2022 Nalley Cars 250

The 2022 Nalley Cars 250 was the fifth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race was run over 172 laps due to several overtime finishes. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the race after taking the lead on the final lap. This was Gibbs' sixth career Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing and A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectably.

Background Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of where before it was . The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021. The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.

Entry list #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 RacingChevrolet18Trevor BayneJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet26Jeffrey EarnhardtSam Hunt RacingToyota27Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet28Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord31Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet34Jesse Iwuji (R)Jesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet35Shane LeeEmerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota36Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet38Loris Hezemans (i)RSS RacingToyota39Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord44Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet45Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet47Brennan PooleMike Harmon RacingChevrolet48Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet51Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet52Harrison RhodesJimmy Means RacingChevrolet54Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota66J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsFord68Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet77Dillon BassettBassett RacingChevrolet78Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet91Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet92Kyle WeathermanDGM RacingChevrolet98Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord99Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list

Practice Friday's 50-minute practice session was cancelled due to inclement weather. Practice will replace qualifying on Saturday. Jeb Burton of Our Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 30.993 seconds and a speed of .

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed127Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet30.993178.87929Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet31.027178.68331Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet31.090178.321Full practice results

Qualifying Qualifying will be cancelled because of a need to add additional practice to the reconfigured circuit. Starting lineup was based on the NASCAR rulebook. Noah Gragson would get the pole for the race. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet——28Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet——319Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——454Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——518Trevor BayneJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——67Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet——716A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet——811Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet——939Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord——1010Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet——1168Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet——1227Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet——132Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet——1421Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet——151Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet——1602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet——1736Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet——1851Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet——1926Jeffrey EarnhardtSam Hunt RacingToyota——204Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet——2166J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsFord——2231Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet——2307Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord——2498Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord——2599Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——2691Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet——2723Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet——2892Kyle WeathermanDGM RacingChevrolet——2944Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet——3048Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet——3128Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord——326Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet——335Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——Qualified by owner's points3438Loris Hezemans (i)RSS RacingToyota——3535Shane LeeEmerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota——3678Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet——3745Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet——3834Jesse Iwuji (R)Jesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet——Failed to qualify3908David StarrSS-Green Light RacingFord——4047Brennan Poole Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet——4113Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota——4277Dillon BassettBassett RacingChevrolet——4352Harrison RhodesJimmy Means RacingChevrolet——Official starting lineup

Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts18Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet1029Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet937Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet841Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet7518Trevor BayneJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6621Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet5727Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet4868Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet3919Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21002Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts116A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet10211Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet9348Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet8445Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet7544Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet662Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet5768Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet4821Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet3927Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet21010Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 83 Fin.St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1454Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1721Running4021421Austin Hill (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet17227Running433716A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet17241Running4442498Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord1720Running3351010Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet1720Running3362691Mason MasseyDGM RacingChevrolet1720Running317319Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1721Running3282892Kyle WeathermanDGM RacingChevrolet1720Running299132Sheldon Creed (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet17215Running3310939Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord1726Running27112166J. J. YeleyMBM MotorsportsFord1720Running2612326Ryan VargasJD MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running25131926Jeffrey EarnhardtSam Hunt RacingToyota1720Running24141602Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running24151227Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running28162723Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running21173535Shane LeeEmerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota1720Running20181168Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running26191736Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet1720Running18203745Tommy Joe MartinsAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1720Running2421151Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running23223678Josh WilliamsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running15232307Joe Graf Jr.SS-Green Light RacingFord1720Running14243128Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord1720Running13252599Stefan ParsonsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running122619Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet17238Running20273834Jesse Iwuji (R)Jesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running1028518Trevor BayneJoe Gibbs RacingToyota17238Running1529204Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running8302231Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1712Running731335Matt MillsB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1650Accident6322944Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1540Accident113328Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet1533Accident143467Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1520Accident1135811Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet1130Accident11363438Loris Hezemans (i)RSS RacingToyota1120Accident0371851Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1060Accident1383048Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet1050Accident9Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Noah Gragson 223 2 Ty Gibbs 204 (-19) 3 A. J. Allmendinger 204 (–19) 4 Justin Allgaier 172 (–51) 5 Josh Berry 164 (–59) 6 Brandon Jones 153 (–70) 7 Daniel Hemric 146 (–77) 8 Austin Hill 137 (–86) 9 Riley Herbst 128 (–95) 10 Ryan Sieg 125 (–98) 11 Landon Cassill 122 (–101) 12 Sheldon Creed 122 (–101)Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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