NASCAR race results from Atlanta Motor Speedway
Next up, the NASCAR Xfinity Series takes the stage in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s the Raptor 250 on the 1.54-mile of Atlanta Motor Speedway.
View Atlanta Motor Speedway race results for the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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Sammy Smith and John Hunter Nemechek set the front row. 163 laps of stock car racing are up next…
Atlanta Xfinity
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 40 (1-40 / 163)
Green flag, they run even into turn one. Nemechek noses ahead into turn three and takes the lead.
Lap 2, Joey Gase gets hooked by Caesar Bacarella down the front stretch. Gase is hooked into the outside wall, caution.
Green, Nemechek leads with a push from Sammy Smith.
Lap 12, Austin Hill dives inside of Nemechek and he clears him, Hill leads.
Lap 13, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Kaz Grala and Garrett Smithley tangle. All three cars are mangled and the caution is out.
Green, Nemechek and Hill run side by side at the front. Hill noses ahead into turn three.
Lap 27, Kyle Weatherman is around, caution.
Josh Williams is being told to go to the garage for extending the caution. Instead, he’s parked his car on the track and walked to the garage.
NASCAR driver parks on Atlanta frontstretch in protest (Video)
Green, Custer shoves Hill to the lead.
1 to go in stage one, Hill leads as they run side by side for 2nd behind him. Nemechek shoves Sheldon Creed down the back. Creed dives to the inside. Side by side for the stage win off turn four.
Sheldon Creed wins stage one at Atlanta Motor Speedway, by inches!
Atlanta Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Sheldon Creed; 2. Austin Hill; 3. John Hunter Nemechek; 4. Chandler Smith; 5. Riley Herbst; 6. Brett Moffitt; 7. Daniel Hemric; 8. Ryan Sieg; 9. Cole Custer; 10. Justin Haley;
Atlanta Xfinity
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 40 (41-80 / 163)
Creed leads most of the field to the pit lane. Several cars stay out. Anthony Alfredo and Justin Haley take over the front row.
Green flag on stage two, Haley is clear off turn two. Nemechek is taking them three wide with fresh tires deeper in the field.
Lap 50, Alfredo has a run. He dives inside and takes the lead away.
Lap 56, Chad Chastain has a flat left rear, caution.
Green, Brandon Jones and Alfredo run side by side for the lead. Parker Retzlaff blows a right front and tags the wall, caution.
Green, Justin Haley pulls out of line and the top lane loses a ton of momentum. Brandon Jones takes over the lead as Alfredo drops outside the top 5.
Lap 69, Connor Mosack spins in turn three and collects Daniel Hemric, caution.
Green with 5 to go in stage two, Brandon Jones and Parker Kligerman run side by side at the front. A lap later, Kligerman has the momentum on the outside lane, Kligerman to the lead.
3 to go, Josh Berry hooks Justin Allgaier in the right rear down the backstretch. They both went for the same spot and met in the middle to cause the accident. The caution is out.
Parker Kligerman wins stage two as it finishes under yellow.
Atlanta Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Parker Kligerman; 2. Riley Herbst; 3. Brandon Jones; 4. Sheldon Creed; 5. Anthony Alfredo; 6. Ryan Sieg; 7. Josh Berry; 8. Austin Hill; 9. Cole Custer; 10. Jeremy Clements;
Atlanta Xfinity
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 83 (81-163 / 163)
Kligerman leads the field to the pit lane but Riley Herbst wins the race to the pit exit.
Green flag on stage three, Herbst and Kligerman run side by side for the lead. Brett Moffitt shoves Herbst to the lead on the outside lane.
Lap 93
Lap 93, Hill and Moffitt split Herbst, three wide for the lead. Austin Hill returns to the front!
47 to go, Patrick Emerling spins, caution.
Many head for the pit lane. 6 cars stay out including race leader Austin Hill. Slow stop for Parker Kligerman.
Green, Jones and Hill run side by side for the lead. Hill wins the battle via the outside lane.
23 to go, most of the field is glued to the outside lane. Parker Kligerman has charged via the bottom lane, by himself and he’s pulled to the bumper of the race leader. Hill begins blocking both lanes.
10 to go, Austin Hill continues to lead. The rest of the field runs side by side behind him.
8 to go, Parker Retzlaff is in the wall and the caution is out.
Green with just 2 to go, Hill and Hemric run side by side into turn one. Kligerman shoves Hill to the lead off turn two.
1 to go, Hill leads with Kligerman on his bumper. Kligerman works to the outside of Hill into turn three. They run side by side off turn four!
Hemric moves off the bottom, tagging Kligerman in the left rear, Kligerman is turned. He hooks Hill in the right rear but Hill saves it. Kligerman spins backwards across the finish line.
Austin Hill wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway!
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Race Results
March 18, 2023
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Pos | Driver
1. Austin Hill
2. Daniel Hemric
3. Ryan Truex
4. Parker Kligerman
5. Riley Herbst
6. Brett Moffitt
7. Josh Berry
8. John Hunter Nemechek
9. Sam Mayer
10. Justin Haley
11. Ryuan Sieg
12. Cole Custer
13. Brennan Poole
14. Anthony Alfredo
15. Jeremy Clements
16. Jeb Burton
17. Sammy Smith
18. Patrick Emerling
19. Brandon Jones
20. Gray Gaulding
21. Sheldon Creed
22. Blaine Perkins
23. Ryan Ellis
24. Chad Chastain
25. Joe Graf Jr
26. Kyle Sieg
27. Parker Retzlaff
28. Chandler Smith
29. Justin Allgaier
30. Connor Mosack
31. Sage Karam
32. Josh Williams
33. Kyle Weatherman
34. Jeffrey Earnhardt
35. Kaz Grala
36. Garrett Smithley
37. Joey Gase
38. Caesar Bacarella
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Wins
1. Austin Hill
248 | 3 Wins
2. John Hunter Nemechek
202 | 1 Win
3. Riley Herbst
202
4. Chandler Smith
171
5. Justin Allgaier
164
6. Sam Mayer
156
7. Sammy Smith
148 | 1 Win
8. Josh Berry
148
9. Cole Custer
147
10. Daniel Hemric
145
11. Parker Kligerman
142
12. Sheldon Creed
137
13. Brett Moffitt
123
14. Ryan Sieg
120
15. Anthony Alfredo
108
16. Jeb Burton
107
17. Brandon Jones
99
18. Joe Graf Jr
96
19. Jeremy Clements
91
20. Parker Retzlaff
80
21. Kyle Sieg
78
22. Josh Williams
71
23. Ryan Truex
69
24. Brennan Poole
52
25. Kaz Grala
50
26. Ryan Ellis
47
27. Kyle Weatherman
45
28. Gray Gaulding
41
29. Joey Gase
40
30. Jeffrey Earnhardt
35
31. Myatt Snider
33
32. Patrick Emerling
29
33. Alex Labbe
28
34. Blaine Perkins
26
35. Bayley Currey
26
36. Stefan Parsons
24
37. Parker Chase
21
38. Connor Mosack
20
39. David Starr
17
40. Jade Buford
12
41. Leland Honeyman
10
42. Jesse Iwuji
7
43. CJ McLaughlin
7
44. Garrett Smithley
7
45. Josh Bilicki
6
46. Sage Karam
6
47. Dawson Cram
1
48. Caesar Bacarella
1
