Kyle Larson rolled to victory in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, holding on in a pair of overtimes and cashing in on his substitute driver role at Texas Motor Speedway.
Larson led 32 of the 208 laps, and his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet was 1.265 seconds ahead at the checkered flag. His win in the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 was his second at the 1.5-mile Fort Worth track, his second of the Xfinity season and the 17th of his Xfinity series career.
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Larson, a Cup Series regular, was called in midweek to fill in for rookie Connor Zilisch, who sustained a lower back injury in a final-lap crash the previous weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Saturday’s race marked Larson’s third appearance in the Xfinity Series this year, and he’s prevailed his last two times out.
Taylor Gray drove home second in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Riley Herbst placed third with Austin Hill fourth and Sam Mayer rounding out the top five finishers.
Justin Allgaier led three times for a race-high 99 laps, but his dominance was curbed in a final-stage crash that left him 35th in the 38-car field. Allgaier had just brought his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to pit road for what was scheduled to be his final stop, but he collided with the slower No. 5 Chevy of Kris Wright in the middle of Turn 4 with 45 laps remaining. Allgaier’s No. 7 crunched the outside retaining wall and skidded to a stop in the frontstretch grass. Both drivers were unhurt.
The Xfinity Series’ next race is the BetMGM 300, scheduled for Saturday, May 24 (4:30 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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