Xfinity Series

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor The NASCAR Xfinity Series Dash4Cash program has belonged to JR Motorsports this season, with the organization winning two of the first three races heading into Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 at Dover, the final race in the program for the 2017 season. While Justin Allgaier had scored the two Dash4Cash wins for the team at Phoenix and Richmond, it was rookie William Byron that brought home the $100,000 bonus at the Monster Mile with his sixth-place finish. “Credit this race team,” said Byron. “Hopefully we canRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Though the NASCAR Xfinity Series races have been dominated by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regulars more often than not this season, rookie Cole Custer has been making some noise by finishing as the top Xfinity regular over the past two weeks. Custer’s seventh place finish at Charlotte last week ranked as the top among Xfinity Series regulars and with several of the heavy hitters from the Cup Series ineligible to race in Saturday’s race at Dover, Custer would be looking to repeat that performanceRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace, Jr. had a career day going in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Wallace ran up front inside the Top 10 and battled for the lead for much of the day before a bad pit stop and subsequent poor track position put him 28th. When Wallace’s No. 6 Disney Pixar Cars 3 Ford Mustang team unloaded off the truck, they were uncharacteristically slow in the first practice, only managing to land 16th on the speed charts. The RoushRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In recent history, most drivers attempting to run all three NASCAR National Series, also known as ‘the triple,’ have been Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. This weekend, NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Ross Chastain will run all 800 miles at Dover International Speedway. In the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA 400 Drive for Austim, Chastain will make his debut in the No. 15 Chevrolet SS for Premium Motorsports. In the Xfinity Series One Main Financial 200, he will compete in the No. 4 ChevroletRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Dover Internarional Speedway, Daniel Suarez took the victory in dominant fashion. Suarez led 123 laps on his way to win by 5.625 seconds over Ty Dillon. Erik Jones and Suarez, are the only former winners in the field for Saturday’s race. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the field this weekend include Austin DIllon, Jones, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Suarez, and Ty Dillon. Xfinity Series Championship Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, Elliott Sadler, Daniel Hemric, and WilliamRead More

By: Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Kevin Harvick was between a rock and a hard place with three laps left in Saturday’s Hisense 4K TV 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Ryan Blaney took full advantage of the veteran driver’s conundrum. Passing Harvick for the lead after a restart on Lap 198 and 200, Blaney crossed the finish line .244 seconds ahead of the driver of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Blaney had pushed Harvick to the front past eventual third-place finisher Austin Dillon on aRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – As the NASCAR Xfinity Series entered Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brendan Gaughan looked to turn around what so far, has been a miserable season. Since finishing fifth in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Gaughan has had six finishes 27th or worse. Off the truck Gaughan and his Richard Childress Racing team struggled to find speed. His No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro was 31st on the speed charts in the first practice. In the final practice, the ShaneRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – As the NASCAR Xfinity Series entered Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brennan Poole was looking to rebound after two consecutive finishes outside the Top 20. Poole clearly had speed off the truck as his No. 48 DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro was second on the speed charts in the first practice. In the final practice, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver slipped to 16th on the charts. In qualifying, Poole made it to round three, ending up 11th on the starting grid for the Hisense 4KRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – The first stage of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Hisense 4K TV 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was dominated by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers as they claimed six of the Top 10 positions when Stage 1 ended. The stage got off to a rocky start however. Austin Dillon beat pole-sitter Justin Allgaier to the line. Dillon was black-flagged by NASCAR, having to do a drive-thru on pit road. Two laps into Stage 1, Daniel Hemric slid into the outside wall inRead More