Noah Gragson won a very short, very sad Kansas Lottery 300 in a very short, very sad way at Kansas Speedway as he cruised to his fifth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season on Saturday (September 10).
Justin Allgaier, Ty Gibbs, polesitter Brandon Jones and Ross Chastain filed in behind him to round out the top five, in second through fifth place, respectively, in a very short, very sad way.
In case you couldn’t tell, this wasn’t my favorite race of the year so far by any means. However, we’ve still got plenty to discuss from playoff spots to some pretty interesting NASCAR history.
The Winners
Absolutely nobody except for Gragson is happy with Saturday’s race.
Gragson picked up his fifth win of the season, and he also picked up the stage two win, giving him 13 overall in 2022. Gragson now is tied for the second-most stage wins in a single season as well as third-most all-time. Although Gragson is graduating to NASCAR Cup Series full-time racing next year, he still has eight races remaining in the 2022 season to add to his already-impressive total.
That’s 13 stage wins for @NoahGragson in 2022, tied for 2nd-most in an #XfinitySeries season & we haven’t reached the #NASCARPlayoffs yet.
Gragson also ties @AustinCindric for 3rd on the career Xfinity Series stage wins list with 27. pic.twitter.com/yPh1HVqGY9
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) September 10, 2022
Even though they might not be true winners in this one, the race held quite the silver lining for Sam Mayer and Riley Herbst. With their finishes of ninth and 16th respectively, both drivers have clinched a spot in the playoffs on points. Now, if one of them wins, that shakes up everything entirely, but we’ll only cross that bridge if we get there.
The Losers
Quite literally every fan of racing in history hates when the weather gets in the way of said racing. When the weather completely stops or changes races, though, they become irate, and that’s what happened on Saturday.
A vast multitude of fans took to Twitter to voice their displeasure, so I thought it’d make for a great bonding experience if we all just shared in those tweets together. Shall we?
Does anybody else feal cheated? I mean this is supposed to be a 200 lap race, and we get 94 laps…hell, only like 70 of them were actually green flag laps.
— Family Man (@TeamJGRfan) September 10, 2022
First off, we’ve got this little gem. I wholeheartedly agree with you, but there are many more factors at play…
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