2022 Ag-Pro 300


The 2022 Ag-Pro 300 was the ninth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the 31st iteration of the event, and the third race of the Dash 4 Cash. The race was held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 mile permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The Dash 4 Cash in this race is consisted of Brandon Jones, Landon Cassill, A. J. Allmendinger, and Austin Hill, since they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars after Martinsville Speedway. The race was extended from 113 laps to 124 laps, due to three NASCAR overtime attempts. At race's end, Noah Gragson of JR Motorsports would grab the win, after being able to take the lead on the final restart. This was Gragson's seventh career Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Jeffrey Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing and A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Allmendinger would win the Dash 4 Cash, after finishing ahead of Cassill, Jones, and Hill.
This was the debut race for Chandler Smith.

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, nicknamed “Dega”, and formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family. As of 2021, the track hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, with a length of 2.66 miles, compared to the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5 miles long. The total peak capacity of Talladega is around 175,000 spectators, with the main grandstand capacity being about 80,000.

Entry list

  • ' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

    Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, April 22, at 4:30 PM CST. Since Talladega Superspeedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole.
Jeffrey Earnhardt, driving the iconic No. 3 for Richard Childress Racing, scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.454 seconds and a speed of. It was Earnhardt's first career pole in NASCAR, along with his first at Talladega. It was also the first pole for Larry McReynolds as a crew chief since 2000.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 25
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
18Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
254Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet8
410Landon CassillKaulig RacingChevrolet7
521Austin Hill 'Richard Childress RacingChevrolet6
67Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
79Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet4
823Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet3
91Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1002Brett MoffittOur MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 25
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
21Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet9
321Austin Hill 'Richard Childress RacingChevrolet8
419Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
554Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6
618Drew DollarJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
768Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet4
83Jeffrey EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3
931Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2
1027Jeb BurtonOur MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 3 Laps: 74

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.