Pit Stops

Hy-vee PERKS 250

Saturday, June 15th, 2024

Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA

  • 26 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Thursday, June 13th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to an oval after Kiwi domination

If the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ first trip to Iowa Speedway since 2019 will be a tutorial of sorts for New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, it’s familiar and welcome territory for Justin Allgaier, who will compete there for the 17th time in Saturday’s Hy-Vee PERKS 250 (3:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Van Gisbergen, a three-time Australian Supercars champion, is fresh from back-to-back victories on road courses at Portland and Sonoma, but the Kiwi has never won on a NASCAR oval and hasn’t posted a top 10 on an oval track since his sixth-place finish at Phoenix in the fourth race of the season.

Understandably, van Gisbergen will need to sharpen his skills on conventional NASCAR tracks during the remaining regular-season races in order to be a contender for the championship. Included in the list of Playoff tracks is just one road course, the Charlotte Roval.

Allgaier, on the other hand, is an adept road racer as well as a perennial contender on Xfinity ovals, and in the field for Saturday’s race, only Jeremy Clements (19) and Joey Gase (17) have more Iowa starts.

The driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has scored 12 top 10s in his 16 starts at the 0.875-mile track, with a win in 2018 and three other top fives to his credit there.

Already locked into the series Playoffs with a victory at Darlington, Allgaier can add to his current total of 15 Playoff points (bolstered by a whopping 10 stage wins) with a victory at Iowa.

“I’m really looking forward to our return to Iowa this weekend,” Allgaier said. “This has always been one of my favorite tracks, and it’s great to be going back there.

“JRM was always really strong (there), and I see no reason why we won’t have that same speed again when we unload for practice on Friday. Hopefully we can have a smooth weekend and be fighting for the win on Saturday.”

The only variable Allgaier hasn’t faced at Iowa is the partially repaved surface—a necessity given the age and degradation of the original asphalt there.

  • Iowa Speedway
  • Hy-vee PERKS 250
  • Pole Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 30
  • 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 Hy-vee PERKS 250 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.

  • Saturday, June 15th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Sam Mayer holds off Riley Herbst for overtime NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Iowa

In a race of tire management and hurt feelings, Sam Mayer held off Riley Herbst in overtime to win Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Iowa Speedway after a four-year hiatus.

Mayer’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.146 seconds ahead of the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Herbst, who felt Mayer had abused him earlier in the race.

The victory was Mayer’s second of the season and the sixth of his career, all coming within the last 29 races in the series.

“We struggled (Friday in practice), and the team went to work,” said Mayer, who started fifth when qualifying was canceled because of rain earlier on Saturday. “Obviously, we did pretty good overnight, making different changes on this race car.

“I feel really good. I could do another 100 laps — with a race car like this, it would be a lot of fun.”

Mayer held the lead when John Hunter Nemechek slammed the outside wall in Turn 4 with his left front tire down, the result of close quarters racing with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed.

That accident on Lap 245 caused the ninth caution of the afternoon and sent the race three laps beyond its scheduled distance.

In the overtime, Mayer and Herbst took the green flag side-by-side and remained in that posture into Turn 1, but Mayer cleared the race runner-up off Turn 2 and held the top spot the rest of the way.

“I like racing Sam, but Stage 1 or 2 he just absolutely brooms me,” Herbst said. “We were racing clean for fourth, and he takes us back to 10th and then doors me down the back straightaway before the green-white-checker. 

“It’s just frustrating the way he wants to do that, but all in all, it was fun. I’m happy to be back on ovals. The speed is back in the 98.”

Corey Heim finished a career-best third after starting 22nd because of the qualifying rainout. Sammy Smith was fourth, followed by Creed, who survived the dust-up with Nemechek after a restart on Lap 238.

Cole Custer, Matt DiBenedetto, Chandler Smith, Ross Chastain and Daniel Dye completed the top 10.

If any driver had cause for frustration, it was Chandler Smith, who led a race-high 131 laps and swept the first two stages. Smith restarted third to begin the final stage, but lack of short-run speed quickly dropped him to 12th, and he never recovered.

Austin Hill likewise had reason to bemoan his result. Overcoming early handling issues, Hill charged into the top five in the final stage, but a cut left front tire sent him hard into the Turn 1 wall on Lap 218, causing the seventh caution.

Hill finished 29th and dropped to third in the series standings, 41 points behind Custer, the current leader and defending series champion. Chandler Smith, second in the standings, trails Custer by one point.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 253 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.146 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 36 Minutes 27 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 84.899
  • Cautions: 9 for 71 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,552 (8.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Hy-Vee Perks 250
  • Race Winner: Sam Mayer
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No 1 - Roto-Rooter Chevrolet
  • Owner: LW Miller
  • Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
  • Sam Mayer won the Hy-Vee Perks 250, his sixth victory in 99 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Iowa Speedway
  • Riley Herbst (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Iowa Speedway It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2024
  • Corey Heim (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Iowa Speedway
  • Leland Honeyman (13th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Cole Custer leads the point standings by 1 points over Chandler Smith
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
Hy-vee PERKS 250 at Iowa Speedway 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
Josh Williams 27 20 Running 2 30.760 17 13.364 1 44.124 1 38.687 49.560
Cole Custer 7 6 Running 4 29.889 1 14.356 4 44.245 2 43.742 44.909
Riley Herbst 12 2 Running 4 30.350 9 14.165 2 44.515 3 44.132 44.974
Chandler Smith 6 8 Running 4 30.163 4 14.740 6 44.902 4 44.132 45.930
Sheldon Creed 3 5 Running 4 30.819 18 14.173 3 44.991 5 44.851 45.220
John Hunter Nemechek 8 27 Accident 3 30.474 13 14.625 5 45.099 6 44.434 45.605
Sammy Smith 17 4 Running 4 30.337 8 15.215 7 45.552 7 44.320 48.050
Austin Hill 1 29 Accident 5 30.397 10 15.355 9 45.752 8 43.882 47.349
Jesse Love 9 31 Accident 2 30.635 14 15.282 8 45.917 9 45.600 46.233
Brett Moffitt 29 18 Running 5 30.302 7 15.622 11 45.924 10 44.824 48.281
Sam Mayer 5 1 Running 4 30.148 3 16.015 12 46.163 11 44.482 47.380
Jeb Burton 30 24 Running 2 31.361 23 15.449 10 46.810 12 46.517 47.102
Corey Heim 22 3 Running 4 30.467 12 17.248 14 47.715 13 46.396 49.035
Ross Chastain 28 9 Running 4 30.736 15 17.367 16 48.102 14 47.264 49.227
Parker Kligerman 10 11 Running 5 31.032 21 17.357 15 48.389 15 46.409 50.519
Hailie Deegan 33 25 Running 2 32.281 31 16.500 13 48.781 16 48.045 49.516
Ryan Sieg 15 12 Running 6 30.996 20 17.990 19 48.986 17 46.696 52.103
Justin Allgaier 4 30 Accident 3 30.057 2 19.041 22 49.098 18 46.850 50.407
Blaine Perkins 18 35 Accident 2 31.561 27 17.784 18 49.345 19 48.242 50.448
Daniel Dye 37 10 Running 4 30.929 19 18.793 21 49.722 20 46.845 53.274
Jeremy Clements 16 21 Running 3 30.452 11 19.630 27 50.082 21 46.933 53.282
Kyle Sieg 21 19 Running 3 30.752 16 19.586 26 50.338 22 48.233 52.324
Brennan Poole 14 28 Oil Line 4 31.337 22 19.094 23 50.430 23 47.720 53.539
Patrick Emerling 32 23 Running 4 31.873 29 18.768 20 50.641 24 48.025 51.751
Matt DiBenedetto 24 7 Running 5 31.407 25 19.419 25 50.826 25 48.586 53.570
Ryan Ellis 20 14 Running 2 32.380 32 19.286 24 51.665 26 50.492 52.838
Kyle Weatherman 23 33 Accident 2 30.278 6 21.922 31 52.199 27 49.655 54.743
Parker Retzlaff 13 32 Electrical 2 31.619 28 21.238 28 52.857 28 52.452 53.261
Anthony Alfredo 19 15 Running 3 31.399 24 21.725 29 53.124 29 50.373 55.262
Leland Honeyman Jr 25 13 Running 4 31.469 26 21.813 30 53.282 30 51.227 57.944
Brandon Jones 26 36 Engine 1 36.352 36 17.384 17 53.736 31 53.736 53.736
Joey Gase 36 16 Running 3 32.816 33 22.745 33 55.561 32 51.582 59.957
Shane van Gisbergen 2 34 Accident 1 30.263 5 25.425 36 55.688 33 55.688 55.688
Garrett Smithley 35 26 Running 5 31.887 30 23.829 34 55.717 34 53.122 59.530
Dawson Cram 34 22 Running 4 33.578 34 22.702 32 56.280 35 53.930 58.688
David Starr 31 17 Running 4 33.810 35 24.602 35 58.412 36 53.099 62.743

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Hy-vee PERKS 250 at Iowa Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
David Starr 157 156 32.401 20.698 53.099 4-wheel change
David Starr 94 92 34.305 22.789 57.094 4-wheel change
David Starr 221 220 34.153 26.559 60.712 4-wheel change
David Starr 37 36 34.382 28.361 62.743 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 36 36 29.933 16.917 46.850 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 77 77 30.184 19.853 50.037 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 155 155 30.055 20.352 50.407 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 205 205 30.427 15.982 46.409 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 77 77 31.187 16.516 47.703 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 125 125 31.348 17.017 48.365 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 155 155 30.964 17.983 48.947 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 36 36 31.233 19.286 50.519 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 155 155 30.344 14.480 44.824 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 125 125 30.356 14.614 44.970 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 77 77 29.894 15.349 45.243 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 36 36 30.921 15.382 46.303 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 221 220 29.996 18.285 48.281 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 37 36 30.695 20.887 51.582 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 206 206 33.555 21.588 55.143 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 126 125 34.198 25.759 59.957 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 36 36 31.869 14.648 46.517 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 222 218 30.853 16.249 47.102 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 155 155 30.703 17.883 48.586 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 197 196 30.869 17.984 48.853 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 235 234 31.718 19.152 50.870 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 77 77 31.896 20.354 52.250 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 36 36 31.849 21.721 53.570 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 77 77 32.307 18.185 50.492 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 155 155 32.452 20.386 52.838 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 77 77 30.347 16.349 46.696 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 186 185 30.169 16.680 46.849 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 125 125 31.391 17.050 48.441 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 36 36 30.547 18.185 48.732 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 248 247 32.608 18.485 51.093 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 221 220 30.915 21.188 52.103 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 155 155 30.248 17.016 47.264 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 205 205 30.352 17.117 47.469 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 77 77 31.566 16.883 48.449 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 36 36 30.776 18.451 49.227 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 37 36 30.603 19.052 49.655 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 77 77 29.952 24.791 54.743 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 77 77 30.970 16.750 47.720 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 205 205 31.450 16.883 48.333 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 37 36 31.242 20.887 52.129 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 155 155 31.685 21.854 53.539 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 77 77 29.761 13.981 43.742 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 205 205 29.983 13.814 43.797 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 155 155 29.783 14.747 44.530 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 36 36 30.028 14.881 44.909 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 126 123 31.768 21.354 53.122 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 235 231 31.624 23.256 54.880 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 222 218 31.706 23.723 55.429 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 156 153 32.536 23.086 55.622 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 78 76 31.803 27.727 59.530 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 205 205 30.387 14.047 44.434 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 155 155 30.579 14.680 45.259 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 77 77 30.457 15.148 45.605 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 36 36 30.068 13.814 43.882 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 205 205 30.167 14.014 44.181 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 77 77 30.780 15.882 46.662 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 155 155 30.805 15.882 46.687 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 125 125 30.165 17.184 47.349 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 36 36 36.352 17.384 53.736 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 77 77 30.450 16.483 46.933 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 221 220 30.379 19.653 50.032 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 155 152 30.527 22.755 53.282 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 196 195 30.145 8.542 38.687 Right-sides only
Josh Williams 37 36 31.375 18.185 49.560 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 77 77 30.146 13.986 44.132 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 36 36 30.416 13.980 44.396 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 205 205 30.277 14.281 44.558 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 155 155 30.560 14.414 44.974 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 206 205 31.047 19.326 50.373 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 155 155 31.616 22.121 53.737 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 36 36 31.533 23.729 55.262 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 206 205 30.608 17.417 48.025 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 37 36 31.741 19.619 51.360 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 127 124 33.076 18.351 51.427 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 78 77 32.065 19.686 51.751 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 36 36 31.004 13.847 44.851 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 77 77 30.653 14.281 44.934 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 155 155 30.746 14.214 44.960 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 205 205 30.872 14.348 45.220 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 77 77 31.459 16.783 48.242 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 37 37 31.663 18.785 50.448 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 155 155 30.716 17.517 48.233 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 77 77 30.939 19.519 50.458 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 206 205 30.602 21.722 52.324 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 36 36 30.101 14.381 44.482 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 77 77 29.873 16.316 46.189 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 205 205 30.719 15.882 46.601 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 155 155 29.899 17.481 47.380 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 222 220 34.124 19.806 53.930 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 155 155 34.022 21.120 55.142 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 206 205 33.602 23.757 57.359 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 78 78 32.562 26.126 58.688 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 77 77 30.218 13.914 44.132 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 205 205 30.031 14.214 44.245 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 155 155 29.987 15.315 45.302 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 36 36 30.415 15.515 45.930 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 78 77 32.196 15.849 48.045 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 37 36 32.366 17.150 49.516 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 205 205 30.180 16.216 46.396 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 155 155 30.344 16.949 47.293 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 77 77 30.216 17.918 48.134 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 36 36 31.128 17.907 49.035 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 77 77 31.231 21.221 52.452 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 36 36 32.007 21.254 53.261 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 77 77 30.273 14.047 44.320 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 36 36 30.133 14.648 44.781 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 205 205 30.242 14.815 45.057 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 155 155 30.700 17.350 48.050 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 155 155 31.708 19.519 51.227 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 77 77 30.663 21.254 51.917 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 205 205 31.352 20.687 52.039 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 37 36 32.152 25.792 57.944 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 205 205 30.529 16.316 46.845 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 155 155 30.871 17.666 48.537 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 37 36 31.647 18.585 50.232 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 77 77 30.668 22.606 53.274 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 77 77 30.685 14.915 45.600 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 36 36 30.584 15.649 46.233 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 37 36 30.263 25.425 55.688 4-wheel change