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Rookie Jesse Love claims 1st NASCAR Xfinity Series win in another wild Talladega finish

Apr. 21, 2024 00:21 AM EDT

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Nineteen-year-old rookie Jesse Love won the first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of his career in a crash-marred, double-overtime finish at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. Love held off Brennan Poole, who pulled alongside roaring into the trioval, and took...

Chandler Smith wins spring NASCAR Xfinity race at Richmond Raceway for the second year in a row

Mar. 30, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Chandler Smith took the lead with 59 laps to go Saturday and won the spring NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway for the second year in a row. Smith led a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing — the seventh time the organization has done it — with...

Larson lurks, snatches Xfinity overtime win at COTA to spoil van Gisbergen's impressive race

Mar. 23, 2024 20:26 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kyle Larson passed Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap in double overtime to win the Xfinity road course race Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas. Van Gisbergen looked to be in control and heading to his first career Xfinity win ahead of...

AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to Texas, Indy debuts all-star event and F1 heads Down Under

Mar. 19, 2024 14:17 PM EDT

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Site: Austin, Texas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10 a.m., and qualifying, 11:30 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Circuit of the Americas ...

Chandler Smith wins second career Xfinity Series race after Justin Allgaier's late flat tire

Mar. 09, 2024 19:48 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Smith won his second career Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, earning a surprise victory for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing after Justin Allgaier crashed while holding a big lead with just four laps remaining. The 21-year-old Smith...

AUTO RACING: Chevy continues to dominate in NASCAR, and Verstappen wins F1 season-opener

Mar. 05, 2024 19:15 PM EST

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Shriners Children's 500 Site: Avondale, Arizona. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 2:10 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Phoenix Raceway. ...

Nemechek ends Chevrolet's early NASCAR dominance with Xfinity Series win for Toyota at Las Vegas

Mar. 02, 2024 19:52 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — John Hunter Nemechek ended Chevrolet's early dominance by winning the wind-swept Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday in a Toyota. Chevrolet started the year with seven consecutive victories across NASCAR's three national series, including...

Chevrolet heads to Las Vegas undefeated in 2024 across all three NASCAR national series

Mar. 01, 2024 11:20 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks into the new NASCAR season, Chevrolet heads into Las Vegas Motor Speedway undefeated. And not just in the top Cup Series, where Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing won a three-wide photo finish at the checkered flag last week at Atlanta and William Byron...

AUTO RACING: Suarez wins at Atlanta by an eyelash while Verstappen hopes to start four-peat in F1

Feb. 27, 2024 08:51 AM EST

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube Site: Las Vegas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 2:05 p.m., and qualifying, 2:50; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ...

Hill wins 2nd straight Xfinity race to open season as teammate Love runs out of gas at Atlanta

Feb. 24, 2024 20:33 PM EST

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Austin Hill won his second straight NASCAR Xfinity race to open the season, surging to the lead on an overtime restart when teammate Jesse Love ran out of gas, for a dramatic ending on Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Love, 19, finished 12th after leading 157...