Race Lineup

The official 2022 Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC

Saturday, October 8th, 2022

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 4 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina with a lap of 81.694 seconds, 102.235 mph.
  • This is his seventh pole in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 24th top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 17th in 29 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 8th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger wins fourth straight race at Charlotte ROVAL

It took a bit of thievery for AJ Allmendinger to preserve his perfect record at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

"We got that one—we stole that one," shouted Allmendinger after spinning his car like a dervish during a celebratory burnout at the finish line of the 2.32-mile, 17-turn road course.

Indeed, the 40-year-old Allmendinger swiped the lead from Ty Gibbs—a driver half his age—after an overtime restart on Lap 68 of the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, the Round of 12 elimination race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

After lagging behind Gibbs into Turn 1 on three previous restarts, Allmendinger kept his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet to the outside of Gibbs No. 54 Toyota through the first corner, surged ahead into Turn 2 and cleared Gibbs from the inside line through Turns 3 and 4.

"It's unbelievable," Allmendinger, who won for the fourth time in four starts at the Charlotte ROVAL. "Ty was really good there at the end, and I didn't know if I was going to be able to get him. I knew if I could just get to one restart on the outside of him, at least we'd have a chance."

Once in the lead, Allmendinger survived a second overtime restart before beating Gibbs to the finish line by .582 seconds. The victory was Allmendinger's second straight in the series, his fifth of the season and the 15th of his career — 10 of which have come on road courses.

"I was wanting it pretty bad there," Allmendinger said. "I didn't think we had a shot, but I'm always going to put it on my back when it's time to go. We got that one. We stole that one!...

"I drove it in as deep as I could (on the final restart), probably used Ty up just a little bit, but I'd expect the same if the roles were reversed."

Gibbs was diplomatic in his assessment of the final two restarts.

"I just lost the lead on that one restart and didn't execute the right way and lost it there," Gibbs said. "The last one, I caught the fence when I got ran wide, and it just kind of hurt my momentum… I feel like I gave it my best run, but I was proud of the effort.

"I had a fun out there and learned a lot."

Allmendinger already had clinched a spot in the Playoffs' Round of 8 with last Saturday's victory at Talladega. So had third-place finisher Noah Gragson, who won his fourth straight race a week earlier at Texas Motor Speedway.

Gibbs clinched his spot in the Round of 8 by finishing second to Allmendinger in the first stage of Saturday's race. Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill and Brandon Jones also advanced to the next round, with Jones finishing seventh in the race and claiming the final spot by two points over Ryan Sieg.

All four JR Motorsports drivers—Gragson, Allgaier, Berry and Mayer—will be competing for positions in the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway.

In addition to Sieg, reigning series champion Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst and Jeremy Clements were eliminated from the postseason.

Hemric qualified third but slammed into the outside barrier between Turns 5 and 6 on Lap 3. He recovered to finish 17th but ended the round 11 points behind Jones after contact from Sieg on a late restart.

"I made a mistake on Lap 3 that you just can't make," Hemric said ruefully.

Road course specialist James Davison ran fourth, followed by Allgaier, Alex Labbe, Jones, Berry, Sieg and Landon Cassill.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 67
  • Laps Actual: 72 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.582 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 21 Minutes 37 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.771
  • Cautions: 9 for 15 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,546 (27.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 41st Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, his 15th victory in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and 26th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his fourth consecutive victory at the Charlotte Road Course - series-most consecutive wins on a road course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Sheldon Creed (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Allmendinger's four straight wins are also the second-most consecutive wins at a single track behind Dale Earnhardt (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Texas) and Jack Ingram (South Boston) with five straight wins each.
AJ Allmendinger leads the field to the green flag
Concord, North Carolina - October 8, 2022 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of NC at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 102.235 81.694 0.000 Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 102.144 81.767 0.072 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
3 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 101.732 82.098 0.404 AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 101.402 82.365 0.670 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 101.224 82.510 0.816 The BRANDT Foundation Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 100.950 82.734 1.040 Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
7 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 100.939 82.743 1.049 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
8 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 100.731 82.914 1.220 Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
9 02 Sage Karam Chevrolet 100.526 83.083 1.389 Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
10 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
11 98 Riley Herbst Ford 101.154 82.567 0.872 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
12 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 101.142 82.577 0.883 Can-Am Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
13 45 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 100.891 82.782 1.088 Keffer Volkswagen Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
14 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 100.797 82.860 1.166 Harrison’s USA Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
15 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 100.721 82.922 1.228 Menards/Fisher Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
16 18 James Davison Toyota 100.589 83.031 1.337 Rich Mar Florist Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
17 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 100.553 83.061 1.367 CMRroofing.com\ A-game Rss Racing Kevin Starland
18 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 100.534 83.076 1.382 Death Wish Coffee Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
19 91 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 100.467 83.132 1.438 DGM Racing Dgm Racing Dan Pardus
20 44 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 100.386 83.199 1.505 Insurance King/Susan G. Komen Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
21 34 Kaz Grala Chevrolet 100.220 83.337 1.643 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
22 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 100.166 83.382 1.688 DGM Racing Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
23 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 100.062 83.468 1.774 Arrowhead Brass Our Motorsports Chad Walter
24 26 Daniil Kvyat Toyota 99.778 83.706 2.012 Nemaco Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
25 66 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 99.750 83.729 2.035 WorkPro Breast Cancer Aware Motorsports Business Management George Church
26 5 Scott Heckert Ford 99.451 83.981 2.287 Malco Automotive Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
27 35 Brad Perez Ford 99.434 83.995 2.301 Green Tech Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
28 38 Patrick Gallagher Ford 99.407 84.018 2.324 Belle haven Rss Racing Steve Addington
29 08 Andy Lally Ford 99.260 84.143 2.449 Engine Parts Plus/DBAutomotive Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
30 48 Marco Andretti Chevrolet 99.222 84.175 2.481 Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
31 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 98.975 84.385 2.691 TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
32 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 98.664 84.651 2.957 JD Motorsports Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
33 78 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 98.621 84.688 2.994 BJ McLeod Motorsports Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
34 13 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 98.592 0.000 0.000 Motorsports Business Management Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
35 07 Joe Graf Jr Ford 98.005 0.000 0.000 Bucked Up Energy Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
36 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 97.949 0.000 0.000 JD Motorsports Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
37 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
38 68 Kris Wright Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph