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Brandon Jones takes a comfortable Kansas NASCAR Xfinity win

Brandon Jones now has seven career wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, after dominating the final stage of the race at Kansas Speedway.

"That was exactly like how we needed that to go down," said Jones in Victory Lane. "Two really solid stages and just no mistakes. The entire day was so well executed. That's probably the most well executed race of my career. I'm so proud of these guys. We work so hard the entire week to get here and put races like this together. I was so happy. I know the fans want to see action, but I was just praying for long runs because this car was so good there."

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver denied Connor Zilisch, who had nothing for him on the long runs. However, Zilisch now has enough points to clinch a spot in the next playoff round, as has his JR Motorsports teammate and reigning NXS champion Justin Allgaier

With his runner-up finish, Zilisch also makes history with his 16th consecutive top five finish. Austin Hill finished third, Sammy Smith fourth, and Sheldon Creed fifth. Taylor Gray, Jesse Love, Nick Sanchez, Brenden Queen, and Dean Thompson filled out the remainder of the top ten.

Stages 1 and 2

Jones started the race from pole position, but Taylor Gray quickly moved into the race lead. However, it was Allgaier who asserted himself as the driver to beat, dominating most of the stage.

There were no incidents as Allgaier claimed the Stage 1 win ahead of Jones and Mayer.

Jones won the race off pit road, but Allgaier snatched the lead back on the restart that began Stage 2.

The first incident of the day came soon after as Jeb Burton spun while battling under Parker Retzlaff.

Allgaier expressed concern over the radio over a possible loose wheel, but it turned out to be a non-issue. He swept the stages, again leading Jones and Mayer at the end of Stage 2.

Stage 3

Allgaier had a slow stop, which dropped him from first to sixth in the running order. This cleared the way for his teammate Zilisch to take command of the race.

Jones ran Zilisch down and took the lead with 64 laps to go, just a few laps before a critical round of green-flag pit stops.

Brenden Queen ran long, and it worked out perfectly for him as a hard crash for Justin Bonsignore triggered a caution flag. Bonsignore spun after contact from Sanchez, sending him nose-first into the inside wall.

Allgaier and Mayer stayed out, saving their final set of tires while all of those behind them chose to pit. 

Jones quickly retook the lead on the restart as those on older tires faded, but he had to deal with a challenge from Zilisch early in run.

Unfortunately for Allgaier, the caution he wanted never came, and he fell outside the top ten as Jones eventually drove away from Zilisch.

Photos from Kansas - Race

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Sam Mayer, Haas Factory Team Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Patrick Staropoli, Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Taylor Gray, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Sheldon Creed, Haas Factory Team Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Taylor Gray, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Taylor Gray, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Justin Bonsignore, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

William Sawalich, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Sheldon Creed, Haas Factory Team Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Austin Hill, Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Austin Hill, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Austin Green, Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Austin Hill, Chevrolet, Ryan Sieg, Ford, Justin Bonsignore, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Anothony Alfredo, Young's Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brendon Queen, Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

General view

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Christian Eckes, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, Austin Hill, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Ryan Sieg, RSS Racing Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Carson Kapvil, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Harrison Burton, AM Racing Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Jesse Love, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Harrison Burton, AM Racing Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, Sammy Smith, JR Motorsprots Chevrolet, Sheldon Creed, Haas Factory Team Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Sam Mayer, Haas Factory Team Ford

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Anothony Alfredo, Young's Motorsports Chevrolet

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Jesse Love, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Patrick Staropoli, Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Kansas - Saturday, in photos

NASCAR XFINITY
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Cla Driver # Manufacturer Laps Time Interval Pits Points Retirement
1 United States B. Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 200

2:20'38.359

  6 59  
2
C. Zilisch JR Motorsports
88 Chevrolet 200

+2.787

2:20'41.146

2.787 7 49  
3 United States A. Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 200

+3.684

2:20'42.043

0.897 7 40  
4
S. Smith JR Motorsports
8 Chevrolet 200

+7.008

2:20'45.367

3.324 7 41  
5 United States S. Creed Haas Factory Team 00 Ford 200

+7.041

2:20'45.400

0.033 7 34  
6
T. Gray Joe Gibbs Racing
54 Toyota 200

+8.877

2:20'47.236

1.836 7 42  
7
J. Love Richard Childress Racing
2 Chevrolet 200

+8.880

2:20'47.239

0.003 7 34  
8
N. Sanchez Big Machine Racing Team
48 Chevrolet 200

+10.749

2:20'49.108

1.869 7 29  
9
B. Queen Kaulig Racing
11 Chevrolet 200

+11.461

2:20'49.820

0.712 6 33  
10
D. Thompson Sam Hunt Racing
26 Toyota 200

+13.770

2:20'52.129

2.309 7 32  
11
W. Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing
18 Toyota 200

+18.925

2:20'57.284

5.155 7 26  
12
D. Dye Kaulig Racing
10 Chevrolet 200

+19.264

2:20'57.623

0.339 7 25  
13 United States J. Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 200

+20.010

2:20'58.369

0.746 6 44  
14 United States C. Eckes Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 200

+23.873

2:21'02.232

3.863 7 23  
15
C. Kvapil JR Motorsports
1 Chevrolet 200

+30.779

2:21'09.138

6.906 6 22  
16
S. Mayer Haas Factory Team
41 Ford 200

+33.063

2:21'11.422

2.284 6 37  
17
K. Sieg RSS Racing
28 Ford 200

+36.341

2:21'14.700

3.278 6 20  
18
R. Caruth Hendrick Motorsports
17 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

2:20'42.998

1 Lap 6    
19 United States R. Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 199

+1 Lap

2:20'58.604

15.606 6 18  
20 United States H. Burton AM Racing 25 Ford 199

+1 Lap

2:21'01.022

2.418 6 17  
21
L. Honeyman Jr. Cope Family Racing
70 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

2:21'02.570

1.548 6 16  
22
P. Staropoli Sam Hunt Racing
24 Toyota 199

+1 Lap

2:21'06.847

4.277 6 15  
23 United States M. DiBenedetto Viking Motorsports 99 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

2:21'11.628

4.781 8 14  
24 United States J. Williams DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 91 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

2:21'12.348

0.720 7 13  
25
A. Alfredo Young's Motorsports
42 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

2:21'13.548

1.200 6 12  
26 United States R. Ellis DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 71 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

2:20'39.744

1 Lap 6 11  
27
P. Retzlaff Alpha Prime Racing
4 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

2:20'46.885

7.141 7 10  
28 United States B. Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

2:21'03.077

16.192 8 9  
29
A. Green Jordan Anderson Racing
32 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

2:21'04.587

1.510 7 8  
30 United States J. Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

2:21'10.527

5.940 8 7  
31
M. Massey Alpha Prime Racing
45 Chevrolet 197

+3 Laps

2:20'41.019

1 Lap 7 6  
32 United States J. Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 197

+3 Laps

2:20'47.676

6.657 7 5  
33 United States J. Gase Joey Gase Motorsports 53 Chevrolet 196

+4 Laps

2:20'55.758

1 Lap 7 4  
34 United States G. Smithley SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 195

+5 Laps

2:20'53.997

1 Lap 8 3  
35
K. Raz AM Racing
76 Ford 195

+5 Laps

2:20'54.961

0.964 8 2  
36
B. Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing
31 Chevrolet 195

+5 Laps

2:20'59.479

4.518 8 1  
37
J. Bonsignore Joe Gibbs Racing
19 Toyota 154

+46 Laps

1:48'44.530

41 Laps 5 2 Accident
38
N. Leitz SS-Green Light Racing
07 Chevrolet 140

+60 Laps

2:20'48.912

14 Laps 9 1  

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