Noah Gragson Gets Redemption at Homestead: Noah Gragson has led plenty of laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway with three Top-10 finishes in his four starts before this weekend. And Saturday night – at long last – Gragson earned the Xfinity Series winner’s trophy to go with all his statistical success at the South Florida track.(Read more)(10-22-2022)
#9-Noah Gragson got redemption at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, after dominating the previous three races at the track and having no wins to show for it. Gragson led a race-high 127 laps en route to his eighth victory in 2022.
#54-Ty Gibbs raced up to second on a late-race restart. #16-AJ Allmendinger finished third, with #11-Daniel Hemric and #1-Sam Mayer rounding out the top five.
Polesitter #18-Trevor Bayne finished sixth, as #26-Chandler Smith, #98-Riley Herbst, #21-Austin Hill and #7-Justin Allgaier made up the top 10.
Gragson won both stages, putting his total to 16 on the season. That’s the second most for any driver in a single season since stages were implemented in 2017 (Christopher Bell had 22 in 2019).
There were 13 lead changes among seven drivers and four cautions for 24 yellow flag laps.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Homestead Paint Schemes
Race Fast Facts – Homestead:
Noah Gragson (P) won the 28th Annual Contender Boats 300, his 13th victory in 133 Xfinity Series
races.
This is his eighth victory and 24th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Ty Gibbs (P) (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2022.
AJ Allmendinger (P) (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Homestead-Miami
Speedway.
Austin Hill (P) (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson (P) leads the point standings by 31 points over Ty Gibbs (P).
Xfinity Series Standings after Homestead (Race 31 of 33):
1)#9-Noah Gragson (advanced to Championship 4)
2)#8-Josh Berry (advanced to Championship 4)
3)#54-Ty Gibbs 3,138, +30
4)#16-AJ Allmendinger 3,113, +5
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5)#7-Justin Allgaier 3,108, -5
6)#21-Austin Hill 3,106, -7
7)#1-Sam Mayer 3,085, -28
8)#19-Brandon Jones 3,075, -39
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.
Pit Stall Selections
In what will be his final start of the 2022 Xfinity Series season, #18-Trevor Bayne won the pole for Saturday’s Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This is the second pole for Bayne this year. His lap of 166.667 mph was nearly two-tenths of a second better than second place.
#9-Noah Gragson will start second (165.637 mph), with #54-Ty Gibbs (165.269 mph), #11-Daniel Hemric (164.770 mph) and #19-Brandon Jones (164.494 mph) rounding out the top five.
#1-Sam Mayer, #2-Sheldon Creed, #34-Kyle Weatherman, #26-Chandler Smith and #21-Austin Hill make up the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #77-Dillon Bassett, #92-Alex Labbe.
See the complete Homestead Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Results
Qualifying Fast Facts – Homestead
Trevor Bayne (P) won the Pole Award for the 28th Annual Contender Boats 300 with a lap of 32.4 seconds, 166.667 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 161 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2022.
This is his first pole in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Noah Gragson (P) (second) posted his 25th top-10 start of 2022 and his third in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Ty Gibbs (P) (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 26th in 31 races this season.
Sheldon Creed (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Practice for the Contender Boats 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is complete. Due to rain, the session was shortened to 10 minutes. Top five, slowest, news and notes:
#9-Noah Gragson 164.921 mph
#10-Landon Cassill 164.725 mph
#11-Daniel Hemric 164.694 mph
#8-Josh Berry 164.619 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 164.549 mph
Slowest: #38-CJ McLaughlin 153.518 mph
Most laps run: #8-Josh Berry, #19-Brandon Jones, #2-Sheldon Creed, #21-Austin Hill, #1-Sam Mayer, 17
Notes: There were no issues in the session.
See full Homestead Practice Results.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Goodyear Tire Notes
There are 41 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Three drivers will miss the show.
Notables: #6-Brennan Poole, #13-Timmy Hill, #26-Chandler Smith, #28-Kyle Sieg, #34-Kyle Weatherman, #35-Patrick Emerling, #36-Josh Williams #38-CJ McLaughlin, #44-Julia Landauer, #45-Stefan Parsons, #48-Nick Sanchez, #77-Dillon Bassett, #78-BJ McLeod, #92-Alex Labbe.
See the full entry list on the Homestead Entry List.
TandemDraft Stats – Homestead
