Hard Rock Bet 300

The Hard Rock Bet 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway was dominated by Kyle Larson in the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro until the caution flag flew with eight laps left, sending the race into overtime. Justin Allgaier was able to come out on top in a wild restart as Larson spun his wheels as Mayer got into his rearend.  Allgaier was able to hold off Sam Mayer who finished second. The rest of the top five was made up of Austin Hill finishing third, Larson fourth and Sheldon Creed in fifth.

Stage one began with Taylor Gray starting up front in the Joe Gibbs Racing Supra with Conner Zilisch beside him. Gray led the first seven laps until Justin Allgaier passed him in the JR Motorsports Camaro. Christian Eckes brought out the first caution on lap 17 with engine failure. Kyle Larson, making a rare appearance in the Xfinity Series, started 17 but took the lead on lap 26. The second yellow flag came out on lap 30 when Kris Wright spun out and the third caution flag came out as Justin Bonsignore spun with 8 laps left in the stage. Kyle Seig passed Larson with two laps to go but Sammie Smith made a last lap on Seig to win the stage.

Stage two began with Harrison Burton leading the field to the green flag, but Carson Kvapil passed him on the first lap. Jesse Love overtook Kvapil the next lap and held the lead for four laps before Sam Mayer overtook Love. Larson went back to the lead on lap 82 and held on for the stage 2 win.

The final stage started with Kyle Larson out front, and it stayed that way until the green flag pit stops. Nick Sanchez led one lap and Zilisch two before the lead cycled back to Larson. The caution came out with eight laps left in the race as Taylor Gray spun out coming out of turn four. Next week the series will be in Martinsville VA where Aric Almirola looks to win his third Xfinity race in a row at the track. Allgaier, Mayer, Hill, and Creed will run for the $100,000 Dash for Cash incentive.

Justin Allgaier was able to hold off Aric Almirola for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of 2025 in The Liuna! for JR Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Allgaier led over half the laps in his Chevrolet Camaro and won stage one while finishing stage two in second. He has run well at the track amassing four second place finishes before finally being able to secure a win. With the win, the 2024 Xfinity Series champion is locked into the playoffs for this year.

Almirola had a strong car the entire race, but did not have enough to beat Allgaier. “You always hate to finish second, but Justin and that team was I felt like the class of the field today,” Almirola said.

Rounding out the top five were Richard Childress Racing teammates Jesse Love and Austin Hill in third and fourth respectively, while Sam Mayer finished fifth in his Ford.

Next week the series will be at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the first Xfinity Dash4Cash race. Allgaier, along with Love, Hill and Mayer will compete against each other with the  highest finisher among the four earning a $100,000 bonus.   Almirola, who is running a part-time schedule this year for Joe Gibbs Racing will not be running in Homestead race next week. 

Aric Almirola picked up another Xfinity Series win for Joe Gibbs Racing at Phoenix Raceway in the GOVX 200 race with a last lap pass of Alex Bowman in overtime. Almirola contacted Bowman while coming to the checkered flag and sent Bowman into the outside wall. Bowman held on to finish second while Brandon Jones came in third. 

Almirola, who has been running a part-time Xfinity schedule for last year and this year, won his eight-career win in the series. He led 25 laps over the course of the day. Bowman started on the pole in his first start in the series this year. In his post-race interview, he relayed his displeasure with the way Almirola raced him at the end. 

Rounding out the top five was Ryan Seig in fourth place, and Justin Allgaier was fifth. Next week the series goes to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  

Connor Zilisch had an exciting day at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas after winning the Focused Health 250. Zilisch started on the pole and dominated most of stage one but was sent to the rear of the field for pitting when pit road was closed with two laps remaining in stage one. Although he is only 18 years old, he worked his way back up through the field like an old pro. By lap 56 he had made it all the way back to first place when he passed his teammate for the day, Carson Kvapil, and would hold on for his first Xfinity Series win of the season.

William Byron finished second in the number 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that Kyle Larson brought to victory lane last year in this event. Sam Mayer was third in a Ford while Austin Hill, coming off a victory last week in Atlanta, finished fourth. Rookie Christian Eckes finished fifth in his Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.

Next up on the schedule is the GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway on March 8. 

Austin Hill had another dominate performance at Atlanta Motor Speedway by leading for 146 of 163 laps and sweeping both stages in the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250. Hill, a Georgia native, was able to win again at his home track for Richard Childress Racing. RCR now has both of their drivers locked into the playoffs as Jesse Love won last week in Daytona.

On the final restart with three laps remaining, Justin Allgaier was lined up beside Hill with his JR Motorsports teammate Sammy Smith behind him. Smith pushed Allgaier into the lead coming out of turn two, but instead of Allgaier moving up the track to block Hill, he remained on the bottom of the track with his teammate and Hill was able to get a push from Parker Retzlaff and regained the lead for the final time.

There was a multi-car wreck on the backstretch of the last lap, but NASCAR allowed the race to finish under the green flag as Hill secured his eleventh career Xfinity Series victory. Allgier finished second followed by Aric Almirola in third.

The series moves on to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas for the Focused Health 250 where Kyle Larson won last year.

After watching his Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Hill dominate the majority of the race before succumbing to mechanical issues, Jesse Love won the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway. It was Love’s second career win in the Xfinity Series and he secured his spot in the 2025 playoffs. Love was able to take the lead in overtime and took the white flag right as the last caution was issued for a multi-car wreck. Teammates Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed came in second and third.