NASCAR’s O’Reilly championship picture gets a Martinsville-sized shake-up
Jesse Love arrived at Martinsville with a 19-point cushion. He left 22 points behind. Meanwhile, Carson Kvapil won and Justin Allgaier took control.
Jesse Love arrived at Martinsville with a 19-point cushion. He left 22 points behind. Meanwhile, Carson Kvapil won and Justin Allgaier took control.
Love won by 0.128 seconds, took a 36-point championship lead and left Phoenix grinning. Three races remain, and the next one takes place at Talladega. What could possibly go wrong?
Jesse Love finally ended his 25-race winless streak at Gateway, while a chaotic night of crashes, feuds and pit road mayhem reshuffled the Chase standings.
Love has led more laps this season than he did during his championship campaign, but a series of setbacks has kept him out of Victory Lane.
Winning races is one thing. Following names like Pearson and Jarrett is something entirely different.
Another Watkins Glen win for Connor Zilisch, another heartbreak for Jesse Love, and another reminder that friendship means nothing when Turn 7 arrives—also, this time he came out of the roof like he promised after last year’s airborne exit.
Justin Allgaier looked finished after a disastrous pit stop dropped him deep in the field, but the 39-year-old veteran simply rolled up his sleeves, charged from 21st to the front, and stole the Phoenix race from Jesse Love with ten laps to go.
Tyler Reddick arrives at Phoenix Raceway for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 500 feeling confident and hopeful…
Austin Hill is the two-time defending winner. Jesse Love keeps qualifying like he owns the place. With both armed with identical Chevrolets, Saturday’s Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 could turn into an in-house shootout.
Perfect pit stops and late-race precision delivered Jesse Love his first NASCAR Xfinity championship in the series’ farewell race for Xfinity.