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Regular-season champion John Hunter Nemechek moved a step closer to the more coveted title by storming back to win Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Round of 12 playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Top Fuel’s Mike Salinas became the first driver in NHRA history to go 300 mph in the 1/8-mile, setting both ends of the track record on Saturday at zMAX Dragway en route to qualifying No. 1 at the 15th annual Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals.

Top Fuel’s Mike Salinas became the first driver in NHRA history to go 300-mph in the 1/8-mile, setting both ends of the track record on Saturday at zMAX Dragway en route to qualifying No. 1 at the 15th annual betway NHRA Carolina Nationals.

After a longer than expected day at zMAX Dragway, Antron Brown qualified second in Top Fuel for the Betway Carolina Nationals with a career-best elapsed time of 3.655.

Custer’s sixth-place finish locked him in to the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

John Hunter Nemechek took the lead with seven laps to go and drove away to earn his seventh win of the season and lock himself into the Round of 8 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. It is the second win for Nemechek at Texas Motor Speedway with Joe Gibbs Racing (2021).

Zilisch’s lap of 1 minute, .595 of a second earned the 17-year-old the Omalagato Fastest Lap of the Race Award.

KYLE BUSCH, NO. 8 3CHI CAMARO ZL1, met with the media prior to the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway. Press Conference Quotes:

23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace was made available to media after winning the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series event at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday:

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang -- (Qualified 2nd) - “That was definitely encouraging. It stinks to get bumped by the last car at the end like that."