Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Gaige Herrera made the quickest run in class history on Saturday at the Texas Motorplex, setting the national record and also breaking the category mark for the most No. 1 qualifiers in a single season in front of a near-capacity crowd at the 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
It was a stellar qualifying session for Toyota’s Top Fuel teams at Texas Motorplex, just outside of Dallas. Four-time Top Fuel champions Steve Torrence delivered a career-best 3.632 elapsed time to earn his third No. 1 qualifier of the season.
The 24-year-old Herbst from Las Vegas, Nevada, led a race-high 103 of 201-scheduled laps and beat runner-up John Hunter Nemechek by more than 15 seconds to claim his first Xfinity career victory in his 139th series start.
John Hunter Nemechek battled through the field after being unable to qualify to earn a runner-up finish to lead Toyota on Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Christopher Bell earned the NASCAR Cup Series pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon with a qualifying lap of 186.355 mph in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. It was his sixth pole this season and his 10th series career pole.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to media after winning the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday.
23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to media before practice for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday:
