The 21-year-old Heim from Marietta, Georgia, overtook Christian Eckes with six laps remaining to become the first Playoff competitor to transfer to this year's Championship 4 round by winning at Thunder Valley.
Joey Meier is best known today as the pilot for Dale Earnhardt Jr. but his journey into the NASCAR world began as a child. He was raised in a racing family in Marathon, Florida, where his dad, Freddy, raced on the beaches of Daytona and then famously qualified for the final race held on Daytona Beach in 1958.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led the final two of 268 over-scheduled laps and capitalized on a late caution period to win in overtime and transfer to the second round of the 2023 Cup Series Playoffs.
The 26-year-old Nemechek led a race-high 154 of 200 laps and capped off the regular-season stretch with his sixth Xfinity victory of the 2023 season in dominant fashion.
The 22-year-old Eckes from Greenville, New York, led the final two of 134-scheduled laps and capitalized through two late-race cautions to score his third Truck Series victory of the 2023 season in the Round of 10 finale amid a final lap overtake on Playoff rivals Corey Heim and Zane Smith.
NASCAR travels to Kansas Speedway this weekend with a full schedule of racing. The ARCA Menards Series and the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series highlight Friday’s action, followed by the Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday and the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday afternoon.
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Kyle Larson held off a hard-charging Tyler Reddick in the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway to claim the checkered flag at the historic track and advance to the Round of 12 in the Playoffs.
Nikita Johnson earned his first INDY NXT by Firestone victory Sunday, winning his hometown Grand Prix of St. Petersburg after prevailing in a duel of talented teenagers.
Eli Tomac cemented his place atop the all-time greatest racers at Daytona International Speedway with a record breaking eighth Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship win at the iconic venue.
Georgia’s Mason Massey brought Bill McAnally Racing back to victory lane in the ARCA Menards Series, West, taking Saturday’s 2026 season opener from Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in Bakersfield after two overtime restarts.
Connor Mosack, driver of the No. 7 Friends of Jaclyn/RoaringPines Motorclub Chevrolet Silverado RST, battled the demanding street circuit in St. Petersburg, Fla., to bring home to a 13th place finish in his first race of the 2026 season with Sprie Motorsports.
Mason Massey (No. 19 Brunt Boots/Mongoose Power Solutions Chevrolet) scored his first career ARCA Menards Series West win in his first career series start in Saturday’s Oil Workers 150
