Results

The 2022 Pit Boss 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Circuit of The Americas race.

Pit Boss 250

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Interstate Batteries Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250 with a lap of 134.52 seconds, 91.258 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in his series debut at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second in two races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 26th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas

A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he's considered one of NASCAR's road course superstars.

Allmendinger's No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over Austin Hill's No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the first road course race of the year. It was the 40-year-old veteran's first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season and 11th of his career. He has seven road course wins on six different road course tracks (series-most).

He led early, and he led late, just when he needed to, holding off the field on two late, and dicey race restarts and controlling the race the final 14 laps en route to the checkered flag.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Cole Custer turned in an inspired comeback from a midrace pit road speeding penalty to finish third. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson was fourth - his sixth top-five finish in the seven-race season to date. Gragson's teammate Sam Mayer finished fifth.

With their work, Allmendinger, Hill, Gragson and Mayer are now eligible to win a $100,000 bonus next week in the Dash 4 Cash sweepstakes opener at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. The top finishing driver among them in the ToyotaCare 250 will take the check, courtesy of sponsor Comcast.

"I told myself yesterday, I was not happy with where I put ourselves," said Allmendinger, who qualified fourth.

"Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don't' sleep during the week, they're busting their tales and that's why I'm so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today."

And it was not easy. Pole-winner Ty Gibbs and fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Custer joined Allmendinger at the front of the field for most of the early-going. Gibbs and Chastain exchanged the lead with Allmendinger, but both ultimately suffered setbacks during the course of the 46-lap race around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit.

Gibbs' Toyota suffered a flat time and put him well back in the field (36th place) after he was forced to pit during a green flag run, he recovered to finish 15th. Chastain ran among the front pack all the way until the end of the race when he was collected in an aggressive pack on the final race restart with seven laps remaining and finished 17th.

Myatt Snider finished sixth in a final lap duel with Mayer. Brett Moffitt finished seventh with Jade Buford, Miguel Paludo and Sheldon Creed - who won the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier in the day rounded out the top 10.

The runner-up Hill was especially encouraged because he was able to keep Allmendinger honest in the closing laps.

"All in all, it was a solid effort for our Global Chevy Camaro," Hill said, adding, "I've always felt like I could get around road courses. I felt like I proved it last year in the trucks winning at Watkins Glen and its just kind of build the momentum and the confidence going forward into this year that when we come to road courses, we can get the job done.

"I guess A.J. was just a little bit better than us, because I felt we had a really good car, but this shows we can run with AJ."

With the showing at COTA, fourth-place finisher Gragson holds a single-point lead over Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series driver standings with Gibbs third, 31 points back.

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 48
  • Laps Actual: 46 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: 02.039 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 13 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 70.640
  • Cautions: 4 for 8 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,104 (55.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 2nd Annual Pit Boss 250, his 11th victory in 66 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Hill (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 1 points over AJ Allmendinger.
AJ Allmendinger celebrates with his crew
Austin, Texas - March 26, 2022 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas.
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Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 4 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 59 40 13 6 46 27 2 1 8 Running
29 36 66 JJ Yeley Ford 8 8 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
31 14 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 6 6 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
33 9 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 18 4 14 0 46 1 1 5 3 Running
12 11 35 Parker Kligerman Toyota 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 4 0 Running
7 13 2 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 30 30 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
23 20 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
11 35 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 26 26 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
17 2 92 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 46 14 3 0 7 Running
28 15 18 Bubba Wallace Toyota 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
25 19 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 20 12 8 0 46 0 0 3 0 Running
3 3 7 Cole Custer Ford 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
35 27 45 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 2 2 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
38 29 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 Engine
36 5 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 10 1 9 0 41 0 0 2 0 Rear Gear
2 8 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 35 35 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
20 28 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
18 38 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 19 19 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
24 26 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 15 13 2 0 46 0 0 9 0 Running
34 31 8 Joe Graf Jr Ford 3 3 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
6 21 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 31 31 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
4 12 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 35 33 2 0 46 0 0 0 9 Running
26 22 98 Riley Herbst Ford 17 11 6 0 46 0 0 0 5 Running
13 18 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 24 24 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
8 16 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 42 29 13 0 46 0 0 7 2 Running
14 7 91 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 28 23 5 0 46 0 0 6 0 Running
30 34 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
32 32 5 Scott Heckert Chevrolet 6 5 1 0 46 0 0 0 10 Running
21 33 99 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
22 30 28 Patrick Gallagher Ford 15 15 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
10 6 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 27 27 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
37 37 38 Will Rodgers Toyota 1 1 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 Running
27 25 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 17 10 7 0 46 0 0 0 4 Running
9 17 88 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
15 1 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 23 22 1 0 46 1 1 10 0 Running
5 10 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 43 32 10 1 46 3 1 0 1 Running
16 24 44 Sage Karam Chevrolet 26 21 5 0 46 0 0 0 6 Running
19 23 26 Parker Chase Toyota 21 18 3 0 46 0 0 8 0 Running

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Sheldon Creed Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Landon Cassill Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Brandon Jones Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Ryan Sieg Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Will Rodgers Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Will Rodgers Pre-Race to the Rear Missed driver intros Tail End 0 0 White
Josh Bilicki Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
JJ Yeley Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Brandon Brown Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment Tail End 0 0 White
Patrick Gallagher Passing on a start or restart Pass Thru 0 1 Green
Will Rodgers Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 14 0 Yellow
Preston Pardus Speeding on pit road Tail End 27 32 Green/Yellow
Parker Chase Speeding on pit road Tail End 27 32 Green/Yellow
Parker Chase Unspecified Equpiment over the wall too soon Tail End 27 32 Green/Yellow
Justin Allgaier Speeding on pit road Tail End 27 32 Green/Yellow
Josh Berry Removing equipment from assigned pit area Tail End 30 32 Yellow
Josh Berry Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 34 35 Yellow
Alex Labbe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 37 40 Yellow
Stefan Parsons Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 37 40 Yellow
Jeb Burton Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 41 43 Green
Jeremy Clements Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 41 44 Green