Chandler Smith scores second consecutive win at Richmond Raceway: Chandler Smith led a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep at Richmond (Va.) Raceway Saturday afternoon cruising to a 4.495-seconds victory over teammates Aric Almirola and Tanner Gray in the ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.(Read more)(3-30-2024)

For the second straight year, #81-Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250 Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is his second win of the season — and second at Richmond.
#20-Aric Almirola won both stages and finished second in his third start since returning to Joe Gibbs Racing. #19-Taylor Gray finished third in his series debut. #26-Corey Heim finished fourth, making it just the second time in history that Toyota swept the top four positions (Dover, 2012). Rookie #2-Jesse Love rounded out the top five.
#88-Bubba Pollard was the highest finishing JR Motorsports driver in sixth while making his series debut. #48-Parker Kligerman, #21-Austin Hill, #8-Sammy Smith and #00-Custer complete the top 10.
There were 14 lead changes among seven drivers and six cautions for 51 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 81.179 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Richmond Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Richmond:
Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250, his third victory in 42 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway.
Aric Almirola (second) posted his second top-10 finish in seven races at Richmond Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Taylor Gray(i) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Richmond Raceway.
Jesse Love (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 10 points over Austin Hill.

Xfinity Series Standings after Richmond (Race 6 of 33):
1)#81-Chandler Smith 265 points (2 wins)
2)#21-Austin Hill 255, -10 (2 wins)
3)#00-Cole Custer 224, -41
4)#2-Jesse Love 198, -67
5)#98-Riley Herbst 195, -70
6)#16-AJ Allmendinger 185, -80
7)#7-Justin Allgaier 181, -84
8)#48-Parker Kligerman 177, -88
9)#8-Sammy Smith 153, -112
10)#9-Brandon Jones 140, -125
11)#18-Sheldon Creed 137, -128
12)#5-Anthony Alfredo 131, -134
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 250: #81-Smith wins at Richmond, claiming his second victory of the season. #20-Almirola, #19-Gray, #26-Heim and #2-Love round out the top five.
Lap 243: #15-Deegan has no power and coasts back to pit road.
Lap 224: #00-Custer makes an unscheduled pit stop for a possible tire going down.
Lap 193:#20-Almirola takes second from #00-Custer, and is the second car in the running order on fresh tires.
Lap 190: #81-Smith takes the lead from #00-Custer, charging from outside the top 10 on the restart.
Lap 183: #00-Custer takes the lead from #7-Allgaier.
Lap 179: #81-Smith pits from the lead, with #20-Almirola, #21-Hill, #2-Love, #19-Gray, #26-Heim, #8-Smith, #14-Bearden, #48-Kligerman, #38-DiBenedetto and #51-Clements pit for fresh tires.
Lap 172: #4-Cram tags the rear of #35-Gase entering Turn 1, sending Gase into the outside wall.
Lap 163: #81-Smith takes the lead from #20-Almirola with 87 laps remaining.
Lap 161: #1-Mayer has a flat left-front tire after contact with #19-Gray on pit road.
Lap 150: #20-Almirola dominates the second stage, winning his second stage of the season. #1-Mayer, #81-Smith, #19_Gray and #26-Heim round out the top five. #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill, #31-Retzlaff, #00-Custer and #14-Bearden score stage points.
Lap 142: #1-Mayer takes second position from #81-Smith, but trails #20-Almirola by more than three seconds with eight laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 134: #1-Mayer passes #7-Allgaier for third. #19-Gray has cracked the top five in his series debut.
Lap 116: #18-Creed has been shown the black flag for heavy smoke coming from underneath the car.
Lap 101: #00-Custer and #48-Kligerman drift up the track. Kligerman hit the outside wall entering Turn 1.
Lap 95: #14-Bearden spun through Turns 3 and 4, battling #6-Smithley.
Lap 75: #20-Almirola wins the opening stage, his first stage victory of the season. #44-Poole gained 29 spots since the restart to finish second on fresh tires. #26-Heim, #7-Allgaier and #98-Herbst round out the top five. #1-Mayer, #81-Smith, #00-Custer, #19-Gray and #8-Smith earn stage points.
Lap 64: #20-Almirola passes #7-Allgaier for the lead. #44-Poole has cracked the top 10 on fresh tires.
Lap 57: #7-Allgaier takes the lead back from Heim shortly after the restart.
Lap 51: #16-Allmendinger, #97-van Gisbergen, #44-Poole, #28-Sieg, #51-Clements, #4-Cram and #07-Emerling pit for adjustments.
Lap 42: #26-Heim takes the lead from #7-Allgaier. 9-Jones blew an engine entering Turn  and spun into the wall. #39-Sieg spun in the oil.
Lap 28: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #31-Retzlaff on the restart.
Lap 20: #32-Vargas has a fire underneath the hood of his car to bring out the first caution of the race.
Lap 10: #31-Retzlaff has debris on his grille and his water temperature is rising.
Lap 1: #31-Retzlaff leads #00-Custer, who got around #9-Jones for second position.
#8-Sammy Smith stalled his car leaving pit road for pace laps. He needed a push from a wrecker but was able to get his starting position back for the green flag.

Cars to the rear: #35-Joey Gase (unapproved adjustments)

Pit Stall Selections

For the first time in his career, #31-Parker Retzlaff has won a pole in the Xfinity Series. It’s also the first pole for Jordan Anderson Racing. Retzlaff’s lap of 120.428 mph at Richmond Raceway was nearly a tenth of a second faster than second place.
#9-Brandon Jones earned his best start with JR Motorsports in second (119.915 mph). #00-Cole Custer will take the green flag from third position (119.909 mph) with #81-Chandler Smith (119.888 mph) and #7-Justin Allgaier (119.623 mph) rounding out the top five.
#26-Corey Heim, #16-AJ Allmendinger, #2-Jesse Love, #48-Parker Kligerman and #20-Aric Almirola compleete the top 10.
All 38 cars qualified for the show. #35-Joey Gase didn’t run a lap after spinning in practice.
See the complete Richmond Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Richmond
Parker Retzlaff won the Pole Award for the ToyotaCare 250 with a lap of 22.42 seconds, 120.428 mph.
This is his first pole in 48 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in three races at Richmond Raceway.
Brandon Jones (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2024 and his seventh in 14 races at Richmond Raceway.
Cole Custer (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his fourth in six races this season.
Jesse Love (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the ToyotaCare 250 Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway is complete. After 20 minutes, the top five, slowest, news and notes:
#88-Bubba Pollard 118.136 mph
#11-Josh Williams 118.110 mph
#91-Kyle Weatherman 117.939 mph
#44-Brennan Poole 117.924 mph
#7-Justin Allgaier 117.682 mph
Slowest: #28-Kyle Sieg 112.575 mph.
Most laps run: #19-Taylor Gray, #9-Brandon Jones, #20-Aric Almirola, #21-Austin Hill, 40
Notes: On the first lap of practice, #35-Joey Gase spun in Turn 4.
See full Richmond Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the ToyotaCare 250 Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. No cars will miss the show.
Notables: #4-Dawson Cram, #6-Morgen Baird, #07-Patrick Emerling, #14-Logan Bearden, #19-Taylor Gray, #20-Aric Almirola, #26-Corey Heim, #32-Ryan Vargas, #35-Joey Gase, #38-Matt DiBenedetto, #88-Bubba Pollard, #92-Josh Bilicki
See the full Richmond entry list.

Richmond At-Track Schedule