John Hunter Nemechek has returned to victory lane in the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence after a success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Nemechek scored his 10th profession Xfinity plan discontinuance after leading a flee-high 99 laps. This is his first profession Xfinity plan discontinuance at the Nevada track.
Reigning champion Cole Custer executed 2d. Chandler Smith, Austin Hill and Riley Herbst rounded out the tip five.
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Chevrolet important wins at Daytona and Atlanta to initiate up the season on the opposite hand it used to be Toyota that dominated at Las Vegas. Smith and Nemechek combined to guide 173 of the 200 laps. Nemechek received the flee whereas Smith received the 2 stages.
Nemechek had the lead all the intention by the final stage as drivers ready for inexperienced flag pit stops. Riley Herbst, Austin Hill, Chandler Smith and other lead lap cars stopped sooner than Nemechek in an strive and leapfrog him all the intention by the cycle.
This trek did no longer repay. Nemechek made his pit pause and used so that you just have to perchance merge benefit onto track before Hill, Herbst, and Smith. He constructed up an unbiased accurate thing about extra than four seconds sooner than biking benefit to the lead as other drivers before him stopped for gasoline and tires. Nemechek then extended his end result in five seconds.
Custer made a dull flee after the pit stops cycled by. He handed Herbst, Smith and Hill to trek into 2d region with five laps remaining in the flee. He correct did no longer contain sufficient time to erase Nemechek’s advantage sooner than the tip of the flee.
“Man, it’s superior to approach benefit benefit out right here and plan discontinuance in the Xfinity Sequence with a restricted desire of starts,” Nemechek told Fox Sports activities after the flee. “Our unbiased used to be to approach benefit and plan discontinuance as many as we presumably would perhaps perchance — nothing else matters.”
Who had a factual flee: Nemechek led a flee-high 99 laps and constructed up a lead of extra than five seconds in the final stage sooner than a success for the 10th time in Xfinity. … Chandler Smith started on the entrance row, led 74 laps and received the first two stages. He executed third, his third top-five enact in the season’s first three races. … Josh Williams gambled by staying out no longer off target whereas other drivers headed to pit aspect road. He made his pause with 10 laps to trek sooner than returning to the track and ending a season-simplest 14th. … Hill executed fourth after a success the first two races of the season. He maintained his components lead. … Hailie Deegan executed 15th after struggling in the first two races of the season.
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Who had a irascible flee: Sam Mayer sustained flee-ending hurt after Parker Retzlaff misplaced withhold an eye on on Lap 7 and slammed into Mayer’s automobile. Mayer executed 38th, his 2d DNF in the first three races of the season. … Shane van Gisbergen went to the garage on Lap 30 with an engine enlighten of affairs. He executed 37th. … Retzlaff, unusual off two top-five finishes, sustained hurt on Lap 7 and spent the flee plenty of laps down. He went to the garage in the final stage with a gasoline pump enlighten of affairs and executed 35th. … Story Karam went to the garage before every thing up of the flee with gearbox components. He returned to the track and executed 104 laps but executed 36th with extra transmission components.
Subsequent: The Xfinity season continues Saturday, March 9, at Phoenix Raceway (4: 30 p.m. ET on FS1).
