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…
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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;
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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;
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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!
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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
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Point Standings
Pending
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