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.
Saturday, June 25th, 2022
Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN
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.”
ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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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.