MADISON, Ill. -- From Kyle Busch turning into a fan favorite and Richard Childress Racing becoming a force, again, to blown brake rotors, here's Three Big Stories from Gateway.
The 25-year-old Custer from Ladera Ranch, California, led five of 77 over-scheduled laps and capitalized on a three-way contact battle between Allgaier, Creed and Kligerman to claim his first Xfinity victory of 2023 in overtime.
Kyle Busch (No. 8 3CHI Camaro ZL1) posted a lap of 32.80 seconds, at 137.187 mph, in the final round of qualifying to capture the pole position for tomorrow’s Enjoy Illinois 300 Presented by TicketSmarter at World Wide Technology Raceway.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup and the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series teams head to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway as the Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series West travel to Portland International Raceway for a full weekend of racing.
The 2020 Cup Series champion has been suspended from competing in this weekend's event at Gateway following an on-track retaliatory incident involving Denny Hamlin during Monday's Coke 600.
The 36-year-old Allgaier from Riverton, Illinois, led a race-high 83 of 200 laps and stretched his fuel tank while leading the final 33 laps to notch the first victory of the season for himself and JR Motorsports.
The 29-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, led a race-high 163 of 400 laps and withstood trials and challenges from Mother Nature to the on-track chaos to snap a 59-race winless drought in NASCAR's longest event on the schedule.
The 26-year-old Ferguson from Lincolnton, North Carolina, will make his second career Truck start with Kaulig Racing more than a month after making his Truck debut at Bristol.
Spire Motorsports has earned one win and three top five finishes. Rajah Caruth took the checkered flag in last year's Rackley Roofing 200 after leading 61 laps.
