Auto Club Race Results: February 26, 2023 (NASCAR Xfinity Series)

NASCAR race results from Auto Club Speedway

Next up, it’s the final race on the 2-mile oval in Fontana, California. The NASCAR Xfinity Series is set for the green flag at Auto Club Speedway after yesterday’s rain out.

View Auto Club race results for the NASCAR Xfinity Series below.

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Austin Hill and John Hunter Nemechek set the front row. 150 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Auto Club Xfinity
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 35 (1-35 / 150)

Green flag, John Hunter Nemechek is clear well before turn one. They run four wide deeper in the field. Sam Mayer shoves Tyler Reddick into the outside wall. Reddick turns left and doors Mayer in retaliation, no caution.

Lap 15, the competition caution is out.

Nemechek, Allgaier and others stay out. Most of the field hits the pit lane.

Green, Nemechek leads. Austin Hill is flying through the field as the first car with four new tires. As they return to turn one, Hill dives to the inside and takes over the lead!

Lap 25, Cole Custer pulls to the left rear of Hill off turn two. Hill gets loose, Custer takes over the race lead.

Lay 27, Gray Gaulding is in the wall off turn two, caution.

Green, Custer and Hill run side by side into turn one. Custer wins the battle via the outside lane.

Cole Custer wins stage one at Auto Club Speedway!

Auto Club Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Cole Custer; 2. Austin Hill; 3. Chandler Smith; 4. Daniel Hemric; 5. Riley Herbst; 6. Sheldon Creed; 7. Brett Moffitt; 8. Ty Dillon; 9. John Hunter Nemechek; 10. Parker Kligerman;

Auto Club Xfinity
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 35 (36-70 / 150)

Custer leads most of the field to the pit lane. Allgaier, Clements and Mayer stay out as they pitted 5 laps prior to the stage end.

Pit Penalty: Brandon Jones will drop to the rear.

Green flag on stage two, Custer makes it three wide for the lead into turn one. Custer returns to the lead off turn two.

Lap 44, Josh Berry has a run on Sheldon Creed off turn two. Creed throws a block and he gets hooked toward the inside wall. Creed brushes the inside wall and the caution is out.

Green, Custer leads Hill off turn two.

Lap 54, Justin Allgaier pits under green from 4th.

Lap 62, Josh Berry slows with an issue, caution.

Green, Custer leads as Sammy Smith spins the tires.

Cole Custer wins stage two at Auto Club Speedway!

Auto Club Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Cole Custer; 2. John Hunter Nemechek; 3. Sammy Smith; 4. Austin Dillon; 5. Parker Kligerman; 6. Justin Allgaier; 7. Sam Mayer; 8. Sheldon Creed; 9. Riley Herbst; 10. Chandler Smith;

Auto Club Xfinity
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 80 (71-150 / 150)

Custer leads the field to the pit lane. Sammy Smith wins the race to the pit exit.

Green flag on stage three, they form three wide at the front, Sammy Smith pops out with the lead.

67 to go, Sammy Smith has trash on the grill and he’s overheating. Creed and Berry run side by side for 2nd behind him. Smith lifts to let them by and he gets the trash off the grill. Creed crosses back under both of them, Smith returns to the lead.

65 to go, Brandon Jones clears himself on Tyler Reddick, not clear. Jones spins off turn four, caution.

Sammy Smith leads part of the field to the pit lane. Sheldon Creed is handed the race lead. Sammy Smith restarts 22nd.

Green, Cole Custer is in the wall in turn one with a flat right front. Austin Dillon drives into his left rear, adding more damage. The caution is out.

Green, Chandler Smith clears Sheldon Creed in turn two. Creed crosses under him and drives it deep to the bottom in turn three, Creed to the lead.

54 to go, Josh Berry shoves Tyler Reddick into the outside wall. Reddick has a heavy tire rub and he pits under green.

53 to go, John Hunter Nemechek is on the bumper of Creed in the battle for the lead. Nemechek drives right by with fresher tires.

51 to go

51 to go, Nemechek has trash on the grill. He lets Sammy Smith by to clean the grill. Nemechek cleans it off and drives right back to the lead.

43 to go, Nemechek has more debris on his grill. He lets Smith drive by once more. Nemechek works back to his right rear, Nemechek is back to the lead.

37 to go, Allgaier is into the pits as green flag stops are underway.

33 to go, Nemechek pits from the lead.

25 to go, Austin Dillon has yet to pit. He leads Nemechek by 15 seconds.

23 to go

23 to go, Ryan Ellis spins, caution!

Dillon leads most of the field to the pit lane. Sheldon Creed is the only car to stay out.

Green, Allgaier cuts to the middle and makes it three wide for the lead into turn one. Allgaier leads Nemechek off turn two. Sammy Smith spins behind them with help from Austin Hill, caution.

Green with 12 to go, Nemechek clears Allgaier before turn one. Sam Mayer takes 2nd away.

5 to go, Nemechek leads Mayer by 0.7 seconds.

John Hunter Nemechek wins at Auto Club Speedway!


Auto Club Speedway
Race Results
February 26, 2023
NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pos | Driver

1. John Hunter Nemechek

2. Sam Mayer

3. Justin Allgaier

4. Chandler Smith

5. Josh Berry

6. Austin Hill

7. Riley Herbst

8. Austin Dillon

9. Brett Moffitt

10. Parker Kligerman

11. Joe Graf Jr

12. Daniel Hemric

13. Kaz Graka

14. Ryan Sieg

15. Kyle Sieg

16. Josh Williams

17. Anthony Alfredo

18. Jeremy Clements

19. Sammy Smith

20. Parker Retzlaff

21. Rajah Caruth

22. Jeb Burton

23. Sheldon Creed

24. Ross Chastain

25. Brennan Poole

26. Jeffrey Earnhardt

27. Cole Custer

28. Alex Labbe

29. Joey Gase

30. Bayley Currey

31. Blaine Perkins

32. Timmy Hill

33. Brandon Jones

34. Ryan Ellis

35. David Starr

36. Tyler Reddick

37. CJ McLaughlin

38. Gray Gaulding

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