Race Lineup

The official 2022 Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Nashville Superspeedway.

Tennessee Lottery 250

Saturday, June 25th, 2022

Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 7 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • 2nd Annual Tennessee Lottery 250
  • Pole Winner: Riley Herbst
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 98 - Monster Energy Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Richard Boswell, II
  • Riley Herbst won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Tennessee Lottery 250 with a lap of 30.562 seconds, 156.665 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 91 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Trevor Bayne (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his fifth in five races this season.
  • Austin Hill (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, June 25th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Justin Allgaier cruises to NASCAR Xfinity victory at Nashville

On a blindingly hot day at Nashville Superspeedway, Justin Allgaier fulfilled a dream in one of the best race cars he has ever had.

Leading five times for 134 laps and sweeping the first two stages of Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250, Allgaier breezed to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at the 1.33-mile concrete track, his second of the season and the 18th of his career.

Allgaier’s No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line 4.513 seconds ahead of runner-up Trevor Bayne, who overcame an interference penalty on pit road, assessed when two of the tires from his No. 18 Toyota rolled behind the gas man in pole winner Riley Herbst’s neighboring pit stall.

“This guitar has been on my bucket list for a long, long time,” said Allgaier, who won in his eighth start at Nashville, dating to 2009. After a 10-year pause in racing at the track, Allgaier finished second last year.

Asked whether he had ever driven a better race car, Allgaier was quick to answer.

“I don’t think ever,” he said. “What a heck of a race, man. We’ve been coming here for a long time, and I love this race track. Been trying to get a win so bad and hadn’t been able to do it.

“Today was like a dirt race. It was slick, it was hot, we were sliding around… I’ve got a guitar to take home, and we’re going to enjoy it, for sure.”

Chevrolet drivers have won the last seven Xfinity Series races, with JR Motorsports drivers winning five of those. Allgaier’s two stage wins were the 11th and 12th straight on oval tracks for JRM.

Herbst finished third, followed by Ty Gibbs and Sam Mayer, both of whom were involved in a late-race incident that turned Gibbs No. 54 Toyota sideways—setting up a masterful save.

Ryan Preece, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Austin Hill, Ryan Sieg and Brett Moffitt completed the top 10.

Sixteenth-place finisher AJ Allmendinger retained the series lead by 25 points over Gibbs in second place and 32 over Allgaier in third.

Mistakes cost Bayne a chance to race for the win.

“We drove to second twice, from the back,” he said. “The second stage, we came in with Riley (Herbst) and hit a pit crew member, not intentionally, but it can happen. Then fell back to 15th and drove back to second.

“Then we had a loose wheel and had to go to the very back and drove back and was catching Allgaier. He’s my buddy, Gator, congrats to him. Happy for him, but, man, I wanted to win that guitar and win here at Nashville.

“I feel like we did everything right on the car and feel like I did everything right behind the wheel. We have to clean up the mistakes and we’re going to win because it takes every piece of this deal.”

Herbst conceded that he wasn’t able to challenge Allgaier’s dominance.

“I don’t think the whole field had anything for the 7,” Herbst said. “I think he was on cruise control all day, but our Monster Energy Ford Mustang was really good. I’m just proud of us as a group. Way to execute.

“I messed up on pit road a few times, myself and the team, so we’ve got to clean up a little stuff there, but all in all, it was a good day. We got a pole and good points. This is what we need to keep doing—just knock on the door, and eventually it will open.”

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 04.513 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 5 Minutes 44 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 119.319
  • Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,193 (7.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • 2nd Annual Tennessee Lottery 250
  • Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 36
  • Team : No. 7 - Hellmann's Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Jason Burdett
  • Justin Allgaier won the 2nd Annual Tennessee Lottery 250, his 18th victory in 387 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Trevor Bayne (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Riley Herbst (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Austin Hill (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 25 points over Ty Gibbs.
Riley Herbst poses for photos after winning the pole
Lebanon, Tennessee - June 25, 2022 : Riley Herbst, driver of the #98 Monster Energy Ford, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway.
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Race lineup for the Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 98 Riley Herbst Ford 156.665 30.562 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
2 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 156.200 30.653 0.090 Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
3 18 Trevor Bayne Toyota 155.956 30.701 0.139 Devotion Nutrition Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
4 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 155.834 30.725 0.163 Bennett Transportation and Logistic… Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 155.819 30.728 0.166 Hellmann's Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 155.768 30.738 0.176 Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
7 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 155.379 30.815 0.253 Hawkins Homes Our Motorsports Chad Walter
8 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 155.087 30.873 0.311 Menards\Ortho GroundClear Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
9 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 155.072 30.876 0.314 Tire Pros Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
10 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 154.936 30.903 0.341 Cirkul - Water Your Way Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
11 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 154.686 30.953 0.391 ForeverLawn Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
12 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 154.626 30.965 0.403 Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
13 07 Joe Graf Jr Ford 154.491 30.992 0.430 Bucked Up Energy Drink Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
14 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 154.382 31.014 0.452 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
15 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 154.362 31.018 0.456 RED / Half Off Wholesale Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
16 34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 154.104 31.070 0.508 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
17 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 154.039 31.083 0.521 StruXure Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
18 48 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 154.019 31.087 0.525 Big Machine Racing Lady A Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
19 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 153.802 31.131 0.569 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
20 44 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 153.762 31.139 0.577 Renascent Demolition Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
21 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 153.673 31.157 0.595 Huck's Market Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
22 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 153.521 31.188 0.626 All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
23 45 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 153.496 31.193 0.631 Millennium Metal Fabrications Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
24 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 153.491 31.194 0.632 A-GAME Rss Racing Kevin Starland
25 28 Parker Retzlaff Ford 153.348 31.223 0.661 FUNKAWAY Rss Racing Steve Addington
26 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 153.339 31.225 0.663 Blue Otter Polarized Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
27 5 Ryan Preece Ford 152.732 31.349 0.787 United Rentals Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
28 38 Kyle Sieg Ford 152.679 31.360 0.798 Night Owl Rss Racing Andrew May
29 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 152.610 31.374 0.812 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Alex Bird
30 77 Dillon Bassett Chevrolet 152.368 31.424 0.862 Jerry Hunt Honest Amish Bassett Racing Ronnie Bassett Jr
31 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 152.329 31.432 0.870 Yoco Vodka Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
32 78 Josh Williams Chevrolet 152.324 31.433 0.871 Peg Leg Porker / ALLOY Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
33 13 JJ Yeley Toyota 152.324 31.433 0.871 Motorsports Business Management Motorsports Business Management George Church
34 08 BJ McLeod Ford 152.140 31.471 0.909 TicketSmarter Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
35 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 152.068 31.486 0.924 Superior Essex Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
36 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 149.765 31.970 1.408 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
37 66 Natalie Decker Toyota 149.420 32.044 1.482 Nudie's Honky Tonk Bar Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
38 35 Patrick Emerling Toyota 149.182 32.095 1.533 Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
*39 91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 151.865 31.528 0.966 LOS MAGOS Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
*40 47 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 150.666 31.779 1.217 Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
*41 99 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 30.562 J.F. Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.