Xfinity Category

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 28 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Drive for the Cure 300, the 29th race of the season. After the events at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Allgaier leads the points standings with his JR Motorsports teammate Byron three-points behind in second. The last time theRead More
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – Once Ryan Blaney got the lead in Saturday’s Use Your Melon. Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway, it was “game over” in the second NASCAR XFINITY Series Playoff race of the season. After Playoff driver William Byron led every lap of the 60-circuit first stage and banked a playoff point, Blaney took the lead off pit road under caution on Lap 64. Blaney kept his No. 22 Team Penske Ford out front the rest of the way, except for one lapRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Even starting in the back, and getting in an early wreck could not keep Matt Tifft from a top-10 finish. Tifft overcame adversity to place his No. 19 Comcast NBC Universal / Salute to Service Toyota Camry sixth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Use Your Melon. Drive Sober 200. Tifft spent the entire day climbing up through the field after being forced to start last on the grid. In the first stage, he jumped from the back to 16th, with a little help from someRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer With Chip Ganassi Racing in a tight battle for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner’s Championship, the team has tabbed Alex Bowman for the races at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway. Ganassi’s No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro is already locked into the Round of Eight after Tyler Reddick scored his first career victory at Kentucky Speedway. In 50 career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, Bowman has five top-fives, 13 top-10s, and three pole positions. He has three starts at Charlotte with a best finish of 12th inRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Consistency was the magic behind Elliott Sadler’s run to become the first NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season champion. It also gave Sadler enough bonus points to weather a decent weekend in the No. 1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Camaro at Kentucky Speedway. Sadler now carries that consistency into Dover International Speedway where he has finished in the top-10 consistently throughout his career. In 19 Xfinity Series starts, he has three top-fives and 12 top-10s with a best finish of fourth in 2012. Sadler also has 24Read More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 27 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Dover International Speedway for the Drive Sober 200, the 28th race of the season. After the events at Kentucky Speedway, Allgaier and Cole Custer are tied for the points lead with Elliott Sadler two-points behind in third. The last time the XfinityRead More
By Chris Knight, NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, Ky. – Running a partial NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule this season, Tyler Reddick spoiled the party for the opening round of the Playoffs by earning his first career win in Saturday night’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver took control of the lead 74 laps from the finish and never looked back. His 14.540-second margin of victory over teammate Brennan Poole was the largest in the series’ history at the 1.5-mile speedway in 16 years of competition. “I don’tRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Despite early trouble, Justin Allgaier somehow found a way to finish inside the top-five at Kentucky Speedway. Allgaier scratched and clawed his way from outside the top-30 to the top-10 to begin the final stage of the NASCAR Xfinity Series VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300. Allgaier finished third in the No. 7 Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet Camaro after working the track position game all night long. He was as low as 30th, two laps down because of a flat tire. Some timely cautions and positioning helped Allgaier haveRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 26 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Kentucky Speedway for the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, the 27th race of the season. After the reseeding for the Playoffs, Rookie of the Year contender Byron leads Allgaier by two points in the Championship Standings. The last time the Xfinity Series visited Kentucky, KyleRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Cole Custer’s impressive run in TheHouse.com 300 at Chicagoland ended after a late race restart. After leading 47 laps, Custer took the checkered flag in seventh-place. On a restart with 11 laps to go, Custer followed his fellow Ford Performance competitor, Ryan Blaney. Contact between Blaney and Erik Jones sent them into the wall. Custer was so close behind the drivers that he rear-ended Blaney with his No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang. The loss of momentum dropped him from the top-10. A quick cautionRead More