The 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series regular season isn’t halfway over, yet six series regulars have already reached victory lane.
With 10 races in the books, there are 16 more races to go before the seven-race playoffs begin at Texas Motor Speedway on Sept. 24.
Austin Hill, Ty Gibbs, Noah Gragson, AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Jones and Josh Berry have punched their provisional ticket into the playoffs. But do they need to worry about more than 12 Xfinity regulars winning? Can even six more regulars win? The long answer is, yes, six more can win. The short answer is no.
Of the drivers who have won races so far, Gibbs and Gragson are the only ones to win multiple races. Gibbs first visited the winner’s circle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and followed up with wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Richmond Raceway. Gragson scored win number one of the season at Phoenix Raceway (March 12), and two weeks ago, he scored his second checkered flag, coming at Talladega Superspeedway (April 23).
It hasn’t been the smoothest of seasons for Gibbs, but he has displayed that his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas are up to task far more often than not. And Gragson is either finishing in the top five or 20th or worse. These guys are on point and poised to advance to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2023. They both will win many more races before the regular season concludes.
Then there’s the outlier of the winners so far: Allmendinger. Why is he an outlier? Kaulig Racing has been fast but has lacked the speed to dominate races. That isn’t out of the ordinary for Allmendinger, though, as through 10 races last season, he had only led 99 laps compared to this season’s 137.
Compared to JGR and JR Motorsports, Kaulig is a step behind, but a close step. On the flip side, Allmendinger has finished inside the top 10 in all 10 races thus far. No one else has more than seven.
That leaves Hill, Jones and Berry. Hill’s win at Daytona International Speedway isn’t a fluke. He will win more in his…
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