Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport No. 31 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Report –Phoenix Raceway; March 9, 2024

Track: Phoenix Raceway – Oval (1.0-Mile)

Race: Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200

Date: March 9, 2024

Format; 200 Laps –45/45/110; 200 Miles

No. 31 FUNKAWAY Chevrolet Camaro SS – Parker Retzlaff

Start: 18

Stage 1: 17

Stage 2: 18

Finish: 35

Status: Accident

Laps Completed: 143 of 205 (5 Laps of Overtime)

Stage One Recap:

• Start: 18
• Lap 1; 17
• Lap 2; 18; Retzlaff falls back a position to the No. 5 
• Lap 3; 18
• Lap 4; 18
• Lap 5; 20; Caution; No. 51 gets into No. 11 who spins and collects No. 4
• Lap 11; 18; Restart
• Lap 12; 19; No. 1 works his way around Retzlaff to overtake the spot 
• Lap 13; 20; Retzlaff falls back another position to No. 17
• Lap 14; 20 
• Lap 15; 19; Moving around No. 18 Retzlaff advances a position
• Lap 16; 19 
• Lap 17; 20; No. 18 fights back to regain the spot from Retzlaff
• Lap 18; 20
• Lap 19; 19; Retzlaff drives around the No. 8 to advance a position
• Lap 20; 19
• Lap 21; 19
• Lap 22; 19 
• Lap 23; 19
• Lap 24; 19
• Lap 25; 19
• Lap 26; 19
• Lap 27; 19
• Lap 28; 18
• Lap 29; 18
• Lap 30; 18 
• Lap 31; 18
• Lap 32; 18
• Lap 33; 18
• Lap 34; 18
• Lap 35; 18
• Lap 36; 18
• Lap 37; 18
• Lap 38; 18
• Lap 39; 18
• Lap 40; 18
• Lap 41; 18
• Lap 42; 18 
• Lap 43; 17; Retzlaff gets around JAR teammate Jeb Burton to take away the position 
• Lap 44; 17
• Lap 45; 17; Stage 1 Finish

Stage Two Recap:

• Lap 49; Pit Stop; Four tires, fuel, & adjustment 
• Lap 54; 20; Restart
• Lap 55; 19; Retzlaff works around No. 97 on the restart
• Lap 56; 19
• Lap 57; 19
• Lap 58; 20; No. 5 moves in front of Retzlaff to take the position away
• Lap 59; 20
• Lap 60; 20
• Lap 61; 20
• Lap 62; 20
• Lap 63; 20
• Lap 64; 20
• Lap 65; 20
• Lap 66; 20
• Lap 67; 20
• Lap 68; 20
• Lap 69; 20
• Lap 70; 20
• Lap 71; 20
• Lap 72; 19; Retzlaff puts the No. 31 ahead of the No. 48
• Lap 73; 18; Continuing to advance Retzlaff takes away the position from No. 97
• Lap 74; 18
• Lap 75; 19; No. 48 works back around Retzlaff to take the spot away
• Lap 76; 19
• Lap 77; 19
• Lap 78; 18; Retzlaff advances around No. 5 to take the position 
• Lap 79; 18
• Lap 80; 18
• Lap 81; 18
• Lap 82; 18
• Lap 83; 18
• Lap 84; 18
• Lap 85; 18
• Lap 86; 18
• Lap 87; 18
• Lap 88; 18
• Lap 89; 18
• Lap 90; 18; End of Stage 2

Final Stage Recap: 

• Lap 94; Pit Stop; Four tires, fuel, & adjustment 
• Lap 100; 17; Restart
• Lap 101; 19
• Lap 102; 19
• Lap 103; 19
• Lap 104; 20
• Lap 105; 20
• Lap 106; 20
• Lap 107; 20
• Lap 108; 20
• Lap 109; 18; Gaining two positions Retzlaff moves in front of No. 39 & No. 97
• Lap 110; 18
• Lap 111; 18 
• Lap 112; 18
• Lap 113; 18
• Lap 114; 18
• Lap 115; 18
• Lap 116; 17; No. 39 loses the position to a charging Retzlaff
• Lap 117; 17
• Lap 118; 17
• Lap 119; 17
• Lap 120; 16; Retzlaff takes away the position from No. 39 
• Lap 121; 16
• Lap 122; 16
• Lap 123; 16
• Lap 124; 16
• Lap 125; 16
• Lap 126; 15; Moving around his JAR Bommarito Autosport teammate Retzlaff moves in front of Jeb Burton
• Lap 127; 15
• Lap 128; 15
• Lap 129; 15
• Lap 130; 15
• Lap 131; 15
• Lap 132; 15
• Lap 133; 15
• Lap 134; 15
• Lap 135; 14; Retzlaff works his way around No. 8 to advance another position 
• Lap 136; 14
• Lap 137; 14
• Lap 138; 14; Caution; No. 15 gets loose and makes contact with the wall
• Lap 139; Pit Stop; Four tires, fuel & adjustment 
• Lap 143; 16; Restart
• Lap 143; 16; Caution; No. 98, No. 81, No. 20 all make contact causing No. 20 spin collecting No. 1, No. 9, No. 15, No. 17, No. 19, No. 21, No. 27, No. 31, No. 43, & No. 44. Retzlaff’s damage was too extensive to repair and would retire the No. 31. 
• Lap 205; 35 (-62 Laps); Race Finish 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Recap:

– For the first time with Joe Gibbs Racing, #81-Chandler Smith won the Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200 Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway. It his second career victory. Smith led a race-high 88 laps, including every lap in the opening stage en route to the stage win. He capitalized on #7-Justin Allgaier blowing a left-rear tire from the lead with five laps remaining and slamming the outside wall. Allgaier was credited with a 29th-place result.

– #2-Jesse Love edged out #18-Sheldon Creed at the line for second by .019 seconds. #21-Austin Hill earned his fourth top-five finish of the season in fourth, while polesitter #00-Cole Custer rounded out the top five.

– #97-Shane van Gisbergen scored his second top 10 of the season, placing sixth. #9-Brandon Jones, #48-Parker Kligerman, #8-Sammy Smith and #5-Anthony Alfredo finished out the top 10.

– There were seven lead changes among four drivers and six cautions for 43 yellow flag laps.

– The average speed of the race was: 92.516 mph.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Point Standings:  

After being recorded in 35^th in Saturday’s NXS Call811.com Every Dig, Every Time. 200, Retzlaff drops two positions to 16^th in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Driver Standings. 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Owners Point Standings:  

After the completion of the 4^th race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, Retzlaff moves down three positions to 19th in the Owners Point Standings after finishing 35^th on Saturday.