NASCAR Xfinity Series Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Michigan International Speedway, Daniel Suarez made history, taking the victory in thrilling fashion. Suarez passed Kyle Busch with two laps to go, winning by just 0.280 seconds. This was Suarez’s first career victory and the first time a native of Mexico had won in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Brad Keselowski, Busch, Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard are the only former winners in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Michigan. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the field thisRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time that Sam Hornish, Jr. competed for Team Penske in the NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 2013 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the race, Hornish lost the championship by three points to Austin Dillon. Four years later, Hornish will return to Team Penske for at least three NASCAR Xfinity Series races. Hornish will pilot the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang at both Iowa Speedway races on June 24 and July 29, as well as Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on August 12.Read More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After 13 starts with BK Racing, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Gray Gaulding will not compete for the team in Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. This comes one week after it was announced that crew chief Patrick Donahue and BK Racing would part ways after Pocono and Doug George would assume crew chief duties of the No. 23 Toyota Camry. Behind the wheel of the No. 23 Dr. Pepper Toyota Camry this weekend will be Ryan Sieg, who made his PremierRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In recent weeks, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Matt Tifft has been more consistent in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway marked Tifft’s first career NASCAR start at the ‘Tricky Triangle.’ In the first practice, Tifft placed his No. 19 Tunity Toyota Camry 17th. In the final practice, he was 18th on the speed charts. In qualifying, Tifft had a decent run going until he had to slow for Casey Mears who had just completed his qualifying run. This proved costly forRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Pocono Raceway, Kyle Larson took the victory as the race was rain shortened. Erik Jones finished second. Larson is the only former winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Pocono. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the field this weekend include Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Larson, Paul Menard, and Ty Dillon. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular Jordan Anderson is also entered in this Saturday’s race. Xfinity Series Championship Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, Elliott Sadler,Read More
By: Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – Saturday’s One Main Financial 200 ended as it started – as a two-man show with polesitter Kyle Larson on top. Larson and Ryan Blaney were in a class by themselves at Dover International Speedway in the 11th NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. In winning for the third time in six starts this season, Larson led 137 of the 200 laps to Blaney’s 28. In fact, Larson now has three wins, a second and a third this season for an averageRead More
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