XFINITY Series Charlotte Motor Speedway

NASCAR XFINITY Series

Race Lineup

Alsco Uniforms 300

Monday, May 29th, 2023

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

  • 8 Ford
  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • Alsco Uniforms 300
  • Pole Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 36
  • Team : No. 7 - Unilever Military DeCA RCPT Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
  • Crew Chief: James Pohlman
  • Justin Allgaier won the Pole Award for the Alsco Uniforms 300 with a lap of 29.806 seconds, 181.172 mph.
  • This is his eighth pole in 417 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and ninth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his second pole in 21 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his second in two races this season.
  • Chandler Smith (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Monday, May 29th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Justin Allgaier gets breakthrough NASCAR Xfinity win at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Saving fuel throughout a 66-lap green-flag run to the finish, Justin Allgaier collected his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season—and the first this year for JR Motorsports—in Monday’s twice-rain-delayed Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Allgaier, the pole winner, beat runner-up John Hunter Nemechek to the finish line by 7.829 seconds, as the top three finishers—including third-place Cole Custer—stretched their fuel mileage from a Lap 135 restart to the end of the race.

Austin Hill and Ty Gibbs, both of whom pitted for fuel in the closing stages, claimed the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

“I’m speechless, man,” said Allgaier, who led a race-high 83 laps. “I didn’t know how much to save. Just lucky we had enough… I just cannot say enough about (crew chief) Jim Pohlman, everybody on the No. 7 team.

“It’s not been for lack of speed this year. We’ve battled. Tonight, was kind of the opposite. We had to go slow to go fast.”

Nemechek led 57 laps, but Allgaier build a substantial lead at the end while conserving enough fuel to finish the race—and to do a celebratory burnout.

“We were racing each other pretty hard, and I burned my stuff up trying to get to him—and get around him,” Nemechek said. “I should have been a little more patient, I guess. But overall, really solid day. Good points day for us. I think that extends our points lead.”

In fact, Nemechek collected his fifth top-two finish of the season (with wins at Fontana and Martinsville) and holds a 10-point lead over Hill in the series standings.

But Allgaier and Nemechek might not have been left to battle for the win, had a radio issue not adversely affected Gibbs’ winning chances.

The driver of the No. 19 Toyota, who won last year’s Xfinity championship before graduating to the NASCAR Cup Series, led 52 laps and swept the first two stages of the race. But an extended pit stop, during which Gibbs’ crew changed his steering wheel (which housed a faulty radio button) dropped him to the rear of the field for a restart on Lap 98. That ended Gibbs’ challenge for the win.

Parker Retzlaff ran sixth, followed by Jeb Burton, Carson Hocevar, Jeb Burton and Sammy Smith.

The race was delayed from Saturday by rain and restarted on Monday morning. But rain intervened again after the completion of the first stage, delaying the finish until after the running of the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race, won by Ryan Blaney.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 07.829 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 26 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 122.532
  • Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,798 (10.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • Alsco Uniforms 300
  • Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 36
  • Team : No. 7 - Unilever Military DeCA RCPT Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: James Pohlman
  • Justin Allgaier won the Alsco Uniforms 300, his 20th victory in 406 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and 12th top-10 finish in 21 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • Parker Retzlaff (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • John Hunter Nemechek leads the point standings by 10 points over Austin Hill.
 Justin Allgaier leads the field to the green flag
Concord, North Carolina - May 29, 2023 : Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Unilever Military DeCA RCPT Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet Unilever Military DeCA RCPT Jr Motorsports Jim Pohlman
2 20 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota Mobil 1 Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
3 19 Ty Gibbs Toyota TBA Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
4 00 Cole Custer Ford 3D Systems Stewart-haas Racing Jonathan Toney
5 9 Brandon Jones Chevrolet Menards / Bali Blinds & Shades Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 10 Justin Haley Chevrolet LA Golf Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
7 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
8 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent Jr Motorsports Mardy Lindley
9 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet Puryear Tank Lines Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
10 16 Chandler Smith Chevrolet Quick Tie Products, Inc. Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
11 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet Cirkul Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
12 25 Brett Moffitt Ford AMerican Heroes Am Racing Joe Williams
13 98 Riley Herbst Ford Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
14 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet Tire Pros Love The Drive Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
15 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet Premier Security Spire Motorsports Bono Manion
16 78 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet Andy's Frozen Custard Bj Mcleod Motorsports Pat Tryson
17 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet Alsco Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
18 18 Sammy Smith Toyota TMC Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
19 44 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet Winston Salem State University Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
20 48 Parker Kligerman Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
21 91 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet CreatiVets Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
22 07 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet SPRINGRATES Ss-green Light Racing Mark Hillman
23 38 Joe Graf Jr Ford TBA Rss Racing Steve Addington
24 28 Kyle Sieg Ford Cedar Ridge Landscaping Rss Racing Teddy Brown
25 24 Connor Mosack Toyota Toyota Racing Development Sam Hunt Racing Kris Bowen
26 74 Dawson Cram Chevrolet TBA Chk Racing Ryan Bell
27 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet The Masonic Home for Children Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
28 4 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet TBA Jd Motorsports Rob Goodman
29 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services Dgm Racing Bryan Berry
30 43 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet Flexcar Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
31 6 Brennan Poole Chevrolet TBA Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
32 26 Kaz Grala Toyota FDC Shellback Espresso Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
33 Natalie Decker
34 35 Patrick Emerling Chevrolet TBA Emerling Gase Motorsports Paul Clapprood
35 02 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet TBA Our Motorsports Dan Stillman
36 39 Ryan Sieg Ford TBA Rss Racing Mike Scearce
37 31 Parker Retzlaff Chevrolet FUNKAWAY Jordan Anderson Racing Joshua Graham
38 45 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet TBA Alpha Prime Racing Gene Nead
*39 66 Timmy Hill Ford Coble Commercial Properties Motorsports Business Management Christopher Atteberry
*40 53 CJ McLaughlin Ford Sci-Aps Emerling Gase Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.