The 2022 Pit Boss 250 was the sixth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the second iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas, at the Circuit of the Americas, a permanent road course. The race was run over 46 laps. A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing would win the race after leading the most laps. This was Allmendinger's eleventh career Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing and Cole Custer of SS-Green Light Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. #DriverTeamMake1Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet02Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet2Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet4Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet5Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet6Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet07Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingFord7Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet08Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord8Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet9Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet11Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet16A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet18Bubba Wallace (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet26Parker ChaseSam Hunt RacingToyota27Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet28Patrick GallagherRSS RacingFord31Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet34Jesse Iwuji (R)Jesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet35Parker Kligerman (i)Emerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota36Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet38Will RodgersRSS RacingToyota39Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord44Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet45Josh BilickiAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet47Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet48Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet51Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet52Gar RobinsonJimmy Means RacingChevrolet54Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota66J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota68Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet78Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet88Miguel PaludoJR MotorsportsChevrolet91Preston Pardus DGM RacingChevrolet92Ross Chastain (i)DGM RacingChevrolet98Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord99Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list Practice The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, March 25, at 4:00 PM CST. Preston Pardus of DGM Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 2:16.851 seconds and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed191Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet2:16.85189.70322Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2:17.04389.578336Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet2:17.19789.477Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, March 25, at 4:30 PM CST. Since Circuit of the Americas is a road course, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole.
Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the pole for the race, with a time of 2:14.520 seconds and a speed of .
Full qualifying results PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime ()Speed ()Time ()Speed ()154Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2:15.26390.7572:14.52091.258292Ross Chastain (i)DGM RacingChevrolet2:15.43890.6392:15.09690.869307Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingFord2:15.39090.6712:15.10790.861416A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet2:15.19790.8012:15.59890.532536Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet2:16.02290.2502:15.85390.36262Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2:16.03190.2442:15.90190.330791Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet2:15.67590.4812:16.28490.077821Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2:15.32390.7162:16.32390.05197Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:15.70090.4642:16.33890.041101Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.00890.2592:16.76389.761Eliminated from Round 11135Parker Kligerman (i)Emerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota2:15.80490.395——129Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:15.94990.299——1302Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.13190.178——1410Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet2:16.18590.142——1518Bubba Wallace (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2:16.33090.046——1648Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet2:16.37390.018——1788Miguel PaludoJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.56989.889——1823Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.79189.743——1911Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet2:16.94489.642——2027Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet2:16.95889.633——2131Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2:16.99989.606——2298Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord2:17.00589.603——2326Parker ChaseSam Hunt RacingToyota2:17.02789.588——2444Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2:17.45089.312——258Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.52189.266——2651Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2:17.67589.167——2745Josh BilickiAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2:17.72889.132——2868Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet2:18.21888.816——294Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet2:18.41588.690——3028Patrick GallagherRSS RacingFord2:18.55788.599——3108Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord2:19.16188.214——325Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet2:19.33888.102——3399Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet2:20.07787.638——Qualified by owner's points346Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet2:20.20687.557——3539Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord2:21.68986.640——3666J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota2:22.93685.885——3738Will Rodgers RSS RacingToyota2:41.26167.726——3819Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota————Failed to qualify3947Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet2:20.09387.628——4052Gar RobinsonJimmy Means RacingChevrolet2:20.14087.598——4178Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet2:21.31786.869——4234Jesse Iwuji (R)Jesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet2:23.30785.662——Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 14 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts116A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet10236Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet9311Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet8435Parker Kligerman (i)Emerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota057Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6691Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet5748Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet4826Parker ChaseSam Hunt RacingToyota3951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet21054Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 16 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts11Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet10248Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet937Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet848Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet7598Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord6644Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet5792Ross Chastain (i)DGM RacingChevrolet0816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet399Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet2105Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 16 Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1416A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet4627Running532821Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet460Running353307Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingFord460Running04129Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet460Running355101Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet463Running4262131Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet460Running3171302Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet460Running3081648Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet460Running4291788Miguel PaludoJR MotorsportsChevrolet460Running281062Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet460Running27113539Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord460Running26121135Parker Kligerman (i)Emerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota460Running0131823Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet460Running2414791Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet460Running2815154Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota461Running23162444Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet460Running2617292Ross Chastain (i)DGM RacingChevrolet4614Running0183819Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota460Running19192326Parker ChaseSam Hunt RacingToyota460Running21202868Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet460Running17213399Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet460Running16223028Patrick GallagherRSS RacingFord460Running15232027Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet460Running14242651Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet460Running15251911Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet460Running20262298Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord460Running1727258Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet460Running17281518Bubba Wallace (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota460Running0293666J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota460Running830346Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet460Running7311410Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet460Running632325Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet460Running63397Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet461Running18343108Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord460Running3352745Josh BilickiAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet460Running236536Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet410Rear Gear10373738Will RodgersRSS RacingToyota340Running138294Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet130Engine1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Noah Gragson 258 2 A. J. Allmendinger 257 (-1) 3 Ty Gibbs 227 (–31) 4 Justin Allgaier 190 (–68) 5 Josh Berry 181 (–77) 6 Austin Hill 172 (–86) 7 Brandon Jones 172 (–86) 8 Daniel Hemric 166 (–92) 9 Sam Mayer 162 (–96) 10 Ryan Sieg 151 (–107) 11 Sheldon Creed 149 (–109) 12 Riley Herbst 145 (–113)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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