Race Lineup

The official 2021 Go Bowling 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Richmond Raceway.

Go Bowling 250

Saturday, September 11th, 2021

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 6 Toyota
  • 5 Ford

  • Richmond Raceway
  • Go Bowling 250
  • Pole Winner: Austin Cindric
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 22 - CarShop Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Brian Wilson
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Austin Cindric won the Pole Award for the Go Bowling 250 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, September 11th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Noah Gragson holds off Justin Haley to win Xfinity Series race at Richmond

Noah Gragson led the final 14 laps – holding off the field on a pair of late race restarts- in Saturday' Go Bowling 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway to earn his second win in as many weeks – celebrating the moment by wrapping himself in an American flag then climbing the front grandstand fence to a cheering crowd.

Gragson, 23, was only three years old when the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred, but the Las Vegas native was clearly moved by the opportunity to acknowledge the powerful day in American history. And important day in his career.

His .381-second win in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet over a hard-charging Kaulig Racing's Justin Haley gives him a two-race winning streak heading into next week's regular season finale at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where the 12-driver Playoff field will be set.

"I knew they [Haley] had tires, but the thing that really kept us alive were those two cautions at the end," said Gragson, who now has four career Xfinity Series wins.

"But today's not about this team or this win, it's about everyone who lost their lives 20 years ago. We have a lot of heavy hearts and at least in America we can come together on this day and appreciate all you race fans for coming out.

"It's an emotional day. It's a special day. But it's not about us today."

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship competitor John Hunter Nemechek finished third with Gragson's JRM teammate Justin Allgaier rallying from an early race mechanical issue to finish fourth, followed by Stewart-Haas Racing's Riley Herbst.

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Daniel Hemric and 18-year-old Ty Gibbs were sixth and seventh. Gibbs led a race best 67 of the 250 laps and won Stage 2.vBrandon Brown, Harrison Burton and Jeb Burton rounded out the top 10.

NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., a four-time winner of this race, finished 14th in his only NASCAR start of the season. He was running among the top-10 but was called for a pit road speeding penalty on a late race pit stop. He still got to celebrate in Victory Lane, however, as one of Gragson's team owners.

"They race hard there in the middle of the pack, especially around me, but it was fun," said Earnhardt, who also noted, "Helps me remember some of the things that make me a better broadcaster."

Earnhardt, the sport's 15-time Most Popular Driver, is an NBC Sports announcer and moved from pit lane to the announcers booth for the NASCAR Cup Series race later Saturday night at the Richmond three-quarter mile track.

Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger and Team Penske's Austin Cindric were separated by a single-point in the regular season championship entering the race, and Allmendinger extended his points lead to five points with a Stage 1 win and an 18th-place finish. Cindric finished 16th.

Nine drivers have now officially clinched a Playoff position, including Cindric, Allmendinger, Gragson, Allgaier, Haley, Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric, Myatt Snider, and Harrison Burton.

Herbst currently holds 12th position in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driver standings, the final Playoff transfer position, with a 66-point edge on JR Motorsports' driver Michael Annett, who had been among the Playoff 12 before missing four races with an injury.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: 0.381 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 14 Minutes 57 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 83.364
  • Cautions: 9 for 58 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,754 (9.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 41st Annual Go Bowling 250
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: David Elenz
  • Noah Gragson won the 41st Annual Go Bowling 250, his fourth victory in 94 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Justin Haley (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Ty Gibbs (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 5 points over Austin Cindric.
  • This is JR Motorsports' sixth win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Richmond Raceway.
Harrison Burton and Austin Cindric lead the field to start at Richmond Raceway
Richmond, Virginia - September 11, 2021 : Harrison Burton, driver of the #20 DEX Imaging Toyota, and Austin Cindric, driver of the #22 Carshop Ford, lead the field to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway.
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Race lineup for the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CarShop Team Penske Brian Wilson
2 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
3 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
4 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brandt Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 State Water Heaters Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
7 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 One Stop Convenience Store Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
8 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
9 02 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Superior Essex Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
10 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PFJ Thank A Trucker Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
11 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Kevin Starland
12 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
13 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DGM Racing Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
14 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Workpro Tools Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
15 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
16 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Atlas Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
17 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TradeTheChain.com Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
18 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
19 2 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Fr8Auctions Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
20 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Go Bowling Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
21 105 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 JF Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
22 23 Patrick Emerling Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Spirit Snorkeling Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
23 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bucked Up Energy Ss Green Light Racing Joe White
24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alpha Prime Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
25 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
26 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LifeGR 9/11 Tribute Jd Motorsports Paul Clapprood
27 26 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Safeway Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
28 15 Colby Howard Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
29 17 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Thundercat Technology Ss Green Light Racing Jason Miller
30 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Unilever United For America Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
31 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Voyager Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
32 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 12 Hour Auctions / Big Frig Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
33 31 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bommaritto.com / Solid Rock Carrier… Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
34 178 Mason Massey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gerber Collision & Glass Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
35 90 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 MiniDoge Dgm Racing BJ Tucker
36 61 Stephen Leicht Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Jani-King Hattori Racing Enterprises Doug Richert
37 66 David Starr Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sharelife Vacations / Helluva Ranch Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
38 199 Sam Mayer Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 QPS Employment Group Bj Mcleod Motorsports George Ingram
39 74 CJ McLaughlin Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 SciAps Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett
40 52 Akinori Ogata Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Kyowa Precision Means Motorsports Tim Brown