Xfinity Category

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Daniel Hemric’s bid for $100,000 fell apart during Stage 2 in Friday’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway, resulting to a 29th place finish after leading 11 of 250 laps. Hemric tried keeping his No. 21 South Point Casino Chevrolet Camaro in one peace after running several laps with a right front tire going down. Then on Lap 148, Hemric’s Dash 4 Cash chances ended when it finally let go and made slight wall contact. The incident didn’t brought out a caution and had to coastRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Another Xfinity Dash 4 Cash race means another chance at $100,000 for Justin Allgaier.  The JR Motorsports driver took home the Dash 4 Cash prize at Richmond Raceway last year. The team makes up half of the Dash 4 Cash competitors in the ToyotaCare 250 as Allgaier is joined by Elliott Sadler in the four-driver race within a race. Allgaier has 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 0.75-mile short track. He has three top fives and six top-10s. Three of those top-10s have comeRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer It’s the eighth race of the season and only one full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series regular has scored a victory. The Xfinity Series returns to Richmond Raceway for the ToyotaCare 250. The Xfinity Dash 4 Cash, zero Cup drivers, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the eighth race of the season. Coverage for the ToyotaCare 250 is scheduled to start Friday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. Richmond Raceway has hosted the eighth race of the season since the 2014 season. InRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – NASCAR has reversed its decision on removing Daniel Hemric from the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Richmond Raceway. Following the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300, NASCAR announced that Hemric’s No. 21 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro SS had failed post-race technical inspection due to mechanical measurements. The reversal makes Hemric eligible for the Dash 4 Cash and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones ineligible. The right rear toe was out of alignment on Hemric’s car. However, per the NASCAR Xfinity Series rulebook,Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – In racing, sometimes you have to take a gamble as Brandon Jones and his team did. Jones fought hard trying to score his first-career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it was not meant to be. On the final restart, Jones restarted on the outside in the No. 19 Menards / Turtle Wax Toyota Camry. His crew chief, Chris Gabehart elected to put on just left-side tires, leaving the 127-lap old right-side tiresRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – It was a hard-fought battle for a top-five finish for Spencer Gallagher. The second year NASCAR Xfinity Series driver ran hard and was out of breath post-race. On the final restart, Gallagher was running seventh in his No. 23 Allegiant Travel Chevrolet Camaro SS. After Brandon Jones’ used tires forced him backwards, holding up the outside line. Gallagher made quick work of Tyler Reddick before battling with Jones. The duo went back and forth for the fifth position until the caution finallyRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ryan Preece is doing everything he can to find a permanent home in a stock car. At the top of his to-do list is winning, which he did for the second time in seven NASCAR Xfinity Series starts on Saturday when he outran Justin Allgaier to win the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. With the victory came a $100,000 bonus, courtesy of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program. In Victory Lane, Preece was already spending it. “You knowRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – No one had a more eventful Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 than Elliott Sadler. The NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader spun early, went a lap down, and still managed to rebound for a fourth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. On the final restart, Sadler’s No. 1 Armour Chili Chevrolet Camaro SS was just outside the top-five. In the chaotic scramble to the finish, he found himself in fourth when the caution and checkered flags waved. It was just another piece of the crazyRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – Despite getting caught in an early wreck, Justin Allgaier rallied to finish runner-up in the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300. In a race at Bristol Motor Speedway with only NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers, Allgaier’s second-place finish also qualified him for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Richmond Raceway next weekend. On the final restart with nine laps to go, Allgaier restarted in third behind eventual winner Ryan Preece and race leader Brandon Jones. Jones, whose right-side tires were 127 laps old put upRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer BRISTOL, Tenn. – Christopher Bell’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 came to an abrupt end on lap 140. Bell got collected in a wreck, destroying his and what was left of two other cars. At Bristol Motor Speedway, things happen fast, and Bell found that out in a brutal crash on lap 140. Cody Ware and Vinnie Miller had made contact, spinning in turns three and four. When Bell slammed on the brakes, his car whipped around, slamming into Miller with the driver’s door. The impactRead More