Scott Borchetta can finally call his Big Machine Racing Team a NASCAR Xfinity Series race-winning organisation, even if the help of a Cup Series regular was needed. Tyler Reddick, in his second start for the team, took the lead after the final caution in a wreck-filled affair to win at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ten cautions for crashes took place, knocking out multiple drivers like pole winner Noah Gragson, Sheldon Creed, Jesse Iwuji, Ryan Sieg, and J.J. Yeley. Iwuji missed qualifying on Friday as he was at an exercise with the United States Navy, leaving Kyle Weatherman to qualify his car, while Yeley had impressed by starting fourteenth in MBM Motorsports‘ best qualifying effort ever. The latter was caught in a particularly large crash on lap 137 that claimed six other drivers on the frontstretch, which turned out to be the final yellow flag of the day.
Reddick, who was in first prior to the crash, continued to lead on the ensuing restart while fellow Cup full-timer William Byron gave chase. However, Byron and JR Motorsports team-mates Sam Mayer and Justin Allgaier could not catch Reddick. The two-time series champion has now hit double-digit race wins, becoming the forty-fourth driver to do so and the second such story in 2022. Cole Custer, a fellow Cup driver, accomplished the same at Fontana in February; coincidentally, Custer’s win was the first for his owner Bobby Dotter (SS-Green Light Racing).
Big Machine Racing, currently in its second season of operation, had struggled to begin 2022. Despite a solid rookie season in 2021, Jade Buford struggled with a single top-twenty finish (eighth at COTA, which is to be expected out of someone with road racing experience) before Kaz Grala and Reddick replaced him; Reddick drives for Big Machine ally Richard Childress Racing at the Cup level. Although Reddick being a Cup driver means his win would not lock the #48 team into the owner’s championship playoffs, it obviously provides the spark that it had been sorely needing.
Race results
Finish | Start | Number | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Status |
1 | 2 | 48 | Tyler Reddick* | Big Machine Racing Team | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
2 | 15 | 88 | William Byron* | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
3 | 9 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
4 | 6 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
5 | 3 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
6 | 5 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 167 | Running |
7 | 8 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
8 | 10 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 167 | Running |
9 | 13 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
10 | 38 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
11 | 11 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
12 | 7 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 167 | Running |
13 | 20 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
14 | 4 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 167 | Running |
15 | 23 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
16 | 19 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
17 | 18 | 45 | Stefan Parsons | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
18 | 25 | 91 | Mason Massey | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
19 | 35 | 26 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 167 | Running |
20 | 24 | 78 | Josh Williams | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
21 | 29 | 8 | David Starr | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | 167 | Running |
22 | 26 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
23 | 27 | 07 | Joe Graf Jr. | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | 167 | Running |
24 | 22 | 4 | Bayley Currey | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | Running |
25 | 36 | 38 | C.J. McLaughlin | RSS Racing | Ford | 166 | Running |
26 | 21 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 166 | Running |
27 | 33 | 13 | Timmy Hill* | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 166 | Running |
28 | 30 | 35 | Patrick Emerling | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 164 | Running |
29 | 16 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | Track Bar |
30 | 28 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | Accident |
31 | 14 | 66 | J.J. Yeley | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 137 | Accident |
32 | 37 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 137 | Accident |
33 | 32 | 36 | Alex Labbé | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 137 | Accident |
34 | 17 | 34 | Jesse Iwuji | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Chevrolet | 137 | Accident |
35 | 12 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 129 | Accident |
36 | 1 | 9 | Noah Gragson | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 95 | Accident |
37 | 34 | 5 | Matt Mills | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 87 | Accident |
38 | 31 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 21 | Engine |
* – Ineligible for points