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.
That Chase Elliott felt the need to lie about his reason for side-swiping Kyle Larson, a teammate, shows NASCAR's most popular driver has an attitude problem.
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.
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.
Denny Hamlin continued his Xfinity Series dominance at Darlington Raceway Saturday afternoon, claiming his sixth series victory at the track. The winning move came after a restart on Lap 147 of the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW forced the race into overtime, opening the door for Hamlin to overtake Austin Hill for the lead.
Christopher Bell captured the pole position for the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs at Darlington Raceway with a 169.193 mph qualifying lap Saturday afternoon. It’s his third pole of the season and his seventh career pole in the series.
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Darlington Raceway this weekend for the first race of the 2023 Playoffs with 16 drivers representing three different car manufacturers. This diverse group of competitors will tackle the Track Too Tough To Tame with one goal in mind – win to contend for the championship trophy.
The 37-year-old Enfinger from Fairhope, Alabama, led a race-high 95 of 175-scheduled laps and notched an emphatic and dominant Truck victory at Milwaukee four days after the announcement of GMS Racing's closure at season's end.
Shawn Langdon finished off an impressive weekend with a victory on Monday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, defeating Tony Stewart in the final round of the prestigious 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Carson Brown (No. 28 Klean Freak Chevrolet) dominated the ARCA Menards Series Audubon Park 100 at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds to score his second series victory of the season.
