Josh Berry Leads His Teammates Across the Finish Line in Dover Xfinity Race

DOVER, DE - RIS - Josh Berry won his third career NASCAR Xfinity Series race in an event dominated by JR Motorsports Camaros.  Berry led for 55 of the 200 laps in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet. His triumph in the A-GAME 200 was his first of the season, and his first at the 1-mile Delaware track. Justin Allgaier won Stage 2, led a race-high 67 laps and wound up second in the No. 7 JRM Chevy. Ty Gibbs placed third with two more JR Motorsports drivers finishing well being Noah Gragson fourth and Sam Mayer rounding out the top five.

"I struggled a little on the bottom early, but just kept working to get it better," Berry said.  "Both times I went toe-to-toe with Justin (Allgaier) the whole time.  He is so freaking good here.  I thought he was out of it (slow pit stop), but he 's right back to second and I thought here we go again.'"

Gragson won a $100,000 payday in the final race for this year’s Xfinity Dash 4 Cash initiative. He was the top finisher among the four eligible drivers, a field that also included sixth-finishing AJ Allmendinger, 10th-place Ryan Sieg and Landon Cassill in 12th.

Mayer led 18 laps and took the Stage 1 victory before pit-road issues slowed his day. Mayer’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lost a left-rear wheel after his stop in the Stage 1 break, pushing him to 32nd place for the restart. He was also penalized for speeding on pit road during the Stage 2 intermission.

Brandon Jones led 59 laps from the pole position but was forced to make an extra pit stop during the Stage 2 break to tighten lug nuts. He finished seventh in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

The Xfinity Series’ next race is scheduled next Saturday afternoon at Darlington, SC.

Unofficial Results: 41st Annual A-GAME 200, April 30, 2022 - Dover Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 4, Josh Berry, No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet, 200, 3, 4, 1, 55, 5, 55, Running
2) 7, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Door Bumper Clear Chevrolet, 200, 2, 1, 2, 67, 1, 54, Running
3) 5, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, 200, 6, 5, 1, 1, , 45, Running
4) 3, Noah Gragson, No. 9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, 200, 8, 7, , , , 40, Running
5) 2, Sam Mayer, No. 1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, 200, 1, , 1, 18, 1, 42, Running
6) 8, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Chevrolet, 200, 7, 3, , , , 43, Running
7) 1, Brandon Jones, No. 19 Menards/Pelonis Toyota, 200, 4, 2, 3, 59, , 46, Running
8) 11, Sheldon Creed #, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, 200, 10, 9, , , , 32, Running
9) 6, Riley Herbst, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford, 200, 9, 6, , , , 35, Running
10) 38, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 A-GAME Ford, 200, , , , , , 27, Running
11) 17, Daniel Hemric, No. 11 Cirkul - Water Your Way Chevrolet, 200, , 8, , , , 29, Running
12) 18, Landon Cassill, No. 10 StormX Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 25, Running
13) 16, Brett Moffitt, No. 02 Half Off Wholesale Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 20, Austin Hill #, No. 21 United Rentals Chevrolet, 200, , 10, , , , 24, Running
15) 10, Anthony Alfredo, No. 23 John Civetta & Sons Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 13, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 23, Parker Retzlaff, No. 38 Ponsse Ford, 200, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 22, Brandon Brown, No. 68 Trade The Chain Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 19, Alex Labbe, No. 36 vrvictoriaville.com Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 28, Ryan Ellis, No. 45 Costa Oil Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 12, Chandler Smith(i), No. 26 ChargeMe/VITAL Toyota, 199, , , , , , 0, Running
22) 25, Myatt Snider, No. 31 Bommarito.com/Tailored Media Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 31, JJ Yeley, No. 66 CW & Sons Infrastructure Toyota, 198, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 21, Kaz Grala(i), No. 48 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 0, Running
25) 33, Josh Williams, No. 78 Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 26, Ryan Vargas, No. 6 TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 29, Kyle Weatherman, No. 34 SELE Foundation Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 32, Joe Graf Jr, No. 07 Bucked Up Energy Ford, 196, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 24, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 All South Electric Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 30, Stefan Parsons, No. 99 KELLY JEEP Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 7, Running
31) 37, Matt Mills, No. 5 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 6, Running
32) 35, Chad Finchum, No. 13 Garrison Homes/Units Storage Toyota, 194, , , , , , 5, Running
33) 36, Patrick Emerling, No. 35  Chevrolet, 192, , , , , , 4, Running
34) 34, Mason Massey, No. 91 A-Z Companies Chevrolet, 191, , , , , , 3, Running
35) 27, David Starr, No. 08 Children's National/Ticket Smarter Ford, 189, , , , , , 2, Running
36) 14, Bayley Currey, No. 4 TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet, 154, , , , , , 1, Engine
37) 9, John Hunter Nemechek(i), No. 18 ACME Toyota, 83, 5, , , , , 0, Brakes
38) 15, Rajah Caruth, No. 44 Circle Chevrolet, 58, , , , , , 1, Suspension

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Time: 1 Hr, 55 Mins, 17 Secs.
Race Length: 200 Laps, 200. Miles
Average Speed: 104.091 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.604 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 7, 8, 19, 18, 54, 16, 9, 98, 2
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 19, 16, 8, 54, 98, 9, 11, 2, 21

Comments: Josh Berry has won the A-Game 200 at Dover Motor Speedway, his 3rd career victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Prior to the start, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: Nos. 02, 13, 31, 39, 44, 45, 51, 78 Unapproved adjustments

Failed to Qualify: (1) 47 Brennan Poole.

Cautions: 5 for 36 laps;
Laps: 20-26 (No. 08, No. 34, No. 51 incident frontstretch  [91]);
47-54 (Stage 1 Conclusion  [13]);
90-98 (No. 91 incident Turn 2/Stage 2 Conclusion [34]);
105-108 (No. 99 spin Turn 4 [68]);
159-166 (No. 4 fluid on track Turn 4 [27]).

Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers;
B. Jones 1-30;
S. Mayer 31-48;
J. Allgaier 49;
B. Jones 50-53;
T. Gibbs 54;
B. Jones 55-79;
J. Allgaier 80-145;
J. Berry 146-200.

Mobil 1 Driver of the Race:  Josh Berry, No. 8
Sunoco Rookie of the Race:  Sheldon Creed, No. 2

Ron Fleshman

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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