2022 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300

Race details
Race 1 of 33 in the2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	February 19, 2022
Official name	41st Annual Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300
Location	Daytona Beach, Florida,Daytona International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Distance	120 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled distance	120 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed	136.605 miles per hour (219.844 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing
Time	49.221
Most laps led
Driver	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing
Laps	38
Winner
No. 21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Sports 1
Announcers	Adam Alexander,Denny Hamlin,Chad Knaus
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The2022 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 was the firststock car race of the2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the 41st iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, February 19, 2022, inDaytona Beach, Florida atDaytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race was run over 120 laps. In a wild ending,Austin Hill, driving forRichard Childress Racing, would win the race under caution, with a major wreck includingJordan Anderson Racing driverMyatt Snider flipping and hitting the catchfence with others involved spinning and hitting parts of Snider's wrecked car.^[1] Snider would eventually walk away, unharmed from the incident. The win was Hill's first careerNASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium,A. J. Allmendinger ofKaulig Racing andNoah Gragson ofJR Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Daytona International Speedway is one of threesuperspeedways to holdNASCAR races, the other two beingIndianapolis Motor Speedway andTalladega Superspeedway.^[2] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31degrees, while thefront stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[3]

The only 50-minute practice session was held on Friday, February 18, at 4:35 PMEST.^[4]Ty Gibbs ofJoe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 48.117 seconds and a speed of 187.044 mph (301.018 km/h).^[5]

Qualifying was held on Saturday, February 19, at 11:35 AMEST.^[4] SinceDaytona International Speedway is asuperspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole.^[6]

Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.221 seconds with a speed of 182.849 mph (294.267 km/h).^[7]

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Stage 3 Laps: 60

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 A. J. Allmendinger 51 2 Austin Hill 47 (-4) 3 Riley Herbst 42 (–9) 4 Justin Allgaier 42 (–9) 5 Ryan Sieg 41 (–10) 6 Noah Gragson 40 (–11) 7 Ty Gibbs 35 (–16) 8 Brandon Brown 34 (–17) 9 Sheldon Creed 31 (–20) 10 Anthony Alfredo 30 (–21) 11 Daniel Hemric 29 (–22) 12 Josh Bilicki 28 (–23) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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