NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series teams are taking to the road course this week for the Zippo 200 at The Glen on Saturday, August 5th at 2 pm ET. Coverage begins at 1:30 pm ET on NBCSN, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

Drivers will race 200.9 miles over 82 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 20, Stage 2 on lap 40, and the last Stage ends on the last lap 82. Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series’ US Cellular 250 at Iowa Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series teams are racing the US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, July 29th at 3:30 pm ET. Coverage begins at 3 pm ET on NBC, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers will race  218.75 miles over 250 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 60, Stage 2 on lap 120, and the last stage ending on the last lap 250. Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series Overton’s 200 at New Hampshire Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series is preparing to race the Overton’s 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, on Saturday, July 15th at 4 pm ET. Coverage begins at 3:30 pm ET on NBC Sports Network PRN, and  SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers are racing 211.6 miles over 200 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 45, Stage 2 on lap 90 and the last stage ending on the last lap 200.

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Kyle Busch Outruns Charging Ryan Blaney for 88th NASCAR XFINITY Win

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As Kyle Busch spun his No. 18 Toyota wildly during his celebratory burnout at Kentucky Speedway, the right rear tire exploded with an audible pop after it hit the drain below the apron.

It was an astute call by crew chief Eric Phillips that enabled Busch’s tires to survive long enough to win Saturday afternoon’s rain-delayed Alsco 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the 1.5-mile track. Continue reading

Kyle Larson Finishes Off Dominant NASCAR XFINITY Series Run at Dover

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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 average finish of 2.5 – numbers that could rival those of another Kyle, XFINITY Series all-time victory leader Kyle Busch.

“Our cars have been really good on both sides, (Monster Energy NASCAR) Cup and XFINITY,” Larson said. “Especially XFINITY, we’ve been extremely good. We’ve done a really good job adjusting to this new (lower-downforce) aero package.

“This is the best car I’ve had here. At a lot of the tracks we’ve gone to, it seems like this is the best XFINITY car I’ve had this time around. Just a lot of fun. Hats off to (crew chief Mike) Shiplett and the rest of the mechanics at the shop and the engineers – the real reason I’m getting to run up front more often.”

A first-time winner at Dover, Larson collected the eighth victory of his career, finishing 1.173 seconds ahead of Blaney. Third-place Daniel Suarez crossed the stripe 14.078 seconds behind the race winner.

Cole Custer ran fourth, followed by Ryan Reed and William Byron, but Byron got the biggest consolation prize. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate collected a $100,000 bonus as the highest-finishing series regular among four drivers eligible for the prize in the last of four Dash 4 Cash events this season.

But the day belonged to Larson, who led the first 63 laps and had to win a drag race with Blaney to secure victory in the first 60-lap stage. After the second stage, won by Darrell Wallace Jr., divergent pit strategies shuffled Larson and Blaney to 13th and 14th, respectively, for a restart on lap 128.

To Blaney, that was the key moment in the race, as his No. 22 Ford lost positions in a near-wreck with Wallace and couldn’t close on Larson despite a subsequent restart on lap 141, after Blake Koch tangled with Daniel Hemric and Brennan Poole and nosed into the inside wall.

“We almost got wrecked when the 6 (Wallace) got loose below whoever that was, the white car (the No. 90 of Brandon Brown), and that actually cost us the race,” Blaney said. “That allowed Larson to get by us, and he set sail from there, even though there was another restart.“He was about three rows ahead of us, and I couldn’t run him down by the time I got to second.”

 

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – OneMain Financial 200

Dover International Speedway

Dover, Delaware

Saturday, June 3, 2017

  1. (1) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 200.
  2. (2) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 200.
  3. (3) Daniel Suarez(i), Toyota, 200.
  4. (14) Cole Custer #, Ford, 200.
  5. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 200.
  6. (8) William Byron #, Chevrolet, 200.
  7. (9) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200.
  8. (18) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 200.
  9. (6) Matt Tifft #, Toyota, 200.
  10. (11) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200.
  11. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200.
  12. (5) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 199.
  13. (10) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 199.
  14. (23) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 199.
  15. (26) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 199.
  16. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 199.
  17. (32) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 199.
  18. (25) Ben Kennedy #, Chevrolet, 199.
  19. (22) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 198.
  20. (15) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 198.
  21. (20) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 198.
  22. (28) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 197.
  23. (29) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197.
  24. (34) Ray Black II, Chevrolet, 191.
  25. (40) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 191.
  26. (27) Jordan Anderson(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 188.
  27. (33) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, Track Bar, 176.
  28. (7) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, Power Steering, 175.
  29. (13) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, Parked, 174.
  30. (21) Dylan Lupton, Toyota, 170.
  31. (24) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 166.
  32. (16) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, Steering, 135.
  33. (36) David Starr, Chevrolet, 107.
  34. (31) Chad Finchum, Chevrolet, Engine, 105.
  35. (4) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, Engine, 100.
  36. (39) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Overheating, 99.
  37. (30) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, Engine, 91.
  38. (35) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Handling, 50.
  39. (37) Timmy Hill, Toyota, Accident, 39.
  40. (38) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, Electrical, 13.

Average Speed of Race Winner:  96.709 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 04 Mins, 05 Secs. Margin of Victory:  1.173 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  ten for 45 laps.

Lead Changes:  seven among six drivers.

lap Leaders:   K. Larson(i) 1-63; A. Dillon(i) 64-67; K. Larson(i) 68-87; R. Blaney(i) 88-115; D. Wallace Jr. 116-122; R. Reed 123-127; D. Suarez(i) 128-146; K. Larson(i) 147-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, laps Led):  K. Larson(i) three times for 137 laps; R. Blaney(i) one time for 28 laps; D. Suarez(i) one time for 19 laps; D. Wallace Jr. one time for seven laps; R. Reed one time for five laps; A. Dillon(i) one time for four laps.

Stage #1 Top-Ten: 42,22,20,9,48,1,7,6,21,16

Stage #2 Top-Ten: 6,22,1,7,42,9,21,48,11,14