Sunday, November 6, 2016

Kyle Larson wins XFINITY race at Texas

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

#42-Kyle Larson won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 5th XFINITY Series win and 2nd of the year. Pole sitter #2-Brad Keselowski finished second, followed by #88-Kevin Harvick, #20-Erik Jones, #19-Daniel Suarez, #1-Elliott Sadler, #2-Austin Dillon, #48-Brennan Poole, #18-Matt Tifft, and #7-Justin Allgaier.
There were 5 cautions for 22 laps and 5 lead changes among 4 leaders.
The average speed was 140.992mph.

Texas XFINITY Race Fast Facts: Kyle Larson won the 12th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his fifth victory in 90 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2016.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 18 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2016.
Kevin Harvick (third) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 19 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones (fourth) was the highest finishing Chase driver and rookie.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(11-5-2016)
  • XFINITY Driver standings following Texas:
    1) #19-Daniel Suarez [2 wins], 3075, +17 ahead of 4th
    2) #1-Elliott Sadler [3 wins], 3074, +16
    3) #20-Erik Jones [4 wins], 3065, +7
    4) #11-Blake Koch, 3059, +1
    Bottom 4 drivers will be eliminated next week after Phoenix:
    5) #7-Justin Allgaier, 3058, -1 behind 4th
    6) #16-Ryan Reed, 3054, -5
    7) #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 3039, -20
    8) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 3036, -23
  • Connecticut Modified shoe news: Finished 22  Started 25  Ryan Preece # 01 Turnkey Construction/Turnkey Charities Chevrolet Finished 197 of the 200 lap event and was running for 17 points.

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