The 2022 Alsco Uniforms 250 was the 17th stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the second iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent tri-oval racetrack. The race took its scheduled 163 laps to complete. Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, held off Josh Berry on the final few laps, and earned his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, along with his second of the season. Hill would mostly dominate the race as well, leading 73 laps.[1] To fill out the podium, Ryan Truex, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively.
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly known as Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a 1.54-mile entertainment facility 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 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). 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 (previously 24 degrees) of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which makes 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.[2][3] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list
Qualifying
Qualifying was scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 9, at 9:30 AM EST.[4] Since Atlanta Motor Speedway is an oval track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in the round wins the pole.[5]
Due to inclement weather, qualifying would be cancelled. The starting lineup would be determined by a performance-based metric system. As a result, Ty Gibbs, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would take the pole.[6]
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | Noah Gragson | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | Austin Hill (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Austin Hill (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Sheldon Creed (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 48 | Tyler Reddick (i) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 26 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 83
| Fin. | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 21 | Austin Hill (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 73 | Running | 54 |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 13 | Running | 45 |
| 3 | 21 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 8 | Running | 37 |
| 4 | 22 | 48 | Tyler Reddick (i) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 21 | Running | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 6 | 6 | 9 | Noah Gragson | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 8 | 18 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 9 | 8 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 10 | 3 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 25 | Running | 35 |
| 11 | 4 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 12 | 15 | 2 | Sheldon Creed (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 16 | Running | 34 |
| 13 | 13 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 14 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 9 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 29 | 38 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 11 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | 26 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 19 | 19 | 26 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 163 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 20 | 23 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 36 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 28 | 08 | David Starr | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 12 | 36 | Alex Labbé | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 30 | 91 | Mason Massey | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 20 | 78 | Josh Williams | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 32 | 35 | Joey Gase | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 27 | 37 | 13 | Natalie Decker | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 34 | 45 | Caesar Bacarella | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | Bayley Currey | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | Running | 8 |
| 30 | 31 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr. | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | Running | 7 |
| 31 | 38 | 47 | Brennan Poole (i) | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 32 | 27 | 34 | Jesse Iwuji | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | Running | 5 |
| 33 | 24 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | Accident | 19 |
| 34 | 10 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 106 | 0 | Accident | 3 |
| 35 | 1 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 93 | 7 | Accident | 15 |
| 36 | 35 | 66 | J. J. Yeley | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 71 | 0 | Fuel Pump | 1 |
| 37 | 33 | 5 | Matt Mills (i) | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Engine | 0 |
| 38 | 25 | 44 | Sage Karam | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | Engine | 1 |
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References
- ^ "Austin Hill Finds Victory at Home Track Atlanta". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway to re-profile track in 2022 and drivers are expressing frustration with the changes". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway track reprofile begins | NASCAR". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Atlanta Summer Race Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "NASCAR announces practice, qualifying return in 2022". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (2022-07-09). "Ty Gibbs, Josh Berry Starting on Front Row After Inclement Weather Cancels Xfinity Qualifying at Atlanta". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.