AJ Allmendinger earns first career NASCAR oval victory: NASCAR veteran AJ Allmendinger bested a field of the sport’s best young talents leading the final 37 laps of Saturday afternoon’s Xfinity Series EchoPark 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Making the run more impressive, Allmendinger rallied from a 30th place starting position. Noah Gragson, last week’s Bristol race winner, finished runner-up by 1.858-seconds but it was still good enough to earn the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 money bonus given by series sponsor Xfinity. Next week Allmendinger, Gragson, Justin Haley and Daniel Hemric – the second through fourth place finishers – will be eligible for the Dash 4 Cash prize money.[Read More](6-6-2020)
Paint Schemes
#16-A.J. Allmendinger won the EchoPark 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st of the year, 1st win at Atlanta and 4th career XFINITY win.
Pole sitter #9-Gragson finished 2nd followed by #11-Haley, #8-Hemric, #20-Burton, #7-Allgaier, #10-Chastain, #19-Jones, #98-Briscoe, and #21-Alfredo.
By finishing second, #9-Gragson won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. Drivers competing for the Dash 4 Cash next weekend at Homestead (Sunday race) are #16-Allmendinger, #9-Gragson, #8-Hemric, and #11-Haley.
Stages 1 and 2 were both won by #22-Cindric.
There were 10 lead changes among 7 drivers and 6 cautions for 28 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 122.832mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
AJ Allmendinger won the 29th Annual EchoPark 250, his fourth victory in 18 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2020.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Noah Gragson (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2020.
Justin Haley (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Harrison Burton (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Briscoe leads the point standings by 4 points over Noah Gragson.
(NASCAR)(6-6-2020)
XFINITY Series Playoff Standings after Atlanta:
1) #98-Chase Briscoe [2 wins], 340
2) #9-Noah Gragson [2 wins], 336
3) #20-Harrison Burton [1 win], 308
4) #19-Brandon Jones [1 win], 258
5) #7-Justin Allgaier, 297, -43
6) #10-Ross Chastain, 295, -45
7) #22-Austin Cindric, 285, -55
8) #11- Justin Haley, 267, -73
9) #39-Ryan Sieg, 217, -123
10) #18-Riley Herbst, 201, -1239
11) #68-Brandon Brown, 199, -141
12) #1-Michael Annett, 198, -142
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.
Crew Rosters
Pit Stall selections
#9-Noah Gragson will start from the pole for the EchoPark 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
#8-Hemric starts second, followed by #7-Allgaier, #11-Haley, #20-Burton, #18-He3rbst, #39-Sieg, #22-Cindrick, #98-Briscoe, and #68-Brown.
The lineup was set by random draw based on owner points.
See the complete EchoPark 250 starting lineup.(6-4-2020)
The Entry List for the EchoPark 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is posted, 37 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Since 37 cars are entered, all drivers will make race.
See the full entry list on the Entry List (pdf).
Goodyear Tire Notes
Pit selection:
- Order based on finishing position from the May 30 race at Bristol, followed by new entries in order of points.
Starting lineup:
- Positions 1 -12: The first 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up Eligibility will be assigned starting positions 1st – 12th using a random draw.
- Positions 12 – 24: The next 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up eligibility will be assigned starting positions 12th- 24th using a random draw.
- Starting positions 25 – 36: The next 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up eligibility will be assigned starting positions 25th -36th using a random draw.
- Any vehicles that are eligible for the Event in position 37th – 40th will be assigned starting positions based on their order of eligibility.
