{"id":40341,"date":"2022-09-24T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=40341"},"modified":"2022-09-24T12:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T17:06:47","slug":"andys-frozen-custard-300-nascar-xfinity-series-playoffs-race-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/24\/andys-frozen-custard-300-nascar-xfinity-series-playoffs-race-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy\u2019s Frozen Custard 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Race Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Courtesy of TMS Media Relations<\/em><\/p>\n

WHAT: Andy\u2019s Frozen Custard 300<\/a>, opening race of the NASCAR Playoffs for the Xfinity Series.<\/p>\n

WHERE: Texas Motor Speedway<\/a>, a 1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

BROADCAST INFORMATION: TV: USA Network | Radio: SiriusXM (Ch. 90), PRN.<\/p>\n

RACE LENGTH: 200 laps | 300 miles.<\/p>\n

RACE STAGES: 1-45 | 46-90 | 91-200 laps.<\/p>\n

PLAYOFF DRIVERS (seeding order with points): 1) Noah Gragson, JR Motorsports, 2,051 points. 2) Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, 2,038. 3) Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports, 2,033. 4) AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing, 2,033. 5) Josh Berry, JR Motorsports, 2,022. 6) Austin Hill, Richard Childress Racing, 2,016. 7) Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing, 2,010. 8) Jeremy Clements, Jeremy Clements Racing, 2,005. 9) Sam Mayer, JR Motorsports, 2,005. 10) Daniel Hemric, Kaulig Racing, 2,003. 11) Riley Herbst, Stewart-Haas Racing, 2,002. 12) Ryan Sieg, RSS Racing, 2,001.<\/p>\n

ROUND OF 12 SCHEDULE (3 RACES): Texas Motor Speedway, Saturday; Talladega Superspeedway, Saturday, Oct. 1; Charlotte ROVAL\u00ae, Saturday, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n

DEFENDING RACE WINNER: John Hunter Nemechek, Joe Gibbs Racing.<\/p>\n

DEFENDING POLE WINNER: AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing.<\/p>\n

2021 TOP-FIVE FINISHERS: 1. John Hunter Nemechek, Joe Gibbs Racing; 2. Daniel Hemric, Joe Gibbs Racing; 3. Noah Gragson, JR Motorsports; 4. Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports; 5. Austin Cindric, Team Penske.<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Texas Motor Speedway will be hosting the opening race of the seven-race NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs after playing host to the Round of 8 opener last season. \u2026 Texas Motor Speedway has hosted the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs since the format began in 2016. The inaugural Playoff race was held on Nov. 5 and won by Cup Series fulltime driver Kyle Larson. \u2026 One third of the 12-driver playoff field is represented by JR Motorsports, including three among the top five seeds, with No. 1 Noah Gragson, No. 3 Justin Allgaier, No. 5 Josh Berry and No. 9 Sam Mayer. \u2026 Since the first Playoff race in 2016, only two playoff drivers – Cole Custer (2018) and Christopher Bell (2019) \u2013 have won the six races run at TMS. The other winners were Larson (2016), Erik Jones (\u201917), rookie Harrison Burton (\u201920) and John Hunter Nemechek (\u201921). \u2026 Nemechek will have the opportunity to defend his race victory as he is scheduled to compete in the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. It will be his 10th Xfinity Series start this season and third with Joe Gibbs Racing. His other seven have come with Sam Hunt Racing, including his most recent start at Darlington where he finished ninth. \u2026 None of the 12 playoff drivers have won an Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and Nemechek is the only driver with a win on the entire 39-driver entry list. \u2026 The Xfinity Series ran at TMS earlier this season, a points-paying race on May 21 as part of the NASCAR All-Star Race weekend. Fulltime Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick of Richard Childress Racing, who was driving for Big Machine Racing, led 31 laps en route to the victory in the SRS Distribution 250. Hendrick Motorsports Cup driver William Byron, driving for JR Motorsports, finished second while Mayer, an Xfinity Series regular with JR Motorsports, finished third. Berry of JR Motorsports led a race-high 46 laps and finished seventh. Allgaier also finished fourth to give JR Motorsports three of the top four finishing positions.  \u2026 Among the playoff contenders, the top three in driver rating for Texas Motor Speedway according to NASCAR Statistics are AJ Allmendinger (101.7), Gragson (100.5) and Daniel Hemric (99.3). Allmendinger had two poles and sixth-place finishes in his first two starts at TMS and started 13th and finished ninth in the May race. \u2026 The playoff drivers with the top average finishes at TMS are Allmendinger (7.0), Mayer (8.0), Hemric (10.9), Allgaier (11.8) and Ty Gibbs (12.0). \u2026 Kyle Busch has dominated Texas Motor Speedway in the Xfinity Series with track records for wins (10), poles (4), laps led (1,795), top-five finishes (17) and top-10 finishes (18). Busch will be unable to add to those records as established Cup drivers are not permitted to compete in the Xfinity Series Playoff races. \u2026 Jeremy Clements of Clements Racing owns the track record for most Xfinity Series starts. He made his 27th career start in May\u2019s SRS Distribution 250 and finished 16th. Clements, who made his first start at TMS in the fall of 2007, is chasing his first career top-10 finish at the venue. His best finish is 11th, which came in the spring race of 2020. \u2026 Jesse Iwuji, an alumni of Carrollton\u2019s Hebron High School, will be competing in the No. 34 Chevrolet for Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. It will be his 11th start of the season. He recently finished a career-best 11th in the Aug. 26 race at Daytona International Speedway.<\/p>\n

TMS CAREER LEADERS<\/p>\n

WINS:<\/p>\n