Ty Gibbs wins the 2022 Xfinity Series "Nalley Cars" 250 at Atlanta

 

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    In a last lap pass for the lead, Ty Gibbs pulls off his 2nd NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the 2022 season. This time, the win for Gibbs coming at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the "Nalley Cars" 250.

Due to bad weather, qualifying times were canceled, and NASCAR resorted to last year's starting lineup formula. The starting positions were determined by; a driver’s finish in the last race (25%), the owner’s finish in the last race (25%), 2021 owner points (35%), and the driver’s fastest lap ranking in the previous race (15%). So, Noah Gragson's No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro started in the pole position.

JR Motorsports brought a fleet of rocket ships for this weekend's race; Noah Gragson led 38 of the first 40 laps in the first stage, while teammate Josh Berry squeaked by for the Stage 1 points by just a few feet. Unfortunately, Gragson would get into the wall during Stage 2 to almost take him completely out of race win contention. With multiple cautions, Gragson worked his way back up the field from 2-laps down, coming back to run as high 4th until he would get re-taken out of contention by the race leader giving a late block on a two-lane run. Berry and Justin Allgaier wouldn't have any better luck, as both gotten tangled up in the same late-race wreck that took out Gragson. The No. 7 and 8 cars would DNF, but Noah Gragson would somehow finish the race, on the lead lap in the 26th position.

In the caution plagued race, the number of cautions amounted to a total of 10 cautions, eight of those coming in the final stage. I am not even going to go over what happened in every single caution, as there was almost to many things happening all at once. In the two overtime attempts, both being separated by a red flag. 

Many new names were inside the top-10, threating to pull an upset-victory. Names like; Ryan Sieg, Mason Massey, and Kyle Weatherman all scored a top-10 finish. Sieg actually led coming to the white flag, but Ty Gibbs would abandon the No. 39 car, leaving him fend for himself while the No. 54 ran away with the win. Sieg would fall from 1st to 10th in a lap.

Here are the race results from the 2022 "Nalley Cars" 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway:

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