2022 Pit Boss 250


The 2022 Pit Boss 250 was the sixth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the second iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas, at the Circuit of the Americas, a permanent road course. The race was run over 46 laps. A. J. Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing would win the race after leading the most laps. This was Allmendinger's eleventh career Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing and Cole Custer of SS-Green Light Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 3.426-mile road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.

Entry list

  • ' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
* Denotes entry has withdrawn from the event

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, March 25, at 4:00 PM CST. Preston Pardus of DGM Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 2:16.851 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 25, at 4:30 PM CST. Since Circuit of the Americas is a road course, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole.
Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the pole for the race, with a time of 2:14.520 seconds and a speed of.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 14
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
116A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet10
236Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet9
311Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet8
435Parker Kligerman 'Emerling-Gase MotorsportsToyota0
57Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
691Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet5
748Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet4
826Parker ChaseSam Hunt RacingToyota3
951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2
1054Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1

Stage 2 Laps: 16
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
11Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
248Jade BufordBig Machine RacingChevrolet9
37Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet8
48Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
598Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord6
644Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet5
792Ross Chastain 'DGM RacingChevrolet0
816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet3
99Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet2
105Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 3 Laps: 16

Standings after the race

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