Pit Stops

The 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Kansas Speedway.

Kansas Lottery 300

Saturday, September 9th, 2023

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

  • 9 Ford
  • 24 Chevrolet
  • 6 Toyota

  • Kansas Speedway
  • Kansas Lottery 300
  • Pole Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 7 - BRANDT Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: James Pohlman
  • Justin Allgaier won the Pole Award for the Kansas Lottery 300 with a lap of 30.646 seconds, 176.206 mph.
  • This is his ninth pole in 431 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second pole and 19th top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in 14 races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Sammy Smith (second) posted his 16th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 21st in 26 races this season.
  • Sammy Smith (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, September 9th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Nemechek dominates Kansas; Kligerman clinches final NASCAR Xfinity Playoff spot

There were no mixed feelings on Parker Kligerman’s part—he was ecstatic that John Hunter Nemechek asserted absolute domination over the rest of the field in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Nemechek’s sixth victory of the season assured Kligerman, who finished a strong fourth, of a berth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, which open next Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Kligerman outlasted Riley Herbst, who entered the race with a one-point advantage for the final Playoff spot but ran afoul of the left rear of Kligerman’s car after a restart in Stage 2.

Nemechek did all he could to overtake Austin Hill for the Regular Season Championship. He won the first and second stages and beat runner-up Brandon Jones to the finish line by a whopping 7.521 seconds. Hill ran fifth to secure the regular-season title by five points after leading by 23 entering the race.

After Herbst had trouble, the only circumstance that could have kept Kligerman out of the Playoffs was a victory by Jones. Nemechek would have none of that.

“(Crew chief) Ben (Beshore) and all the guys made the right adjustments all day,” said Nemechek, who won for the second time at Kansas and the eighth time in his career. “They brought a really fast hot rod… Overall, just super pumped, super ecstatic.

“I’m looking forward to getting the Playoffs started next week at Bristol. We came in here trying to get the Regular Season Championship. I thought that we were going to have a 60-point day this weekend, and that’s what we did. We controlled what we could control. We did everything that we possibly could.

“So, let’s go to the Playoffs—I’m ready.”

Sheldon Creed finished third, 11.881 seconds behind Nemechek, followed by Kligerman and Hill.

“I was definitely the biggest John Hunter fan on the last run there,” quipped Kligerman, who finished 25 points ahead of Herbst for the final Playoff spot in a battle that featured substantial swings throughout the season. “I’m really proud of this whole Big Machine Racing team… We executed at a high level.

“With what I’ve seen do for the last 12 weeks, I felt like, if we could just get in the Playoffs, and we bring this going forward, we’re going to race for a championship.”

Just short of midway through Stage 2, much of the suspense disappeared from the race for the final Playoff spot. On a restart on Lap 65, Kligerman had difficulty getting his No. 48 Chevrolet into gear. Creed, immediately behind Kligerman, ran into the back of the 48 and moved to the right.

Herbst, who started two cars behind his rival for the final berth, clipped the left rear of Kligerman’s car with the right front of the No. 98 Ford, cutting his right front tire and damaging the quarter panel.

Herbst lost two laps on pit road changing tires, but he regained both circuits in short order, taking a wave-around at the end of Stage 2 and as the beneficiary during the eighth caution for a dramatic Lap 97 wreck at the front of the field involving Creed, Sammy Smith, pole winner Justin Allgaier and Jones.

Back on the lead lap, Herbst charged through the field and reached the ninth position, but another flat right front tire forced him to pit road on Lap 127 and ended his chances to secure a Playoff berth.

As it turned out, Daniel Hemric clinched the 11th of 12 Playoff spots by starting the race, leaving Kligerman and Herbst to battle for the last one. They join Nemechek, Hill, Allgaier, Cole Custer, Sam Mayer, Chandler Smith, Creed, Josh Berry, Sammy Smith and Jeb Burton, all of whom had qualified for the Playoffs before Saturday’s race.

Though Hill secured the regular-season title, he feels his Richard Childress Racing team has work to do to match Nemechek’s pace in the upcoming seven Playoff races.

“Just happy that we were able to bring home the Regular Season Championship, get the extra 15 bonus points--which is huge,” Hill said. “But we’ve got to go to work. We’ve got to be better. The 20 (Nemechek) was the class of the field all day.

“Really kind of stunk up the show there, so we’ve got to go back to the drawing board, figure out what we’ve got to do better for next time.”

Berry, Brett Moffitt, Derek Kraus, Joe Graf Jr. and Kaz Grala finished sixth through 10th, respectively.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 07.521 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 44 Minutes 45 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 109.256
  • Cautions: 10 for 49 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,345 (8.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kansas Speedway
  • Kansas Lottery 300
  • Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No. 20 - Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Kansas Lottery 300, his eighth victory in 93 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his sixth victory (career-high) and 19th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Brandon Jones (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in nine races at Kansas Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Parker Retzlaff (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • This is the 200th NASCAR Xfinity Series victory for Toyota. A total of 149 races were won the Toyota Camry body and 51 have been won in the Toyota GR Supra.
  • Of Toyota's 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series wins, Joe Gibbs Racing is responsible for 193 of the victories.
  • Big Machine Racing's Parker Kligerman has earned the final spot in the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.
John Hunter Nemechek pits
Kansas City, Kansas - September 9, 2023 : John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #20 Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota, pits during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS PIT STOPS AVG DRVR TIME DRVR RANK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TTL TIME TTL RANK FST STOP SLW STOP
Cole Custer 3 36 Accident 1 27.637 2 14.447 2 42.084 1 42.084 42.084
Sheldon Creed 16 3 Running 3 27.866 5 14.281 1 42.146 2 41.607 43.057
Austin Hill 9 5 Running 3 28.084 8 14.681 4 42.765 3 41.440 44.863
Sammy Smith 2 35 Accident 2 28.017 7 14.844 5 42.861 4 42.554 43.167
Riley Herbst 8 23 Running 1 28.418 14 14.514 3 42.932 5 42.932 42.932
John Hunter Nemechek 7 1 Running 3 27.557 1 15.392 7 42.949 6 41.735 44.161
Justin Allgaier 1 18 Running 3 28.349 13 15.171 6 43.520 7 42.961 43.801
Brandon Jones 4 2 Running 2 27.886 6 15.764 8 43.649 8 43.352 43.946
Josh Berry 6 6 Running 3 28.219 11 15.960 12 44.179 9 41.932 46.801
Parker Kligerman 15 4 Running 3 28.505 17 15.860 10 44.364 10 43.334 45.894
Derek Kraus 18 8 Running 3 28.859 24 15.815 9 44.674 11 43.868 45.175
Kaz Grala 31 10 Running 3 28.196 10 16.682 13 44.878 12 43.462 45.886
Joe Graf Jr 11 9 Running 4 29.774 26 15.955 11 45.729 13 43.729 47.033
Jeb Burton 17 12 Running 2 28.618 20 17.401 14 46.019 14 45.997 46.040
Daniel Hemric 5 34 Running 1 27.833 4 18.252 20 46.085 15 46.085 46.085
Rajah Caruth 22 29 Running 1 27.807 3 18.318 21 46.125 16 46.125 46.125
Connor Mosack 20 14 Running 2 28.510 18 17.743 15 46.252 17 45.451 47.053
Josh Williams 24 13 Running 3 28.245 12 18.118 19 46.363 18 45.512 47.607
Jeremy Clements 21 15 Running 1 28.452 15 18.084 18 46.536 19 46.536 46.536
Parker Retzlaff 26 11 Running 3 28.785 22 17.861 17 46.646 20 45.771 47.952
Ryan Ellis 23 17 Running 1 28.988 25 17.751 16 46.739 21 46.739 46.739
Ryan Sieg 14 30 Running 2 28.500 16 18.350 22 46.850 22 46.125 47.574
Brett Moffitt 10 7 Running 3 28.115 9 18.751 23 46.865 23 45.148 48.947
Kyle Sieg 29 20 Running 2 28.778 21 20.137 25 48.914 24 48.027 49.801
Mason Massey 37 16 Running 1 28.554 19 20.553 27 49.107 25 49.107 49.107
Dawson Cram 25 21 Running 2 28.840 23 20.421 26 49.261 26 47.632 50.889
Anthony Alfredo 32 27 Running 1 31.103 27 19.786 24 50.889 27 50.889 50.889

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Justin Allgaier 92 92 28.313 14.648 42.961 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 148 146 28.583 15.215 43.798 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 47 47 28.152 15.649 43.801 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 139 139 28.186 15.148 43.334 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 47 47 28.184 15.681 43.865 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 92 92 29.144 16.750 45.894 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 139 139 28.067 17.081 45.148 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 47 47 28.117 18.384 46.501 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 92 92 28.160 20.787 48.947 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 139 139 28.547 17.450 45.997 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 47 47 28.689 17.351 46.040 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 92 92 28.988 17.751 46.739 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 139 139 28.577 17.548 46.125 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 92 92 28.422 19.152 47.574 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 176 96 27.833 18.252 46.085 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 47 47 27.637 14.447 42.084 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 92 92 27.421 14.314 41.735 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 47 47 27.636 15.315 42.951 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 139 139 27.614 16.547 44.161 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 139 139 28.316 15.146 43.462 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 92 92 28.037 17.250 45.287 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 47 47 28.236 17.650 45.886 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 139 139 27.895 13.545 41.440 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 92 92 27.977 14.014 41.991 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 47 47 28.380 16.483 44.863 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 139 139 28.073 15.279 43.352 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 47 47 27.698 16.248 43.946 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 140 139 28.452 18.084 46.536 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 139 139 28.614 15.115 43.729 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 92 92 30.810 14.915 45.725 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 146 146 30.113 16.314 46.427 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 47 47 29.559 17.474 47.033 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 139 139 28.095 17.417 45.512 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 92 92 28.185 17.784 45.969 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 47 47 28.455 19.152 47.607 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 47 47 28.418 14.514 42.932 4-wheel change
Mason Massey 92 92 28.554 20.553 49.107 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 47 47 31.103 19.786 50.889 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 92 92 27.793 13.814 41.607 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 139 139 27.794 13.981 41.775 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 47 47 28.010 15.047 43.057 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 139 139 28.087 13.845 41.932 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 47 47 28.621 15.182 43.803 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 92 92 27.949 18.852 46.801 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 140 139 28.574 19.453 48.027 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 92 92 28.981 20.820 49.801 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 140 139 27.712 19.920 47.632 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 92 92 29.968 20.921 50.889 4-wheel change
Derek Kraus 139 139 29.156 14.712 43.868 4-wheel change
Derek Kraus 47 47 28.663 16.316 44.979 4-wheel change
Derek Kraus 92 92 28.759 16.416 45.175 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 92 92 28.854 16.917 45.771 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 47 47 28.731 17.484 46.215 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 139 139 28.769 19.183 47.952 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 140 139 27.807 18.318 46.125 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 47 47 27.701 17.750 45.451 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 140 140 29.318 17.735 47.053 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 92 92 27.973 14.581 42.554 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 47 47 28.061 15.106 43.167 4-wheel change