RACING
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “It’s been a trying last two months, but we feel like we’re getting back on track. There’s no reason why we can’t be running up front every week.” - Christopher Bell (right), who pulled off a second-place showing Sunday at Road America. His No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota crossed the finish line 5.705 seconds behind Chase Elliott
THIS WEEK
XFINITY RECAP
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• Saturday’s HENRY 180, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
• WINNER-KYLE BUSCH Taking advantage of a late wreck that foiled other contenders—not to mention fresher tires for the final sixlap green-flag run—Kyle Busch won Saturday’s Henry 180 at Road America, claiming his fourth Xfinity Series victory in four starts this season. On Lap 41 of 45, Busch took the lead from AJ Allmendinger, whose No. 16 Chevrolet was struggling on older tires. Over the next four laps, the driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota widened his lead to 3.522 seconds at the finish over teammate Daniel Hemric, who ran second after passing Allmendinger for the runner-up spot. Busch who won in his Road America debut and for the 101st time in his career, extending his own series record. The victory came after Busch experienced several off-track excursions that luckily didn’t deprive his car of the speed necessary to win. “Obviously, tires—that was the saving grace for us,” said Busch, who got four new tires under caution on Lap 36. “We had a set of tires left over and (Allmendinger) didn’t. “When we did put our last set of tires on, I wasn’t sure we’d be able to get through that many cars. I don’t know what happened on those last couple of restarts. I couldn’t really see what was happening. We were fortunate to get by that stuff and get through that stuff without any damage to our race car.” Busch restarted seventh on Lap 40 after the final caution for the multicar wreck. He made up four positions almost immediately and passed Allmendinger for the lead in Turn 3 on the following circuit. Michael Annett overtook Allmendinger on the next-to-last lap and finished third. The winner of the first two stages, Allmendinger held fourth, with Harrison Burton completing the top five. An 11-car wreck between Turns 2 and 3 after a restart on Lap 37 damaged the contending cars of Austin Cindric and Justin Allgaier and set Busch up for his run to victory. Cindric appeared in control of the race until he pitted for tires after the No. 81 Toyota of Ty Gibbs stalled on the track with transmission issues on Lap 35 and caused the sixth caution of the race. Cindric’s No. 22 Ford sustained damaged to the right rear in the melee that followed the restart, and he was forced to pit for repairs. Nevertheless, he charged to eighth place at the finish and holds an 89-point lead over second-place Allmendinger in the series standings. — NASCAR reports
HENRY 180 BY THE NUMBERS Avg. speed of winner: 74.972 mph Time of race: 2 hrs, 25 mins, 47 secs Margin of victory: 3.522 Seconds Caution flags: 7 for 11 laps Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers. Lap leaders: T. Gibbs # 0; T. Gibbs # 1-2; A. Allmendinger 3-10; A. Cindric 11-12; D. Hemric 13-15; J. Allgaier 16-17; A. Allmendinger 18-20; J. Allgaier 21-23; A. Cindric 24-26; B. Jones 27-30; A. Cindric 31-35; N. Gragson 36-39; A. Allmendinger 40; K. Busch(i) 41-45
Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA 2:30pm ET Sunday, NBCSN Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the Cup Series Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip at Road America Sunday in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (Logan Riely/Getty Images)
‘King of the Road’ reclaims his crown
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fter one event in “exile,” Chase ROAD AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS Elliott once again is King of the Average speed of winner: 86.271 mph Road. Time of race: 2 hrs, 54 mins, 33 secs The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Kyle Busch for the Margin of victory: 5.705 secs lead on Lap 46 of 62 and cruised to victory Caution flags: 4 for 9 laps in Sunday’s Jockey Made in America 250 Lead changes: 10 among 8 drivers. Presented by Kwik Trip, the first Cup race Lap leaders: W. Byron 1-15; M. Truex Jr. at the 4.048-mile road course in 65 years. 16; A. Cindric(i) 17-18; M. DiBenedetto The win was Elliott’s second of the season and the 13th of his career. Seven of 19-23; K. Busch 24-26; T. Reddick 27-31; those victories have come on road courses, K. Busch 32; M. DiBenedetto 33-37; C. including this year’s debut race at Circuit of Elliott 38-44; A. Almirola 45; C. Elliott the Americas in Austin, Texas. Elliott had to 46-62 settle for second to teammate Kyle Larson in last month’s event at Sonoma Raceway. Unable to complete a flying lap because driver in Cup history. of two ill-timed cautions during qualifying, Bell overcame a tail-end-of-the-field Elliott started Sunday‘s race 34th in a field penalty for driving through more than three of 40. By the end of Stage 1, he was 10th, pit boxes on Lap 15. and by pitting three laps before the end of “Here the last couple weeks, I’ve been Stage 2, he positioned himself for a front- really proud of the progress we’ve made,” row restart for then final stage. said Bell, who picked up his first Cup win “Just really proud of our team for in the second race of the season at the overcoming some Daytona Road Course. Elliott, who clinched a adversity early and “I’m just proud to drive having to start in the for everybody on this spot in the Cup Series back, having good pit 20 group at Joe Gibbs Playoff with the win, stops,” said Elliott, who finally got a feel for the Racing. restarted fifth on Lap 46 “Excited for the mammoth road course after the final caution future. I know there’s of the race for Anthony after frustrating practice more to come. Like I said, Alfredo’s spin into a and qualifying sessions. there’s no reason why we gravel trap. can’t run up front every “Had a really fast week.” NAPA Chevrolet. Just so proud. We’ve had Kyle Busch started from the rear of the a rough few weeks, so it feels really good.” field and finished third in a backup car Less than a lap after that final restart, after wrecking his primary No. 18 Joe Gibbs Elliott pulled alongside Busch entering Racing Toyota in the Kink during Saturday’s the Kink (Turn 11) on the backstretch and practice. cleared him through Turn 12. Sixteen laps Brother Kurt Busch came home fourth later, Elliott finished 5.705 seconds ahead and increased his lead to 25 points over of runner-up Christopher Bell, who passed Chris Buescher in the race for the final Busch for the second position on Lap 58. Playoff position. Denny Hamlin came home Elliott, who clinched a spot in the Cup fifth, giving Joe Gibbs Racing three cars in Series Playoff with the win, finally got a the top five. feel for the mammoth road course after Chase Briscoe was the top-finishing Ford frustrating practice and qualifying sessions. driver in sixth, matching his best result of “Yeah, I never felt like I got in a real good the season. Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick, rhythm all of yesterday (in practice),” Elliott Martin Truex Jr. and Matt DiBenedetto said. “For whatever reason there, after completed the top 10. about halfway through the race, I started Austin Cindric, who qualified fifth, finding some of that rhythm, was able to had just retaken the lead from Matt put it together, piece different parts of the DiBenedetto on Lap 24 when a mechanical track. issue thwarted his hopes for a maiden Cup “Finally I felt like I was able to piece most victory. Cindric ran wide in Turn 5 with a of it together. Yeah, stayed with it and glad broken axle and spun shortly thereafter. it worked out.” Pole winner William Byron led the Hendrick Motorsports has won 10 of first 15 laps and won Stage 1 but finished 20 races this season and seven of the last 33rd after spinning off course in the final eight. Elliott has the most road course stage. Reddick earned the Playoff point for victories among active drivers, is third all- winning Stage 2 after Elliott, Kyle Busch time behind Jeff Gordon (nine wins) and and Truex made strategic pit stops ahead Tony Stewart (eight) and has won at more of him. different road courses (five) than any other — NASCAR reports
WINNER’S QUOTE
Chase Elliott celebrates in Victory Lane Sunday.
“I just wasn’t comfortable waiting. I felt like I wanted control of the race, and that was the best place to be. ... I had to get aggressive to get going.”- Chase Elliott, who pushed the issue when necessary Sunday at Road America (WI) in the final stage, passing Kyle Busch for the lead and then Aric Almirola on a restart after pit stops. He led 24 of the final 25 laps in capturing his second victory of the season and seventh career victory on a road course.
2021 CUP SERIES WINNERS, SCHEDULE Feb. 9: Busch Clash (Kyle Busch) Feb. 14: Daytona 500 (Michael McDowell) Feb. 21: Daytona Road Course (Christopher Bell) Feb. 28: Homestead (William Byron) March 7: Vegas (K. Larson) March 14: Phoenix (Martin Truex Jr.)
March 21: Atlanta (Ryan Blaney) March 28: Bristol (dirt) (Joey Logano) April 10: Martinsville (Martin Truex Jr.) April 18: Richmond (Alex Bowman) April 25: Talladega (Brad Keselowski) May 2: Kansas (Kyle Busch) May 9: Darlington (Martin Truex Jr.) May 16: Dover (Alex Bowman) May 23: Austin (Chase Elliott)
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May 30: Charlotte (Kyle Larson) June 6: Sonoma (Kyle Larson) June 13: Texas All-Star (Kyle Larson) June 20: Nashville (K. Larson) June 26: Pocono (A. Bowman) June 27: Pocono (Ky. Busch) July 4: Road America (Chase Elliott) July 11: Atlanta July 18: New Hampshire Aug. 8: Watkins Glen Aug. 15: Indianapolis Aug. 22: Michigan Aug. 28: Daytona
PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 16 Sept. 5: Darlington Sept. 11: Richmond Sept. 18: Bristol PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 12 Sept. 26: Las Vegas Oct. 3: Talladega Oct. 10: Charlotte Roval PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 8 Oct. 17: Texas Oct. 24: Kansas Oct. 31: Martinsville CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND Nov. 7: Phoenix
DETAILS • 30 miles south of Atlanta on Highways 19 &41 - 1500 Tara Place • Original track was built in 1959-1960. The reconfiguration was completed in 1997 • 1.54 mile quad-oval on 850 acres • Approximately 1/4 mile each banked at 24 degrees • Straightaways banked at 5 degrees • Frontstrtch 2,332 feet (including dogleg) • First race July 31, 1960 - Dixie 500 , won by Fireball Roberts with a four-lap average of 133.870 mph • Fastest qualifying lap - Geoffrey Bodine, set Nov. 15, 1997, with a time of 28.074 seconds and a speed of 197.478 mph • Bruton Smith purchased Atlanta International Raceway in 1990 and renamed it Atlanta Motor Speedway. Under Smith’s stewardship, AMS has expanded, hosting everything from the Xfinity and Truck Series to drag racing, Legends, Bandolero Racing, car shows, concerts and business conventions. 2021 CUP SERIES STANDINGS Top 30 as of July 4 Rank/Driver
Points
1 Denny Hamlin #11 2 Kyle Larson #5 3 William Byron #24 4 Joey Logano #22 5 Kyle Busch #18 6 Chase Elliott #9 7 Martin Truex Jr #19 8 Ryan Blaney #12 9 Kevin Harvick #4 10 Brad Keselowski #2 11 Alex Bowman #48 12 Austin Dillon #3 13 Tyler Reddick #8 14 Kurt Busch #1 15 Chris Buescher #17
761 759 690 651 650 633 606 586 585 569 543 518 475 430 427
Rank/Driver
Points
16 Chris Bell #20 17 Mike McDowell #34 18 Daniel Suarez #99 19 Bubba Wallace #23 20 R. Stenhouse Jr #47 21 M. DiBenedetto #21 22 Ross Chastain #42 23 Ryan Preece #37 24 Ryan Newman #6 25 Chase Briscoe #14 26 Erik Jones #43 27 Aric Almirola #10 28 Cole Custer #41 29 Corey Lajoie #7 30 Anthony Alfredo #38
424 419 382 376 376 370 358 329 327 314 311 294 274 224 205
2021 XFINITY SERIES STANDINGS Rank/Driver
Top 20 as of July 3 Points
1 Austin Cindric #22 721 2 AJ Allmendinger #16 632 3 Daniel Hemric #18 616 4 Justin Allgaier #7 570 5 Harrison Burton #20 546 6 Jeb Burton #10 524 7 Justin Haley #11 499 8 Brandon Jones #19 485 9 Noah Gragson #9 471 10 Michael Annett #1 450
Rank/Driver
Points
11 Jer Clements #51 12 Brandon Brown #68 13 Myatt Snider #2 14 Riley Herbst #98 15 Josh Berry #31 16 Ty Gibbs #81 17 Ryan Sieg #39 18 Alex Labbe #36 19 Landon Cassill #4 20 T. Joe Martins #44
416 383 380 373 348 330 326 282 279 268
NEXT RACE: CREDIT KARMA MONEY 250, Atlanta Motor Speedway 2:30pm ET Saturday, NBCSN
2021 TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS Rank/Driver
Top 20 as of June 25 Points
1 J.H. Nemechek #4 2 Ben Rhodes #99 3 Austin Hill #16 4 Zane Smith #21 5 Todd Gilliland #38 6 Sheldon Creed #2 7 Matt Crafton #88 8 Grant Enfinger #9 9 Stewart Friesen #52 10 Car. Hocevar #42
575 489 469 428 408 406 392 373 350 335
Rank/Driver
Points
11 Chandler Smith #18 12 Johnny Sauter #13 13 Tyler Ankrum #26 14 A. Wayne Self #22 15 Derek Kraus #19 16 Ryan Truex #40 17 Hailie Deegan #1 18 Tanner Gray #15 19 Chase Purdy #23 20 Raphael Lessard #24
314 283 281 273 259 228 219 199 173 150
NEXT RACE: CAMPING WORLD RACE AT KNOXVILLE, 8pm ET Friday, FS1
PIC OF THE WEEK
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 M&M’s Ice Cream Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the Xfinity Series Henry 180 at Road America Saturday in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
RACING
THIS WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “It’s been a trying last two months, but we feel like we’re getting back on track. There’s no reason why we can’t be running up front every week.” - Christopher Bell (right), who pulled off a second-place showing Sunday at Road America. His No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota crossed the finish line 5.705 seconds behind Chase Elliott
‘Road King’ reclaims crown
NEXT: QUAKER STATE 400 PRES. BY WALMART
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fter one event in “exile,” Chase Elliott once again is King of the Road. The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Kyle Busch for the lead on Lap 46 of 62 and cruised to victory in Sunday’s Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip, the first Cup race at the 4.048-mile road course in 65 years. The win was Elliott’s second of the season and the 13th of his career. Seven of those victories have come on road courses, including this year’s debut race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Elliott had to settle for second to teammate Kyle Larson in last month’s event at Sonoma Raceway. Unable to complete a flying lap Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, takes the because of two ill-timed cautions checkered flag to win the Cup Series Jockey Made in America 250 Presented during qualifying, Elliott started by Kwik Trip at Road America Sunday in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (Logan Riely/Getty) Sunday‘s race 34th in a field of 40. By the end of Stage 1, he was 10th, and real good rhythm all of yesterday (in there’s more to come. Like I said, by pitting three laps before the end of practice),” Elliott said. “For whatever there’s no reason why we can’t run up Stage 2, he positioned himself for a reason there, after about halfway front every week.” front-row restart for then final stage. through the race, I started finding Kyle Busch started from the rear of “Just really proud of our team for some of that rhythm, was able to put the field and finished third in a backup overcoming some adversity early and it together, piece different parts of the car after wrecking his primary No. 18 having to start in the back, having good track. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Kink pit stops,” said Elliott, who restarted “Finally I felt like I was able to piece during Saturday’s practice. fifth on Lap 46 after the final caution of most of it together. Yeah, stayed with it Brother Kurt Busch came home the race for Anthony Alfredo’s spin into and glad it worked out.” fourth and increased his lead to 25 a gravel trap. Hendrick Motorsports has won points over Chris Buescher in the race “Had a really fast NAPA Chevrolet. 10 of 20 races this season and seven for the final Playoff position. Denny Just so proud. We’ve had a rough few of the last eight. Elliott has the most Hamlin came home fifth, giving Joe weeks, so it feels road course victories Gibbs Racing three cars in the top five. Elliott, who clinched a really good.” among active drivers, Chase Briscoe was the top-finishing spot in the Cup Series Less than a lap is third all-time Ford driver in sixth, matching his best after that final behind Jeff Gordon result of the season. Ross Chastain, Playoff with the win, restart, Elliott finally got a feel for the (nine wins) and Tony Tyler Reddick, Martin Truex Jr. and pulled alongside Stewart (eight) and Matt DiBenedetto completed the top 10. mammoth road course Busch entering the has won at more Austin Cindric, who qualified Kink (Turn 11) on after frustrating practice different road courses fifth, had just retaken the lead from and qualifying sessions. (five) than any other Matt DiBenedetto on Lap 24 when a the backstretch and cleared him driver in Cup history. mechanical issue thwarted his hopes through Turn 12. Sixteen laps later, Bell overcame a tail-end-of-the- for a maiden Cup victory. Cindric ran Elliott finished 5.705 seconds ahead field penalty for driving through more wide in Turn 5 with a broken axle and of runner-up Christopher Bell, who than three pit boxes on Lap 15. spun shortly thereafter. passed Busch for the second position “Here the last couple weeks, I’ve Pole winner William Byron led on Lap 58. been really proud of the progress we’ve the first 15 laps and won Stage 1 but Elliott, who clinched a spot in the made,” said Bell, who picked up his finished 33rd after spinning off course Cup Series Playoff with the win, finally first Cup win in the second race of the in the final stage. Reddick earned the got a feel for the mammoth road course season at the Daytona Road Course. Playoff point for winning Stage 2 after after frustrating practice and qualifying “I’m just proud to drive for everybody Elliott, Kyle Busch and Truex made sessions. on this 20 group at Joe Gibbs Racing. strategic pit stops ahead of him. “Yeah, I never felt like I got in a “Excited for the future. I know — NASCAR reports
Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA 2:30pm ET Sunday, NBCSN DETAILS • 30 miles south of Atlanta on Highways 19 &41 - 1500 Tara Place • Original track was built in 1959-1960 reconfiguration was completed in 1997 • 1.54 mile quad-oval on 850 acres • Approximately 1/4 mile each banked at 24 degrees • Straightaways banked at 5 degrees • Frontstrtch 2,332 feet (including dogleg) • First race July 31, 1960 - Dixie 500 , won by Fireball Roberts with a four-lap average of 133.870 mph • Fastest qualifying lap - Geoffrey Bodine, set Nov. 15, 1997, with a time of 28.074 seconds and a speed of 197.478 mph • Bruton Smith purchased Atlanta International Raceway in 1990 and renamed it Atlanta Motor Speedway. Under Smith’s stewardship, AMS has expanded, hosting everything from the Xfinity and Truck Series to drag racing, Legends, Bandolero Racing, car shows, concerts and business conventions. • In 2006 AMS added another grandstand, the Winners (now called Johnson) Grandstand, offering fans a great view of the frontstretch and pit road. A Trackside Terrace Luxury RV Camping area replaced the aged Weaver Grandstands as well. • Sitting atop the Johnson Grandstand is a public suite called Club One. Limited to just 1,000 occupants, it offers a climatecontrolled view of the entire track.
WINNER’S QUOTE
Chase Elliott celebrates in Victory Lane Sunday.
“I just wasn’t comfortable waiting. I felt like I wanted control of the race, and that was the best place to be. ... I had to get aggressive to get going.”- Chase Elliott, who pushed the issue when necessary Sunday at Road America (WI) in the final stage, passing Kyle Busch for the lead and then Aric Almirola on a restart after pit stops. He led 24 of the final 25 laps in capturing his second victory of the season and seventh career victory on a road course.
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XFINITY RECAP • Saturday’s HENRY 180, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI • WINNER-KYLE BUSCH, right Taking advantage of a late wreck that foiled other contenders—not to mention fresher tires for the final six-lap green-flag run—Kyle Busch won Saturday’s Henry 180 at Road America, claiming his fourth Xfinity Series victory in four starts this season. On Lap 41 of 45, Busch took the lead from AJ Allmendinger, whose No. 16 Chevrolet was struggling on older tires. Over the next four laps, the driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota widened his lead to 3.522 seconds at the finish over teammate Daniel Hemric, who ran second after passing Allmendinger for the runner-up spot. Busch who won in his Road America debut and for the 101st time in his career, extending his own series record. The victory came after Busch experienced several off-track excursions that luckily didn’t deprive his car of the speed necessary to win. “Obviously, tires—that was the saving grace for us,” said Busch, who got four new tires under caution on Lap 36. “We had a set of tires left over and (Allmendinger) didn’t. “When we did put our last set of tires on, I wasn’t sure we’d be able to get through that many cars. I don’t know what happened on those last couple of restarts. I couldn’t really see what was happening. We were fortunate to get by that stuff and get through that stuff without any damage to our race car.” Busch restarted seventh on Lap 40 after the final caution for the multicar wreck. He made up four positions almost immediately and passed Allmendinger for the lead in Turn 3 on the following circuit. Michael Annett overtook Allmendinger on the next-tolast lap and finished third. The winner of the first two stages, Allmendinger held fourth, with Harrison Burton completing the top five. An 11-car wreck between Turns 2 and 3 after a restart on Lap 37 damaged the contending cars of Austin Cindric and Justin
2021 CUP SERIES WINNERS, SCHEDULE Feb. 9: Busch Clash (Kyle Busch) Feb. 14: Daytona 500 (Michael McDowell) Feb. 21: Daytona Road Course (Christopher Bell) Feb. 28: Homestead (William Byron) March 7: Vegas (K. Larson) March 14: Phoenix (Martin Truex Jr.)
March 21: Atlanta (Ryan Blaney) March 28: Bristol (dirt) (Joey Logano) April 10: Martinsville (Martin Truex Jr.) April 18: Richmond (Alex Bowman) April 25: Talladega (Brad Keselowski) May 2: Kansas (Kyle Busch) May 9: Darlington (Martin Truex Jr.) May 16: Dover (Alex Bowman) May 23: Austin (Chase Elliott)
2021 CUP SERIES STANDINGS Top 30 as of July 4 Rank/Driver Points
Rank/Driver Points
1 Denny Hamlin #11 2 Kyle Larson #5 3 William Byron #24 4 Joey Logano #22 5 Kyle Busch #18 6 Chase Elliott #9 7 Martin Truex Jr #19 8 Ryan Blaney #12 9 Kevin Harvick #4 10 Brad Keselowski #2 11 Alex Bowman #48 12 Austin Dillon #3 13 Tyler Reddick #8 14 Kurt Busch #1 15 Chris Buescher #17
16 Chris Bell #20 424 17 Mike McDowell #34 419 18 Daniel Suarez #99 382 19 Bubba Wallace #23 376 20 R. Stenhouse Jr #47 376 21 M. DiBenedetto #21 370 22 Ross Chastain #42 358 23 Ryan Preece #37 329 24 Ryan Newman #6 327 25 Chase Briscoe #14 314 26 Erik Jones #43 311 27 Aric Almirola #10 294 28 Cole Custer #41 274 29 Corey Lajoie #7 224 30 Anthony Alfredo #38 205
761 759 690 651 650 633 606 586 585 569 543 518 475 430 427
2021 XFINITY SERIES STANDINGS Top 20 as of July 3
HENRY 180 BY THE NUMBERS Avg. speed of winner: 74.972 mph Time of race: 2 hrs, 25 mins, 47 secs Margin of victory: 3.522 secs Caution flags: 7 for 11 laps Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers Lap leaders: T. Gibbs # 0; T. Gibbs # 1-2; A. Allmendinger 3-10; A. Cindric 11-12; D. Hemric 13-15; J. Allgaier 16-17; A. Allmendinger 18-20; J. Allgaier 21-23; A. Cindric 2426; B. Jones 27-30; A. Cindric 31-35; N. Gragson 36-39; A. Allmendinger 40; K. Busch(i) 41-45
Allgaier and set Busch up for his run to victory. Cindric appeared in control of the race until he pitted for tires after the No. 81 Toyota of Ty Gibbs stalled on the track with transmission issues on Lap 35 and caused the sixth caution of the race. Cindric’s No. 22 Ford sustained damaged to the right rear in the melee that followed the restart, and he was forced to pit for repairs. Nevertheless, he charged to eighth place at the finish and holds an 89-point lead over second-place Allmendinger in the series standings. — NASCAR reports
May 30: Charlotte (Kyle Larson) June 6: Sonoma (Kyle Larson) June 13: Texas All-Star (Kyle Larson) June 20: Nashville (K. Larson) June 26: Pocono (A. Bowman) June 27: Pocono (Ky. Busch) July 4: Road America (Chase Elliott) July 11: Atlanta July 18: New Hampshire Aug. 8: Watkins Glen Aug. 15: Indianapolis Aug. 22: Michigan Aug. 28: Daytona
PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 16 Sept. 5: Darlington Sept. 11: Richmond Sept. 18: Bristol PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 12 Sept. 26: Las Vegas Oct. 3: Talladega Oct. 10: Charlotte Roval PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 8 Oct. 17: Texas Oct. 24: Kansas Oct. 31: Martinsville CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND Nov. 7: Phoenix
Rank/Driver Points
Rank/Driver Points
1 Austin Cindric #22 721 2 AJ Allmendinger #16 632 3 Daniel Hemric #18 616 4 Justin Allgaier #7 570 5 Harrison Burton #20 546 6 Jeb Burton #10 524 7 Justin Haley #11 499 8 Brandon Jones #19 485 9 Noah Gragson #9 471 10 Michael Annett #1 450
11 Jer Clements #51 12 Brandon Brown #68 13 Myatt Snider #2 14 Riley Herbst #98 15 Josh Berry #31 16 Ty Gibbs #81 17 Ryan Sieg #39 18 Alex Labbe #36 19 Landon Cassill #4 20 T. Joe Martins #44
416 383 380 373 348 330 326 282 279 268
NEXT RACE: CREDIT KARMA MONEY 250, Atlanta Motor Speedway 2:30pm ET Saturday, NBCSN
2021 TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS Top 20 as of June 25
Rank/Driver Points
1 J.H. Nemechek #4 2 Ben Rhodes #99 3 Austin Hill #16 4 Zane Smith #21 5 Todd Gilliland #38 6 Sheldon Creed #2 7 Matt Crafton #88 8 Grant Enfinger #9 9 Stewart Friesen #52 10 Car. Hocevar #42
575 489 469 428 408 406 392 373 350 335
Rank/Driver Points
11 Chandler Smith #18 12 Johnny Sauter #13 13 Tyler Ankrum #26 14 A. Wayne Self #22 15 Derek Kraus #19 16 Ryan Truex #40 17 Hailie Deegan #1 18 Tanner Gray #15 19 Chase Purdy #23 20 Raphael Lessard #24
314 283 281 273 259 228 219 199 173 150
NEXT RACE: CAMPING WORLD RACE AT KNOXVILLE, 8pm ET Friday, FS1
PIC OF THE WEEK
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 M&M’s Ice Cream Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the Xfinity Series Henry 180 at Road America Saturday in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)