Cole Custer set the fastest lap speed of 94.411 mph during the NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying session at Martinsville Speedway and won the pole for Saturday’s Call811.com Before You Dig. 250. It was the second pole of the season for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver and his 14th career pole in the series.
This weekend NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway for some short-track racing. Chase Elliott will also make his much-anticipated return to Cup Series competition after missing the previous six races due to a broken left leg sustained in a snowboarding accident on March 3.
The 20-year-old Smith from Talking Rock, Georgia, led a race-high 83 of 250-scheduled laps and capitalized on a six-lap dash to the finish for his first career victory in the Xfinity circuit.
The 41-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, led a race-high 28 of 46-scheduled laps and fended off William Byron during a 14-lap dash to the finish to notch a second consecutive Xfinity victory in Austin.
The 28-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led a race-high 103 of 163 laps and survived a two-lap shootout to notch two consecutive victories at his home track.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Xfinity Series qualifying sessions originally scheduled for Friday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway were canceled due to rain.
The 18-year-old Smith from Johnston, Iowa, led a race-high 92 of 200-scheduled laps and fended off teammate Ryan Truex en route to his first Xfinity career win in his 13th series start.
The 28-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led three times for 19 of 200-scheduled laps, including the final two as he tracked and overtook rookie Chandler Smith prior to the final lap for his second Xfinity victory of the 2023 season.
NASCAR travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend with a full schedule of competition in all three series. During the 2022 season, we saw 19 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers in victory lane. Will the trend continue this year?
INDIANAPOLIS -- Christian Lundgaard went full-send, damn the torpedos and overtook David Malukas in the backstretch kink with 18 laps to go to win the Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Taylor Gray saved just enough gas and crossed the finish line in third to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday.
