Justin Allgaier captures third Xfinity Series victory of 2022
Photo by Harold Hinson Photograph
Justin Allgaier prevailed in an action-packed Crayon 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday earning his third victory of the season and a very special birthday present for his wife, Ashley. A race trophy.
The driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet delivered Chevy’s first win at the one-mile track in 15 years. It’s Allgaier’s third win of the season – coming a comfortable 3.869-seconds ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Trevor Bayne, who was trying to earn the JGR team its seventh consecutive New Hampshire win.
“We finished second here last year to one (Toyota) and I told these guys I really wanted to win here,’’ said Allgaier, who now has three wins in the last eight races. “This place has been so much fun over the years.’’
“First of all, it’s my wife’s birthday, so if I can’t be with my wife on her birthday the best thing to do is take home a trophy to her. Just proud of the team.”
It was, at times, a dramatic drive for the 36-year old Illinois driver. He had an incident with Julie Landauer’s car early – apologizing to her after the race. And although he ran top-5 for most of the day, he didn’t actually lead the race until 48 laps remaining – dicing it up with Landon Cassill, who was looking for his first career win.
The two exchanged the lead five times in the closing 60 laps with Allgaier able to pull away for good with 19 laps to go.
Cassill, who led 17 laps, ultimately had his third-place finish disqualified for post-race inspection violations – the rear of his No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet was ruled too low.
The fourth-place finisher, Allgaier’s JR Motorsports teammate Noah Gragson in the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet was also disqualified after a failed post-race inspection. His car failed front body inspection heights and was too low. The DQ dropped him from fourth place to fifth place in the season standings, now 99-points behind leader A.J. Allmendinger but safely in the Playoffs with two victories.
The two disqualifications moved fifth place finisher Brandon Brown in the No. 68 Brandon Brown Racing Chevrolet officially into third place in the race results – the best result and first top-5 of the season for the 29-year old Virginian’s family-owned team.
It may have been a Toyota victory circle for most of the past few years, but even with the disqualifications to Cassill and Gragson, Chevrolet drivers still made up nine of the top-10 positions on Saturday.
Ty Dillon, Austin Hill, Kyle Weatherman, Mason Massey and Bayley Currey rounded out the top-10. It marked the second top-10 of Weatherman’s season and the second top-10 of both Massey and Currey’s careers.
The race included 10 caution periods (including a nearly eight-minute red flag). And there were 15 lead changes among 10 drivers with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs led the most laps (49) on the day.
Both Gibbs and championship leader A.J. Allmendinger were noticeably absent from that group atop the scoreboard. Gibbs’ No. 54 JRG Toyota suffered a mechanical problem just after the Stage 2 break and he finished 21st – the second week in a row he’s had a sub-20th place showing.
Allmendinger was involved in one of the multi-car accidents, hitting the wall with 58 laps remaining and forced to pit for extensive repairs to his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. He finished one position ahead of Gibbs in 20th place.
The rough day for Gibbs and the good day for Allgaier shook up the points standings with Allmendinger now leading Allgaier by 16 points. Gibbs is now third place, 28-points back, as the series races next in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (Saturday, 5 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Austin Cindric is the defending winner.
ASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 18
Race Results for the 28th Annual Crayon 200 - Saturday, July 16, 2022
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Loudon, NH - 1.058 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 211.6 Miles
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 3 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 200 9 6 47 Running 2 47 5
2 6 18 Trevor Bayne Devotion Nutrition Toyota 200 6 4 47 Running 1 17
3 19 68 Brandon Brown Zero FG Energy Chevrolet 200 5 40 Running 1 12
4 21 51 Jeremy Clements Spartan Waste/Fox Sports 98.3 Chevrolet 200 33 Running
5 18 2 Sheldon Creed # Whelen Chevrolet 200 10 33 Running 1 10
6 17 48 Ty Dillon(i) Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 200 0 Running
7 15 21 Austin Hill # Bennett Transporation and Logistics Chevrolet 200 30 Running
8 20 34 Kyle Weatherman Equity Prime Mortgage Chevrolet 200 29 Running
9 30 91 Mason Massey BRUNT Workwear Chevrolet 200 28 Running
10 24 4 Bayley Currey SEM Chevrolet 200 27 Running
11 31 08 David Starr Pro Ambitions Hockey Ford 200 26 Running
12 26 07 Joe Graf Jr. G Coin Ford 200 25 Running
13 33 38 CJ McLaughlin SciAps Ford 200 24 Running
14 14 02 Brett Moffitt Robert B Our Chevrolet 200 23 Running
15 12 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet 200 22 Running
16 28 35 Patrick Emerling Toyota 200 21 Running
17 34 44 Howie Disavino III Clear Cryptos Chevrolet 200 20 Running
18 22 26 Derek Griffith Hudson Speedway Toyota 198 19 Running
19 36 6 Ryan Vargas TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet 198 18 Running
20 7 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 197 3 3 33 Running
21 4 54 Ty Gibbs He Gets Us Toyota 196 2 2 34 Running 2 49
22 35 78 Matt Mills(i) J.F. Electric Chevrolet 192 0 Running
23 38 66 JJ Yeley Work Pro Tools Toyota 190 14 Running
24 29 5 Josh Williams Sleep Well Chevrolet 189 13 Electrical
25 37 13 Akinori Ogata(i) BlabaBooth Toyota 169 0 Engine
26 10 88 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 163 4 1 0 Electrical 1 22
27 27 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 143 10 Accident
28 8 19 Brandon Jones Menards/Watts Toyota 142 9 Accident
29 16 23 Anthony Alfredo John Civetta & Sons Chevrolet 138 7 12 Accident
30 13 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 133 10 8 11 Accident
31 1 8 Josh Berry Tire Pros Chevrolet 127 7 10 Accident 1 11
32 11 39 Ryan Sieg CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford 124 1 9 17 Accident 1 10 1
33 23 27 Jeb Burton Walking with Anthony Chevrolet 124 4 Accident
34 25 31 Myatt Snider Bommarito Automotive Group Chevrolet 124 3 Accident
35 2 11 Daniel Hemric AG1 - Athletic Greens Chevrolet 105 8 5 11 Accident 1 5
36 32 45 Julia Landauer Boss Beauties/GarageXYZ Chevrolet 90 1 Accident
37 5 10 Landon Cassill Carnomaly Chevrolet 200 1 Running 4 17
38 9 9 Noah Gragson Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet 200 1 Running
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 27 Mins, 13 Secs. Average Speed: 86.24 MPH Margin of Victory: 3.869 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 39, 54, 16, 88, 68, 18, 23, 11, 7, 98
Stage 2 Top 10: 88, 54, 16, 18, 11, 7, 8, 98, 39, 2
Race Comments: Justin Allgaier won the 28th running of the Crayon 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his 19th victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 8, 13, 36, 44, 51, 07, 08 (unapproved adjustments) and 66 (engine change).
Failed to Qualify: (1) 47 Bobby McCarty.
Caution Flags: 9 for 56 laps; Laps: 36-41 (#45, 7 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 47-52 (Stage 1 Conclusion [44]); 92-97 (#9, 11 Incident Turn 4/Stage 2 Conclusion [5]); 99-103 (#78, 45 Incident Turn 1 [07]); 107-111 (#11 Incident Turn 3 [08]); 117-121 (#26 Spin Turn 4 [88]); 126-137 (#31, 8, 39, 27, 2, 98, 19, 1 Incident Turn 2 [Red flag: 00:07:23] [35]); 144-149 (#19, 16, 36 Incident Frontstretch [38]); 175-179 (Fluid on track from #13 Turn 2 [44]).
Lead Changes: 15 among 10 drivers; D. Hemric 1-5; T. Bayne 6-22; T. Gibbs 23-37; R. Sieg 38-47; T. Gibbs 48-81; W. Byron(i) 82-103; L. Cassill 104-111; J. Berry 112-122; L. Cassill 123-127; B. Brown 128-139; S. Creed # 140-149; L. Cassill 150-151; J. Allgaier 152-179; L. Cassill 180-181; J. Allgaier 182-200.
Sunoco Rookie of the Race : Sheldon Creed, #2
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: July 23, 2022 - Pocono Raceway
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