The 2022 A-GAME 200 was the 10th stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the 41st iteration of the event, and the fourth and final race of the Dash 4 Cash. The race was held on April 30, 2022, in Dover, Delaware at Dover Motor Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race was contested over 200 laps. The final Dash 4 Cash in this race is consisted of Noah Gragson, Landon Cassill, A. J. Allmendinger, and Ryan Sieg, since they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars after Talladega Superspeedway. At race's end, Josh Berry of JR Motorsports would take the win, after leading 55 laps. This was Berry's second career Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Noah Gragson would win the Dash 4 Cash, after finishing in front of Cassill, Allmendinger, and Sieg.
Background Dover Motor Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway and later Dover International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States. The track has hosted at least one NASCAR Cup Series race each year since 1969, including two per year from 1971 to 2020. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Indy Racing League. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity increased to 135,000 seats, giving the track the largest seating capacity of any sports venue in the mid-Atlantic region. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. Depending on configuration, the track's capacity is at 95,500 seats. Its grand total maximum capacity was at 135,000 spectators. On November 8, 2021, it was announced that Dover Motorsports Inc. was purchased by Speedway Motorsports Inc.; effectively making Dover International Speedway a SMI track with the track being renamed to its current name.
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 MotorsportsChevrolet5Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet6Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet07Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord7Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet08David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord8Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet9Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet11Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet13Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota16A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet18John Hunter Nemechek (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet26Chandler Smith (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota27Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet31Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet34Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet35Patrick EmerlingEmerling-Gase MotorsportsChevrolet36Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet38Parker RetzlaffRSS RacingFord39Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord44Rajah CaruthAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet45Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet47Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet48Kaz Grala (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet51Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet54Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota66J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota68Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet78Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet91Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet98Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord99Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, April 29, at 3:00 PM EST. Brandon Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing was the fastest in the session, with a time of 23.428 seconds and a speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed119Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.428153.662218John Hunter Nemechek (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota23.473153.368398Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord23.515153.094
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, April 29, at 3:30 PM EST. Since Dover Motor Speedway is an oval track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.
Brandon Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the pole for the race, with a time of 22.872 seconds and a speed of .
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed119Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22.872157.39821Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet22.923157.04839Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.018156.39948Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.023156.365554Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.075156.013698Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord23.114155.75077Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.157155.461816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet23.182155.293918John Hunter Nemechek (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota23.223155.0191023Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet23.262154.759112Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23.279154.6461226Chandler Smith (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota23.324154.3471327Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet23.344154.215144Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet23.387153.9321544Rajah CaruthAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet23.406153.8071602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet23.409153.7871711Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet23.426153.6751810Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet23.455153.4851936Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet23.459153.4592021Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23.464153.4272148Kaz Grala (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet23.480153.3222268Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet23.583152.6522338Parker RetzlaffRSS RacingFord23.621152.4072451Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet23.672152.0782531Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet23.716151.796266Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet23.733151.6882708David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord23.777151.4072845Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet23.781151.3812934Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet23.786151.3503099Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet23.795151.2923166J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota23.803151.2413207Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord23.822151.1213378Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet23.960150.250Qualified by owner's points3491Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet23.974150.1633513Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota24.721145.6253635Patrick EmerlingEmerling-Gase MotorsportsChevrolet25.033143.810375Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet26.554135.5733839Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord——Failed to qualify3947Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 25 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts11Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet1027Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet938Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet8419Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7518John Hunter Nemechek (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0654Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5716A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet489Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet3998Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord2102Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1
Stage 2 Laps: 25 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10219Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet848Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet7554Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6698Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord579Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet4811Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet392Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet21021Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1
Stage 3 Laps: 110 Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints148Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet20055Running55277Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20067Running543554Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2001Running45439Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running40521Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet20018Running426816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet2000Running437119Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20059Running468112Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running329698Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord2000Running35103839Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord2000Running27111711Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet2000Running29121810Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet2000Running25131602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running24142021Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running24151023Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running22161327Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running21172338Parker RetzlaffRSS RacingFord2000Running20182268Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running19191936Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet1990Running18202845Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1990Running17211226Chandler Smith (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota1990Running0222531Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1990Running15233166J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsToyota1980Running14242148Kaz Grala (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1980Running0253378Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running1226266Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running11272934Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running10283207Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord1960Running9292451Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1950Running8303099Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1950Running731375Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1950Running6323513Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota1940Running5333635Patrick EmerlingEmerling-Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1920Running4343491Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet1910Running3352708David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord1890Running236144Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet1540Engine137918John Hunter Nemechek (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota830Brakes0381544Rajah CaruthAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet580Suspension1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 A. J. Allmendinger 427 2 Ty Gibbs 384 (-43) 3 Noah Gragson 384 (-43) 4 Josh Berry 339 (-88) 5 Brandon Jones 317 (-110) 6 Justin Allgaier 317 (-110) 7 Sam Mayer 297 (-130) 8 Ryan Sieg 287 (-140) 9 Riley Herbst 277 (-150) 10 Austin Hill 274 (-153) 11 Landon Cassill 265 (-162) 12 Daniel Hemric 259 (-168)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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