The 2023 Pacific Office Automation 147 NASCAR XFINITY Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Portland International Raceway race.
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR
Taking advantage of a melee in Turn 1 after an overtime restart, Cole Custer held off charging Justin Allgaier to win Saturday’s Pacific Office Automation 147 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway.
After a Lap 73 caution for debris on the track, Allgaier held the lead for the overtime restart on Lap 76. Restarting behind Allgaier, Parker Kligerman steered to the inside and charged the first corner, carrying Allgaier wide and knocking second place Sheldon Creed, the pole winner, off the track.
From the inside lane, Custer shot into the lead through Turn 1.
Allgaier negotiated the barriers in the Turn 1 chicane and retained second place, and though he got to Custer’s bumper on the final lap, he couldn’t make a clean pass for the win. Custer won the drag race to the finish line by .142 seconds to score his first victory of the season in the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.
“I was just trying not to make mistakes,” Custer said of the final restart. “I did the exact same thing (that Kligerman did). I saw him drive in so deep, and I did the same thing two restarts ago.
“Man, I’m just so happy. I’ve never won a road-course race before. I’ve been so close so many times, and it’s just so awesome to win this… I’m pumped for the rest of the year. We’ve got fast cars.”
Custer, who won the second stage in a drag race against John Hunter Nemechek, led five laps to claim his 11th career victory. Allgaier led 23 and held a comfortable four-second advantage when Riley Herbst pulled off the track in Turn 9 with flames shooting from his front wheel wells.
That incident caused the fourth caution on Lap 68, but a strong restart kept Allgaier in the lead until the final debris caution and subsequent overtime.
Allgaier was philosophical about Kligerman’s change into the first corner.
“I saw a guy that decided he wanted to win his first race and just missed the braking zone,” said Allgaier, who picked up his first victory of the season in Monday’s rain-delayed Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “I understand it. I don’t blame him for being aggressive. I just hate it for everybody on this team.
“I felt like we did everything we needed to do today. These guys put an absolutely incredible Camaro underneath me. We were able to get up there and mind our business and not make anybody mad and have good, solid laps. And then there at the end, to have it taken away like that and finish second is really tough.
“Hats off to Cole. He did what he needed to do—he made Turn 1.”
Allgaier’s JR Motorsports teammates, Sam Mayer and Josh Berry, finished third and fourth, respectively. Austin Hill was fifth, followed by Myatt Snider, Creed, Connor Mosack, Chandler Smith and Nemechek.
FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | STG PTS | PO PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | S1 | S2 | STATUS |
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2 | 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 51 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 77 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Running |
14 | 14 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Chevrolet | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | Running |
12 | 19 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | Ford | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
25 | 13 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Chevrolet | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Running |
19 | 31 | 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
29 | 22 | 44 | Dylan Lupton | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running | |
18 | 24 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
33 | 10 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
38 | 26 | 6 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
1 | 2 | 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 60 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | Running |
24 | 35 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
10 | 4 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 45 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Running |
26 | 18 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Toyota | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
11 | 15 | 91 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
5 | 8 | 21 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 41 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | Running |
13 | 37 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Chevrolet | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
22 | 20 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
23 | 33 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr | Ford | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
16 | 28 | 92 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
6 | 9 | 19 | Myatt Snider | Toyota | 34 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Running |
32 | 12 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Ford | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | Engine |
21 | 17 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevrolet | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
20 | 29 | 53 | Patrick Emerling | Ford | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
31 | 25 | 8 | Preston Pardus | Chevrolet | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
37 | 38 | 7 | Stefan Parsons | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Overheating |
7 | 1 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Chevrolet | 46 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 77 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Running |
4 | 3 | 8 | Josh Berry | Chevrolet | 39 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Running |
15 | 27 | 2 | Blaine Perkins | Chevrolet | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
34 | 30 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Ford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rear Gear |
3 | 36 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Running |
9 | 7 | 16 | Chandler Smith | Chevrolet | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
35 | 32 | 35 | Parker Chase | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tie Rod |
17 | 23 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | Chevrolet | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
8 | 11 | 24 | Connor Mosack | Toyota | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
36 | 34 | 66 | Mason Maggio | Toyota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transmission |
30 | 16 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Toyota | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
28 | 21 | 43 | Leland Honeyman Jr | Chevrolet | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
27 | 6 | 10 | Jordan Taylor | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Running |
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.
Driver | Infraction | Penalty | Lap | Lap Assessed | Flag |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Mayer | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Garrett Smithley | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Brandon Jones | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Joe Graf Jr | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Parker Kligerman | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Jeremy Clements | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Patrick Emerling | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Anthony Alfredo | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Josh Williams | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Cole Custer | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Sheldon Creed | Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Justin Allgaier | Pre-Race to the Rear Engine | Tail End | 0 | 0 | White |
Sammy Smith | Speeding on pit road | Pass Thru | 1 | 2 | Green |
Chandler Smith | Unspecified Not stopping after missing the chicane | Pass Thru | 6 | 7 | Green |
Garrett Smithley | Speeding on pit road | Tail End | 20 | 21 | Yellow |
Garrett Smithley | Pitting before pit road is open | Tail End | 21 | 22 | Yellow |
Sammy Smith | Pitting before pit road is open | Tail End | 26 | 27 | Red |