The 31-year-old DiBenedetto from Grass Valley, California, benefitted from a final lap multi-truck wreck during an overtime attempt to achieve his first career victory across NASCAR's top three national touring series.
NASCAR travels to Talladega Superspeedway for what may be the most unpredictable racing of the Playoffs. After four races in the Cup Series postseason, none of the eligible drivers have been to victory lane.
The two-time Xfinity champion from Corning, California, led three times for a race-high 70 of 334-scheduled laps en route to his third Cup victory of 2022 at the Lone Star state.
The 24-year-old Gragson from Las Vegas, Nevada, punched his ticket to the Round of 8 with his record-tying fourth consecutive Xfinity victory in recent weeks at the Lone Star state.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Texas Motor Speedway as its Playoffs continue with the opening race in the Round of 12. The Xfinity Series begins its playoff run at Texas with 12 eligible drivers, led by Noah Gragson who has six wins this year, including three consecutive victories to end the regular season.
Clements went from the exhilaration of winning at Daytona and advancing to the Xfinity Series Playoffs, to an unexpected penalty that took away the victory, and finally, redemption, when the penalty was rescinded.
The 2015 Xfinity Series champion from Prosper, Texas, led a race-high 169 of 500 laps, including the final 61, to become the third consecutive non-Playoff competitor to win in the Round of 16.
Tony Stewart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster team rallied to the first nitro victory for Elite Motorsports Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. It was Stewart's third career Top Fuel victory and his first at Pomona Dragstrip.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse team nearly came away with their second win of the season in Sunday's Food City 500 but ultimately settled for a second-place result in an overtime finish at Bristol.
After showing solid speed through the opening two stages of Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team saw their strong run slip away in the closing stage, ultimately finishing 32nd.
