Saturday, April 9, 2016

NASCAR XFINITY Series News

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Kyle Busch wins XFINITY race at Texas: #18-Kyle Busch won the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 80th XFINITY Series win and 4th of the year. #20-Erik Jones finished second, followed by #22-Brad Keselowski, #5-Chase Elliott, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #7-Justin Allgaier, #1-Elliott Sadler, #2-Austin Dillon, #33-Brandon Jones, and #39-Ryan Sieg.
Busch started from the pole and led 150 of the 200 laps.
There were 5 cautions for 22 laps and 6 lead changes among 3 leaders.
The average speed was 141.121mph

New England modified driver Ryan Preece started 21st and finished 28th and 10 laps down.
He is tentatively scheduled for Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the rest of the weekend with the NASCAR Whelen Touring Series and possible a SK ride. The Ice Breaker is on !

Kyle Busch(i) won the 20th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, his 80th victory in 316 NASCAR

XFINITY Series races.
This is his fourth victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2016.
This is his eighth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 20 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2016.
Brad Keselowski(i) (third) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Daniel Suarez leads the point standings by 1 point over Elliott Sadler.

XFINITY Driver standings following Texas:
1) #19-Daniel Suarez, 207
2) #1-Elliott Sadler, 206, -1
3) #7-Justin Allgaier, 198, -9
4) #33-Brandon Jones, 193, -14
5) #20-Erik Jones, 192, -15
6) #3-Ty Dillon, 187, -20
7) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 183, -24
8) #6-Darrell Wallace Jr., 160, -47
9) #16-Ryan Reed, 160, -47
10) #48-Brennan Poole, 152, -55
Source:(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(4-8-2016)

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