Xfinity Category

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer With the 2017 NASCAR rulebook limiting the number of NASCAR Xfinity Series races that Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veterans with five or more years of experience can compete in, some teams, like Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), must sign additional drivers. For JGR, 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro East Series runner-up Kyle Benjamin is one of those drivers that has earned an opportunity due to the rule change. Benjamin, 19, will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the No. 20 Toyota Camry later this monthRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Kyle Larson kept polesitter Joey Logano at bay after a restart with four laps left in Saturday’s Service King 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Auto Club Speedway and held on to win by .127 seconds. Larson and Logano had swapped the lead on three successive laps before Brandon Jones plowed into the outside wall on Lap 142 to bring out the seventh and final caution of the afternoon. The lead cars pitted for fresh tires under the yellow, with LarsonRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Entering the fifth race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, Richard Childress Racing driver Brandon Jones is still looking for his first Top 10 of the year. Jones heads into the Service King 300 at Auto Club Speedway 13th in points in his No. 33 Chevrolet Truck Month Chevrolet Camaro. This time last year, Jones had already earned three Top 10 finishes, including one at Auto Club Speedway. The 2017 season had a promising start as Jones earned his first career Xfinity Series poleRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Auto Club Speedway, Austin Dillon took home the victory in thrilling fashion, leading only the final lap. Dillon passed Daniel Suarez who ran out of fuel, and Kyle Busch who had blown a tire with only a straightaway to spare. Darrell Wallace, Jr. was the highest finishing NASCAR Xfinity Series regular in third. The last time a NASCAR Xfinity Series regular won at Auto Club, and was running exclusively in the Xfinity Series was Scott Riggs inRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Justin Allgaier popped a tire during his celebratory burnout after Saturday’s DC Solar 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. But you can forgive the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet if he was a trifle rusty with his donuts—Allgaier hadn’t been to Victory Lane in the NASCAR XFINITY Series since August in 2012 at the road course in Montreal. On a blistering afternoon that brought emotions to a boil at the one-mile race track in the Sonoran Desert, Allgaier sailedRead More

By NASCAR Wire Service Ryan Reed has been the surprise of the NASCAR XFINITY Series season so far. The 23-year-old Roush Fenway Racing driver won the season-opener at Daytona and sits second in the points standings – four points behind Elliott Sadler – following his ninth-place finish at Las Vegas. Reed will continue his run at the top spot in Saturday’s DC Solar 200 at Phoenix Raceway (4 p.m. ET on FOX). He finished sixth in the fall race there last year. “Phoenix is obviously a really cool race trackRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Phoenix International Raceway, Kyle Busch took home the victory in dominant fashion, leading 190 of 200 laps. Austin Dillon finished second, 6.115 seconds behind Busch. Justin Allgaier was the highest finishing NASCAR Xfinity Series regular in fourth. The last time a NASCAR Xfinity Series regular won at Phoenix was Elliott Sadler in 2012. He is the only former winner in the field for Saturday’s race. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the field this weekend include AustinRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wasn’t a drag race, but lane choice proved critical to Joey Logano’s 28th NASCAR XFINITY Series victory in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford. Choosing the top side for a restart on Lap 196 of 200, after Ty Dillon’s spin on Lap 192 necessitated the ninth and final caution of the afternoon, Logano cleared Kyle Larson off Turn 4 after an intense side-by-side battle and pulled away to win by .602 seconds.Read More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer The start to the NASCAR XFINITY Series season had been a brutal one for Justin Allgaier. The Riverton, Ill. native was caught up in one of the many wrecks in the season-opener at Daytona, completing only 28 laps and finishing 30th. The tough luck continued last weekend at Atlanta with a second straight 30th-place result. “When you’re up, you’re up, but when you’re down, you feel like you’re getting kicked in the teeth,” Allgaier said on the JRM Up Front podcast after Atlanta’s results. “We’reRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer As the NASCAR Xfinity Series rolled into Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Boyd Gaming 300, Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr. was coming off a Top 10 finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway. When the field prepared to take the green, Wallace was feeling under the weather. In the first practice, Wallace’s No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang was eighth on the speed charts. In the final practice, he was seventh fastest. In qualifying, Wallace was second fastest in the first round, and ended up placing his RoushRead More