Race Lineup

The official 2022 Pit Boss 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Circuit of The Americas.

Pit Boss 250

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Interstate Batteries Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250 with a lap of 134.52 seconds, 91.258 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in his series debut at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second in two races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas

A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he's considered one of NASCAR's road course superstars.

Allmendinger's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over Austin Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the first road course race of the year. It was the 40-year-old veteran's first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season and 11th of his career. He has seven road course wins on six different road course tracks (series-most).

He led early, and he led late, just when he needed to, holding off the field on two late, and dicey race restarts and controlling the race the final 14 laps en route to the checkered flag.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer turned in an inspired comeback from a midrace pit road speeding penalty to finish third. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson was fourth - his sixth top-five finish in the seven-race season to date. Gragson's teammate Sam Mayer finished fifth.

With their work, Allmendinger, Hill, Gragson and Mayer are now eligible to win a $100,000 bonus next week in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes opener at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. The top finishing driver among them in the ToyotaCare 250 will take the check, courtesy of sponsor Comcast.

"I told myself yesterday, I was not happy with where I put ourselves," said Allmendinger, who qualified fourth.

"Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don't' sleep during the week, they're busting their tales and that's why I'm so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today."

And it was not easy. Pole-winner Ty Gibbs and fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Custer joined Allmendinger at the front of the field for most of the early-going. Gibbs and Chastain exchanged the lead with Allmendinger, but both ultimately suffered setbacks during the course of the 46-lap race around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit.

Gibbs' Toyota suffered a flat time and put him well back in the field (36th place) after he was forced to pit during a green flag run, he recovered to finish 15th. Chastain ran among the front pack all the way until the end of the race when he was collected in an aggressive pack on the final race restart with seven laps remaining and finished 17th.

Myatt Snider finished sixth in a final lap duel with Mayer. Brett Moffitt finished seventh with Jade Buford, Miguel Paludo and Sheldon Creed - who won the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier in the day rounded out the top 10.

The runner-up Hill was especially encouraged because he was able to keep Allmendinger honest in the closing laps.

"All in all, it was a solid effort for our Global Chevy Camaro," Hill said, adding, "I've always felt like I could get around road courses. I felt like I proved it last year in the trucks winning at Watkins Glen and its just kind of build the momentum and the confidence going forward into this year that when we come to road courses, we can get the job done.

"I guess A.J. was just a little bit better than us, because I felt we had a really good car, but this shows we can run with AJ."

With the showing at COTA, fourth-place finisher Gragson holds a single-point lead over Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series driver standings with Gibbs third, 31 points back.

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 48
  • Laps Actual: 46 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: 02.039 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 13 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.640
  • Cautions: 4 for 8 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,104 (55.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250, his 11th victory in 66 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 1 points over AJ Allmendinger.
Ty Gibbs drives during qualifying
Austin, Texas - March 25, 2022 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Interstate Batteries Toyota, drives during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas.
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Race lineup for the Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 91.258 134.520 0.000 Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
2 92 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 90.869 135.096 0.575 Ticket Smarter Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
3 07 Cole Custer Ford 90.861 135.107 0.586 Bucked Up Energy Drink Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
4 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 90.532 135.598 1.078 Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
5 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 90.362 135.853 1.333 Can-Am Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
6 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 90.330 135.901 1.381 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
7 91 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 90.077 136.284 1.764 Chinchor Electric/Danus Dgm Racing Dan Pardus
8 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 90.051 136.323 1.803 Global Industrial Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
9 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 90.041 136.338 1.818 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
10 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 89.761 136.763 2.243 Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
11 35 Parker Kligerman Toyota 90.395 135.804 1.284 Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
12 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 90.299 135.949 1.429 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
13 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 90.178 136.131 1.611 Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
14 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 90.142 136.185 1.665 USIO Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
15 18 Bubba Wallace Toyota 90.046 136.330 1.810 Dr. Pepper Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
16 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 90.018 136.373 1.853 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
17 88 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 89.889 136.569 2.049 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jason Stockert
18 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 89.743 136.791 2.271 Pit Boss Grills Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
19 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 89.642 136.944 2.424 AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
20 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 89.633 136.958 2.438 Jon Wayne Service Company Our Motorsports Chad Walter
21 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 89.606 136.999 2.479 TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
22 98 Riley Herbst Ford 89.603 137.005 2.485 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
23 26 Parker Chase Toyota 89.588 137.027 2.507 Bahnbrecker Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
24 44 Sage Karam Chevrolet 89.312 137.450 2.930 Market Rebellion Alpha Prime Racing Dan Stillman
25 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 89.266 137.521 3.001 PUBG MOBILE Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
26 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 89.167 137.675 3.155 Straitline Nitro Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
27 45 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 89.132 137.728 3.208 The Boss / Lemons of Love Alpha Prime Racing Paul Clapprood
28 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 88.816 138.218 3.698 TradeTheChain.com Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
29 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 88.690 138.415 3.895 Chasco Constructors Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
30 28 Patrick Gallagher Ford 88.599 138.557 4.037 Belle Haven Rss Racing Steve Addington
31 08 Joe Graf Jr Ford 88.214 139.161 4.641 G Coin Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jeff Kirkendall
32 5 Scott Heckert Chevrolet 88.102 139.338 4.818 Malco Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
33 99 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 87.638 140.077 5.557 SOKAL Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
34 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 94.520 Twin Liquors Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
35 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 94.520 CMRroofing.com\ A-game Rss Racing Kevin Starland
36 66 JJ Yeley Ford 0.000 0.000 94.520 Remote Health Solutions Motorsports Business Management George Church
37 38 Will Rodgers Toyota 0.000 0.000 94.520 Kelly Benefits Rss Racing Clifford Turner
38 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 94.520 Menards\Oklahoma Joe's Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering