Tag Archives: XFinity

Bell earns the Talladega Cup pole position after a dramatic qualifying session

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Christopher Bell wanted a playoff boost after a difficult week at Texas, and he received one on Saturday. On Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Bell defeated Kyle Larson by holding on to the lead. Bell almost outperformed Larson with an average lap pace of 180.591 mph (180.516 mph). Third place went to Denny […]

NASCAR confirms DiBenedetto the victor of the crazy Truck race

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After surviving a frantic last-lap collision and a NASCAR review, Matt DiBenedetto was eventually declared the victor of Saturday’s Truck Series race at Talladega. Deliberately bringing out the late caution, for which Carson Hocevar was fined, forced a two-lap overtime with Christian Eckes leading and DiBenedetto in third. Corey Heim smashed into the outside wall […]

Noah Gragson triumphs in the rain-shortened Kansas Xfinity race

Noah Gragson Kansas Xfinity 2022

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday was cut short by rain, but Noah Gragson’s triumph in Stage 2 resulted in an overwhelming win. The race was called after 93 of 200 laps because of rainfall after Justin Allgaier, a teammate from JR Motorsports, was successfully fended off for Stage 2 win. […]

First career NASCAR Cup pole for Bubba Wallace at Michigan

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For the first time in his career, Bubba Wallace took the pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series as he led a Toyota sweep of the top three spots in qualifying. With an aggregate lap pace of 190.703 mph, Wallace, the final of the ten cars to qualify in the championship round, convincingly defeated Christopher […]

Allmendinger leads to win the Xfinity race at the Indy Road Course

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To earn his third victory of the 2022 season, A.J. Allmendinger dominated the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Allmendinger recovered from an early race pit road accident that sent him back in the pack to lead a race-high 42 of the final 62 laps. On a resumption on Lap 45, […]

Kurt Busch is still out and Ty Gibbs is back in position 45 at Michigan

Kurt Busch Michigan

After colliding during qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Kurt Busch will miss a third straight NASCAR Cup Series race due to concussion-like symptoms. Busch has been given a waiver, keeping him in the playoffs, but NASCAR’s medical staff has not yet given the driver the all-clear to race. Although he has dropped to 18th in the […]

Ty Gibbs defeats Allgaier to clinch the Michigan Xfinity victory

Ty Gibbs Michigan Xfinity

Only a small piece of debris really got in the way of Ty Gibbs’ NASCAR Xfinity Series-leading fifth victory of the year, and even that didn’t last long. The race at Michigan International Speedway’s last stage on Saturday was won by Gibbs, 19, and there were no cautions issued. However, on Lap 88 of 125, […]

The Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup race’s beginning was postponed by lightning

Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen on Sunday has been postponed. Lightning is a different matter, despite the fact that rain tyres are available and NASCAR races in the rain on road courses. Everything was placed in a 30-minute lightning hold due to a strike within eight miles of the racing circuit as […]

Kimi Raikkonen crashes out of his NASCAR Cup debut

Kimi Raikkonen NASCAR Cup debut

A collision at the inner loop on Sunday at Watkins Glen interrupted Kimi Raikkonen’s day. After qualifying 27th in the race on Sunday, the previous F1 World Champion quickly moved into the top-20. He was following a plan that would put him inside the top 10 at the beginning of the second stage as the […]

Elliott mostly keeps his frustration about The Glen’s loss to himself

Chase Elliott The Glen 2022

Chase Elliott tried his best to keep his emotions about the outcome of the race on Sunday at Watkins Glen (New York) International to himself. On a resumption with five of the 90 laps left, Elliott emerged to be on his way to claiming his 5th triumph of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season until […]