Race Lineup

The official 2022 Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Daytona International Speedway.

Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola

Friday, August 26th, 2022

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 7 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 16 - Action Industries Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Friday, August 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Jeremy Clements scores Daytona upset in wild NASCAR Xfinity race

Friday night's bizarre, attrition-filled, rain-delayed NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway produced an appropriately unexpected outcome when Jeremy Clements took the checkered flag under caution at the end of the third attempt at overtime.

Clements' victory in the Wawa 250, a race that started roughly three hours late and ended shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, was his first at Daytona and the second of his career. Both of Clements victories have come on August 27, his first at Road America on Aug. 27, 2017.

"I'm speechless, man - I don't even know what to say," said Clements, who grabbed a Playoff spot with the victory and shoved Ryan Sieg into 13th place in the standings, 12 points below the cut line. "We survived that big wreck back there (in the first overtime). It was like a 'Days of Thunder' wreck.

"Then I was like, 'If we can just keep up with these guys, it'll be a good day - top five and bring this car home in one piece.' But, wow! This is incredible."

As race leader Austin Hill lost electrical power and steered his Chevrolet to the apron, Clements got a push from Sage Karam on the third overtime restart on Lap 117 and was out front on the final lap when NASCAR called the 11th caution for Riley Herbst's spin on the backstretch. Timmy Hill finished second, followed by AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Brown and Karam, who posted his career-best finish.

Eighteen of the 38 cars that started the race were already in the garage when Clements took the checkered flag.

A massive multicar wreck on Lap 98 of a scheduled 100 sent the race to overtime. First, Landon Cassill's Chevrolet slapped the outside wall and collided with Jeb Burton's Camaro.

Then, at the front of the field, Daniel Hemric moved down the track and turned off the nose of Noah Gragson Chevrolet, igniting a melee that involved eight cars.

But that was just the appetizer before a feast of crumpled chassis that followed the restart for the first attempt at overtime. On Lap 104, Brown's Chevrolet got loose on the backstretch in front of Riley Herbst's Ford.

Brown spun, and 13 cars were damaged in the ensuing chaos. But the hardest hit of the night came on overtime attempt No. 2.

Chain reaction contact between the cars of Clements, Allmendinger and Noah Gragson turned Gragson into the path of Landon Cassill's Chevrolet. The impact from Cassill's car spun Gragson around 360 degrees and tore the body off the front clip.

Gragson had led a race-high 54 laps at that point.

A multicar accident on Lap 83 put a dent in Sheldon Creed's Playoff hopes and destroyed his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

John Hunter Nemechek's No. 26 Toyota got loose off Turn 2 and spun off the front bumper of Brown's Chevy.

"All of a sudden, I was looking at the inside wall," Nemechek said. "I'm not sure what happened, but I felt like I was hooked in the left rear."

Creed's Camaro hit Nemechek's car and spun to the inside and shot back across the track into traffic, demolishing Joe Graf Jr.'s Ford. The wreck kept Creed below the Playoff cut line, 55 points behind Cassill for the last spot, with three races left before the Playoff field is set.

  • Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Laps Actual: 118 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 36 Minutes 11 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 113.328
  • Cautions: 11 for 42 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 5,450 (71.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 21st Annual Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Race Winner: Jeremy Clements
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 51 - One Stop/ASE Chevrolet
  • Owner: Tony Clements
  • Crew Chief: Mark Setzer
  • Jeremy Clements won the 21st Annual Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, his second victory in 421 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 25 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Timmy Hill (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 12 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Kyle Sieg (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 58 points over Ty Gibbs.
AJ Allmendinger leads the field to the green flag
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 26, 2022 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Action Industries Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
3 18 Sammy Smith Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pilot Flying J Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
4 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
5 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Tire Pros Summer for Heroes Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
6 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
7 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
8 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
9 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 One Stop / ASE Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
10 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
11 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 A-GAME Rss Racing Kevin Starland
12 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards\Patriot Lighting Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
13 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pit Boss Grills Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
14 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 United Rentals Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
15 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 hellowater Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
16 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
17 48 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
18 2 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hometown Lenders Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
19 26 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Freedom 13 Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
20 7 Joe Graf Jr Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 GTECHNIQ Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
21 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Can-Am Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
22 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
23 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alka-Seltzer Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
24 44 Sage Karam Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Clermont Lakes/Alt-Tab Capital Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
25 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brandonbilt Motorsports Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
26 08 David Starr Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 EVERFI / Special Report Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
27 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BRUNT Workwear Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
28 66 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 IEC My Electric Career Motorsports Business Management George Church
29 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alliance Aviation Our Motorsports Chad Walter
30 45 Caesar Bacarella Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Clear Cryptos Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
31 35 Joey Gase Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 NCPC.ORG Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
32 38 Kyle Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Trouble spirits/Mafe Rss Racing Andrew May
33 78 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 J.F. Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
34 34 Jesse Iwuji Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
35 Patrick Emerling 0.000 0.000 0.000
36 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 National Metering Services Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
37 13 Timmy Hill Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Coble Enterprises / VSI Racing Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
38 14 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DaaBIN Store Kaulig Racing Justin Cox