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In a race that evolved dramatically from early attrition into stunning door-to-door competition, Ryan Reed won the PowerShares QQQ 300, the high-intensity season-opener for the NASCAR XFINITY Series on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

TAKE US THROUGH THE FINAL LAPS: “Oh man, Herm, my spotter, he is as good as it gets, particularly at a restrictor plate race. He was my eyes and ears. I have studied so much of this and for every right move I made tonight I’ve made a wrong move.

Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang, was collected in a multi-car incident just shy of the completion of the first stage in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Daytona International Speedway, ending the Roush Fenway Racing driver’s afternoon prematurely.

As the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) kicks off the 2017 season at Daytona International Speedway this weekend, driver Ray Black Jr. is eager to get the 2017 season underway. The driver of the No. 07 SS Green Light Racing Chevrolet Camaro is competing full time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for the second consecutive season.

After a 2016 campaign that saw Jeremy Clements and the #51 JCR crew battling to nearly make the innaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series “Chase”, the team is excited about the new season’s prospects. They head to Daytona for the PowerShares QQQ 300 with a new superspeedway car and a lot of motivation from long time sponsor RepairableVehicles.com who has further expanded their program with JCR for the 20017 season.

Ross Chastain will begin his third season in JD Motorsports with Gary Keller Chevrolets in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

Harrison Rhodes, who raced for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller in 2015, returns to the team this year for a full-season run in the Xfinity Series.

No longer a rookie, Garrett Smithley will tackle Daytona International Speedway Saturday in the first race of his sophomore season.

When the NASCAR XFINITY Series season kicks off with the PowerShares QQQ 300 on Saturday, February 25th, Morgan Shepherd will behind the wheel of a very special Chevy Camaro SS to mark his 50th Anniversary in racing.

On the heels of a top-10 finish in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway last weekend, NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) rookie Clint King is hopeful for a similar performance in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300.