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United Rentals 200

Saturday, March 11th, 2023

Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

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  • 6 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • United Rentals 200
  • Pole Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
  • Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the United Rentals 200 with a lap of 27.701 seconds, 129.959 mph.
  • This is his 13th pole in 114 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in seven races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2023 and his 16th in 26 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his third in four races this season.
  • Chandler Smith (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 11th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Sammy Smith drives dominant car to NASCAR Xfinity win at Phoenix

High school senior Sammy Smith made the most of the fastest car in Saturday’s United Rentals 200, becoming the youngest NASCAR Xfinity Series winner Phoenix Raceway at age 18.

In a race that featured 11 cautions for 69 laps, Smith held off teammate Ryan Truex after a restart with 15 of 200 laps left to give Joe Gibbs Racing its 16th victory at the 1.0-mile track.

Smith led a race-high 92 laps, including the last 52, taking the lead from Kyle Busch on Lap 149. To secure his first victory in the series in his 13th start, Smith had to survive restarts on Laps 157, 177 and 186.

"That was tough with all of those restarts—and going against some of the best," said Smith, who takes his high school classes online. "I just have to thank everybody on Pilot/Flying J, Toyota, JGR guys and everybody on this 18 team for giving me an awesome car. This is awesome.

"This is a dream come true, and I did know that at some point this was coming. It took a lot of hard work and a lot of great people around me. Without all of these guys, I wouldn’t be here."

In a part-time role with JGR, Truex matched his career-best finish after restarting seventh on Lap 186.

"That was a good restart at the end," Truex said. "I thought I could at least try to make it exciting. Congrats to Sammy—he was the class of the field all day. His car was so good. He could really kind of do whatever he wanted.

"Sammy was just a little bit faster, but I’ll try again next time."

Sheldon Creed ran a miraculous third after spinning and losing track position on Lap 148 to cause the ninth caution. Creed got help from Kaulig Racing teammates Busch and Chandler Smith, who tangled on the last lap while racing for fourth.

Smith got the better of the exchange, finishing fifth to Busch’s ninth.

Busch and Chandler Smith weren’t the only teammates who traded paint on Saturday. JR Motorsports’ Josh Berry spun off the bumper of Sam Mayer on Lap 84 and fought back to finish eighth.

Justin Allgaier, who won the race’s first two stages, crashed hard on Lap 178 after contact from JR Motorsports teammate Brandon Jones and Sam Hunt Racing’s Kaz Grala. The accident eliminated Allgaier and set up Smith’s triumphant run to the checkered flag.

Riley Herbst ran fourth. John Hunter Nemechek recovered from a restart penalty—dipping below the yellow line on the apron before the start/finish line—to come home sixth. Austin Hill was seventh, followed by Berry, Busch and Daniel Hemric.

Mayer finished 11th and pole winner Cole Custer 12th.

Hill leads the series standings by 30 points over second-place Nemechek.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 0.641 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 26 Minutes 12 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 82.079
  • Cautions: 11 for 69 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,595 (19.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • United Rentals 200
  • Race Winner: Sammy Smith
  • Age: 18
  • Team : No. 18 - Pilot Flying J Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Sammy Smith won the United Rentals 200, his first victory in 13 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Ryan Truex (second) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Sammy Smith (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Hill leads the point standings by 30 points over John Hunter Nemechek.
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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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
United Rentals 200 at Phoenix Raceway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Austin Hill 8 7 Running 3 36.143 2 14.898 1 51.040 1 50.443 52.087
Kyle Busch 38 9 Running 3 35.691 1 16.016 8 51.707 2 51.121 52.093
Justin Allgaier 2 36 Accident 3 36.853 13 15.493 4 52.346 3 51.698 53.373
Sammy Smith 11 1 Running 3 37.129 16 15.315 2 52.444 4 52.240 52.695
Riley Herbst 10 4 Running 3 36.852 12 15.594 5 52.445 5 50.896 53.557
John Hunter Nemechek 4 6 Running 3 37.087 15 15.359 3 52.446 6 50.860 53.379
Ryan Truex 12 2 Running 3 36.546 5 16.005 7 52.551 7 51.867 53.001
Daniel Hemric 3 10 Running 3 36.507 4 16.203 9 52.710 8 50.730 55.418
Kaz Grala 13 34 Running 3 37.638 19 15.893 6 53.532 9 52.664 54.726
Sheldon Creed 5 3 Running 3 36.608 6 17.017 12 53.625 10 52.301 54.733
Josh Berry 7 8 Running 2 36.852 11 16.900 11 53.752 11 51.659 55.844
Brandon Jones 21 23 Running 3 36.635 7 17.390 14 54.026 12 52.256 55.152
Chandler Smith 6 5 Running 3 36.850 10 17.195 13 54.044 13 52.780 54.930
Cole Custer 1 12 Running 2 36.154 3 17.985 17 54.138 14 53.924 54.352
Sam Mayer 14 11 Running 3 37.476 18 16.867 10 54.342 15 53.701 54.966
Parker Kligerman 37 15 Running 2 36.998 14 17.472 15 54.469 16 54.171 54.767
Brett Moffitt 17 13 Running 3 36.817 8 18.048 18 54.864 17 54.633 55.031
Jeb Burton 16 22 Running 3 36.817 9 18.251 19 55.068 18 54.212 56.132
Jeremy Clements 27 20 Running 4 37.645 20 18.276 20 55.922 19 54.469 57.459
Ryan Ellis 19 19 Running 1 38.397 23 17.929 16 56.326 20 56.326 56.326
Connor Mosack 36 24 Running 1 38.038 21 18.617 21 56.655 21 56.655 56.655
Anthony Alfredo 25 14 Running 3 38.279 22 19.074 22 57.353 22 55.862 58.449
Ryan Sieg 9 16 Running 2 37.313 17 20.387 26 57.700 23 57.444 57.955
Josh Williams 20 21 Running 2 38.658 24 19.319 23 57.977 24 56.766 59.187
Brennan Poole 28 29 Running 2 39.073 25 19.336 24 58.409 25 58.249 58.568
Jeffrey Earnhardt 31 33 Running 2 39.739 26 19.536 25 59.274 26 58.749 59.799

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

United Rentals 200 at Phoenix Raceway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Kyle Busch 142 142 35.639 15.482 51.121 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 85 85 35.491 16.416 51.907 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 49 49 35.944 16.149 52.093 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 142 142 36.352 15.515 51.867 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 40 40 36.535 16.249 52.784 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 85 85 36.751 16.250 53.001 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 94 94 37.051 14.647 51.698 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 142 142 36.817 15.149 51.966 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 49 49 36.690 16.683 53.373 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 142 142 36.724 17.447 54.171 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 40 40 37.271 17.496 54.767 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 85 85 37.192 17.441 54.633 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 40 40 36.812 18.117 54.929 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 142 142 36.446 18.585 55.031 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 142 142 36.761 17.451 54.212 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 85 85 36.510 18.351 54.861 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 40 40 37.180 18.952 56.132 4-wheel change
Jeffrey Earnhardt 182 182 38.897 19.852 58.749 4-wheel change
Jeffrey Earnhardt 50 50 40.580 19.219 59.799 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 85 85 38.397 17.929 56.326 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 85 85 37.224 20.220 57.444 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 40 40 37.401 20.554 57.955 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 85 85 36.382 14.348 50.730 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 49 49 36.701 15.282 51.983 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 142 142 36.438 18.980 55.418 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 94 94 39.264 18.985 58.249 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 49 49 38.882 19.686 58.568 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 142 142 35.806 18.118 53.924 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 85 85 36.501 17.851 54.352 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 142 142 36.880 13.980 50.860 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 85 85 37.552 15.548 53.100 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 40 40 36.830 16.549 53.379 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 85 85 37.682 14.982 52.664 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 40 40 37.724 15.481 53.205 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 142 142 37.509 17.217 54.726 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 142 142 36.196 14.247 50.443 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 85 85 36.211 14.380 50.591 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 40 40 36.021 16.066 52.087 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 142 142 36.474 15.782 52.256 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 85 85 36.484 18.185 54.669 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 40 40 36.948 18.204 55.152 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 172 172 37.586 16.883 54.469 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 94 94 37.449 17.651 55.100 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 40 40 37.306 19.352 56.658 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 143 143 38.240 19.219 57.459 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 85 85 37.814 18.952 56.766 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 40 40 39.501 19.686 59.187 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 142 142 36.747 14.149 50.896 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 49 49 36.300 16.583 52.883 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 85 85 37.508 16.049 53.557 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 94 94 38.245 17.617 55.862 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 49 49 38.596 19.152 57.748 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 142 142 37.995 20.454 58.449 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 142 142 36.586 15.715 52.301 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 85 85 36.891 16.950 53.841 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 49 49 36.348 18.385 54.733 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 142 142 36.544 15.115 51.659 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 40 40 37.159 18.685 55.844 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 142 142 37.619 16.082 53.701 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 85 85 37.455 16.905 54.360 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 40 40 37.353 17.613 54.966 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 49 49 36.931 15.849 52.780 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 142 142 36.605 17.818 54.423 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 85 85 37.013 17.917 54.930 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 41 41 38.038 18.617 56.655 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 85 85 36.825 15.415 52.240 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 49 49 37.816 14.581 52.397 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 142 142 36.747 15.948 52.695 4-wheel change