Race Lineup

The official 2022 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200

Saturday, September 3rd, 2022

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Atlas Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 with a lap of 29.722 seconds, 165.453 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 227 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second pole and 15th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in ten races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Noah Gragson (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2022 and his sixth in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his second top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 13th in 24 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
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Noah Gragson triumphs in wild NASCAR Xfinity Series duel at Darlington

At the end of a thrilling three-car battle that wasn't decided until the last corner of the last lap Saturday at Darlington Raceway, Noah Gragson stole a victory from Sheldon Creed and charging Kyle Larson to score his fourth victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

After passing Gragson for second place on Lap 144 of 147, Larson got a strong run on Creed, then the leader, coming to the white flag. Larson steered his No. 17 Chevrolet to the inside of Creed's Camaro, and the drivers raced side-by-side through the first two corners.

Creed brushed the outside wall, and Larson got loose beneath him, allowing Gragson to gain ground. Creed cut down his right front tire and buried his car into Turn three, hitting the outside wall in a shower of sparks.

Gragson found room to the inside, slapped the outside wall near the exit of Turn 4 as Creed rode the fence and powered ahead in the last 200 yards to claim his second victory in the last three races at the Lady in Black and the ninth of his career.

The late-race pyrotechnics took place under the lights after a rain delay that stopped the proceedings for 2 hours, 37 minutes, 22 seconds.

"All you fans, was that cool - we put on a show for you guys?" Gragson shouted to the crowd from Victory Lane. "Sheldon Creed was really fast - I watched, during that rain delay, him running the top in (Turns) 1 and 2, and I knew there was a lot of speed there.

"So I went up there (after a restart on Lap 134), and I found something, and Sheldon pinched me off, and the 17 (Larson) got by me when it was like three (laps) to go, and I was like, "Oh, they're going to get into each other - they're racing too hard.' (Sheldon's) got nothing to lose, He's racing his tail off, and Kyle's going for a win."

Gragson's vision of the immediate future proved prophetic, as the two cars ahead of him made contact.

"I was trying to hold on," Creed said. "I had a really fast car. It was just a little too free to run their speed there at the end. They could run up the hill in (Turns) 1 and 2 and then really get a good run down the backstretch. I had to stay really low to keep the rear of the car underneath me.

"I was hoping they were going to get to racing behind me. When Kyle got next to me, my only opportunity was to side-draft as hard as I could. We got that wall, and I felt the right-front start to go down (as I was) going down the backstretch."

Creed held onto second place, crossing the finish line .794 seconds behind the race winner. In the last-lap chaos, Larson slipped to fifth behind Justin Allgaier and AJ Allmendinger.

"It was a lot of fun," said Larson, who will begin defense of his NASCAR Cup Series title in Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500, the first of 10 Playoff races in NASCAR's top division. "I was just trying to be patient as I caught them two - I was able to get by Noah, and I saw Sheldon was really loose in front of me, so I was just trying to stay patient behind him.

"Coming to white, I didn't want to get inside him on the frontstretch, because I knew what would happen, but I had such a good run off of (Turn) 4 that I had to make a move. He sat on my door and got me really loose. I had to chase him up the track - He was racing really hard for his first win. It was just a lot of fun from all of our seats. Crazy to be a part of a finish like that."

A victory would have put Creed into the Xfinity Series Playoffs. Instead, he leaves Darlington 13th in the standings, 16 points behind 12th-place Ryan Sieg. There are two races left before the 12-driver Xfinity Playoff field is set.

Gragson led four times for 82 laps and dominated the action before the rain delay.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 147
  • Margin of Victory: 0.794 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 2 Minutes 58 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 97.979
  • Cautions: 5 for 39 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 691 (6.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 24
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Noah Gragson won the 40th Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200, his ninth victory in 126 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 51 points over Ty Gibbs.
 Brandon Jones leads the field to the green flag
Darlington, South Carolina - September 3, 2022 : Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Menards/Atlas Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.
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Race lineup for the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 165.453 29.722 0.000 Menards\Atlas Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
2 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 165.231 29.762 0.039 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
3 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 164.380 29.916 0.194 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
4 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 164.238 29.942 0.220 Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
5 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 164.111 29.965 0.243 Shriners Children's 100th Anniversa… Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
6 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 163.991 29.987 0.265 Hellmann's Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
7 17 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 163.986 29.988 0.266 Hendrickcars.com Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
8 98 Riley Herbst Ford 163.942 29.996 0.274 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
9 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 163.805 30.021 0.299 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
10 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 163.587 30.061 0.339 AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
11 48 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 163.517 30.074 0.352 Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
12 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 163.337 30.107 0.385 Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
13 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 163.202 30.132 0.410 Booze Pops Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
14 45 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 163.175 30.137 0.415 Pops Mart Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
15 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 162.921 30.184 0.462 Harrison's USA Back to School Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
16 34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 162.689 30.227 0.505 eRacing Association Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
17 26 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 162.571 30.249 0.527 Freedom 13 Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
18 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 162.388 30.283 0.561 Rush Energy Our Motorsports Chad Walter
19 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 162.276 30.304 0.582 Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
20 07 Joe Graf Jr Ford 162.019 30.352 0.630 G Coin Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
21 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 161.742 30.404 0.682 Capital City Towing Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
22 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 161.598 30.431 0.709 Hy-Vee 4 Chevrolet Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
23 66 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 161.556 30.439 0.717 Wild Willies Motorsports Business Management George Church
24 02 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 161.524 30.445 0.723 Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
25 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 161.445 30.460 0.738 CMRroofing.com\ A-game Rss Racing Kevin Starland
26 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 160.885 30.566 0.844 Native Sons Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
27 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 160.596 30.621 0.899 Anderson Power Services Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
28 Brennan Poole 159.559 30.820 1.098
29 36 Josh Williams Chevrolet 159.388 30.853 1.131 Alloy Employer Services Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
30 08 David Starr Ford 158.955 30.937 1.215 TicketSmarter / Special Report Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
31 44 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 158.847 30.958 1.236 KeenParts.com Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
32 78 Brandon Brown Toyota 158.740 30.979 1.257 Jabs Construction Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
33 5 Tommy Joe Martins Ford 158.168 31.091 1.369 Capital City Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
34 68 Kris Wright Chevrolet 157.122 31.298 1.576 First National Bank Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
35 35 Dawson Cram Ford 155.739 31.576 1.854 Be Water Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
36 18 Christopher Bell Toyota 0.000 0.000 29.722 Sport Clips Haircuts Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
37 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 29.722 Carolina Cowboys Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
38 38 Kyle Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 29.722 H & W Electrical Rss Racing Andrew May
*39 13 Chad Finchum Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 29.722 Ted Russell Ford Lincoln Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.