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The ten closest finishes of the 2024 NASCAR season

NASCAR's 2024 season saw record-breaking close finishes, with the Cup Series' Kansas race claiming the closest finish ever at 0.001 seconds — watch it here.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans React To Aric Almirola’s Title

X (Twitter) users responded Saturday to NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Aric Almirola dominating the National Debt Relief 250 at Martinsville.

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Almirola wins Martinsville Xfinity race; Smith punches Custer after the finish

Aric Almirola held off all challengers to win the pivotal cutoff race, denying Sammy Smith in second and Chandler Smith in third as they were attempting to win their way into the title-decider.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series National Debt Relief 250: Qualifying, Parker Retzlaff’s Pole Position, Lineup At Martinsville Speedway

Two non-playoff pilots, Parker Retzlaff and Anthony Alfredo, claimed the top NASCAR Xfinity Series’ starting spots for Saturday’s National Debt Relief 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Retzlaff on Friday turned in a hot qualifying lap of 95.151 mph, securing his second career pole. The third-year competitor edged Alfredo by 0.012 seconds. …

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Pressure cooker: Why this weekend's Martinsville cutoff races will bring the chaos

The Round of 8 cutoff race has historically been the wildest in all of the playoffs -- even more so than the title-decider. Drivers are willing to do just about anything to advance and we've seen it all over the past decade. Some prevailed, others did not, but each solidified…

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No job and nothing to lose, Chandler Smith looks to secure Xfinity title shot

The Martinsville cut-off race almost always ends in drama as drivers fight tooth and nail for the final spots in the Championship 4 across all three national divisions of the sport -- but it's simply at another level in the NASCAR Xfinity Series where rising stars are still learning the…

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Sammy Smith upsets the playoff picture with Talladega Xfinity win

Sammy Smith restarted on the front row alongside Riley Herbst as the race went into overtime. Leading the bottom train, he surged ahead after the outside line got stacked up. Driving the No. 8 JR Motorsports (JRM) Chevrolet, he then held off Ryan Sieg to earn his second-career win and…

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Aric Almirola wins dramatic NASCAR Xfinity race in Kansas

Aric Almirola, driving the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, made the pass for the win with just three laps remaining, overtaking Cole Custer and collecting his sixth career win. It was an impressive comeback for Almirola, who had to pit with a cut tire after getting into the wall…

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Cole Custer steals regular season title from Justin Allgaier with late Bristol win

'Disappointed, frustrated, sad' says title runner-up Justin Allgaier after disastrous race

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Toyota team drama opens door for Hill's Atlanta Xfinity race win

Austin Hill held off a charging Chandler Smith and Corey Heim to earn his ninth career win as a NASCAR Xfinity Series driver. Seven of his nine victories have come on drafting tracks including four at Atlanta.

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Conor Daly has successful "first step" in NASCAR Xfinity practice at Indy

After spending the past three years on the IMS road course, NASCAR has returned to the 2.5-mile oval course layout this year, the 30th anniversary of the first Brickyard 400.

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NASCAR Xfinity Pocono: Custer wins after brief duel with Allgaier

After a wild side-by-side battle with Justin Allgaier that lasted nearly a lap with four of 90 laps remaining, Custer pulled ahead and held on to take the win in Saturday’s race at Pocono Raceway by 0.670 seconds.

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NASCAR Xfinity Nashville: Nemechek wins in race defined by brutal heat

Nemechek had asked for an adjustment during pit stops prior to the start of Stage 3 and within 10 laps he’d lost the lead to Cole Custer.

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NASCAR Xfinity NHMS: Bell wins in overtime with last-lap pass

Bell, who had won in his last three starts at the 1.058-mile oval, restarted third at the start of a two-lap overtime behind Cole Custer and Sheldon Creed.

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NASCAR Xfinity Iowa: Sam Mayer holds off Riley Herbst in OT for win

Mayer and his No. 1 JR Motorsports team were among the slowest cars in Friday’s practice, but you couldn’t tell in the race as he seemed to get stronger as the race went on.

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NASCAR penalizes Xfinity driver Austin Hill over Charlotte wreck

Hill, the series points leader, was fined $25,000 and docked 25 driver points for a violation of Section 4.4B of NASCAR’s Member Code of Conduct.

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Jesse Love scores first NASCAR Xfinity win in overtime at Talladega

Love passed Parker Kligerman at the start of the first overtime, but a multi-car wreck triggered by several drivers running out of fuel sent the race into a second two-lap overtime.

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Mayer beats Sieg to Texas NASCAR Xfinity win in spectacular photo finish

Sieg was making his 342nd career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, and was still searching for his first-ever win after 12 years of competition. He was leading at the white flag, but Mayer was able to cut under him and gain the advantage down the backstretch.

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Almirola hangs on in overtime to win NASCAR Xfinity race at Martinsville

Sam Mayer led on the restart to overtime, but Sheldon Creed dived inside of Mayer to make the field three-wide as he tried to get him and Almirola. Instead, Creed nearly caused himself and Mayer to spin out.

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Chandler Smith wins NASCAR Xfinity race at Richmond in JGR 1-2-3

Smith, who earned his first series victory at Richmond almost one year ago, didn’t appear to have as good a car as his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Aric Almirola through the first two stages.

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Larson wins wild NASCAR Xfinity race at COTA after SVG and Hill clash

Larson had won the pole for the race but had to start from the rear when his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports team had to replace a brake rotor.

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Chandler Smith wins Phoenix Xfinity race after Allgaier's shock exit

Justin Allgaier appeared to have Saturday’s win well in hand with a more than two-second advantage over Smith when a flat left-front tire sent his No. 7 Chevrolet into the Turn wall with five laps remaining.

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Nemechek cruises to dominant NASCAR Xfinity win at Las Vegas

Nemechek and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chandler Smith battled back-and-forth for the lead much of the race but it was Nemechek who was out front at the start of the final round of green flag pit stops late in the final stage.

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Austin Hill stretches fuel, steals Atlanta Xfinity win

Hill, who won his third straight season opener at Daytona last weekend, had not led a single lap Saturday entering overtime.

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Austin Hill wins third straight NASCAR Xfinity opener at Daytona

Hill powered past Jordan Anderson on a restart with three of 120 laps remaining and held off Chandler Smith by 0.591 seconds to win Monday night’s rain-delayed race that was marred by several multi-car wrecks.

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