Kaulig Racing, a NASCAR Chevy team in the Xfinity Series, brought home excellent finishes at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 8th, 2023, but despite taking three of the top five finishes, the Kaulig drivers were disappointed and want to improve, according to NASCAR.com.
Daniel Hemric’s No. 11 Chevy Camaro finished second behind the No. 20 Toyota TRD Supra of John Hunter Nemechek, while Justin Haley’s No. 10 Camaro finished fourth, followed by the No. 1 Camaro of Sam Mayer in fifth. Kaulig Racing certainly had dominant race cars, but couldn’t take home a storybook first-second-third sweep once they were split up after a series of cautions, something the team has taken hard.
The team’s troubles began in the latter laps of the race. The three Kaulig Chevys got separated and couldn’t get back together to continue their dominating performance, opening the door for Nemechek’s No. 20 Supra to take the lead.
“That’s a bitter feeling,” Hemric said. “John Hunter did a great job. He was in the mix all night. He did everything right, to be honest with you. We just executed extremely poorly on our part.”
Haley, who led 80 laps, lamented, “We were just trying to win. We thought we were in a good spot, and we just weren’t.”
Hemric took the fall, saying, “In all reality, it probably falls on my lap. If I’m not shuffled to fifth there before the yellow comes out, we line up and control the entire front row and at least half of the second row, and I think our odds go up substantially at that point. So, I’ll take the blame for having to choose kind of all we had to choose coming into the last restart, and at the end of the day, that’s kind of what set the tone for the green-white-checkered.”
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mobil 1 Toyota | 169 | 3 | Toyota TRD Supra |
2 | 11 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Cirkul Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
3 | 7 | 00 | Cole Custer | HAAS Automation Ford | 169 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
4 | 13 | 10 | Justin Haley(i) | Campers Inn RV Chevrolet | 169 | 80 | Chevrolet Camaro |
5 | 5 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
6 | 12 | 19 | Ty Gibbs(i) | He Gets Us Toyota | 169 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
7 | 34 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Cedar Ridge Landscaping Ford | 169 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
8 | 17 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
9 | 16 | 92 | Josh Williams | Coolray/Alloy Employer Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
10 | 3 | 18 | Sammy Smith # | TMC Toyota | 169 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
11 | 27 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 169 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
12 | 10 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 169 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
13 | 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
14 | 31 | 26 | Kaz Grala | CRUSH Strawberry Lemonade Toyota | 169 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
15 | 8 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Fly and Form Structures Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
16 | 20 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | Bommarito.com/FVP/EasyCare Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
17 | 14 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Hellman's Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
18 | 24 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | Insurance King Chevrolet | 168 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
19 | 4 | 8 | Josh Berry | Jarrett Logistics Systems Chevrolet | 168 | 34 | Chevrolet Camaro |
20 | 1 | 16 | Chandler Smith # | Roofing Georgia Chevrolet | 168 | 5 | Chevrolet Camaro |
21 | 28 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | Getcoverseal.com Ford | 167 | 4 | Ford Mustang |
22 | 35 | 35 | David Starr | Fr8Auctions/Half Off Ford | 167 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
23 | 19 | 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Advanced Material Handling Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
24 | 32 | 8 | Mason Massey | A-Z Companies/Special Olympics Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
25 | 30 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Classic Collision Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
26 | 37 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | Trophy Tractor Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
27 | 25 | 24 | Parker Chase | Ontivity Toyota | 167 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
28 | 29 | 6 | Brennan Poole | Macc Door Systems Chevrolet | 165 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
29 | 36 | 53 | Akinori Ogata(i) | YKK aP Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
30 | 26 | 7 | Mason Maggio(i) | ACE Hardware/HMY Yachts Chevrolet | 102 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
31 | 33 | 36 | Kyle Weatherman | Fanttik Chevrolet | 97 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
32 | 22 | 02 | Blaine Perkins # | Warrior Health Foundation Chevrolet | 96 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
33 | 15 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Atlas Roofing Chevrolet | 91 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
34 | 18 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | TicketSmarter Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
35 | 9 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Whelen Chevrolet | 88 | 24 | Chevrolet Camaro |
36 | 6 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 88 | 3 | Ford Mustang |
37 | 23 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRroofing.com Ford | 87 | 15 | Ford Mustang |
38 | 38 | 44 | Greg Van Alst | CB Fabricating Chevrolet | 62 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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