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A-Game 200

Saturday, April 30th, 2022

Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, DE

  • 28 Chevrolet
  • 6 Toyota
  • 5 Ford

  • Dover Motor Speedway
  • 41st Annual A-GAME 200
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Pelonis Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 41st Annual A-GAME 200 with a lap of 22.872 seconds, 157.398 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 213 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2022 and his first in one race at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in ten races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, April 30th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Josh Berry takes home the checkered flag at the Monster Mile

Josh Berry answered a runner-up finish last year at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway with a victory Saturday in the A-Game 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the track– holding off his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier by .604-seconds.

Berry led the final 55 laps of the 200-lap race to claim his first win of 2022 and the third of his Xfinity Series career. His JR Motorsports team claimed four of the race’s top-five positions – the first time any team has done so since 2013. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs was third followed by JRM drivers Noah Gragson and Sam Mayer.

Allgaier led a race-best 67 laps but was passed by Berry’s No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet with 55 laps remaining. He rallied to his ultimate second-place finish after suffering a setback on a slow final pit stop. Berry returned to track with the lead on that re-start and Allgaier had to race forward from fourth place, getting as high as second but never having a true chance to make a pass for the win.

“I struggled a lot on the bottom on the restarts and just kept trying to work to get better. It’s just credit to these guys, the pit crew did a phenomenal job today, they executed when we needed it,’’ said the 31-year old Tennessee native, Berry. “And we were there when it counted.

“I went toe-to-toe with Justin Allgaier and he’s so freaking good here,’’ Berry added. “Gosh, I thought he was kind of out of it after that pit stop and then he was right back to second and I thought, ‘here we go again.’ ”

Allgaier, 35, a perennial championship contender, is looking for his first win since Darlington, S.C. last May. This marked his fifth runner-up finish in that time – but is his best showing of 2022.

“Proud of our team, we wanted to get the car in victory lane but with the string of bad luck, I feel like today was a good day, just a little bit short,’’ said Allgaier, who had finished 20th or worse in four of the five races leading into Dover.

Gragson’s fourth place finish marked a solid end to a challenging day for the 23-year old and earned him his $100,000 bonus check in the Dash 4 Cash program.

“What a day for the entire company, four cars in the top-five, and congratulations to Josh Berry for his win,’’ said Gragson, who added with a smile holding up the giant $100,000 cardboard Dash 4 Cash winner’s check, “My car was as fast as the Xfinity internet.’’

A.J. Allmendinger finished sixth but retains the championship lead by 43 points over both two-race winner Gragson and three-race winner Gibbs.

Mayer’s fifth place finish was impressive considering his eventful day. He won Stage 1 and then had a pit stop situation during the ensuing stop. His No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lost a left rear tire and he ended up having to make an extra stop and eventually dropping back as far as 19th place before making his way forward again.

Saturday’s polesitter Brandon Jones rallied to a seventh-place finish after pit issues as well.

Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed was eighth – the highest finishing rookie with Riley Herbst and Ryan Sieg rounding out the top-10.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 0.604 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 55 Minutes 17 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 104.091
  • Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 750 (4.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Dover Motor Speedway
  • 41st Annual A-GAME 200
  • Race Winner: Josh Berry
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No. 8 - Tire Pros Chevrolet
  • Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • Crew Chief: Mike Bumgarner
  • Josh Berry won the 41st Annual A-GAME 200, his third victory in 39 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 22 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 43 points over Ty Gibbs.
Justin Allgaier and Brandon Jones talk on the grid
Dover, Delaware - April 29, 2022 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Door Bumper Clear Chevrolet, (L) and Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Menards/Pelonis Toyota, talk on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series A-GAME 200 at Dover Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the A-Game 200 at Dover Motor Speedway
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 19 Brandon Jones Toyota Menards\Pelonis Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
2 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
3 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
4 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet Tire Pros Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
5 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
6 98 Riley Herbst Ford Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
7 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet Door Bumper Clear Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
8 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
9 18 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota ACME Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
10 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet John Civetta & Sons Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
11 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jim Pohlman
12 26 Chandler Smith Toyota ChargeMe / VITAL Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
13 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet Solid Rock Carriers Our Motorsports Chad Walter
14 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
15 44 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet Circle Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
16 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet Half Off Wholesale Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
17 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
18 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet StormX Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
19 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet vrvictoriaville.com Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
20 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet United Rentals Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
21 48 Kaz Grala Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
22 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet Trade The Chain Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
23 38 Parker Retzlaff Ford Ponsse Rss Racing Steve Addington
24 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
25 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet Bommarito Automotive Group Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
26 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
27 08 David Starr Ford Children's National/TicketSmarter Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
28 45 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet Costa Oil Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
29 34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet SELE Foundation Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
30 99 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet KELLY JEEP Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
31 66 JJ Yeley Toyota CW & Sons Infrastructure Motorsports Business Management George Church
32 07 Joe Graf Jr Ford Bucked Up Energy Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
33 78 Josh Williams Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
34 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet A-Z Companies Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
35 13 Chad Finchum Toyota Garrison Homes/Units Storage Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
36 35 Patrick Emerling Chevrolet Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
37 5 Matt Mills Chevrolet J.F. Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
38 39 Ryan Sieg Ford A-GAME Rss Racing Kevin Starland
*39 47 Brennan Poole Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.