Xfinity Category

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – Grabbing the lead after a restart on Lap 171 of 200, Kyle Larson moved to the top of the track just in time to hold off polesitter Brad Keselowski for the victory in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. In a race that saw Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez open some breathing room in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase with respective fourth- and fifth-place finishes, Larson got a push from sixth-place finisherRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor FORT WORTH, Texas — Daniel Suarez lined up fourth in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, and on the initial start of the race he made a bold three wide move for the lead. Suarez would not get the lead, but the bold move cemented the fact that he was going to be a driver to deal with all day long. But around the mid-way point of the event, Suarez — who is one of eight drivers still in Chase contention —Read More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief FORT WORTH, Texas – Ryan Reed and Darrell Wallace Jr. find themselves on the outside of the Chase bubble with one race remaining in the Round of 8 following Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Wallace encountered a wealth of handling issues on his No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang for much of the afternoon, managing to come home 11th and now sits seventh in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings, 20 points out of the final transfer spot. “I actually thought we would beRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor FORT WORTH, Texas — Usually race car drivers are a selfish lot. However when it comes to Justin Allgaier and Blake Koch there is nothing selfish about their friendship. The two drivers faced uncertain futures after the 2015 seasons, but they each landed new gigs in the Xfinity Series. Fast forward eight months and Allgaier and Koch are locked tight in a battle for the final transfer spot to the Xfinity Series championship race in Homestead. Heading into Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at TexasRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s been a frustrating season for Team Penske in the Xfinity Series. After an eight-win explosion a year ago, the team has only recorded two victories with just three races remaining in 2016. However, Texas will start with their car on the pole after Brad Keselowski grabbed his first pole of the year in the Xfinity Series in the closest possible margin. In the third and final round of qualifying, Keselowski actually tied Erik Jones for the top spot in the qualifyingRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter & NASCAR Contributor FORT WORTH, Texas — While Brendan Gaughan is in need of a good run to stay in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase, he has a rather chipper attitude heading into this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Heading into Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, the lone Richard Childres Racing driver in the Chase lies seventh in the Xfinity Series  standings, 18 points behind fourth place. He fell from sixth to seventh after crashing out of the Kansas Lottery 300 and finishing 31st. DespiteRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief FORT WORTH, Texas – Blake Koch’s championship hopes took a hit Friday afternoon at the start of opening practice for Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. The 31-year-old Florida native was on his first lap at the 1.5-mile oval when the car veered right and hit the Turn 2 wall and severely damaging his No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet. “Something broke on the car,” Kock said about the incident. The damage was enough to warrant the team to bring out the backupRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time Corey LaJoie was behind the wheel of the No. 24 youtheory Toyota Camry for JGL Racing, he earned his best career finish. In fact, LaJoie has had his two best career NASCAR Xfinity Series finishes in the last two races he has competed in. He now brings that momentum into O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. LaJoie finished sixth after starting in 20th at Dover International Speedway. At Bristol Motor Speedway, he finished 10th after starting 20th. He was alsoRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Tifft, who ran a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series in 2016, has been announced as a full-time driver for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series for the 2017 season. Tifft is a talented young driver, and he became a headline this season for something other than his driving abilities as he had to miss three months after a benign tumor was discovered in his brain while he was being evaluated for painRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor FORT WORTH, Texas — Michael Annett has struggled mightily since taking the leap from NASCAR Xfinity Series competition to Sprint Cup Series racing with HScott Motorsports in 2014. In 103 starts in NASCAR’s premier series, Annett has yet to record a top-10 finish. Annett will now jump back down to the Xfinity Series for the 2017 season to run for one of the most potent teams in the garage area — JR Motorsports. The team announced that Annett will move to their No. 5 teamRead More