NXS: AJ Allmendinger wins at Mid-Ohio
AJ Allmendinger won Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio in overtime.
Allmendinger won in dominating fashion, passing Ty Gibbs in overtime to win on Saturday. Gibbs would go on to finish third after Justin Haley passed him in overtime to finish second.
With his win on Saturday, Allmendinger ties Marcos Ambrose for most Xfinity road course series wins with five total.
Rounding out the top five were Justin Haley in second, Ty Gibbs in third, Brandon Jones in fourth and Andy Lally in fifth.
This marks Allmendinger’s second win of the year and Kaulig Racing’s third win of the year. Allmendinger’s first win of the year came at Las Vegas.
Rounding out the top ten were Brandon Brown in sixth, Michael Annett in seventh, Josh Berry in eighth, Ryan Sieg in ninth and Josh Williams in tenth.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series will race at Texas Motor Speedway next Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Stage 2 Winner: Justin Haley
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
NXS: Ty Gibbs win for second win of the season at Charlotte
Ty Gibbs won Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Gibbs overcame a spin late in the race to win his second win of the season.
Gibbs, who is running a partial schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series, has won two out of his last six starts with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Gibbs pulled ahead from Chase Briscoe with 20 laps to go in the race for the lead. Briscoe would slide up into the wall and make contact after an incident.
“i didn’t hit him. I absolutely helped him out with him getting lose there and it was not my intention,” Gibbs told FS1 post-race.
Rounding out the top five were Austin Cindric in second, Harrison Burton in third, Brandon Brown in fourth and Tyler Reddick in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Chase Briscoe in sixth, Ty Dillion in seventh, Brandon Jones in eighth, Brandon Jones in ninth, Jeremy Clements in tenth.
Stage 1 Winner: Daniel Hemric
Stage 2 Winner; Daniel Hemric
Race Winner: Ty Gibbs
John Hunter Nemechek won Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Nemechek was able to hold off late charging Carson Hocevar in second to win at Charlotte.
“How about this crowd? It’s awesome to have all you guys back. It’s spot cool to have the crowd here,” Nemechek told FS1 post-race.
Driver No. 4 had a good margin over second place when his truck was hit from debris from a bad wreck involving Johnny Sauter and Trey Hutchens III on Lap 115 of Lap 134.
Despite the damage to the roof of Nemechek’s truck, he was able to hold off Carson Hocevar in the final 10 laps for his ninth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory.
“Second is bittersweet, You’re the first loser but you also run second. It’s a good points day,” Carson Hocevar told FS1 post-race.
With his win on Friday, Nemechek picks up the final $50,000 bonus from the Triple Truck Challenge.
Rounding out the top five were Carson Hocevar in second, Ben Rhodes in third, Stewart Friesen in fourth and Todd Gilliland in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Chandler Smith in sixth, Ty Majeski in seventh, Derek Kraus in eighth, Austin Hill in ninth and Zane Smith in tenth.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will head into Texas Motor Speedway in the running of the SpeedyCash.com 200 on Saturday, June 12th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: Sheldon Creed
Stage 2 Winner: Zane Smith
Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
Austin Dillion led in Friday’s NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 practice session.
Rounding out the top five were Alex Bowman in second (180.807 mph), Kyle Larson in third (180.807 mph) Erik Jones in fourth (180.318 mph) and Joey Logano in fifth (180.096 mph).
Erik Jones led most of the practice session up until Kyle Larson went to the top of the board with seven minutes remaining and then Austin Dillion went to the top of the charts with an average speed of 180. 934 mph.
Kyle Larson, who ended practice third fastest, posted the fastest average speed at 179.006 mph.
Kyle Busch completed the most laps in the practice session (46).
Rounding out the top ten were Daniel Suarez in sixth, Tyler Reddick in seventh, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in eighth, William Byron in ninth and Kyle Busch in tenth.
There were no on track incidents during the practice session.
Qualifying for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 will take place tomorrow at 11:05 a.m. Eastern on FS1.
Todd Gilliland won Saturday’s inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas.
Gilliland pulled away from the field in the final laps of the race and would go on to win by 7.9 seconds.
For Gilliland, this marks his second career Truck series win. His first career win came at at Martinsville Speedway in October 2019. Saturday’s win also marked the first Truck Series win for Front Row Motorsports.
Gilliland won the first stage, beating Kaz Grala on the final lap of the first stage of the race. Gilliland would have to restart at the end of the field at the second stage after he was penalized for having too many pit crew members over the wall too soon.
Saturday’s race started in the rain and ended under sunny conditions.
Rounding out the top five were Kaz Grala in second, Tyler Ankrum in third, Grant Enfinger in fourth and Sheldon Creed in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Sam Mayer in sixth, Carson Hocevar in seventh, Zane Smith in eighth, Austin Hill in ninth and Ben Rhodes in tenth.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will head into Charlotte Motor Speedway next Friday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: Todd Gilliland
Stage 2 Winner: Ben Rhodes
Race Winner: Todd Gilliland
Austin Cindric won Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway.
Cindric passed Justin Allgaier for the race lead with 51 laps to go in the race.
With his win on Saturday, Cindric is a 3-time winner this season and 11 wins total in his career.
“It is hard to believe but starting 16th at this joint it isn’t easy to pass,” Cindric told FS1 post-race. “We just kept at it the whole time. We made the right adjustments on pit stops and I feel like I have learned a lot about this race track.”
Rounding out the top five were Josh Berry in second, Justin Allgaier in third, AJ Allmendinger in fourth and Ty Gibbs in fifth.
Josh Berry, who finished second earned the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.
Rounding out the top ten were Harrison Burton in sixth, Michael Annett in seventh, Ryan Sieg in eighth, Daniel Hemric in ninth and Brandon Brown in tenth
Ryan Sieg, who finished eighth was his third top ten in a row.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series will run its inaugural race at Circuit of the Americas on May 22nd at 4:00 p.m. Eastern on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: Justin Allgaier
Stage 2 Winner: Josh Berry
Race Winner: Austin Cindric
NXS: Justin Allgaier wins Xfinity Series race at Darlington
Justin Allgaier won Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway.
Allgaier took the lead on the overtime restart and would go on to win his second Xfinity Series win of the season at Darlington Raceway.
“You realize we just checked off two boxes,” Allgaier told his team post-race. “We just won at Darlington and Atlanta! Heck yeah! That is awesome, awesome, awesome. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.”
For Allgaier, this marks his second win in the last four races. His first win of the season came at Atlanta.
Rounding out the top five were Josh Berry in second, Brandon Jones in third, Daniel Hemric in fourth and Jeremy Clements in fifth.
Josh Berry, who finished second scored his second top five place finish of the season. His previous top five was his win at Martinsville.
Noah Gragson, who originally crossed the fish line fourth and won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus, was disqualified after his car failed post-race inspection. AJ Allmendinger, who finished 12th would be credited with the Dash 4 Cash bonus after Noah Gragson was disqualified.
Rounding out the top ten were Michael Annett in sixth, Brett Moffitt in seventh, Ryan Sieg in eighth, Alex Labbe in ninth and Harrison Burton in tenth.
Championship contender Austin Cindric finished 30th after he was in a crash on the last lap of the race.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series will race at Dover International Speedway next Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: Austin Cindric
Stage 2 Winner: Harrison Burton
Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
NCWTS: Kyle Busch wins Wise Power 200 at Kansas Speedway
Kyle Busch won Saturday’s night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Busch went from fourth place to the lead on the final overtime restart to win the race.
“All the restarts were hectic for us,” Busch said post-race. “Anytime we started on the front row, we would always go backwards. It would just not fire on the restarts for whatever reason. We definitely had a really good strong long run truck. Those restarts were just nor for us. We made it work on that last one.”
Driver No. 51 lost the race lead to Ross Chastain on the first overtime restart but a caution would come out and their would be a second attempt at overtime. Busch started on the outside lane of row 2 and went to the top lane to pass Chastain and Austin Hill for the race lead. Busch would take the lead off Turn 4 with two laps to go and go onto win his second race of the 2021 season and his 61st in the series.
Busch led 59 of the 140 lap race.
Rounding out the top five were Ross Chastain in second, Austin Hill in third, Christian Eckes in fourth and John Hunter Nemecheck in fifth.
Austin Hill, who finished third place finish is his fifth top-10 finish this year.
Rounding out the top ten were Todd Gilliland in sixth, Zane Smith in seventh, Raphael Lessard in eighth, Johnny Sauter in ninth and Ben Rhodes in tenth.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will race at Darlington Raceway on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Busch
Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Busch
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Berry, who frequently runs late models for JR Motorsports won a late model race at Martinsville just two years ago.
“This is for all those short track guys,” Berry told FS1 post-race. “There’s a ton of them out there that are like me that have won here and at all these great short tracks around here. We can do it. We just need the opportunities. Today proved it. Yeah it’s a short track but it’s still damn hard to win here and we did it.”
Berry has been with JR Motorsports competing in their late model program since 2010 and is currently running a 12-race schedule in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports. With his win on Sunday, Berry becomes the first driver to earn their first Xfinity Series win at Martinsville since Jeff Burton did so in September 1990. Rounding out the top five were Noah Gragson in second, Daniel Hemric in third, Ty Gibbs in fourth and Brandon Jones in fifth.
The 250-lap race was scheduled to be run on Friday night, but rain halted the race after 91 laps and the resumption of the race began after 12 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. Nosh Gragson, who finished second scored the first $100,000 Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus of the season.
Ty Gibbs, who finished fourth has finished in the top five in his first three Xfinity Series starts. Rounding out the top ten were Austin Cindric in sixth, Harrison Burton in seventh, Justin Haley in eighth, Justin Allgaier in ninth and Michael Annett in tenth.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to action on Saturday, April 24th at Talladega Superspeedway at 4 p.m. Eastern on FOX. Berry, Gragson, Hemric and Jones are all eligible for the Dash 4 Cash in that event.
NCS: Ryan Blaney wins Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson, who dominated most of Sunday’s race came up just short of his second win in a row.
Blaney closed on Larson at the end of the race and took the race lead from him with nine laps remaining in the race. Driver No. 12 would go on to win by a 2 second margin over Larson who would finish second.
“We had a great long run car all day,” Blsney told Fox Sports post-race. “It took us a little bit to get going. I was pretty free all day. We made a really good change to tighten me up where I needed it and it looked like Kyle was getting loose.
Larson, who finished second won both stages and led a race-high 269 laps.
“I think Blaney just got a lot better there that last stage and it kind of changed up my flow of the race a little bit,” he told Fox Sports post-race. “I could get out to such a big lead and I could take care of my stuff and run the bottom where it was maybe slower but I could take care of my tires.”
Rounding out the top five were Kyle Larson in second, Alex Bowman in third, Denny Hamlin in fourth and and Kyle Busch in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten were Austin Dillion in sixth, Chris Buescher in seventh, William Byron in eighth, Martin Truex Jr. in ninth and Kevin Harvick in tenth.
The NASCAR Cup Series will head to Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern on FOX. This will mark the first time since 1970 that NASCAR’s premier series will race on dirt.
Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Larson
Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Larson
Race Winner: Kyle Larson