NASCAR Xfinity Series: Who won the ToyotaCare 250?

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - APRIL 01: Chandler Smith, driver of the #16 Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet, leads John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #20 Safeway/ACME Toyota, during the NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway on April 01, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - APRIL 01: Chandler Smith, driver of the #16 Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet, leads John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #20 Safeway/ACME Toyota, during the NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway on April 01, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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NASCAR’s Xfinity Series moves on to Richmond Raceway for the seventh race of the 2023 season. Who took home the trophy?

The NASCAR Xfinity Series took on Richmond Raceway for the first short track race of the year. Last year’s first Richmond race was won by eventual series champ Ty Gibbs, who has since moved up to the Cup Series on a full-time basis.

Entering the day, Justin Allgaier, the most experienced driver in the field who has two wins at Richmond, sat on the pole. Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer, Riley Herbst and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five.

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Chandler Smith gets it done at Richmond for first career victory

Chandler Smith, the eventual race winner, won Stage 1 while Josh Berry, who is in the Cup Series full-time as an injury replacement for Chase Elliott, won Stage 2.

To end the day, Smith was locked in a heated battle with fellow championship contender John Hunter Nemechek. Cars in the back of the field kept getting into each other and causing caution after caution, taking away from the great racing at the front of the field.

In the end, it was the 20-year-old Smith who took home the trophy. It was the first victory of his Xfinity Series career in just his 10th start.

NASCAR Xfinity Series: ToyotaCare 250 results

  1. Chandler Smith
  2. John Hunter Nemechek
  3. Josh Berry
  4. Kaz Grala
  5. Cole Custer
  6. Sheldon Creed
  7. Ryan Sieg
  8. Parker Kligerman
  9. Austin Hill
  10. Derek Kraus (series debut, first career top 10)
  11. Alex Labbe
  12. Jeb Burton
  13. Justin Allgaier
  14. Chris Hacker
  15. Ryan Ellis
  16. Parker Retzlaff
  17. Sam Meyer
  18. Jeffrey Earnhardt
  19. Sammy Smith
  20. Kyle Sieg
  21. Brandon Jones
  22. Brett Moffitt
  23. Riley Herbst
  24. Daniel Hemric
  25. Leland Honeyman
  26. Blaine Perkins
  27. Joey Gase
  28. Connor Mosack
  29. Patrick Emerling
  30. Garrett Smithley
  31. Mason Maggio
  32. Stefan Parsons
  33. Josh Williams
  34. Brennan Poole
  35. Gray Gaulding
  36. Jeremy Clements
  37. Joe Graf Jr.
  38. Anthony Alfredo (OUT – ACCIDENT)