Gragson Wins at Homestead and Earns a Chance to Run for a Championship

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HOMESTEAD, FL – RIS – Noah Gragson remains as the hottest driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. On Saturday, he won the race and punched his ticked to the final four when they run for the championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 5th. 

“We just kicked their ass, baby!” Gragson said after the race,. “I wanted this one so bad.”

Ty Gibbs finished second. AJ Allmendinger placed third, Daniel Hemric was fourth and Sam Mayer completed the top five. Gibbs’ result puts him 30 points above the cutline.

Allmendinger entered the race 16 points behind Justin Allgaier for the final transfer spot. Allgaier had flat tires at two different times after hitting the wall and had to pit under green. He also had a jack problem on another green-flag stop. Allgaier finished 10th and fell out of a transfer spot.

“I’m glad it’s over,” Allgaier told NBC Sports’ Kim Coon of the race. ” … Our team definitely had some adversity tonight.”

Allmendinger leads Allgaier by five points for the final transfer spot heading into next weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

Allmendinger entered the race 16 points behind Justin Allgaier for the final transfer spot. Allgaier had flat tires at two different times after hitting the wall and had to pit under green. He also had a jack problem on another green-flag stop. Allgaier finished 10th and fell out of a transfer spot.

“I’m glad it’s over,” Allgaier said. “our team definitely had some adversity tonight.” Allmendinger leads Allgaier by five points for the final transfer spot heading into next weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

Austin Hill is seven points below the cutline. Mayer is 28 points below the cutline. Brandon Jones is 38 points below the cutline

Gragson was so dominant that in addition to winning, he won both stages. His car wouldn’t take off on new tires in the beginning of the run, but came on strong later.  A late caution caused the leaders to pit and many had used tires on the car.  Unlike earlier run the race, Gragson pulled strongly to the lead and won going away.

Unofficial Results: 28th Annual Contender Boats 300, October 22, 2022 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps , St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 2, Noah Gragson (P), No. 9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, 200, 1, 1, 6, 127, 7, 60, Running
2) 3, Ty Gibbs (P), No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, 200, 3, 6, 1, 1, , 48, Running
3) 13, AJ Allmendinger (P), No. 16 Action Industries Chevrolet, 200, 5, 2, 1, 1, , 49, Running
4) 4, Daniel Hemric, No. 11 AG1 - Athletic Greens Chevrolet, 200, 7, 8, , , , 40, Running
5) 6, Sam Mayer (P), No. 1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, 200, 8, 5, , , , 41, Running
6) 1, Trevor Bayne (P), No. 18 Devotion Nutrition Toyota, 200, 4, 4, 2, 46, , 45, Running
7) 9, Chandler Smith(i), No. 26 WearMe/ChargeMe Toyota, 200, , 9, , , , 0, Running
8) 15, Riley Herbst, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford, 200, , , , , , 29, Running
9) 10, Austin Hill # (P), No. 21 United Rentals Chevrolet, 200, 6, 3, 2, 19, , 41, Running
10) 20, Justin Allgaier (P), No. 7 The BRANDT Foundation Chevrolet, 200, 10, , , , , 28, Running
11) 12, Josh Berry (P), No. 8 High Rock Vodka Chevrolet, 200, , , 1, 3, , 26, Running
12) 16, Landon Cassill, No. 10 Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet, 200, 2, 7, 1, 3, , 38, Running
13) 23, Bayley Currey, No. 4 KSDT CPA Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 24, Brennan Poole(i), No. 6 Macc Door Systems Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 0, Running
15) 5, Brandon Jones (P), No. 19 Menards/Jeld-Wen Toyota, 199, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 29, Parker Retzlaff, No. 02 Funkaway Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 7, Sheldon Creed #, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 35, Anthony Alfredo, No. 23 Dude Wipes Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 21, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Larry's Lemonade Beach Bash Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 8, Kyle Weatherman, No. 34 SELE Foundation Chevrolet, 198, 9, , , , , 19, Running
21) 31, David Starr, No. 08 Amptricity Ford, 198, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 19, Myatt Snider, No. 31 TaxSlayer Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 30, Patrick Emerling, No. 35  Toyota, 198, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 17, Joe Graf Jr, No. 07 Bucked Up Energy Ford, 198, , , , , , 13, Running
25) 11, Nicholas Sanchez, No. 48 Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 26, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Fly & Form Concrete Structures Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 34, Kris Wright(i), No. 68 iHeart Radio Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 37, Julia Landauer, No. 44 Atem Car Club Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 22, Timmy Hill(i), No. 13 Generx Generators Ford, 195, , , , , , 0, Running
30) 32, Josh Williams, No. 36 Star Tron/Alloy Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 7, Running
31) 38, CJ McLaughlin, No. 38 SciAps Ford, 195, , , , , , 6, Running
32) 36, Matt Mills(i), No. 5 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 0, Running
33) 25, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 CMRroofing.com/A-game Ford, 190, , , , , , 4, Running
34) 18, Stefan Parsons(i), No. 45 Clear Cryptos Chevrolet, 189, , 10, , , , 0, Accident
35) 33, Kyle Sieg #, No. 28 CMRroofing.com Ford, 183, , , , , , 2, Accident
36) 27, BJ McLeod, No. 78 B.J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet, 115, , , , , , 1, Electrical
37) 28, Mason Massey, No. 91 Anderson Power Services Chevrolet, 62, , , , , , 1, Engine
38) 14, JJ Yeley, No. 66 WorkPro Breast Cancer Aware Ford, 3, , , , , , 1, Accident
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie, (P) Playoffs

Distance: 200 Laps, 300 miles
Time: 2:24:07
Average Speed: 123.680 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.550 sec

Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 10, 54, 18, 16, 21, 11, 1, 34, 7
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 16, 21, 18, 1, 54, 10, 11, 26, 45

Comments: Noah Gragson won the Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his 13th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.

Failed to Qualify: (2) 92 Alex Labbe, 77 Dillon Bassett.
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps;
Laps: 4-7 (No. 08, 27, 66 and 98 Incident on the Backstretch [None]);
43-50 (No. 38 Spin in Turn 3 [35]);
92-96 (Stage 2 Conclusion [08]);
189-195 ( No. 28, 45 and 48 Incident on the Frontstretch [18]).

Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers;
T. Bayne (P) 1-22;
N. Gragson (P) 23-47;
L. Cassill 48-50;
N. Gragson (P) 51;
T. Gibbs (P) 52;
N. Gragson (P) 53-54;
A. Hill # (P) 55-70;
N. Gragson (P) 71-97;
A. Hill # (P) 98-100;
T. Bayne (P) 101-124;
N. Gragson (P) 125-140;
A. Allmendinger (P) 141;
J. Berry (P) 142-144;
N. Gragson (P) 145-200.

Unofficial Points: 28th Annual Contender Boats 300 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Rank, Driver, Car, Starts, GL, Points, Ldr, Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts
1) Noah Gragson (P), 9, 31, 0, 3169, 0, 0, 8, 16, 56
2) Ty Gibbs (P), 54, 31, 0, 3138, -31, 31, 5, 7, 38
3) AJ Allmendinger (P), 16, 31, 3, 3113, -56, 25, 5, 4, 44
4) Justin Allgaier (P), 7, 31, -1, 3108, -61, 5, 3, 8, 33
5) Austin Hill # (P), 21, 31, 0, 3106, -63, 2, 2, 3, 18
6) Josh Berry (P), 8, 31, -2, 3095, -74, 11, 3, 6, 22
7) Sam Mayer (P), 1, 31, 1, 3085, -84, 10, 0, 2, 5
8) Brandon Jones (P), 19, 31, -1, 3075, -94, 10, 1, 2, 11
9) Daniel Hemric, 11, 31, 0, 2162, -1007, 913, 0, 3, 3
10) Riley Herbst, 98, 31, 0, 2128, -1041, 34, 0, 0, 2
11) Ryan Sieg, 39, 31, 0, 2103, -1066, 25, 0, 1, 1
12) Jeremy Clements, 51, 31, 0, 2039, -1130, 64, 1, 0, 5
13) Landon Cassill, 10, 31, 0, 733, -2436, 1306, 0, 0, 0
14) Sheldon Creed #, 2, 31, 0, 674, -2495, 59, 0, 0, 0
15) Anthony Alfredo, 23, 31, 0, 614, -2555, 60, 0, 0, 0
16) Brandon Brown, , 29, 0, 519, -2650, 95, 0, 0, 0
17) Jeb Burton, 27, 31, 0, 510, -2659, 9, 0, 0, 0
18) Myatt Snider, 31, 31, 0, 492, -2677, 18, 0, 1, 0
19) Alex Labbe, , 24, 0, 418, -2751, 74, 0, 0, 0
20) Brett Moffitt, , 21, 0, 416, -2753, 2, 0, 0, 0
21) Bayley Currey, 4, 31, 0, 409, -2760, 7, 0, 0, 0
22) Trevor Bayne (P), 18, 9, 2, 357, -2812, 52, 0, 2, 0
23) Kyle Weatherman, 34, 21, 0, 339, -2830, 18, 0, 0, 0
24) JJ Yeley, 66, 28, -2, 335, -2834, 4, 0, 0, 0
25) Ryan Vargas, , 25, 0, 295, -2874, 40, 0, 0, 0
26) Josh Williams, 36, 26, 0, 277, -2892, 18, 0, 0, 0
27) Joe Graf Jr, 07, 26, 0, 273, -2896, 4, 0, 0, 0
28) Mason Massey, 91, 22, 0, 240, -2929, 33, 0, 0, 0
29) Kyle Sieg #, 28, 16, 0, 217, -2952, 23, 0, 0, 0
30) Jeffrey Earnhardt, , 13, 0, 200, -2969, 17, 0, 0, 0
31) David Starr, 08, 19, 0, 199, -2970, 1, 0, 0, 0
32) Sammy Smith, , 7, 0, 168, -3001, 31, 0, 1, 0
33) Ryan Truex, , 6, 0, 162, -3007, 6, 0, 0, 0
34) Parker Retzlaff, 02, 8, 2, 156, -3013, 6, 0, 0, 0
35) Ryan Ellis, , 11, -1, 155, -3014, 1, 0, 0, 0
36) Sage Karam, , 9, -1, 152, -3017, 3, 0, 0, 0
37) Joey Gase, , 10, 0, 134, -3035, 18, 0, 0, 0
38) CJ McLaughlin, 38, 12, 1, 130, -3039, 4, 0, 0, 0
39) Jade Buford, , 9, -1, 127, -3042, 3, 0, 0, 0
40) Patrick Emerling, 35, 10, 0, 120, -3049, 7, 0, 0, 0
41) Preston Pardus, , 5, 0, 100, -3069, 20, 0, 0, 0
42) Jesse Iwuji, , 11, 0, 94, -3075, 6, 0, 0, 0
43) Nicholas Sanchez, 48, 6, 2, 91, -3078, 3, 0, 0, 0
44) Andy Lally, , 5, -1, 89, -3080, 2, 0, 0, 0
45) Tommy Joe Martins, , 6, -1, 87, -3082, 2, 0, 0, 0
46) Shane Lee, , 5, 0, 71, -3098, 16, 0, 0, 0
47) Derek Griffith, , 5, 0, 70, -3099, 1, 0, 0, 0
48) Scott Heckert, , 5, 0, 65, -3104, 5, 0, 0, 0
49) Miguel Paludo, , 3, 0, 52, -3117, 13, 0, 0, 0
50) Patrick Gallagher, , 5, 0, 48, -3121, 4, 0, 0, 0
51) Garrett Smithley, , 4, 0, 47, -3122, 1, 0, 0, 0
52) James Davison, , 1, 0, 43, -3126, 4, 0, 0, 0
53) Caesar Bacarella, , 5, 0, 37, -3132, 6, 0, 0, 0
54) Howie Disavino, , 4, 0, 35, -3134, 2, 0, 0, 0
55) Parker Chase, , 2, 0, 31, -3138, 4, 0, 0, 0
56) Drew Dollar, , 2, 0, 30, -3139, 1, 0, 0, 0
57) Dale Earnhardt, , 1, 0, 26, -3143, 4, 0, 0, 0
58) BJ McLeod, 78, 4, 0, 24, -3145, 2, 0, 0, 0
59) Daniil Kvyat(i), , 1, 0, 22, -3147, 2, 0, 0, 0
60) Santino Ferrucci, , 2, 0, 22, -3147, 0, 0, 0, 0
61) Dillon Bassett, , 3, 0, 18, -3151, 4, 0, 0, 0
62) Gray Gaulding, , 2, 0, 17, -3152, 1, 0, 0, 0
63) Natalie Decker(i), , 3, 0, 17, -3152, 0, 0, 0, 0
64) Ronnie Bassett, , 2, 0, 10, -3159, 7, 0, 0, 0
65) Julia Landauer, 44, 2, 6, 10, -3159, 0, 0, 0, 0
66) Chris Dyson, , 1, -1, 9, -3160, 1, 0, 0, 0
67) Spencer Pumpelly, , 1, -1, 8, -3161, 1, 0, 0, 0
68) Dawson Cram, , 1, -1, 7, -3162, 1, 0, 0, 0
69) Bobby Mccarty, , 1, -1, 6, -3163, 1, 0, 0, 0
70) Chad Finchum, , 1, -1, 5, -3164, 1, 0, 0, 0
71) Will Rodgers, , 2, -1, 2, -3167, 3, 0, 0, 0
72) Marco Andretti, , 1, 0, 1, -3168, 1, 0, 0, 0
73) Darren Dilley, , 1, 0, 1, -3168, 0, 0, 0, 0
74) Kyle Larson(i), , 3, 0, 0, -3169, 1, 1, 2, 0
75) Cole Custer(i), , 5, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 1, 1, 0
76) Tyler Reddick(i), , 5, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 1, 0, 0
77) John Hunter Nemechek(i), , 11, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 10
78) Timmy Hill(i), 13, 9, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
79) William Byron(i), , 3, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 2, 0
80) Alex Bowman(i), , 1, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
81) Ross Chastain(i), , 5, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
82) Ryan Preece(i), , 3, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
83) Kaz Grala(i), , 9, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
84) Chase Briscoe(i), , 1, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
85) Parker Kligerman(i), , 3, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
86) Ty Dillon(i), , 4, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
87) Chandler Smith(i), 26, 3, 11, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
88) Christopher Bell(i), , 1, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
89) Stefan Parsons(i), 45, 22, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
90) Josh Bilicki(i), , 7, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
91) Hailie Deegan(i), , 1, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
92) Brennan Poole(i), 6, 9, 13, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
93) Connor Mosack(i), , 2, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
94) Matt Mills(i), 5, 17, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
95) Blaine Perkins(i), , 4, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
96) Matt Jaskol(i), , 2, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
97) Brad Perez(i), , 2, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
98) Kris Wright(i), 68, 7, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
99) Rajah Caruth(i), , 5, -2, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
100) Akinori Ogata(i), , 2, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
101) Mason Filippi, , 1, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
102) Justin Haley(i), , 1, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
103) Austin Dillon(i), , 2, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
104) Ricky Stenhouse(i), , 2, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
105) Bubba Wallace(i), , 2, -1, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
106) Mike Harmon, , 1, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
107) Loris Hezemans(i), , 1, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
108) Austin Wayne Self(i), , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
109) Harrison Rhodes, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
110) Jesse Little(i), , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
111) Chase Elliott(i), , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
112) Stan Mullis, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
113) Tim Viens(i), , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
114) Gar Robinson, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
115) Dexter Bean, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
116) Jordan Anderson(i), , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
117) Stanton Barrett, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
118) Joe Nemechek, , 0, 0, 0, -3169, 0, 0, 0, 0
 -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

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