Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 17, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 17, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 17, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 17, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 17, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Overcoming obstacles in the NASCAR XFINITY Series is commonplace for Kyle Busch.
In Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Busch brushed aside a pit road speeding penalty, a hole in the nose of his No. 54 Toyota, a pit stop that dropped him to seventh for the next to the last restart, an unwelcome green-white-checkered-flag restart and a teammate who had the fastest car for much of the afternoon.
The result was Busch’s 75th XFINITY Series victory, extending his own record. Busch won for third time at Kansas and for the fifth time in 20 starts this season. Continue reading →
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, poses with the Coors Light Pole Award after qualifying for pole position NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, leads the field past the green flag to start the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, leads the field on the first lap of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9, 2015 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
When NASCAR comes to Charlotte Motor Speedway, Austin Dillon doesn’t mind being a creäture of habit.
After experienced veterans Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne knocked themselves out of contention 151 laps into Friday night’s Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the 1.5-mile track, Dillon streaked away from Erik Jones to win by 2.809 seconds over the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.
With the victory, Dillon completed a season sweep at Charlotte, both wins coming from the pole position. The triumph was Dillon’s third of the season in the XFINITY Series and the sixth of his career.
Dillon’s closest call came not on the track, but during the pre-race ceremony. A fireball from one of the skyrockets used to liven up the proceedings dropped out of the evening sky and singed Dillon’s firesuit. Continue reading →
Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 200 at Dover International Speedway on October 3, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory LanVictory Laneafter winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 200 at Dover International Speedway on October 3, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermmilk/Getty Images
Regan Smith charged from fourth to first during a restart on lap 121 and stayed there for the rest of the Hisense 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Dover International Speedway Saturday, posting his second victory of the season and working his way back into championship contention.
After a 31-minute rain delay, Smith passed Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and leader Elliott Sadler on the restart on lap 121 of 200, staved off intense pressure from Hamlin midway through the last green-flag run and pulled away as the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates battled for second place. Continue reading →
Ryan Blaney, the driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, drives to victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway on September 26, 2015 Photo – Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Visitmyrtlebeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway on September 26, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Visitmyrtlebeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway on September 26, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty images
Ryan Blaney would not be denied Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway.
In fact, Blaney may owe a pushing Regan Smith dinner after a green-white-checkered restart became the saving grace for the driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang, who won his second NASCAR XFINITY Series win of the season in Saturday night’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300.
Blaney was heading toward Victory Lane, but an attack from Ty Dillon on a restart with eight laps to go sent him from first to third.
Then, a caution waved with four laps remaining and reset the field into overtime. Continue reading →
