Xfinity Series

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

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Heading into the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Cole Custer is riding on some momentum after earning his first Top 10 finish of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season last weekend. Custer also finished inside the Top 10 at the end of each stage at Atlanta, and he was one of only four Xfinity Series regulars to do so. Custer has one previous start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway which came last season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He startedRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch took home the victory in dominant fashion, leading 199 of 200 laps. Daniel Suarez finished second, 0.817 second behind Busch. The last time a NASCAR Xfinity Series regular won at Atlanta was Sam Hornish Jr. in 2013. Former winners in Saturday’s field include Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, Busch, and Jeff Green. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers in the field this weekend include Aric Almirola, Austin Dillon, Keselowski, Busch, Harvick, Joey Logano,Read More