{"id":1708713,"date":"2022-10-24T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708713"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:33:44","slug":"nascar-noah-gragson-dominates-at-homestead-to-earn-top-spot-in-xfinity-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-noah-gragson-dominates-at-homestead-to-earn-top-spot-in-xfinity-title-race\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR: Noah Gragson Dominates at Homestead to Earn Top Spot in Xfinity Title Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-noah-gragson-dominates-at-homestead-to-earn-top-spot-in-xfinity-title-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1435689626-e1666482273701.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48606\/noah-gragson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Gragson<\/a> led 127 of 200 laps to earn his eighth win of the season and secure a spot in the championship race Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just kicked their ass, baby!\u201d Gragson told NBC Sports\u2019 Marty Snider. \u201cI wanted this one so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That makes two JR Motorsports drivers in the title race, which will be held in two weeks at Phoenix Raceway. <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48400\/josh-berry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Berry<\/a> earned a spot in the championship race <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/10\/15\/josh-berry-wins-nascar-xfinity-series-race-at-las-vegas\/\">by winning last weekend\u2019s race at Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/10\/22\/homestead-xfinity-results-noah-gragson-ty-gibbs-aj-allmendinger-justin-allgaier\/\">Race results, playoff standings<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/50856\/ty-gibbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty Gibbs<\/a> finished second. <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48510\/aj-allmendinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AJ Allmendinger<\/a> placed third, <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48586\/daniel-hemric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Hemric<\/a> was fourth and <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/49256\/sam-mayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Mayer<\/a> completed the top five. Gibbs\u2019 result puts him 30 points above the cutline.<\/p>\n<p>Allmendinger entered the race 16 points behind <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48366\/justin-allgaier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Allgaier<\/a> for the final transfer spot. Allgaier had flat tires at two different times after hitting the wall and had to pit under green. He also had a jack problem on another green-flag stop. Allgaier finished 10th and fell out of a transfer spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad it\u2019s over,\u201d Allgaier told NBC Sports\u2019 Kim Coon of the race. \u201d \u2026 Our team definitely had some adversity tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allmendinger leads Allgaier by five points for the final transfer spot heading into next weekend\u2019s race at Martinsville Speedway.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48206\/austin-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Hill<\/a> is seven points below the cutline. Mayer is 28 points below the cutline. <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48480\/brandon-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Jones<\/a> is 38 points below the cutline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage 1 winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Noah Gragson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage 2 winner:\u00a0<\/strong>Noah Gragson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who had a good race:\u00a0<\/strong>Noah Gragson was dominant, winning both stages. He pulled away from the field on a late restart to score the victory. \u2026 AJ Allmendinger bounced back from a 22nd-place finish at Las Vegas to finish third on Saturday night and put himself back in a spot to move on to the title race. The 49 points Allmendinger scored were second only to Gragson\u2019s 60. \u2026 <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48734\/chandler-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chandler Smith<\/a> finished a career-high seventh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who had a bad race:\u00a0<\/strong>Justin Allgaier had two flat tires and had to pit under green and had a jack problem on another stop that hindered his night. He finished 10th and fell out of a transfer spot. \u2026 Austin Hill had a fast car but had to give up second to pit for a loose wheel with about 45 laps left and never had a chance to get back to the front. \u2026 Brandon Jones wasn\u2019t a factor and finished 15th, leading to a must-win situation next week at Martinsville to advance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48650\/julia-landauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julia Landauer<\/a> finished 28th in her second career Xfinity start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next:<\/strong> The final race in the Round of 8 will be Oct. 29 at Martinsville Speedway (3 p.m. ET on NBC)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trouble for Justin Allgaier!<\/p>\n<p>The championship contender pits late in Stage 2 and falls a lap down. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NASCAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EpNJMxgh6h\">pic.twitter.com\/EpNJMxgh6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCARonNBC\/status\/1583940071295942656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"related-posts-module\">\n<h3>Read more about NASCAR<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noah Gragson led 127 of 200 laps to earn his eighth win of the season and secure a spot in the championship race Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.\u201cWe just kicked their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}