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Strong Xfinity Series Talent on Tap at Auto Club Speedway

FONTANA, CA – MARCH 15: Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Thompson Pipe/Haas CNC Ford, prepares to practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 15, 2019, in Fontana, California. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Auto Club Speedway has traditionally been a mighty test of horsepower and willpower for Xfinity Series regulars, but this season, in particular, there are a few reasons to believe that a 17-year string of Cup winners in the Xfinity race there may be stopped.

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Who’s Next? Superspeedways are Super to First Time Winners

 

The helmet of Ryan Reed, driver of the #16 Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford, sits atop his car during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo - Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
The helmet of Ryan Reed, driver of the #16 Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford, sits atop his car during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

Earlier this season Ryan Reed became the seventh driver in series history to get his first NASCAR XFINITY Series career win at a superspeedway.

Who’s next?

Of the seven drivers who posted their first series career win at a superspeedway, only two have done it at Talladega – David Ragan (2009) and Greg Sacks (1996). The remaining five first-time winners all claimed their first victory at Daytona – Ryan Reed (2015), James Buescher (2012), Tony Stewart (2005), Chad Little (1995) and Dale Earnhardt (1982).  Continue reading

Joey Logano pulls out wild overtime win in Martinsville Truck race

Race runner-up Matt Crafton said Joey Logano barreled into turn one on the last restart “like he was shot out of a cannon.”

Ducking to the inside with the accelerator mashed was the move Logano, the Coors Light Pole Award winner, had to make to vault from third to first and win Saturday’s Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in an event that went eight circuits past its posted distance of 250 laps. Continue reading