Nascar Chevy Teams Fall Short Of 2022 Xfinity Series Championship: Video
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Three Nascar Chevy Camaro racers and one Toyota Supra race car set out after the Xfinity Series championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 5th, 2022. However, it was the “25 percent” that took the victory as Ty Gibbs and the No. 54 Supra outperformed the JR Motorsports (JRM) trio of Noah Gragson’s No. 9 Camaro, Justin Allgaier’s No. 7 Camaro and Josh Berry’s No. 8 Camaro.
Gragson’s No. 9 Camaro ran up front for most of the night despite a terrible 18-second pit stop on Lap 160, which dropped him back. However, he headed straight back to the front of the field. Gibbs’ No. 54 Supra came under fire of the No. 9 Camaro with two laps to go, when Gragson attempted to track him down as the laps ticked by. At the line, the margin of victory was just .397 seconds with Gibbs’ No. 54 Supra in the lead to a chorus of boos from the stands.
“I gave it my best,” Gragson said after the race. “I drove my ass off and gave it everything I had. Just got beat… He [Gibbs] raced like a champion tonight. He deserved it.”
Allgaier, meanwhile, also attempted to send the No. 7 Nascar Chevy to the lead, but didn’t have enough laps to pull it off and finished third. The fourth Final 4 contender, Berry, fell back when his No. 8 Camaro made contact with the backstretch wall on Lap 171, damaging it and ending his bid for the championship.
Gragson will move to the Cup Series full time in 2023, where he will drive the No. 42 Camaro for Petty GMS Motorsports, where former Cup driver Jimmie Johnson has assumed an ownership role.
On a side note, Ty Gibbs’ father, Coy Gibbs, unfortunately died on Saturday night, just hours after the No. 54 Supra was crowned 2022 Xfinity Series champion.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Monster Energy Toyota | 200 | 125 | Toyota Supra |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Noah Gragson (P) | Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet | 200 | 35 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 3 | 11 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (P) | BRANDT Chevrolet | 200 | 26 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 4 | 6 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 5 | 16 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | Sheldon Creed # | Whelen Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 7 | 19 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 8 | 10 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | AG1 – Athletic Greens Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Austin Hill # | United Rentals/Bennett Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 10 | 2 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 200 | 10 | Toyota Supra |
| 11 | 5 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Pelonis Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 12 | 3 | 48 | Nicholas Sanchez | OTD Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 13 | 9 | 8 | Josh Berry (P) | Tire Pros Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 14 | 35 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | SELE Foundation Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 15 | 30 | 36 | Josh Williams | Alloy/Seacrest Studios Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 16 | 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Arrowhead Brass Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 17 | 37 | 44 | Rajah Caruth(i) | Rally For Valor Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 18 | 33 | 92 | Alex Labbe | NRS Brakes Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 19 | 20 | 4 | Bayley Currey | HyVee Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 20 | 7 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRroofing.com/A-game Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 17 | 2 | Parker Retzlaff | Funkaway Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 22 | 22 | 38 | Kyle Sieg # | Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 18 | 26 | Kaz Grala(i) | Ruedebusch Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 24 | 25 | 35 | Joey Gase | Donate Life AZ Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 25 | 36 | 31 | Myatt Snider | TaxSlayer Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 26 | 31 | 68 | Kris Wright(i) | Big Dog Energy Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 27 | 28 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 28 | 15 | 45 | Stefan Parsons(i) | Millennium Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 29 | 26 | 6 | Brennan Poole(i) | Out of The Groove Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 30 | 29 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Triage Now Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 31 | 32 | 13 | Dawson Cram | DCX/Rennsport Ford | 196 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 32 | 24 | 78 | BJ McLeod | B.J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 33 | 34 | 91 | Mason Massey | LOS MAGOS Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 34 | 13 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 35 | 23 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Pit Boss Grills Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 36 | 38 | 7 | Joe Graf Jr | ARMSLIST.com Ford | 193 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 37 | 27 | 8 | Brandon Brown | Amptricity Ford | 154 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 38 | 12 | 77 | Dillon Bassett | Jerry Hunt Supercenter Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
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Disappointing results. Chevy had 75% chance and came up short. Get ’em next year.