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  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Auto Club Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Auto Club Speedway

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series travel to Auto Club 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, March 18:

    On Track:
    1:30-2:55 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – FS1
    3-4:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Practice – FS1
    5:30-6:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Final Practice – FS1
    7:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    Noon: Brian Vickers
    12:30 p.m.: Kevin Harvick
    1:05 p.m.: Brandon Jones
    1:15 p.m.: Daniel Suarez
    3:30 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    4:30 p.m.: Kyle Larson
    4:45 p.m.: Austin Dillon
    9 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying and Brad Keselowski

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

    Saturday, March 19:

    On Track:
    11-11:55 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – FS2
    12:15 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    2:30-3:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – FS1
    4 p.m.: TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen (150 laps, 300 miles) – FS1

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    6:30 p.m. (approx.): Post-XFINITY Series Race

    Sunday, March 20:

    On Track:
    3:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 (200 laps, 400 miles) – FOX

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    7 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series Race

    Additional Info:

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

     

  • Thrice for Rowdy with XFINITY Win at Phoenix

    Thrice for Rowdy with XFINITY Win at Phoenix

    Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Kyle Busch wins in XFINITY.

    The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 175 of 200 laps to score his third straight series victory in the Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. This is the 79th career win for the all-time winningest driver in the series history.

    “I guess we just have a knack for this place,” Busch said. “We didn’t sit on the pole, but our teammates did and were obviously very fast. They made me run hard all day long. The XFINITY Series, it’s fun to come here and participate. I learn a lot and do that for a reason; to try and make myself better on Sundays and hopefully it helps.”

    Pole-sitter Erik Jones led five laps in his No. 20 JGR Toyota on his way to a runner-up finish.

    “From the start, we had a second-place car it looked like. Then toward the end there before the last (pit) stops, I thought we were better than (Busch) and started to work him over,” Jones said. “But we lost too much ground overall leaving pit road trying to stay with him. After that, we were too tight really to try to run him down.”

    Daniel Suárez finished third in his No. 19 JGR Toyota followed by Justin Allgaier who finished fourth in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Chase Elliott rounded out the top-five in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet.

    Ty Dillon led 11 laps on his way to a sixth-place finish in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Austin Dillon finished seventh in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet while Elliott Sadler finished ninth in his No. 1 JRM Chevrolet. Brad Keselowski led nine laps on his way to a ninth-place finish in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford as Brennan Poole rounded out the top-10 in his No. 48 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.

    Eleven cars finished the race on the lead lap. The race lasted one hour, 45 minutes and 11 seconds at an average speed of 114.087 mph. There were five lead changes among four different drivers and three cautions for 16 laps.

    Complete Race Results:

                   1. (3) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 200.

                   2. (1) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 200.

                   3. (2) Daniel Suárez, Toyota, 200.

                   4. (10) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200.

                   5. (5) Chase Elliott(i), Chevrolet, 200.

                   6. (4) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.

                   7. (6) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200.

                   8. (16) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200.

                   9. (7) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 200.

                   10. (17) Brennan Poole #, Chevrolet, 200.

                   11. (8) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 200.

                   12. (9) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 199.

                   13. (11) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 199.

                   14. (13) Ryan Reed, Ford, 199.

                   15. (14) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 199.

                   16. (12) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 199.

                   17. (15) Jeb Burton, Ford, 199.

                   18. (26) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 198.

                   19. (28) Dylan Lupton, Chevrolet, 198.

                   20. (23) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 198.

                   21. (24) Ryan Preece #, Chevrolet, 197.

                   22. (22) David Starr, Toyota, 197.

                   23. (18) Spencer Gallagher(i), Chevrolet, 196.

                   24. (19) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 196.

                   25. (25) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 196.

                   26. (27) TJ Bell Jr., Toyota, 196.

                   27. (21) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 195.

                   28. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 195.

                   29. (35) BJ McLeod #, Ford, 194.

                   30. (38) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, 194.

                   31. (34) Garrett Smithley #, Chevrolet, 194.

                   32. (31) Timmy Hill(i), Chevrolet, 193.

                   33. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 191.

                   34. (37) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 191.

                   35. (32) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, 190.

                   36. (33) DJ Kennington, Dodge, 190.

                   37. (40) Todd Peck, Ford, 188.

                   38. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 182.

                   39. (30) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Overheating, 11.

                   40. (29) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 5.

     

  • Ty Dillon, Erik Jones Top Friday’s Phoenix Practices

    Ty Dillon, Erik Jones Top Friday’s Phoenix Practices

    By Staff Report | NASCAR.com

    Practice 3 | Results

    Ty Dillon led the final XFINITY Series practice on Friday, closing out the sessions at Phoenix.

    The Richard Childress Racing driver had a fast lap of 133.087 mph on his final run out of a total of 36 laps.

    Current XFINITY Series points leader Daniel Suarez came up short to the No. 3 driver with a speed of 132.787 mph.

    Erik Jones, who had led the first two practice sessions at the 1.022-mile track, was third-fastest in the closing round at 132.719 mph.

    Defending race winner Kyle Busch was fourth-fastest (132.504 mph) and JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier completed the top five with a speed of 132.382 mph.

    Along with Busch, other previous race winners in the field are Brad Keselowski and Elliott, who were seventh (132.129 mph) and 16th-fastest (130.957 mph), respectively.

    The XFINITY Series returns to the track Saturday for Coors Light Pole Qualifying at 11:45 a.m. ET (FS1). The Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 takes place at 2:30 p.m. ET (FOX).

     

    Practice 2 | Results

    Erik Jones found his way to the top of the leaderboard once again in the second XFINITY Series practice on Friday at Phoenix International Raceway, after topping the first earlier in the day.

    Jones ran the 1.022-mile desert track at a blistering clip of 134.053 mph to edge Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and series points leader Daniel Suarez, who clocked in at 133.889 mph. Kyle Busch completed the JGR trio sweep with a best speed of 132.861 mph.

    Richard Childress Racing teammates Ty Dillon (132.856 mph) and Brandon Jones (132.763 mph) rounded out the top five. Dillon made a whopping 67 circuits in the practice, the most of any driver.

    The session included a lengthy red-flag period as track workers aimed to clean up debris caused by a wreck from the No. 07 driver Ray Black Jr., who broke an oil line and hit the wall.

    “It just kind of came out of nowhere,” Black told FS1. “It’s not been a great start for us to the year.”

     

    Practice 1 | Results

    Erik Jones zipped to the top of the NASCAR XFINITY Series leaderboard in Friday’s opening practice at Phoenix International Raceway.

    Jones drove the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota to a best lap of 134.128 mph on the 1-mile track. His speed was just .041 seconds quicker than second-fastest Ty Dillon, who pushed the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet to a lap of 133.924 mph in preparation for Saturday’s Axalta 200 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM), the fourth race of the XFINITY season.

    Ryan Sieg was third-fastest at 133.393 mph with Brad Keselowski and Blake Koch completing the top five.

    Points leader Daniel Suarez was 12th-fastest in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota. Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch, an eight-time Phoenix winner in XFINITY competition and Suarez’s JGR teammate, did not turn a lap in opening practice in the No. 18 Toyota.

    The hour long session was extended five minutes past its scheduled time after it was interrupted by a crash just past the halfway point involving Brennan Poole, who spun at the exit of Turn 4. Poole’s Chip Ganassi Racing No. 48 Chevrolet crunched into the sand barrels protecting the pit wall abutment. The lengthy clean-up at pit entrance left plenty of teams scrambling to turn laps in the final five minutes of the session.

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Phoenix

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Phoenix

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

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, March 11:

    On Track:
    11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – FS1
    12:30-1:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – FS1
    3-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – FS1
    5:30-6:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – FS2
    6:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS2

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

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    11:30 a.m.: Kevin Harvick
    11:45 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    2:05 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    2:20 p.m.: Daniel Suarez
    2:40 p.m.: Ryan Blaney
    4:45 p.m.: Austin Dillon
    7:45 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series Qualifying and Brad Keselowski

    Saturday, March 12:

    On Track:

    10:30-11:25 a.m.:  Sprint Cup Series Practice – FS1
    11:45 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    1-1:50 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – FS1
    2:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Axalta Faster.Tougher. Brighter. 200 (200 laps, 200 miles) – FOX

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    4:30 p.m. (approx.): Post-XFINITY Series Race

    Sunday, March 13:

    On Track:

    3:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Good Sam 500 (312 laps, 312 miles) – FOX

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    6:30 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series Race

    Additional Info:

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

     

  • Kyle Busch Hits the Jackpot in Las Vegas XFINITY Race

    Kyle Busch Hits the Jackpot in Las Vegas XFINITY Race

    Kyle Busch led all but one lap as he cleaned out the casino in the XFINITY Series at Las Vegas.

    The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 199 of the 200 laps to score the victory in the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It’s his 78th career victory in the XFINITY Series and first at the track for the Las Vegas native.

    “It feels really good for as good as this car was,” he said. “It was really, really fast. This is 2-for-2 and that’s pretty cool, and to check this one off the box is awesome, too.”

    Busch also commented about winning on his home track and holding off Suárez for the win.

    “We were worried about fuel, but more so we more so worried about (Daniel) Suarez. He was on me there at the end, he was really, really fast. I can’t say enough about all these guys, everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing prepares some really fast Camrys and this NOS Energy Drink Camry was the best. It felt really, really good. I wish for as good as we were at the beginning of the race in the beginning of the run and end of the run, I was hoping we’d have some long run speed there at the end. Just wasn’t showing. Suarez was definitely faster than us when he got clean track. If roles were reversed, he would have been pulling away from me and I wasn’t going to be able to catch him. All in all just a great day for us in one-two-three and for me to get a victory here in my home town, check one off the list – that’s pretty awesome.”

    Daniel Suárez tried to make a charge towards the end on his teammate, but he couldn’t close the gap and took his No. 19 JGR Toyota to a runner-up finish.

    “Right there at the end, maybe, it took me a while to figure out how to be fast through traffic with a loose race car. But, honestly, in the last 10-15 laps we were the fastest race car there, so proud of my guys and looking forward for next weekend,” Suárez said.

    He leaves sin city with the points lead.

    Rookie Erik Jones came back from a two-lap deficit to finish third in his No. 20 JGR Toyota.

    “Just wish we could have been in contention all day,” Jones said. He felt that he had “a car that could run with Kyle at times.”

    Chase Elliott finished fourth in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet while Austin Dillon rounded out the top-five in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

    Brandon Jones finished sixth in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet followed by Ty Dillon in seventh place in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet. Elliott Sadler finished eighth in his No. 1 JRM Chevrolet, Justin Allgaier finished ninth in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet and Brendan Gaughan rounded out the top-10 in his No. 62 RCR Chevrolet.

    There was one red flag for 19 minutes for a three-car wreck in turn 2 with 63 laps remaining. The No. 25 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet of Cody Ware broke loose, turned and slammed the wall driver-side. His disabled car rolled down into the middle of the track, but the caution had yet to be thrown. Slowing down to avoid him, Darrell Wallace Jr. t-boned the front of Ware’s car with the left front of his car and went spinning. Justin Marks went to the high side of the track and tagged the wall in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. He came back down the track and rammed into the rear of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford.

    “That second impact was pretty good too,” Wallace said. “I am here and talking to you. All good. I hate it for my guys. I was having so much fun here. Ten laps ago I was thinking how good this place was to me. Guess I spoke too soon.”

    Wallace said while his spotter didn’t have enough time to warn him of the disabled Ware car, he said that “(He) did a hell of a job as he always does” and that there was “no blame on anybody. By the time he caught it I was already in pitch and by the time I slowed down it just jumped out from under me. It is unfortunate circumstances, that is all.”

    Eleven cars finished the race on the lead lap. The race lasted two hours, three minutes and 47 seconds at an average speed of 145.415 mph. The race had two lead changes among two different drivers and three cautions for 15 laps.

    Complete Results:

    NXS-Race-Results-Las Vegas March 2016

     

  • Kyle Busch Earns XFINITY Coors Light Pole at Las Vegas

    Kyle Busch Earns XFINITY Coors Light Pole at Las Vegas

    By Staff Report|NASCAR.com

    Whirling around Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 182.698 mph, Kyle Busch swept all three rounds of XFINITY Series qualifying on Saturday, earning his 50th career Coors Light Pole Award. The Las Vegas native has never won an XFINITY race at his hometown track.

    Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Erik Jones (182.642 mph) and Daniel Suarez(182.519 mph) will start in the second and third positions, respectively, in Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 (4 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, PRN, SiriusXM). JR Motorsports’ Chase Elliott will roll off the grid fourth (181.702 mph) while Richard Childress Racing’s Brandon Jones qualified fifth with a fast lap of 181.684 mph in his No. 33 ride.

    Austin Dillon, last year’s winner at Las Vegas, failed to make the final round of qualifying and will start Saturday’s race from the 14th position.

    Derrike Cope’s No. 70 team hustled to prep a backup car for qualifying after a wreck during Friday practice. But the team wasn’t able to get the car on track before the Round 1 time clock expired and Cope’s No. 70 did not make the field. Todd Peck also failed to qualify for the event, the third of 33 races this season.

    The first round was briefly halted with a caution due to fluid on the track.

    The XFINITY Series is back on track at 4 p.m. ET for the Boyd Gaming 300 (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

    Full Starting Lineup

  • Jones, Busch Lead XFINITY Practices at Las Vegas

    Jones, Busch Lead XFINITY Practices at Las Vegas

    Staff Report|NASCAR.com

    Wheeling his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 183.094 mph, Erik Jones soared to the top of the leaderboard in the final minutes of Friday’s opening practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

    Jones’ JGR teammate Daniel Suarez also made a late run that proved fruitful, his No. 19 Toyota ranking second at 182.896 mph on the speed charts.

    Las Vegas native Brendan Gaughan was third-fastest (182.106 mph) in his No. 62 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet while Gaughan’s RCR teammate Brandon Jones came up fourth (181.886 mph) in his No. 33 ride.

    Reigning race winner Austin Dillon, who led the majority of the session, rounded out the top five with a fast lap of 181.733 mph in his No. 2 RCR machine.

    Five drivers are performing double-duty this weekend with the XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Besides Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch (sixth-fastest), Chase Elliott (eighth-fastest), Aric Almirola (10th-fastest) and Brad Keselowski (14th-fastest) will wheel entries in both events this weekend at the Nevada track.

    Derrike Cope brought out the red flag late in the 85-minute session, as his No. 70 Chevrolet hit the wall off Turn 4 hard. Cope will likely defer to a backup car.

    The XFINITY Series was back on track at 6 p.m. ET for final practice (FS1).

    Kyle Busch led the final practice session ahead of Saturday’s XFINITY Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

    The Joe Gibbs Racing driver topped the practice with a best speed of 181.348 mph. He placed sixth in the first session with a best speed of 180.481 mph.

    Ty Dillon jumped up to grab second late with a fast lap of 180.892 mph in his No. 3Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

    Busch’s JGR teammate, Erik Jones placed third on the leaderboard at 180.880 mph. Jones, who paced the first session, was trailed by another JGR entry in Daniel Suarez (180.771 mph). Dillon’s RCR teammate, Brandon Jones (180.644 mph), rounded out the top five.

    Qualifying for Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 (4 p.m. ET, FS1) will kick off earlier in the day (Saturday) at 12:45 p.m. ET on FS2.

     

    MORE: Practice 1 results

    MORE: Practice 2 results

     

  • Kyle Busch Puts on Clinic in XFINITY Race at Atlanta

    Kyle Busch Puts on Clinic in XFINITY Race at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga.– Stop me if you’ve heard this before; Kyle Busch wins in XFINITY.

    The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 119 of the 163 laps on his way to scoring his 76th career victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series.

    “Just to accomplish some of my goals that I have in racing (is special),” said Busch. “Being in Atlanta – I have never won here before (in the XFINITY Series), so I can’t say enough about JGR engines. I’m glad to get it out of the way and checked off the list.”

    Kyle Larson closed into within half a second of Busch in the closing laps, but got caught off guard by a lapped car and had to settle for runner-up in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.

    “We were a little bit better than I thought we were going to be. I thought we’d be a fourth-, fifth-, sixth-place car, and we were definitely second-best, I thought,” Larson said.

    Erik Jones had a strong car today but had to serve a pass-through penalty after beating Busch to the line on the initial start. He would go on to finish third in his No. 20 JGR Toyota. Paul Menard finished fourth in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Ty Dillon rounded out the top-five in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    Brad Keselowski finished sixth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

    “We just weren’t as strong as we wanted to be and needed to be,” Keselowski said. “We’ll work on it from there and try to find a little bit more speed.”

    Daniel Suárez finished seventh in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Justin Allgaier finished eighth in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Elliott Sadler finished ninth in his No. 1 JRM Chevrolet. Jeb Burton rounded out the top-10 in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.

    “I was having fun today,” Burton said. “We did a good job. I felt like we lost some spots on that last restart. The longer we went, the tighter we got. It seemed like later in the day we just kept getting tighter and tighter. I’m really proud of the guys. They worked really hard this week, considering 14 days ago this team didn’t exist. I’m really proud of that and I feel like we’ll get better each week.”

    The race lasted one hour, 49 minutes and 53 seconds at an average speed of 137.065 mph. There were five lead changes among four different drivers. There were five cautions for 21 laps.

    Complete Finishing Order – NXS Heads Up Georgia 250 – Atlanta Motor Speedway

    1. (1) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 163.

    2. (4) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 163.

    3. (2) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 163.

    4. (11) Paul Menard(i), Chevrolet, 163.

    5. (6) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 163.

    6. (7) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 163.

    7. (3) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 163.

    8. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 163.

    9. (16) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 163.

    10. (15) Jeb Burton, Ford, 163.

    11. (19) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 163.

    12. (10) Kevin Harvick(i), Chevrolet, 162.

    13. (9) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 162.

    14. (5) Brennan Poole #, Chevrolet, 162.

    15. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 162.

    16. (8) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 162.

    17. (14) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 162.

    18. (18) Darrell Wallace Jr, Ford, 162.

    19. (22) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 162.

    20. (13) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 161.

    21. (20) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 160.

    22. (21) Ryan Preece #, Chevrolet, 159.

    23. (23) Corey Lajoie, Toyota, 159.

    24. (26) Garrett Smithley #, Chevrolet, 159.

    25. (32) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, 158.

    26. (29) BJ McLeod #, Ford, 157.

    27. (34) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 156.

    28. (24) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 152.

    29. (40) Chris Cockrum, Chevrolet, 152.

    30. (36) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 151.

    31. (37) Cody Ware #, Chevrolet, 151.

    32. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Suspension, 127.

    33. (27) Ray Black Jr #, Chevrolet, 113.

    34. (38) Josh Reaume, Dodge, Suspension, 87.

    35. (25) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 68.

    36. (30) Carl Long, Toyota, Handling, 29.

    37. (39) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Overheating, 25.

    38. (35) Todd Peck, Ford, Engine, 15.

    39. (28) David Starr, Toyota, Engine, 7.

    40. (31) Jeff Green, Toyota, Electrical, 1.

  • Kyle Busch on XFINITY pole at Atlanta

    Kyle Busch on XFINITY pole at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga.– Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag in this afternoon’s XFINITY race.  The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won the pole for today’s Heads Up Georgia 250 after posting a time of 29.887 and a speed of 185.499 mph.

    Erik Jones will start second in his No. 20 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.955 and a speed of 185.078 mph. Daniel Suárez will start third in his No. 19 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.964 and a speed of 185.022 mph. Kyle Larson will start fourth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 30.018 and a speed of 184.689 mph. Brennan Poole rounded out the top-five in his No. 48 CGR Chevrolet after posting a time of 30.240 and a speed of 183.333 mph.

    Ty Dillon will start sixth in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Brad Keselowski will start seventh in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Ryan Sieg will start eighth in his No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet. Brendan Gaughan will start ninth in his No. 62 RCR Chevrolet. Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-10 in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

    Paul Menard will start 11th in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet. Justin Allgaier rounded out the 12 drivers that advanced to the final round in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet.

  • Erik Jones tops final XFINITY practice at Atlanta

    Erik Jones tops final XFINITY practice at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga.– For the second time today, Erik Jones tops the field in XFINITY Series practice.  The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.551 and a speed of 181.467 mph.

    Kyle Busch was second in his No. 18 JGR Toyota with a time of 30.641 and a speed of 180.934 mph. Ty Dillon was third in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.718 and a speed of 180.481 mph. Daniel Suárez was fourth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota with a time of 30.740 and a speed of 180.351 mph. Kyle Larson rounded out the top-five in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.746 and a speed of 180.316 mph.

    Brad Keselowski was sixth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Kevin Harvick was seventh in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Paul Menard was eighth in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Brennan Poole was ninth in his No. 48 CGR Chevrolet. Jeb Burton rounded out the top-10 in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.

    Suárez posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 178.745 mph. Harvick was second with a speed of 177.911 mph. Menard was third with a speed of 177.257 mph.

    The XFINITY cars will be back on track tomorrow at 8:35 a.m. for qualifying.