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The official 2022 Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Daytona International Speedway.

Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300

Saturday, February 19th, 2022

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 35 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 4 Ford

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300
  • Pole Winner: Daniel Hemric
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No. 11 - AG1 Athletic Greens Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Alex Yontz
  • Daniel Hemric won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 with a lap of 49.221 seconds, 182.849 mph.
  • This is his sixth pole in 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in eight races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his first in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Jade Buford (third) posted his second top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
  • This is Kaulig Racing's first NASCAR Xfinity Series pole at Daytona International Speedway.

  • Saturday, February 19th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Rookie Austin Hill snatches Xfinity Series win at Daytona

Austin Hill nosed ahead of AJ Allmendinger moments before an incident on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway ripped the engine and rear end out of Myatt Snider's car.

The caution froze the field with Hill the winner of Saturday's Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 in his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start with Richard Childress Racing.

In a large pack, the cars were streaking down the backstretch at the 2.5-mile superspeedway when an aggressive push from Anthony Alfredo's No. 23 Chevrolet turned Snider's No. 31 Camaro in front of Jade Buford's No. 48 Chevrolet. The resulting contact lifted Snider off the track and into the catchfence.

With pieces of his car strewn across the infield, Snider climbed from his destroyed race car in yet another testament to the safety of the vehicles that race at speeds in excess of 180 mph. Snider visited the infield care center, where he was treated and released.

The victory was Hill's first in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in his 16th start, after he moved from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to a full-time ride with RCR in the Xfinity ranks.

All told, nine cars were involved in the wreck that forced the race to end under the sixth caution of the evening.

Hill developed a strong run on the backstretch and made the winning pass after Allmendinger's Chevrolet advanced too far in front of the lead pack.

"We timed it perfectly," an elated Hill said after climbing from his car on the frontstretch. "Obviously, that caution came out, but we had a heck of a run, so who knows what would have happened there.

"I was able to drag back, the 98 (Riley Herbst) gave me a heck of a push, we were able to get by (Allmendinger), and this is so crazy.

"I won (a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener) in 2019 with a new team, now we're with RCR, first race with them. We were able to get the job done… Man, I'm speechless. (Crew chief) Andy Street, (owner) Richard Childress, just all these guys back at RCR for believing in me. It's been a fun offseason, and now we get to go race for a championship. Let's go!"

Allmendinger was credited with his second straight runner-up finish in a Daytona Xfinity Series race.

"I'd have to go see the replay, study it," Allmendinger said. "I'm sure I will. Kind of kept trying to block both lanes, and it looked like Austin moved up there and timed it perfect where he just got a massive shove, and I probably could have tried to really block, but I think I probably would have wrecked us if I would have done it.

"Seeing there, I've got to be better sometimes not getting too far out in the lead. I don't know, I'll just keep working on it, man."

Noah Gragson was third, followed by Herbst and Justin Allgaier. Sheldon Creed, Alfredo, Ryan Sieg, Josh Bilicki and Brandon Brown completed the top 10.

Hill led four times for 23 of the 120 laps, second only to the 38 of reigning series champion Daniel Hemric, who was the victim of a 10-car crash on Lap 91. Hemric finished 28th, four laps down.

Another casualty of the final wreck was Ty Gibbs, who was making his first Xfinity start on the Daytona oval. Gibbs was 11th when the field was frozen by the caution.

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (9 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 120
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 11 Minutes 46 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 136.605
  • Cautions: 6 for 28 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 5,193 (56.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300
  • Race Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 21 - Bennett/United Rentals Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Austin Hill won the 41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300, his first victory in 16 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Hill becomes the fourth different driver to win both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Daytona International Speedway; joining Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick and Mike Wallace.
  • This is Richard Childress Racing's seventh NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Daytona International Speedway.
Daniel Hemric leads the field to the green flag
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 19, 2022 : Daniel Hemric, driver of the #11 AG1 Athletic Greens Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 182.849 49.221 0.000 AG1 - Atletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
2 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 182.423 49.336 0.115 Bennett Transportation & Logistics Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
3 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 182.352 49.355 0.134 Big Machine Vodka - Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
4 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 181.998 49.451 0.230 Whelen Engineering Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
5 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 181.642 49.548 0.327 Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
6 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 181.627 49.552 0.331 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
7 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 181.627 49.552 0.331 Harrison's USA Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
8 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 181.525 49.580 0.359 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
9 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 181.485 49.591 0.370 Proctor and Gamble - Swiffer Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
10 98 Riley Herbst Ford 181.243 49.657 0.436 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
11 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 181.043 49.712 0.491 Nutrien AG Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
12 18 Drew Dollar Toyota 180.923 49.745 0.524 Lynx Capital Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
13 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 180.759 49.790 0.569 Trade The Chain Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
14 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 180.694 49.808 0.587 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
15 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 180.679 49.812 0.591 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
16 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 180.647 49.821 0.600 Dude Wipes Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
17 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 180.632 49.825 0.604 Brandt Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
18 5 Matt Mills Chevrolet 180.495 49.863 0.642 JF Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
19 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 180.422 49.883 0.662 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Kevin Starland
20 24 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 180.144 49.960 0.739 Forever Lawn Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
21 66 JJ Yeley Toyota 180.094 49.974 0.753 Remote Health Solutions Motorsports Business Management George Church
22 45 Caesar Bacarella Chevrolet 180.054 49.985 0.764 Lilly Finance Alpha Prime Racing Paul Clapprood
23 92 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 180.043 49.988 0.767 LS Tractor Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
24 78 Josh Williams Chevrolet 179.982 50.005 0.784 Alloy Bj Mcleod Motorsports Daniel Johnson
25 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 179.971 50.008 0.787 KSDT CPA Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
26 38 CJ McLaughlin Ford 179.702 50.083 0.862 Sci aps Rss Racing Steve Addington
27 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 179.702 50.083 0.862 State Water Heaters Our Motorsports Chad Walter
28 53 Joey Gase Ford 179.673 50.091 0.870 Kitty Kat Coin Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
29 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 179.659 50.095 0.874 Bucked Up Energy Drink Ss Green Light Racing Joe Williams
30 34 Jesse Iwuji Chevrolet 179.562 50.122 0.901 Equity Prime Mortgage Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jason Houghtaling
31 36 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 179.508 50.137 0.916 Zeigler Auto Group / Elliott's Cust… Dgm Racing TBA
32 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 179.236 50.213 0.992 Market Rebellion Rally for Valor Alpha Prime Racing Dan Stillman
33 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 179.208 50.221 1.000 TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
34 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 179.108 50.249 1.028 Accelerate Pro Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
35 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 178.866 50.317 1.096 All South Electric / One Stop Conve… Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
36 28 Kyle Sieg Chevrolet 178.303 50.476 1.255 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Andrew May
37 35 Shane Lee Toyota 177.009 50.845 1.624 Kitty Kat Coin Emerling Gase Motorsports Scott Eggleston
38 26 Ryan Truex Toyota 176.588 50.966 1.745 Circle B Diecast Sam Hunt Racing Allan Hart
*39 08 David Starr Chevrolet 179.044 50.267 1.046 TicketSmarter - Special Report Ss Green Light Racing Jason Miller
*40 90 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 178.976 50.286 1.065 Larue Industrial Snowblowers Dgm Racing Ryan London
*41 99 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 178.593 50.394 1.173 Sokal Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
*42 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 178.571 50.400 1.179 BRUNT Workwear / Anderson Power Ser… Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
*43 33 Natalie Decker Toyota 178.310 50.474 1.253 Nerd Focus Reaume Brothers Racing Josh Reaume
*44 47 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 176.963 50.858 1.637 Safe Hedge LLC Mike Harmon Racing TBA
*45 77 Ronnie Bassett Jr Chevrolet 175.816 51.190 1.969 Jerry Hunt Supercenter Bassett Racing Ronnie Bassett Jr
*46 52 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 173.320 51.927 2.706 Jimmy Means Racing Means Motorsports Tim Brown
*47 74 Tim Viens Chevrolet 172.506 52.172 2.951 Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Carl Brown

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.