Noah Gragson is competing in his fourth full-time season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. His first victory of the 2022 campaign came in the first race at Phoenix Raceway. Gragson earned his first career Xfinity Series wins in 2020 at Daytona International Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2021, he earned wins at Darlington Raceway, Richmond Raceway, and Martinsville Speedway. Gragson moved up from the Camping World Truck Series after two full-time seasons with Kyle Busch Motorsports (2017-18). He earned his first win in 2017 at Martinsville and his second in May 2018 at Kansas. Gragson won a combined four races between the ARCA Menards Series East and West in 2016.