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XFINITY Series Winn Dixie 300 at Talladega Preview

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Next Race: Winn Dixie 300

The Place: Talladega Superspeedway

The Date: Saturday, May 2

The Time: 3 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX, 2:30 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 300.58 miles (113 laps)

 

Twice As Nice: Sadler Looking For Two In A Row At Talladega

Defending NASCAR XFINITY Series Talladega Superspeedway winner Elliott Sadler is looking to become the second driver in series history to win back-to-back series races at the famous 2.66-mile, high-banked, superspeedway this weekend in the Winn Dixie 300 joining Martin Truex Jr. – who won three straight from 2004-2006.  Continue reading →

Denny Hamlin Dominates XFINITY Series Race at Richmond

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Domination is apparently contagious.

Six days after Joey Logano led all 300 laps in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Bristol, Denny Hamlin led 248 of 250 circuits in winning Friday night’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Continue reading →

Joey Logano Leads All 300 Laps in Record Xfinity Series Win at Bristol

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Joey Logano was enjoying such a perfect day at Bristol Motor Speedway that the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford kept expecting something to go wrong.

It never did.

Logano led all 300 laps of Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at the .533-mile short track, a record for laps led in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race. It was the first time a driver led every lap in a single race since Kyle Busch accomplished the feat in winning the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond on Sept. 5, 2014. Continue reading →

Youth Dominate Xfinity Series Tight Point Standings

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Ty Dillon, driver of the #3 Yeungling Light Chevrolet, sits in his car during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 17, 2015 Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Ty Dillon, driver of the #3 Yeungling Light Chevrolet, sits in his car during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 17, 2015 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

The NASCAR XFINITY Series’ top-five in points has average age of 21.2, but that’s only half the story. Just 22 points separate first to fifth in the championship standings, and the competition levels keep rising.

Heading into the seventh race of the season, Richard Childress Racing’s Ty Dillon leads the standings by two points over Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher in second. Not far behind Dillon in third-place is the 2014 series champ Chase Elliott (-11 points from the lead), fourth-place Darrell Wallace Jr. (-15) and fifth-place Ryan Reed (-22). Continue reading →