No Austin Hill win this go-around, however Richard Childress Racing nonetheless made an look in Victory Lane with 20-year-old Jesse Love, making it a fourth-consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Collection season opener victory for the workforce.
Hill was as soon as once more a dominant drive, profitable Stage 2 earlier than a mechanical failure despatched him to the storage. That left the destiny of RCR’s win streak within the fingers of his teammate, Love, who already had an Xfinity win going into Saturday night time, from final season at Daytona’s sister observe, Talladega.
Because the laps ticked away in Daytona, the wrecks turned extra frequent. A crash within the final ten laps triggered the sixth warning of the race, setting the top of the stage for a close to dash to the checkered. One other main crash with two laps to go put the race into Additional time.
Love fought arduous to carry again the Haas duo of Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed within the Additional time (and ultimate) restart, slamming the door on them. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Taylor Grey was additionally within the combine. Simply as the sector took the white flag, a significant incident broke out mid-pack, taking out a bit of the sector and forcing one other yellow. But, since Love had already taken the white flag, the race was in a position to finish in a somewhat anticlimactic style with Love cruising to the checkered/yellow flags.
“I simply listened to the man up there,” mentioned Love, thanking his spotter for guiding him to victory. “I’m so out of breath. Oh, my gosh, I am out of breath. Simply need to thank the great Lord above for placing me on this place. So many individuals have helped me get thus far … Bummer what occurred to 21 [Hill]. I am undecided what occurred however he was actually dominant tonight, and we’re engaged on altering our tradition right here at RCR.
“We’re winners. We all know we’re. All of us need to win a championship for Richard Childress. Man, that factor was as quick and I am able to go get to Atlanta now. It was superior.”
A caution-filled week
Mayer completed second and Creed third. Carson Kvapil and Tay. Grey rounded out the top-five. Harrison Burton, Jordan Anderson, Dean Thompson, Jeremy Clements, and Patrick Emerling crammed out the remaining top-ten.
Sadly, Saturday’s Xfinity race marked the third time this week an occasion ended underneath yellow flag situations. Duel 2 and the NASCAR Truck Collection season-opener each ended underneath yellow as properly. Now we look forward to the Daytona 500 on Sunday, which has culminated with a race-ending wreck for 5 consecutive years.
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Nick DeGroot
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Jesse Love
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