ALMIROLA DELIVERS ANOTHER TOP-10 FINISH AT NASHVILLE
Phoenix winner earns fourth top-10 in sixth start this season
NASHVILLE (May 31, 2025) – Aric Almirola led Toyota with a sixth-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday evening.
William Sawalich started from the pole for the first time this season and led the first 37 laps of the race before suffering a spin late in the race. He was scored in 35th.
Toyota GAZOO Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS)
Nashville Superspeedway
Race 14 of 33 – 250.04 miles, 188 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, William Bryon*
2nd, Connor Zilisch*
3rd, Nick Sanchez*
4th, Justin Allgaier*
5th, Sammy Smith*
6th, ARIC ALMIROLA
14th, BRANDON JONES
20th, JEFFREY EARNHARDT
26th, TAYLOR GRAY
34th, DEAN THOMPSON
35th, WILLIAM SAWALICH
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 19 Young Life Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 6th
Heck of a battle with Ross Chastain there late. Can you talk about your finish?
“Yeah, that was fun. Gosh, I wish that was for the win. It was fun. I love coming back and driving these race cars. We are just off right now. We are working really hard to figure it out, but we are just off. We don’t have whatever the JRM (JR Motorsports) cars have. We are looking for it, for sure, but we can’t find it. They are about a tenth to two tenths better than us at every race track we go to right now. We have work to do, but I have a blast every time I get back in these race cars. I have so much fun. They are so much fun to race. I really enjoy it. Racing with Ross (Chastain) was a lot of fun. He got the better of me on the long run, I just got way too tight.”
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