Race Lineup

The official 2023 Production Alliance Group 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Auto Club Speedway.

Production Alliance Group 300

Saturday, February 25th, 2023

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Auto Club Speedway
  • Production Alliance Group 300
  • Pole Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 28
  • Team: No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Austin Hill won the Pole Award for the Production Alliance Group 300 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, February 26th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
John Hunter Nemechek rides to victory in last race at Auto Club Speedway

After the sun set on Auto Club Speedway, John Hunter Nemechek drove his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to victory in Sunday's Production Alliance Group 300 in the final race at the 2.0-mile track.

It wasn't supposed to be that way. The NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers were scheduled to race on Saturday, leaving the speedway's swan song to the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, but rain and snow—yes, snow in Southern California's Inland Empire—forced postponement of the race until Sunday.

And after Kyle Busch won the Cup race, Nemechek, who drove for Busch in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last year, took the checkered flag in his first full-time stint in the JGR Supra.

"Man, this whole 20 team gave me one heck of a race car," said Nemechek, who took the lead for the last time after a restart on Lap 139 of 150. "Just a huge shout-out to all the guys who work on this 20 team.

"I think a lot of guys doubted (crew chief) Ben (Beshore) coming down from the Cup Series, and to have him on the box and to be able to establish the relationship I have with him, it's been awesome. I've worked with a lot of the guys on the team the last couple of years, and the pit crew—they got it done when it counted tonight."

Nemechek, who finished second by a matter of inches in the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona, led a race-high 49 laps and finished .761 seconds ahead of runner-up Sam Mayer. The Xfinity Series win was the third of his career, and it came at the track where his father, Joe Nemechek, won the first Cup pole of his career and the first-ever pole at the venue.

Justin Allgaier ran third, followed by Chandler Smith. Josh Berry was fifth, joining JR Motorsports teammates Mayer and Allgaier in the top five.

Mayer chased Nemechek for the final 12 laps but couldn't get close enough to make a move for the win.

"I'm super proud of my team," Mayer said. "We struggled early on, that's for sure. We had our work cut out for us, but we threw the kitchen sink at it, and we ended up second. All things considered, I'm really happy and really proud of these guys."

Cole Custer may have had the fastest car in the race. The driver of the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Ford, the defending race winner, swept the first two stages and led twice for 46 laps. But after a Lap 91 restart, Custer hit the outside wall on the backstretch, thanks to a flat tire, and sustained further damage when the Chevrolet of Austin Dillon couldn't avoid Custer's wounded car.

Custer finished 27th, one lap down.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 150
  • Margin of Victory: 0.761 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 35 Minutes 53 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 115.471
  • Cautions: 10 for 41 laps
  • Lead Changes: 23
  • Green Flag Passes: 6,833 (62.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Auto Club Speedway
  • Production Alliance Group 300
  • Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 25
  • Team: No. 20 - Vons/Albertsons Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Production Alliance Group 300, his third victory in 69 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and second top-5 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Auto Club Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Auto Club Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 14 races at Auto Club Speedway.
  • Chandler Smith (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Inclement weather at Auto Club Speedway.
Fontana, California - February 25, 2023 : Inclement weather has adjusted the schedule for on-track action. Cup and Xfinity practice and qualifying has been cancelled at Auto Club Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
2 20 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Vons/Albertsons Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
3 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jim Pohlman
4 31 Parker Retzlaff Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 FUNKAWAY Jordan Anderson Racing Joshua Graham
5 16 Chandler Smith Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Charge Me Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
6 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
7 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Contractor Rewards / State Water He… Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
8 00 Cole Custer Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Production Alliance Group Stewart-haas Racing Jonathan Toney
9 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Call 811 / Alloy Employer Dgm Racing Bryan Berry
10 9 Brandon Jones Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards/Patriot Lighting Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
11 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PacWest First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
12 08 Gray Gaulding Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 North South Machinery / Panini Ss-green Light Racing Jason Miller
13 18 Sammy Smith Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pilot Flying J Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
14 19 Joe Graf Jr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 CoverSeal Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
15 10 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LA Golf Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
16 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMRroofing.com Rss Racing Mike Scearce
17 78 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DUDE WIPES Bj Mcleod Motorsports Pat Tryson
18 38 Kyle Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 TopPools.com Rss Racing Brad Parrott
19 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
20 45 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Circle Pay Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
21 02 David Starr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 our motorsports Our Motorsports Teddy Brown
22 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Mardy Lindley
23 48 Parker Kligerman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
24 24 Tyler Reddick Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 GearWrench Sam Hunt Racing Kris Bowen
25 25 Brett Moffitt Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 AM Technical Solutions Am Racing Joe Williams
26 44 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Jesus Revolution - The Movie Alpha Prime Racing Michael Groves
27 53 CJ McLaughlin Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sci Aps Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
28 28 Alex Labbe Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 G Coin/ LARUE Rss Racing Steve Addington
29 26 Kaz Grala Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Fire Department Coffee Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
30 6 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
31 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
32 43 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Costa Oil Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
33 07 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 AUTOPARKit.com Ss-green Light Racing Mark Hillman
34 35 Joey Gase Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 OneLegacy/ CA Highway Patrol Emerling Gase Motorsports Paul Clapprood
35 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
36 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 KSDT CPA Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
37 66 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Klutch Vodka Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
38 91 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DGM Racing Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin