The 2022 Mahindra ROXOR 200 was the 11th stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on May 7, 2022, in Darlington, South Carolina at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval. It was contested over 147 laps. At race's end, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports would take the win, after taking the lead on the final restart. He would also lead the most laps. This was Allgaier's 17th career Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Noah Gragson of JR Motorsports and Riley Herbst of Stewart-Haas Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
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Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
First held in 1982, the spring Darlington race ran from 1984 to 2014 before returning to the Xfinity Series schedule in 2020. On December 11, Darlington Raceway announced its highly popular NASCAR Throwback weekend would move to the new May 7–9 weekend, effectively making a lineal swap of the two race meetings at the track.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor or Throwback 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet AcceleratePros.com – Rick Mast's 1991 Skoal Cup paint scheme. 02 Brett Moffitt Our Motorsports Chevrolet Half Off Wholesale – Mark Martin's 1982 Jolly Rancher Cup paint scheme. 2 Sheldon Creed (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Whelen 4 Bayley Currey JD Motorsports Chevrolet Habana Brisa 5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet J. F. Electric 6 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports Chevrolet Monarch Roofing – Jeff Gordon's 1999 No. 24 Pepsi paint scheme. 07 Joe Graf Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Ford Bucked Up Buck Shot Energy Drink – Buckshot Jones' 2001 No. 00 BGN and No. 44 Cup Georgia-Pacific paint scheme. 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Hellmann's – Dale Earnhardt's 1984 Daytona 500 No. 3 Wrangler Cup paint scheme. 08 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Ford TicketSmarter – Bobby Dotter's 1995 Hyde Tools paint scheme. 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet Tire Pros – Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 2002 Action Performance "Gossamer" paint scheme. 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Black Rifle Coffee Company 10 Landon Cassill Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Voyager 11 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Cirkul 13 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota Coble Enterprises 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Action Industries 18 Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Toyota Racing 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Turtle Wax/Menards – Paul Menard's 2011 Cup paint scheme. 21 Austin Hill (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bennett Transportation & Logistics 23 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet Dude Wipes – Tom Hubert's 2002 No. 23 Hills Bros. Coffee Cup paint scheme. 26 John Hunter Nemechek (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Stillhouse Spirits 27 Jeb Burton Our Motorsports Chevrolet Solid Rock Carriers – Ward Burton's 1992 Gwaltney paint scheme. 31 Myatt Snider Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Capital City Towing – Ken Schrader's 1987 Red Baron Pizza paint scheme. 34 Kyle Weatherman Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Chevrolet LS Tractors 35 Patrick Emerling Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet B. R. Dewitt Inc. – Tribute to Modified Tour legend Richie Evans. 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet Ace Wrecker Service – Tribute to Michael McCrary Sr.'s 1976 Marion Edwards Memorial car. 38 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford H&W Electrical 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford CMR Construction & Roofing/A-GAME 44 Josh Bilicki Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Insurance King – Bill Elliott's 2006 No. 00 Burger King Cup paint scheme. 45 Tommy Joe Martins Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Capital City Hauling 47 Brennan Poole Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Inspire.Real.Change. 48 Tyler Reddick (i) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers – Bobby Allison's 1972 No. 12 Coca-Cola Cup paint scheme. 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Spartan Waste/Fox Sports Spartanburg 1400 – Dale Earnhardt/Bud Moore Engineering's 1982 No. 15 Wrangler Cup paint scheme. 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries – Bobby Labonte's 2002 No. 18 Cup paint scheme. 66 J. J. Yeley MBM Motorsports Ford WorkPro – Bobby Hamilton's 1993 No. 68 Country Time Cup paint scheme. 68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Brandonbilt Foundations – Tribute to Brown's late model career. 78 Josh Williams B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Alloy Employment Services/Coolray – Tribute to B. J. McLeod's 2004 Orlando Speed World Super Late Model car. 88 Chase Elliott (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com – Kyle Larson's 2021 No. 5 HendrickCars.com paint scheme. 91 Mason Massey DGM Racing Chevrolet Marty Massey Towing & Recovery/Anderson Power Services – Tribute to Marty Massey's 2003 dirt late model car. 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Monster Energy99 Stefan Parsons B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Circle B Diecast/SOKAL Digital – Phil Parsons' 1988 No. 55 Crown/Skoal Cup paint scheme.Official entry list
Practice The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, May 6, at 5:00 PM EST. Noah Gragson of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 29.828 seconds and a speed of .
Pos#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet29.828164.865226John Hunter Nemechek (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota29.841164.793354Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.910164.413Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was scheduled to be held on Friday, May 6, at 5:30 PM EST, but was canceled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup would be determined by a performance-based metric system. As a result, Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing won the pole. Chase Elliott and Brennan Poole would fail to qualify. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed154Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——28Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet——37Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet——49Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet——516A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet——619Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——71Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet——898Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord——939Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord——102Sheldon Creed (R) Richard Childress RacingChevrolet——1111Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet——1221Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet——1310Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet——1423Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet——1527Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet——1602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet——1768Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet——1836Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet——1931Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet——2066J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsFord——2107Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord——2251Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet——2326John Hunter Nemechek (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota——246Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet——2578Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——2638Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord——2708David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord——2818Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——2935Patrick EmerlingEmerling-Gase MotorsportsChevrolet——304Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet——3134Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet——3291Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet——335Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——Qualified by owner's points3448Tyler Reddick (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet——3599Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——3645Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet——3744Josh BilickiAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet——3813Timmy Hill (i)MBM MotorsportsToyota——Failed to qualify3988Chase Elliott (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet——4047Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet——Official starting lineup
Race results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10254Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota938Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet847Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7598Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord6616A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet5739Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord4810Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet3918Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21026John Hunter Nemechek (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota0 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10254Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota937Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet8426John Hunter Nemechek (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota0548Tyler Reddick (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet068Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet571Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet4816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet3918Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21098Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord1 Stage Three Laps: 57 Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints137Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet14776Running55249Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet14745Running553898Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord1470Running4142326John Hunter Nemechek (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota1470Running0571Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running3661310Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet1470Running347619Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1470Running308516A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet1475Running3791221Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1470Running28101111Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet1470Running2711939Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord1470Running30123134Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running25131602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running24141527Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running23151423Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running2216154Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14718Running39173645Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1470Running201828Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running32191836Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet1470Running18203599Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running1721246Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running16223291Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet1470Running1523304Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running14242935Patrick EmerlingEmerling-Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running13252066J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsFord1470Running12263448Tyler Reddick (i)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1472Running0272708David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord1470Running10283744Josh BilickiAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1470Running9292251Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1470Running8302818Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1470Running1131335Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1471Running6322638Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord1470Running5333813Timmy Hill (i)MBM MotorsportsToyota1470Running4342578Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1440Running3351768Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet1420Running2362107Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord1350Accident1371931Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet730Accident138102Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet160Engine1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 A. J. Allmendinger 464 2 Noah Gragson 439 (-25) 3 Ty Gibbs 423 (-41) 4 Justin Allgaier 372 (-92) 5 Josh Berry 371 (-93) 6 Brandon Jones 347 (-117) 7 Sam Mayer 333 (-131) 8 Riley Herbst 318 (-146) 9 Ryan Sieg 317 (-147) 10 Austin Hill 302 (-162) 11 Landon Cassill 299 (-165) 12 Daniel Hemric 286 (-178)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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