Ross Chastain capitalized through two overtime attempts and a late incident involving teammate Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece to fend off the field and win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, May 27.
The 28-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, survived an overtime shootout against Denny Hamlin to cash in a million dollars for the first time in his career at the Lone Star state.
Stenhouse, Buescher and Suarez claimed respective stage victories while Erik Jones claimed the Fan Vote title to transfer from the All-Star Open to All-Star Race.
The two-time Cup Series champion prevailed through three head-to-head elimination bracket qualifying sessions to claim his third All-Star pole position at the Lone Star state.
After running among the leaders all afternoon, Tyler Reddick took the point himself with a dramatic pass from third place with 31 laps remaining and held off the field to take the checkered flag in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity Series SRS Distribution 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
The 38-year-old Friesen from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, led a race-high 60 of 149 laps before fending off the field during an overtime attempt and snapping a 54-race winless drought at the Lone Star state.
The annual NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race at Texas Motor Speedway will headline the racing action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway as 24 drivers compete for the $1 million prize.
