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  • Kyle Busch Wins at Phoenix, as Championship 4 XFINITY Field is Set

    Kyle Busch Wins at Phoenix, as Championship 4 XFINITY Field is Set

    By Reid Spencer
    NASCAR Wire Service

    AVONDALE, Ariz. – It was just another routine Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway for Kyle Busch.

    But nothing else in the Ticket Galaxy 200 was at all ordinary.

    All the drama unfolded behind Busch, as eight drivers scrambled for four positions in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase’s Championship 4 Round at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

    Busch led 190 of 200 laps on the way to his 10th NASCAR XFINITY Series victory of the season, his 10th at the one-mile track and the 86th of his career, extending his own series record.

    Busch beat runner-up Austin Dillon to the finish line by 6.115 seconds. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third in his first XFINITY Series start since 2013.

    “It means a lot,” said Busch, who won his 170th race across NASCAR’s top three touring series. “That’s what we set out to do tonight, and we’ve been really fast here at Phoenix.

    “We’ve had some great race cars and Chris Gayle (crew chief) and all these guys do such a great job each and every week preparing these things – and it’s fun to win here.”

    Justin Allgaier and Daniel Suarez secured spots in the Championship 4 with respective fourth and fifth-place finishes, as did Erik Jones, who recovered from a pit road mistake on Lap 93 to finish 10th.

    But the real tension waited until after the race, when Elliott Sadler sat anxiously on pit road as NASCAR officials decided whether loose lug nuts would cost Sadler, the 13th-place finisher, the services of his crew chief, Kevin Meendering, in the season finale.

    NASCAR found two loose lug nuts, and that means Meendering will serve a suspension next week. Sadler did not know who his crew chief will be at Homestead – though he was lobbying, somewhat facetiously, for team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take over the pit box.

    “The emotions of the last 30 minutes have been tough,” Sadler said. “We knew one was loose, and one was in question. Kevin’s pretty much become my best friend, and Kevin’s made me a race car driver again this year.

    “We’ve saved our Darlington car – our best car – for Homestead. We’ve put all our eggs in that car. We’ve done everything right as a race team to go to Homestead with a legitimate shot of walking away a champion. Now that we know he’s going to be suspended, it’s going to be tough.”

    NASCAR XFINITY Series Managing Director Wayne Auton said there was never a possibility of Sadler losing his spot in the Championship 4.

    “At the end of the race, we bring all the cars down to the entrance of pit road for inspection of the wheels and the lug nuts,” Auton said. “We observed that the No. 1 car had two lug nuts not secured to the wheel. With that being said, all the teams were very much aware at the start of the Chase of the violations that could come about.

    “We’ve advised the team that they’re going to be looking for a crew chief for next week and a monetary fine of about $10,000. It’s clearly in the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series rule book.”

    Blake Koch finished eighth and lost the final Championship 4 position to Sadler by four points. Joining Koch on the Chase sidelines were Ryan Reed, who finished sixth, and Brendan Gaughan and Darrell Wallace Jr., who were wrecked and eliminated before the race was 150 laps old.

    Gaughan, who needed a victory to advance to Homestead, was playing fuel strategy when his right front tire went flat on the frontstretch on Lap 138. Gaughan pounded the Turn 1 wall and retired in 35th place.

    “It was about to play out the way we wanted,” Gaughan said after exiting the infield care center. “Did not want to be the caution. Did not want to hit that hard – but we took a shot.”

    Wallace’s grandmother had passed away during the week before the race, and the No. 6 Ford carried her name, “Granny Jan,” above the driver’s door. On Lap 148, Koch ducked to the inside off Turn 4 and knocked Wallace’s Mustang into the inside frontstretch wall.

    “My grandmother was giving me the ride of my life,” Wallace said, his voice breaking with emotion. “That was the most fun I have had all year. Just circumstances took us out. It’s just hard. Thanks, Granny, I love you. We will go on to Homestead and let her ride again.”

    NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – Ticket Galaxy 200
    Phoenix International Raceway
    Avondale, Arizona
    Saturday, November 12, 2016

     

    1. (1) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 200.
    2. (8) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200.
    3. (13) Ricky Stenhouse Jr(i), Ford, 200.
    4. (9) Justin Allgaier (C), Chevrolet, 200.
    5. (6) Daniel Suarez (C), Toyota, 200.
    6. (3) Ryan Reed (C), Ford, 200.
    7. (22) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.
    8. (4) Blake Koch (C), Chevrolet, 200.
    9. (11) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 200.
    10. (2) Erik Jones (C) #, Toyota, 200.
    11. (14) Brennan Poole #, Chevrolet, 200.
    12. (17) Aric Almirola(i), Ford, 200.
    13. (10) Elliott Sadler (C), Chevrolet, 200.
    14. (15) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200.
    15. (19) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 200.
    16. (20) Cole Whitt(i), Toyota, 200.
    17. (24) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 199.
    18. (16) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 199.
    19. (12) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 199.
    20. (21) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 199.
    21. (30) Brandon Gdovic, Chevrolet, 199.
    22. (26) Ryan Preece #, Chevrolet, 199.
    23. (33) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 197.
    24. (32) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 197.
    25. (36) BJ McLeod #, Ford, 197.
    26. (37) Brandon Hightower, Dodge, 196.
    27. (35) Austin Theriault(i), Chevrolet, 196.
    28. (40) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 191.
    29. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 190.
    30. (38) DJ Kennington, Ford, Engine, 165.
    31. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Accident, 150.
    32. (5) Darrell Wallace Jr (C), Ford, Accident, 148.
    33. (18) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, Accident, 148.
    34. (34) Garrett Smithley #, Chevrolet, Accident, 145.
    35. (25) Brendan Gaughan (C), Chevrolet, Accident, 136.
    36. (27) Ray Black Jr #, Chevrolet, Accident, 103.
    37. (28) Jeff Green, Ford, Accident, 90.
    38. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, Accident, 54.
    39. (31) Timmy Hill(i), Toyota, Brakes, 14.
    40. (29) Matt DiBenedetto(i), Toyota, Vibration, 3.

     

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  97.31 mph.
    Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 03 Mins, 19 Secs. Margin of Victory:  6.115 Seconds.
    Caution Flags:  6 for 39 laps.
    Lead Changes:  6 among 4 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:   K. Busch(i) 0; E. Jones (C) # 1-3; K. Busch(i) 4-95; T. Dillon 96-100; K. Busch(i) 101-152; J. Allgaier (C) 153-154; K. Busch(i) 155-200.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  K. Busch(i) 3 times for 190 laps; T. Dillon 1 time for 5 laps; E. Jones (C) # 1 time for 3 laps; J. Allgaier (C) 1 time for 2 laps.

    Top 10 in Points: D. Suarez (C) – 3,111; E. Sadler (C) – 3,102; E. Jones (C) # – 3,097; J. Allgaier (C) – 3,096; B. Koch (C) – 3,092; R. Reed (C) – 3,089; D. Wallace Jr (C) – 3,048; B. Gaughan (C) – 3,032; B. Poole # – 2,178; T. Dillon – 2,174.

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Phoenix

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Phoenix

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and the Camping World Truck Series all head to Phoenix International Raceway for a full weekend of competition. Please check below for the full schedule of events.

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, Nov. 11:

    On Track:
    11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series First Practice – FS2
    12:30-1:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    1:30-2:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    3-3:50 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – FS2
    4:30-5:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    6:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    8:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS2
    10 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150 (150 laps, 150 miles) – FS1

    Garage Cam: (Watch live)
    1 p.m.:  Sprint Cup Series
    4 p.m.: XFINITY Series

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    11:45 a.m.: Alex Bowman
    Noon: Joey Logano
    12:15 p.m.: Kurt Busch
    12:30 p.m.: Matt Kenseth
    3:15 p.m.: Elliott Sadler, Erik Jones and Ryan Reed
    3:30 p.m.: Denny Hamlin
    3:45 p.m.: Kyle Busch
    6 p.m.: Austin Dillon and Richard Childress
    7:30 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Qualifying (time approx.)
    11:45 p.m.: Post-Camping World Truck Race (time approx.)

    Saturday, Nov. 12:

    On Track:
    3-3:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Second Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    4:15 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    6-6:50 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    7:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Ticket Galaxy 200 (200 laps, 200 miles) – NBCSN/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference: (Watch live)
    10 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race (time approx.)

    Sunday, Nov. 13:

    On Track:
    2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Can-Am 500 (312 laps, 312 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference: (Watch live)
    6 p.m. approx.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race (time approx.)

     

    Find NBCSN in your area | Watch live online at NBCSports.com

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

     

  • Larson Prevails In Battle Of Cup Drivers At Texas XFINITY Race

    Larson Prevails In Battle Of Cup Drivers At Texas XFINITY Race

    Just last week, NASCAR made a number of rule changes for next year geared towards lessening Sprint Cup Series drivers involvement in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, especially during the XFINITY Series Chase. Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge race at the Texas Motor Speedway made it evident that these rules will make a significant difference next year.

    Cup Series drivers dominated the race, with Brad Keselowski leading 145 laps of the 200 lap contest and the top three finishers were all Cup drivers. It seemed to be Keselowski’s day, until the final restart.

    Kyle Larson took the lead from Keselowski with 29 laps to go and cruised to his fifth career XFINITY Series victory. Keselowski made it close at times but he couldn’t get back around the young California driver. It’s the third win of the season for Chip Ganassi Racing, after Larson’s Pocono win and Justin Mark’s win at Mid-Ohio earlier in the season. Keselowski came home second and Kevin Harvick finished third in his final XFINITY race of the season.

    Erik Jones finished fourth and was the first XFINITY Series driver in the finishing order. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez finished fifth after finishing fifth the day before in the Camping World Truck Series race. Fellow Chase driver Elliott Sadler was close behind the Gibbs Toyota’s in sixth.

    The other five Chase drivers finished in the top fifteen. Justin Allgaier finished 10th and Darrell Wallace Jr. finished 11th. Ryan Reed finished right behind his teammate Wallace in 12th while Blake Koch finished 14th. Brendan Gaughan ended the day 15th.

    There were five caution periods, the first coming just 10 laps in when Brandon Hightower spun in Turn two. On lap 72, Ray Black Jr. spun to bring out caution number two. Debris brought out a caution on lap 92 and Matt DiBenneditto slammed the Turn four wall on lap 134 to bring out yet another caution. Finally, Hightower blew his engine on lap 166 and the fluid brought out the final caution of the day.

    The top finishing among the Chase drivers ended the day in pretty decent shape heading into Phoenix, the final race of this round. Suarez leads the field, 17 points ahead of fifth in the standings and Sadler follows 16 points ahead. Jones is a comfortable seven points ahead while Koch, the only driver still in the Chase field who doesn’t drive for a Sprint Cup Series owner, is one point ahead of Allgaier for fourth on the Chase Grid. Reed sits five points out. Wallace and Gaughan at 20 and 23 points back respectively enter Phoenix all but needing to win to get to Homestead.

    Unofficial Race Results

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  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Texas

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Texas

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and the Camping World Truck Series all head to Texas Motor Speedway for a full weekend of competition. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

    All times are Eastern.

    Thursday, Nov. 3:

    On Track:
    3:30-4:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series First Practice
    5:30-6:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    2:30 p.m.: Christopher Bell and Ben Kennedy

    Friday, Nov. 4:

    On Track:
    12:30-1:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    2:30-3:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    3:45 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    5-6:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBC Sports App (will air tape delayed at 12 a.m. ET on NBCSN)
    6:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBC Sports App (will air tape delayed at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN)
    8:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Longhorn 350 (147 laps, 220.5 miles) – FS1

    Garage Cam: (Watch live)
    Noon: Sprint Cup Series
    2 p.m.: XFINITY Series

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    11:30 a.m.: Kyle Larson
    11:45 a.m.: Matt Kenseth
    Noon: Matt Tifft
    12:15 p.m.: Brendan Gaughan, Blake Koch and Daniel Suarez
    2:05 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    2:30 p.m.: Trevor Bayne
    3 p.m.: Kyle Busch
    3:30 p.m.: Michael McDowell
    7:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Qualifying (time approx.)
    10:15 p.m.: Post-Camping World Truck Series Race (time approx.)

    Saturday, Nov. 5:

    On Track:
    10:30-11:25 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series Second Practice – CNBC/NBC Sports App
    11:45 a.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – CNBC/NBC Sports App
    1:30-2:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    3 p.m.: XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference: (Watch live)
    5:15 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race (time approx.)

    Sunday, Nov. 6:

    On Track:
    2 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 (334 laps, 501 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference: (Watch live)
    6 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race (time approx.)

     

     

    Find NBCSN in your area | Watch live online at NBCSports.com

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

     

  • Ray Black Jr. Texas Motor Speedway Preview

    Ray Black Jr. Texas Motor Speedway Preview

    NASCAR Driver Looking for Top-20 Finish at Track Where He Has Most Starts

    FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (November 1, 2016) – As the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) returns to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, driver Ray Black Jr. is ready to add another Top-20 to his stat sheet. The driver of the No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet Camaro is now nearing the end of his rookie NXS season and is able to lean on experience to help him put together solid finishes in the remaining three races.

    Black has been to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) more than any other track on the NASCAR circuit and secured a 22nd place finish at TMS earlier this season. Out of his five starts at the 1.5-mile track, he has three Top-20 finishes and four Top-25’s.

    “Texas Motor Speedway is one of my favorite tracks. It’s one of the fastest tracks we visit,” explained Black. “Texas does have challenges to it. It’s really bumpy in Turns 1 and 2 but then smooth in Turns 3 and 4, which can make it tough but also a lot of fun to run. You can run really well on the outside lane and just take off after Turn 2. It’s a nice challenge.”

    Black’s debut season in the NXS has not come without its challenges, but the 25-year-old driver and his SS Green Light racing team have persevered to collect 19 Top-25 finishes, nine of which are Top-20s.

    “Since moving up to the XFINITY Series, I’ve learned a lot more about racing,” states Black. “One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is when to be aggressive and when to be patient. Knowing when to race hard and when not to is important to being successful on the track, so having learned that lesson early on has helped me a lot.”

    Black will have a chance to secure his 10th Top-20 finish of the season at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge on Saturday, November 5th at 3:30 p.m. ET. Fans can tune in via NBC or the Performance Racing Network for live race coverage.

    Fans can keep up with Ray Black Jr. by following him and his sponsor, ScubaLife, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @RayBlackJr and @TeamScubaRacing. Learn more about Ray Black Jr. and Team Scuba by visiting www.rayblackjr.com and www.teamscuba.com.

    About Ray Black Jr.
    Ray Black, Jr. grew up in Florida after relocating from Montgomery, Alabama at age 9. It was here that Black fell in love with deep sea diving after a couple of scuba trips with his father. His passion for motorsports came later at age 14 after playing some racing video games. He began competing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association (FMCRA), where finished in the Top-5 in every race and secured the FMCRA Junior All Star Championship. In 2013 Black moved up to racing pro late models and then into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2014. During that year, he got his first taste of true NASCAR racing when he competed in seven races for SS Green Light Racing. In 2015, Black competed in his first full season of NASCAR in the Camping World Truck Series, where he finished 11th in the championship standings with one Top-5 and 11 Top-15 finishes. Black will compete in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for the 2016 season. Learn more at www.rayblackjr.com.

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  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Kansas Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Kansas Speedway

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series travel to Kansas Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, Oct. 14:

    On Track:
    1-2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Results)
    2:32-3:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Results)
    4:35-5:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    6:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/NBC Sports App

    Garage Cam: (Watch live)
    12:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series
    2 p.m.: XFINITY Series

    Press Conferences:  (Watch live)
    11:45 a.m.: Daniel Suarez
    Noon: Jimmie Johnson
    12:15 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
    12:30 p.m.: Brendan Gaughan
    2:35 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    3 p.m.: Clint Bowyer
    3:15 p.m.: Greg Biffle
    7:30 p.m.: Post Sprint Cup Qualifying (time approx.)

    Saturday, Oct. 15:

    On Track:
    11-11:50 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Second Practice – NBC Sports App
    Noon: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – CNBC/NBC Sports App
    1:30-2:20 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    3 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference:  (Watch live)
    6 p.m.: Post XFINITY Series Race (time approx.)

    Sunday, Oct. 16:

    On Track:
    2:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App

    Press Conference:  (Watch live)
    6 p.m.: Post Sprint Cup Race (time approx.)

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Charlotte – Updated

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Charlotte – Updated

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series will compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

    All times are Eastern.

    Thursday, Oct. 6:

    On Track:
    1:30-2:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    3-3:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series First Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    5:30-6:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App
    7:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/NBC Sports App  

    Garage Cam: (Watch live)
    1 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series
    2:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    Noon: Martin Truex Jr.
    12:45 p.m.: Austin Dillon
    1:15 p.m.: Ty Dillon
    3:05 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    3:30 p.m.: Kyle Busch
    4:15 p.m.: Brandon Jones
    8:20 p.m.: Post-NSCS qualifying

    Friday, Oct. 7:

    On Track:
    3:30-4:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Second Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App – CANCELED
    4:45 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/NBC Sports App – CANCELED
    6:30-7:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/NBC Sports App – CANCELED
    8 p.m.: XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC (200 laps, 200 miles) – NBCSN/NBC Sports App – POSTPONED TO SUNDAY, 11 A.M. ET

    Saturday, Oct. 8:

    On Track:
    7 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 501 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App – POSTPONED TO SUNDAY, Noon ET

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    3:45 p.m.: Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota
    10:30 p.m.: Post-NSCS Race

    Sunday, Oct. 9:

    On Track:
    Noon: Green Flag – Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 500 miles) – NBC/NBC Sports App
    4:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBCSN/NBC Sports App

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    Post-NSCS Race
    Post-NXS Race

  • Friday Track Activity at Charlotte Canceled

    Friday Track Activity at Charlotte Canceled

    CONCORD, N.C. — Weather stemming from Hurricane Matthew has forced NASCAR to cancel all on-track activity for Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    Constant rain showers around the greater Charlotte area has led to the Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race, which was originally scheduled for tonight, being postponed to Sunday at 11:00 a.m. It will remain on NBCSN and PRN.

    Two Sprint Cup practice sessions and XFINITY qualifying that were also scheduled for today have been cancelled as well.

    The lineup for the XFINITY Series race will be set by practice speeds, per the rules.

    The Bank of America 500 for the Sprint Cup Series remains on schedule for Saturday night at 7:00 on NBC and PRN.

  • Suarez survives ”The Monster”; Wins XFINITY Series race at Dover

    Suarez survives ”The Monster”; Wins XFINITY Series race at Dover

    Daniel Suarez found victory lane at Dover International Speedway on a cloudy Sunday morning in the Drive Sober 200 and locked himself into the Round of 8 in the inaugural XFINITY Series Chase.

    On paper, it looked easy for the 24-year-old from Monterrey, Mexico. Suarez started fifth and led 123 of 200 laps on his way to victory. In reality, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Suarez. On lap 139, shortly after making a green flag pit stop, Suarez was involved in an incident with Justin Marks. Suarez turned Marks heading into turn one and Marks violently slammed the SAFER Barrier wall, finding air but thankfully not flipping over.

    Marks did not think that Suarez went too far in his actions.

    “[Suarez] had tires and he was racing for the win,” Marks told NBC Sports after being released from the infield care center. “We weren’t that good. He was trying to make up as much time as possible. I was trying to do the same thing. There’s limited space out there.

    “I like Daniel. I don’t think he did anything on purpose. I don’t think he did anything stupid. I think it was just a pretty optimistic move.”

    It was Toyota’s 125th XFINITY Series victory and 16th of the season. It’s Suarez’s second win of the season and of his career. Suarez took the lead back from Justin Allgaier on lap 155 after Allgaier got around him on the restart and never looked back, winning by over five seconds.

    Ty Dillon was second and Allgaier was third. Ryan Blaney, who was a last minute substitute for Joey Logano, finished fourth. Alex Bowman ended the day in fifth. Blaney wasn’t the only last minute substitute, as a few Cup drivers scheduled to race elected not to due to the race being delayed until the morning of the Cup race. Austin Dillon handed his No. 2 Chevrolet over to Regan Smith, who finished 13th. Meanwhile, Drew Herring was called in to substitute for Kyle Busch, but it wasn’t pretty for the part time driver- multiple problems during the race regulated him to 21st.

    It was a battle of attrition for drivers on the XFINITY Series Chase bubble. After leading 54 laps early, bubble driver Erik Jones had an unscheduled pit stop for a vibration right after the halfway point. Jones got back on the lead lap by being a wave-around after the caution flew on lap 139 but couldn’t make it on fuel and finished 16 after pitting with a handful of laps to go.

    Ryan Sieg sped on pit road during green flag pit stops right before the Marks caution and that penalty led to Sieg finishing 19th after running well most of the day.  During the lengthy clean-up the Marks wreck required, Blake Koch had to pit from the lead onto a closed pit road due to running out of fuel. Koch couldn’t initially re-fire his car and he ended up going a lap down. Koch finished 14th.

    The points situation now looks to be very unsure heading into Charlotte for the cut-off race next weekend. The only two drivers who are locked into the Chase are Suarez and Elliott Sadler. Allgaier is third in points, 17 ahead of ninth in points. Brendan Gaughan is 14 ahead, Ryan Reed is 11 ahead, and Darrell Wallace Jr. sits 10 ahead. Koch has a four point cushion heading into Charlotte while Brennan Poole is the last driver in the Chase and has a three point advantage over Dillon in ninth. Erik Jones is down by four and Ryan Sieg is down by 10. Finally, Brandon Jones sits 18 back and either needs to win or get very lucky at Charlotte for his Chase to continue past it.

  • Bowman, Busch Quickest In Dover XFINITY Practices

    Bowman, Busch Quickest In Dover XFINITY Practices

    The two XFINITY practices on Friday in preparation for Saturday’s race at Dover International Speedway fought against the weather and although one session ended up going off without any issues, the second session was cut short due to rain.

    Session one featured Kyle Busch putting down a lap at 157.729 mph, the fastest of the session by a wide margin. Busch was over three-tenths of a second faster than teammate Erik Jones in second. Busch enters this weekend looking for his ninth win of the XFINITY Series season and the 16th of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing. Jones enters this weekend three points out of the advancing field in the XFINITY Series Chase and needs to have a good run on Saturday to continue racing for a championship.

    Alex Bowman was third fastest followed by Austin Dillon who was fourth. Joey Logano looks to bring the Team Penske No. 22 Ford to victory lane for the first time this season and started the weekend off by running fifth in practice.

    In the second practice session, Bowman was the fastest on the board when rain came roughly halfway through the session. Bowman has had quite an adventure since the last time he raced at Dover; this spring he ran his first NASCAR race of the year and opened some eyes by finishing third. Since then, he’s had great runs for JR Motorsports in the XFINITY Series and has had some good runs subbing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Sprint Cup Series.

    Busch was second in this session and Logano followed close behind in third. Points leader Elliott Sadler was fourth and Justin Allgaier was fifth.

    Outside of rain in the second session, there were no major incidents during either session.

     

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