NASCAR Xfinity Series: EG Motorsports driver Joey Gase earns historic result for the team at Talladega

Modified Apr 23, 2023 14:39 GMT

NASCAR Xfinity Series ALSCO 300 - Practice

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase had a memorable day on Saturday (April 22)’s Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. Despite starting from the rear of the field, Gase, the co-owner and driver of Emerling-Gase Motorsports, put in an impressive performance and secured a ninth-place finish at the longest oval track on the schedule.

With P9 finish, Joey Gase earned his first top-10 finish in the Xfinity Series dating back to Daytona International Speedway in 2017. This finish also marked his fourth career top-10 finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the first ever top-10 finish for the Emerling-Gase Motorsports, which was founded in November 2021 by owner-driver Joey Gase.

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In the closing lap of the Talladega race, it looked like Joey Gase’s race would be over soon because the left rear wheel of his #35 Toyota Supra caught fire. However, his crew team managed to get the fire under control and Gase managed to recover the effects of inhaling the fire-suppressant chemicals to return to the race.

Joey Gase expressed his feelings on social media about how he recovered from left rear wheel, catching fire to finish ninth. He wrote:

“From to P9. Inhaled a bunch of smoke, tried to stay in as long as I could but could not take the smoke any longer. Big thanks to #NASCAR for letting me get back in and bring her home . We could not have done this with out our partners!”

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300: Final result

Here’s how the Xfinity Series drivers finished at Talladega Superspeedway:

#27 - Jeb Burton
#2 - Sheldon Creed
#48 - Parker Kligerman
#00 - Cole Custer
#6 - Brennan Poole
#43 - Caesar Bacarella
#31 - Parker Retzlaff
#08 - Gray Gaulding
#35 - Joey Gase
#92 - Josh Williams
#45 - Ryan Ellis
#25 - Brett Moffitt
#53 - CJ McLaughlin
#9 - Brandon Jones
#28 - Kyle Sieg
#4 - Garrett Smithley
#19 - Ryan Truex
#21 - Austin Hill
#51 - Jeremy Clements
#38 - Joe Graf, Jr.
#11 - Daniel Hemric
#39 - Ryan Sieg
#98 - Riley Herbst
#26 - Kaz Grala
#16 - Chandler Smith
#91 - Josh Bilicki
#10 - Derek Kraus
#7 - Justin Allgaier
#1 - Sam Mayer
#8 - Josh Berry
#44 - Jeffrey Earnhardt
#20 - John Hunter Nemechek
#18 - Sammy Smith
#02 - Blaine Perkins
#66 - Dexter Stacey
#5 - Jade Buford
#78 - Anthony Alfredo
#24 - Parker Chase