The official 2022 New Holland 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Michigan International Speedway.
Saturday, August 6th, 2022
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Taking control of the race in the final stage, Ty Gibbs sped to his NASCAR Xfinity Series-best fifth victory of the season in Saturday’s New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
The tenor of the race changed markedly near the end of the second stage when pole winner Noah Gragson opted to stay on the track and compete for the stage win on the high-speed 2.0-mile track.
Gibbs had pitted under caution on Lap 55 and inherited the lead when Gragson and others who had stayed out until the completion of the stage came to pit road during the stage break.
The race ran caution-free from the final restart Lap 68 to the finish on Lap 125, and Gibbs beat runner-up Justin Allgaier to the stripe by 1.160 seconds. Gragson worked his way up to third but trailed Gibbs by 2.472 seconds at the finish.
“I think this type of racing shows the strategy in the pit stops,” said Gibbs, who led twice for a race-high 54 laps, matching the number of his No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. “My guys did such a great job. I work out with them during the week, so I see how hard they work. They do a great job—every one of them.
“So I'm very thankful and glad to be part of the organization that motivates me like that week in and week out—not motivates, because that's temporary—but being relentless, and I feel like that's what they showed me.”
The victory was Gibbs first at Michigan and the ninth in 39 Xfinity Series starts for a remarkable winning percentage of 23.08.
Allgaier opted for the same strategy as Gibbs, but a slow green-flag pit stop on Lap 100 cost him a chance to compete for the win.
“I pitted to try and get clear of some lapped cars, and, unfortunately, we merged back on the race track right behind those same lapped cars, right before they made their pit stops,” Allgaier said. “So not only did we have to contend with getting by them, as soon as we got by them, they all pitted.
“Second place is tough, but my daughter’s birthday’s on Monday, so we’ll celebrate, even though it’s second.”
Gragson’s No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet arguably was the fastest car in the race, but strategy and the absence of cautions in the final stage doomed his prospects.
“We won the first stage and then had a caution with about five to go in the second stage and opted to stay out, won the second stage (by .035 seconds of AJ Allmendinger),” Gragson said. “Then just flipped.
“Restarted the third stage 12th, and that kind of hurt us there at the end, but overall good day for our Bass Pro Shops, Black Rifle Camaro. We were running him down—just needed more laps there at the end.”
Brandon Jones and Austin Hill finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Josh Berry, Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst and Landon Cassill completed the top 10.
ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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1 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Chevrolet | 190.370 | 37.821 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC | Jr Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
2 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 190.340 | 37.827 | 0.006 | Action Industries | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
3 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 189.643 | 37.966 | 0.145 | BRANDT | Jr Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
4 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 189.618 | 37.971 | 0.150 | AG1 - Athletic Greens | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
5 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Toyota | 189.558 | 37.983 | 0.162 | Pilot Fyiling J | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
6 | 8 | Josh Berry | Chevrolet | 188.768 | 38.142 | 0.321 | Harrison's USA | Jr Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
7 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 188.206 | 38.256 | 0.435 | Menards\Criterion Appliances | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
8 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | Chevrolet | 188.176 | 38.262 | 0.441 | Equity Prime Mortgage | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Dan Stillman |
9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 188.162 | 38.265 | 0.444 | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
10 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 188.053 | 38.287 | 0.466 | Brandonbilt Foundations | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
11 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Chevrolet | 187.862 | 38.326 | 0.505 | Whelen | Richard Childress Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
12 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 187.578 | 38.384 | 0.563 | Chevy Accessories | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
13 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Ford | 187.276 | 38.446 | 0.625 | Monster Energy | Stewart-haas Racing | Richard Boswell |
14 | 77 | Dillon Bassett | Chevrolet | 187.242 | 38.453 | 0.632 | Jerry Hunt / Honest Amish | Bassett Racing | Shane Wilson |
15 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 186.422 | 38.622 | 0.801 | Afflictor Broadheads | Rss Racing | Kevin Starland |
16 | 21 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 186.287 | 38.650 | 0.829 | United Rentals | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
17 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Chevrolet | 186.119 | 38.685 | 0.864 | Bommarito Automotive Group | Jordan Anderson Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
18 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Ford | 186.090 | 38.691 | 0.870 | Night Owl | Rss Racing | Andrew May |
19 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Chevrolet | 186.051 | 38.699 | 0.878 | Ergodyne Work Gear | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
20 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevrolet | 185.912 | 38.728 | 0.907 | Dude Wipes | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
21 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 185.835 | 38.744 | 0.923 | Wings Etc Grill & Pub | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
22 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Toyota | 185.835 | 38.744 | 0.923 | Coble Enterprises | Motorsports Business Management | George Church |
23 | 48 | Kaz Grala | Chevrolet | 185.663 | 38.780 | 0.959 | Big Machine Spiked Coolers | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
24 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr | Ford | 185.381 | 38.839 | 1.018 | Bucked Up Energy | Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
25 | 45 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 185.347 | 38.846 | 1.025 | Insurance King | Alpha Prime Racing | Frank Kerr |
26 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 185.180 | 38.881 | 1.060 | BUSDX | Jr Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
27 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | Chevrolet | 184.544 | 39.015 | 1.194 | Experience Jackson | Jd Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
28 | 5 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 184.502 | 39.024 | 1.203 | General Formulations / ALLOY | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
29 | 91 | Mason Massey | Chevrolet | 183.748 | 39.184 | 1.363 | PRO-SET Epoxy | Dgm Racing | Mario Gosselin |
30 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 183.655 | 39.204 | 1.383 | Can-Am | Dgm Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
31 | 26 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 183.421 | 39.254 | 1.433 | Stillhouse | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
32 | 35 | Patrick Emerling | Chevrolet | 182.491 | 39.454 | 1.633 | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
33 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Chevrolet | 182.186 | 39.520 | 1.699 | Keen Parts/Autism Awareness | Alpha Prime Racing | Michael Brandt |
34 | 38 | CJ McLaughlin | Ford | 181.036 | 39.771 | 1.950 | SciAps | Rss Racing | Steve Addington |
35 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Chevrolet | 175.293 | 41.074 | 3.253 | Hy-Vee 4 Chevrolett | Jd Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
36 | 02 | Blaine Perkins | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 37.821 | Detroit Taco Company | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
37 | 08 | David Starr | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 37.821 | TicketSmarter | Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
38 | 78 | Matt Mills | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 37.821 | J.F. Electric | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | David Ingram |
*39 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 181.502 | 39.669 | 1.848 | KNOW Advertising | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
*40 | 13 | Akinori Ogata | Toyota | 176.683 | 40.751 | 2.930 | Kyowa-Eidemiller | Motorsports Business Management | Jason Houghtaling |
*41 | 32 | Jordan Anderson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 37.821 | Bommarito Automotive Group | Jordan Anderson Racing | Arthur Haire |
* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.