First NASCAR Xfinity victory for Chandler Smith was in Richmond

At Richmond (Virginia) Racetrack, Chandler Smith defeated John-Hunter Nemechek in the final laps to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race.

The triumph was Kaulig Racing’s second straight victory and came in Smith’s tenth NXS start overall. A.J. Allmendinger’s performance also helped the squad win the previous weekend at COTA.

Smith, a NASCAR Truck Series racer, triumphed in Richmond the previous year as well. With four top-five finishes in the first seven races of the season, he has been successful as a rookie in the Xfinity Series.

“Feels great,” said an elated Smith after his victory burnout. “Vegas, we dominated that race (but) didn’t win. Said it was all in God’s timing. He’s creating something way bigger and better than I know what to do with. Here we are at Richmond – my favorite race track and we’re sitting in Victory Lane. So, all glory goes to God. Thank you Chris Rice, Matt Kaulig, Quick Tie Products, my smoking hot wife and everybody at Kaulig Racing. This is unbelievable.”

Nemechek came in second place, just three tenths behind the winner, to his disappointment.

“We weren’t very good on the short run,” said Nemechek post-race. “We had a long run speed car. Came from the back up there to battle for the win and put ourselves into position … Disappointed to run runner-up again. That’s the last three races here (where) I’ve run second, so it’s frustrating but we’ll go back to work. We just have to figure out how to execute a little bit better. No. 16 (C. Smith) had the best car on the short run. It was going to be hard to hold him off.”

Josh Berry, Kaz Grala, and Cole Custer all made it to the top five.

The remaining members of the top ten were Sheldon Creed, Ryan Sieg, Parker Kligerman, Austin Hill, and Derek Kraus.

The top-placing Dash 4 Cash racer and winner of the $100,000 prize was Justin Allgaier, who placed 13th.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led
1	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	250	2:09’28.849			83
2	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	250	2:09’29.147	0.298	0.298	11
3	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	250	2:09’29.539	0.690	0.392	63
4	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	250	2:09’29.969	1.120	0.430
5	00	Cole Custer	Ford	250	2:09’30.559	1.710	0.590
6	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	250	2:09’31.162	2.313	0.603
7	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	250	2:09’31.877	3.028	0.715
8	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	250	2:09’32.101	3.252	0.224
9	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	250	2:09’32.249	3.400	0.148
10	10	Derek Kraus	Chevrolet	250	2:09’32.709	3.860	0.460
11	91	Alex Labbé	Chevrolet	250	2:09’32.716	3.867	0.007
12	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	250	2:09’33.208	4.359	0.492
13	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	250	2:09’33.747	4.898	0.539	2
14	38	Chris Hacker	Ford	250	2:09’33.882	5.033	0.135
15	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	250	2:09’34.189	5.340	0.307
16	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	250	2:09’34.235	5.386	0.046
17	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	250	2:09’34.404	5.555	0.169
18	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	250	2:09’34.722	5.873	0.318
19	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	250	2:09’34.932	6.083	0.210	40
20	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	250	2:09’35.109	6.260	0.177
21	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	250	2:09’35.958	7.109	0.849	24
22	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	250	2:09’39.123	10.274	3.165
23	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	250	2:09’40.216	11.367	1.093	27
24	11	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	249	2:09’34.817	1 Lap	1 Lap
25	45	Leland Honeyman	Chevrolet	249	2:09’50.376	1 Lap	15.559
26	02	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	248	2:09’35.248	2 Laps	1 Lap
27	35	Joey Gase	Ford	248	2:09’35.443	2 Laps	0.195
28	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	248	2:09’36.757	2 Laps	1.314
29	53	Emerlingб Patrick	Chevrolet	248	2:09’37.127	2 Laps	0.370
30	4	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	248	2:09’37.378	2 Laps	0.251
31	66	Mason Maggio	Toyota	247	2:09’36.316	3 Laps	1 Lap
32	07	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	247	2:09’36.357	3 Laps	0.041
33	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	247	2:09’38.916	3 Laps	2.559
34	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	247	2:09’39.710	3 Laps	0.794
35	08	Gray Gaulding	Ford	245	2:09’41.967	5 Laps	2 Laps
36	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	243	2:09’40.196	7 Laps	2 Laps
37	19	Joe Jr.	Toyota	236	2:09’40.896	14 Laps	7 Laps
38	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	144	1:08’25.046	106 Laps	92 Laps

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