Race Lineup

The official 2022 Food City 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Food City 300

Friday, September 16th, 2022

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 41st Annual Food City 300
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Food City 300 with a lap of 15.653 seconds, 122.584 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 44 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 21st top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Josh Berry (second) posted his 18th top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 20th top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 18th in 26 races this season.
  • Austin Hill (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Friday, September 16th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Noah Gragson claims third straight Xfinity victory in Bristol shootout

Make it three in a row for Noah Gragson, who has built enormous momentum as the NASCAR Xfinity Series moves into its seven-race Playoff.

On 90-lap older tires, Gragson held off Brandon Jones, the driver who will take his seat in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet next year, in a 20-lap green-flag run to the finish of Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The victory was Gragson’s third straight in the series, his sixth of the season and the 11th of his career.

The race also settled the series Playoff picture. Despite power-steering issues, Daniel Hemric clinched one of the two available spots in the 12-driver Playoff field with a 20th-place finish. Ryan Sieg claimed the final berth, finishing 10th—his first top-10 run in 16 Bristol starts—after brake issues sent Landon Cassill to the garage for 112 laps and relegated him to 35th.

AJ Allmendinger clinched his second straight Regular Season Championship with a sixth-place result.

When J.J. Yeley slammed the inside wall after slight contact from race leader Justin Allgaier, on Lap 271, Gragson and crew chief Luke Lambert opted to stay on the track while all the other lead-lap cars pitted for fresh tires. 

After the restart on Lap 281, Gragson pulled out to a one-second lead before Jones began to close the gap on new rubber. Jones got to Gragson’s bumper but couldn’t find a way past the No. 9 Chevrolet. Gragson crossed the finish line .145 seconds ahead of Jones’ No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

“That last caution came out, and I knew if I could ring the top, it was going to be hard for them to get there,” said Gragson, who will graduate to a full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride with Petty GMS in 2023. “I appreciate Brandon Jones racing us clean. He gave us the bumper with two (laps) to go, and I was hanging on, scrubbing the fence.

“We won here in Bristol in 2020 and there were no fans here (because of the coronavirus pandemic)… What a great opportunity to race here in front of fans and have the opportunity to win the race. Our car was fast all day. We got to the top and we were rolling. I had a blast.”

A rueful Jones provided a post-mortem of the event on pit road.

“This one hurt the most because this was our race to lose, I thought,” Jones said. “Fresher tires certainly paid off there at the end. I just caught him (Gragson) at the wrong time every time.”

Gragson’s stiffest competition—his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier—wasn’t at the front of the field for the ending. Allgaier led the procession of lead-lap cars to pit road when Gragson stayed out, but a speeding penalty sent him to the rear of the field for the final restart.

“I know what happened; I didn’t really think I was speeding, but obviously I was,” said Allgaier, who has led 791 laps in his last seven Bristol races without winning. “I just hate it for everybody. It was cool for (Noah) to get the win. I cannot believe that they were able to stay out there and still run the speed they were.

“I love to hate this place. I’m close to 1,000 career laps led here (actually 1,004) and only one win, and that was over 10 years ago (2010). So, I’ve just got to do a better job next time.”

Allgaier led a race-high 148 laps on Friday, to 89 for Ty Gibbs, 34 for Sheldon Creed and 25 for Gragson.

Gragson also was instrumental in changing the complexion of the race in the middle of Stage 2. Pole winner Gibbs had won the first stage wire-to-wire, but on Lap 129, while Gibbs and Creed were battling for the lead, contact from Gragson’s Chevrolet sent Gibbs’ Toyota into Creed’s Camaro.

Both Gibbs and Creed crashed hard into the outside wall and were eliminated from the race.

Austin Hill finished third, followed by Sam Mayer and Riley Herbst. Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Stefan Parsons, Allgaier and Sieg completed the top 10.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Margin of Victory: 0.145 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 58 Minutes 27 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 80.996
  • Cautions: 8 for 58 laps
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,276 (5.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 41st Annual Food City 300
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 24
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Noah Gragson won the 41st Annual Food City 300, his 11th victory in 128 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his career-high sixth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Brandon Jones (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger wins the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship.
  • Daniel Hemric and Ryan Sieg clinch the final two spots in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.
Ty Gibbs pole award
Bristol, Tennessee - September 16, 2022 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 122.584 15.653 0.000 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
2 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 122.100 15.715 0.061 Harrison?s USA Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
3 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 121.906 15.740 0.087 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
4 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 121.852 15.747 0.093 Barger Precast Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
5 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 121.505 15.792 0.139 Huck's Market Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
6 18 Sammy Smith Toyota 121.343 15.813 0.160 Pilot Flying J Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
7 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 121.182 15.834 0.181 Alsco Uniforms Our Motorsports Chad Walter
8 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 121.129 15.841 0.188 AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
9 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 120.984 15.860 0.207 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
10 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 120.786 15.886 0.233 CMR Construction and Roofing Rss Racing Kevin Starland
11 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 120.672 15.901 0.248 Menards\Jeld-Wen Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
12 98 Riley Herbst Ford 120.369 15.941 0.288 Resorts World Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
13 5 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 120.195 15.964 0.311 B.J. McLeod Motorsports Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
14 45 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 120.045 15.984 0.331 Pursuit Church/Sokal Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
15 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 119.783 16.019 0.366 Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
16 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 119.715 16.028 0.375 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
17 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 119.663 16.035 0.382 Anderson Power Services Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
18 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 119.648 16.037 0.384 Dude Wipes Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
19 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 119.648 16.037 0.384 All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
20 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 119.522 16.054 0.401 Alka-Seltzer Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
21 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 119.328 16.080 0.427 ForeverLawn Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
22 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 119.084 16.113 0.460 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
23 35 Patrick Emerling Toyota 118.951 16.131 0.478 Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
24 48 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 118.922 16.135 0.482 Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
25 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 118.914 16.136 0.483 Can-Am Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
26 66 JJ Yeley Ford 118.782 16.154 0.501 Unsponsored Motorsports Business Management George Church
27 08 David Starr Ford 118.738 16.160 0.507 Good Boy Vodka Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
28 44 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 118.613 16.177 0.524 KeenParts.com Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
29 78 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 118.606 16.178 0.525 J.F. Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
30 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 118.562 16.184 0.531 Alloy Employer Services Dgm Racing Ryan London
31 02 Sage Karam Chevrolet 118.459 16.198 0.545 Quality Roof Seamers Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
32 77 Ronnie Bassett Jr Chevrolet 118.459 16.198 0.545 Jerry Hunt Supercenter Bassett Racing Dillon Bassett
33 34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 118.313 16.218 0.565 eRacing Association Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
34 68 Kris Wright Chevrolet 118.291 16.221 0.568 Hummer EV Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
35 38 CJ McLaughlin Ford 118.124 16.244 0.591 SciAps Rss Racing Steve Addington
36 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 117.458 16.336 0.683 TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
37 07 Joe Graf Jr Ford 117.057 16.392 0.739 Bucked Up LFG BURN Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
38 6 Bobby McCarty Chevrolet 116.893 16.415 0.762 Solid Rock Carriers Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
*39 52 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 118.153 16.240 0.587 Jimmy Means Racing Means Motorsports Tim Brown
*40 13 Chad Finchum Toyota 117.343 16.352 0.699 Finishing Touch / Food City Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
*41 47 Dawson Cram Chevrolet 112.957 16.987 1.334 Michael Waltrip Brewing Company Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.