The official 2022 Alsco Uniforms 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Saturday, March 5th, 2022
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Ty Gibbs pulled away from the field on a restart with six laps remaining and held off the hometown favorite, Noah Gragson to claim his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season in Saturday's Alsco Uniforms 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
It was the first win of the year for Gibbs, 19, the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame Team Owner and three-time Super Bowl Champion Head Coach Joe Gibbs. He had an eventful day from the drop of the green flag. His No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota got just the nudge he needed from JR Motorsports' Justin Allgaier on that final restart then pulled away from Allgaier's teammate Gragson to take the lead for the first time on the day and ultimately score his fifth career series victory.
This race had a little bit of everything - from snowflakes in the air to dust-ups on the track. There were 17 lead changes, 11 caution flags and a 42-minute red flag for light snow and rain.
For the first half of the race, there was never more than a 15-lap period of green flag laps run between caution flags. There were seven yellow flags by Stage 2 (lap 90).
Gibbs' day started with a run-in with veteran Ryan Sieg on Lap 4 of the 200-lap race. The two made enough contact while racing hard to send Sieg's No. 39 RSS Racing Ford hard into the outside wall. The team was still making repairs when the red flag came out for rain and reports of light snow.
With drivers standing outside their cars, Sieg made his way down pit road to have what appeared to be an animated discussion with Gibbs about the incident. And Sieg was visibly still frustrated after the talk.
"It's tough, but it is what it is,'' Sieg told reporters while still waiting by his car. "He's definitely going to have to learn his lesson, you know what I mean.''
Gibbs remained adamant that he didn't do anything on purpose.
"I told him if my goal was to wreck you and end your day, you wouldn't have made it around another lap,'' a defiant Gibbs said.
A few minutes later, he softened his tone and apologized for ruining Sieg's day and the impact it had on the Sieg's small, family-owned team. The race re-started, and only a handful of laps later, Sieg pulled alongside Gibbs and looked as if he was trying to wreck Gibbs, but he missed and spun out himself.
Again, after the race, Gibbs apologized to Sieg on live television for starting the whole episode.
"I want to apologize to the 39 (Sieg) for the contact I made, it wasn't my best decision and I'm sorry to the whole group, Ryan's family they work so hard.
"I want to say thank you to Justin Allgaier for my push too,'' Gibbs added. "I had a fun time racing with the Junior cars (JR Motorsports) too so hopefully we can keep it going and win some more races.
"Let's go,'' he added with a scream.
Certainly it was a bitter pill for Gragson to swallow. He won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the race and was leading when the final caution came out for a multi-car wreck in Turn 4. He lined up with Kaulig Racing's Daniel Hemric behind him. His teammate Allgaier was behind Gibbs and Gibbs was able to pull away just enough to pull away to a nearly half-second lead before a wreck - after the white flag - froze the field.
Gragson finished runner-up followed by Hemric and JR Motorsports drivers Josh Berry and Allgaier. Landon Cassill, rookie Sheldon Creed, Brett Moffitt, polesitter A.J. Allmendinger and Brandon Jones completed the Top 10.
"I just kind of got beat at our own game there. Restarts just came up short,'' Gragson said, adding "Just needed to be better. Congrats to them and we'll keep working hard. Thankful to this team led by Luke Lambert and we'll come back stronger next week."
"Obviously, I wanted to be in Victory Lane, but it could be a hell of a lot worse, '' he said.
Though Gragson was immensely disappointed to miss out on the win, this marks his consecutive second runner-up finish in 2022. He has a third place and two second-place showings and holds the Xfinity Series championship lead by 17 points over Gibbs.
ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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1 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 184.187 | 29.318 | 0.000 | Action Industries | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
2 | 8 | Josh Berry | Chevrolet | 183.001 | 29.508 | 0.190 | Tire Pros | Jr Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
3 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Ford | 182.741 | 29.550 | 0.232 | Circa Sports | Stewart-haas Racing | Richard Boswell |
4 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Chevrolet | 182.315 | 29.619 | 0.301 | Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC | Jr Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
5 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 182.156 | 29.645 | 0.327 | StormX | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
6 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 182.137 | 29.648 | 0.330 | South Point | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
7 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 181.659 | 29.726 | 0.408 | Toyota Accessories | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
8 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Chevrolet | 181.397 | 29.769 | 0.451 | Whelen | Richard Childress Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
9 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 180.656 | 29.891 | 0.573 | Accelerate Pros Talent | Jr Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
10 | 26 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 180.596 | 29.901 | 0.583 | Berry's Bullets | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
11 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 179.904 | 30.016 | 0.698 | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
12 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 179.868 | 30.022 | 0.704 | First Pacific Funding | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
13 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Chevrolet | 179.140 | 30.144 | 0.826 | Half Off Wholesale | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
14 | 48 | Jade Buford | Chevrolet | 178.921 | 30.181 | 0.863 | Big Machine Spiked Coolers | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
15 | 21 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 178.613 | 30.233 | 0.915 | Bennett Transportation and Logistic… | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
16 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 178.330 | 30.281 | 0.963 | BRANDT | Jr Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
17 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 178.230 | 30.298 | 0.980 | Southwest Site Services | Dgm Racing | Ryan London |
18 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 178.188 | 30.305 | 0.987 | TradeTheChain.com | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
19 | 5 | Matt Mills | Chevrolet | 178.065 | 30.326 | 1.008 | J.F. Electric | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | David Ingram |
20 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 178.018 | 30.334 | 1.016 | CMRroofing.com\ A-game | Rss Racing | Kevin Starland |
21 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 177.672 | 30.393 | 1.075 | Menards\Barracuda Pumps | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
23 | 45 | Kaz Grala | Chevrolet | 177.515 | 30.420 | 1.102 | Lilly Finance/Ruedebusch | Alpha Prime Racing | Paul Clapprood |
22 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Ford | 177.515 | 30.420 | 1.102 | Bucked Up LFG BURN | Ss Green Light Racing | Joe Williams |
24 | 38 | Kyle Sieg | Ford | 176.945 | 30.518 | 1.200 | Sci aps | Rss Racing | Andrew May |
25 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevrolet | 176.887 | 30.528 | 1.210 | Dude Wipes | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
26 | 92 | Kyle Weatherman | Chevrolet | 176.759 | 30.550 | 1.232 | PORAC | Dgm Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
27 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Chevrolet | 176.569 | 30.583 | 1.265 | KSDT CPA | Jd Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
28 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | Chevrolet | 176.309 | 30.628 | 1.310 | Swann Security | Jd Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
29 | 99 | Stefan Parsons | Chevrolet | 176.137 | 30.658 | 1.340 | SOKAL | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
30 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Toyota | 175.781 | 30.720 | 1.402 | Hex.com | Motorsports Business Management | George Church |
31 | 28 | CJ McLaughlin | Ford | 175.587 | 30.754 | 1.436 | Sci aps | Rss Racing | Steve Addington |
32 | 91 | Mason Massey | Chevrolet | 175.581 | 30.755 | 1.437 | BRUNT Workwear | Dgm Racing | Mario Gosselin |
33 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 174.752 | 30.901 | 1.583 | Lerner & Rowe Injury Lawyers | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
34 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Chevrolet | 173.991 | 31.036 | 1.718 | TaxSlayer | Jordan Anderson Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
35 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Chevrolet | 172.326 | 31.336 | 2.018 | Four Loko USA | Alpha Prime Racing | Dan Stillman |
*39 | 08 | David Starr | Ford | 171.876 | 31.418 | 2.100 | Ticket Smarter | Ss Green Light Racing | Jason Miller |
*36 | 35 | Joey Gase | Toyota | 169.168 | 31.921 | 2.603 | Nevada Donor Netwrok | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
*40 | 13 | Stan Mullis | Toyota | 164.389 | 32.849 | 3.531 | Sharelife Vacations | Motorsports Business Management | Carl Long |
*37 | 34 | Jesse Iwuji | Chevrolet | 147.557 | 36.596 | 7.278 | Chevy Truck Month | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Jason Houghtaling |
*41 | 78 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 29.318 | Silverton Casino | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | Daniel Johnson |
*38 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 29.318 | Alsco Uniforms | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.