The 39-year-old Almirola from Tampa, Florida, led 17 of 79-scheduled laps and fended off road-ringers Allmendinger and Larson through a 15-lap dash to the finish to notch his first Xfinity victory since 2017.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, will lead the field to the start of the Xfinity Series' inaugural event at the 12-turn circuit in Northern California after he posted a pole-winning lap at 91.393 mph in 78.387 seconds.
The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series travel to Sonoma Raceway this weekend while the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is off until Friday, June 23 at Nashville Superspeedway. The ARCA Menards Series West will kick off the racing action with the General Tire 200 Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. on FloRacing.com with a paid subscription.
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.
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 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.
NASCAR heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a triple-header schedule of events on Memorial Day weekend. The NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola program will also be back for the ninth season to pay tribute to the U.S. military members and their families.
NASCAR returns to the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time since 1996 to host the All-Star Race where 24 drivers will compete on the 0.625-mile track. The speedway joins an elite group as the fifth different track to host the exhibition race.
Darlington Raceway lived up to its Too Tough to Tame moniker as Kyle Larson battled John Hunter Nemechek for the win in the Xfinity Series Shriners Children’s 200 Saturday afternoon.
John Hunter Nemechek won the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity Series Shriners Children’s 200 with a 29.613 lap at 166.062 mph in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. It was his second career pole in the series and his first this season.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (10), top fives (37), top 10s (64), laps led (2,682) and stage wins (15).
For the first time this season, NASCAR will face a traditional intermediate oval with the Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series wrapping up its two-race west coast swing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
