexter Bean Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DGM Racing Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
38 66 David Starr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Carson Towing & Repair Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
39 61 CJ McLaughlin Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sci Aps Hattori Racing Enterprises Doug Richert
40 52 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Freedom Warranty Means Motorsports Tim Brown