Early in the race, Allmendinger jumped up to sixth place, reporting his No. 16 Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevy was tight as he fell back to 14th by lap 10. Once settled in, Allmendinger was able to maintain position in 12th and went on to earn a stage point with a 10th place finish in Stage 1. He came to pit road under the stage break for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment to help with the loose handling of the front end of the No. 16. Allmendinger remained quiet in the second stage and the team decided to stay out under caution on lap 178. At the end of Stage 2, Allmendinger told crew chief, Trent Owens, the track was freeing up. The team made an air pressure adjustment at the stage break to help Allmendinger with drive off. The final stage ran green until the checkered flag, Allmendinger came to pit road with 110 laps remaining and went on to finish the race ninth place. The No. 16 also earned the Xfinity Fastest Lap of the race.
“Overall, really good race for our No. 16 group. I’m proud of the team and how we executed this weekend. We had a pretty consistent car, we were able to run in the top 12 all day so I’m really proud of that. We’ve had good momentum over the last few weeks that we’ll take into the off week and get ready for Talladega.”
– AJ Allmendinger
No. 10 Okuma Camaro ZL1
Start: 12th
Stage 1 Finish: 17th
Stage 2 Finish: 22nd
Finish: 32nd
Dillon worked his way into the top 10 to start the race. Although he fell to 14th, Dillon was told he was consistently running top-five lap times on lap 87. As the No. 10 Okuma Chevrolet built free, Dillon fell to 17th, where he finished the opening stage. He pitted for tires and fuel and started the second stage from 17th place. Firing off too tight in Stage 2, Dillon fell out of the top 20 when the first caution flag fell on lap 178. He pitted for tires, fuel, and an adjustment to free up the No. 10 Chevy, before finishing the stage in 22nd. Dillon radioed that the No. 10 fired off better but was struggling to get over the bumps in turns 1 and 2. He pitted for tires and fuel, before starting the final stage from 22nd place. Dillon fell one lap down to the leaders with 175 laps remaining and stretched his run until lap 442, when he pitted for tires and fuel. Coming to lap 492, Dillon was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop for fuel resulting in a 32nd place finish.
