The NASCAR Xfinity Series arrived at Iowa Speedway for the first time since 2019, producing high drama. The drivers and teams were concerned with tires, seemingly having more problems than usual. Chandler Smith won the first two stages; however, Smith couldn’t conquer the day. Instead, it was a JR Motorsports driver with a bit of controversy.
[autotag]Sam Mayer[/autotag] won the HyVee Perks 250 at Iowa, earning his second win of the 2024 Xfinity Series season. Mayer passed Riley Herbst in the closing laps, but a caution forced NASCAR overtime. Mayer had a good restart, cleared Herbst leaving Turn 2, and that was it. After the event, Herbst slammed Mayer’s car after he was raced hard earlier in the day.
REPOST TO CONGRATULATE SAM MAYER FOR WINNING AT IOWA!
The first short-track win for the JR Motorsports driver in Xfinity. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/r64JcryqGL
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) June 15, 2024
This is Mayer’s first short-track win in the Xfinity Series and one of his most impressive efforts. The No. 1 car had very little speed on Friday, but they turned it around overnight. Mayer starts the NBC Sports portion of the 2024 Xfinity Series season on a high note, and it will only get more intense moving forward.
Xfinity Series, HyVee Perks 250 results:
- No. 1 Sam Mayer
- No. 98 Riley Herbst
- No. 26 Corey Heim
- No. 8 Sammy Smith
- No. 18 Sheldon Creed
- No. 00 Cole Custer
- No. 38 Matt DiBenedetto
- No. 81 Chandler Smith
- No. 92 Ross Chastain
- No. 10 Daniel Dye
- No. 48 Parker Kligerman
- No. 39 Ryan Sieg
- No. 42 Leland Honeyman
- No. 43 Ryan Ellis
- No. 5 Anthony Alfredo
- No. 35 Joey Gase
- No. 14 David Starr
- No. 19 Brett Moffitt
- No. 28 Kyle Sieg
- No. 11 Josh Williams
- No. 51 Jeremy Clements
- No. 4 Dawson Cram
- No. 07 Patrick Emerling
- No. 27 Jeb Burton
- No. 15 Hailie Deegan
- No. 6 Garrett Smithley
- No. 20 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 44 Brennan Poole
- No. 21 Austin Hill
- No. 7 Justin Allgaier
- No. 2 Jesse Love
- No. 31 Parker Retzlaff
- No. 91 Kyle Weatherman
- No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 29 Blaine Perkins
- No. 9 Brandon Jones
- No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 53 Glen Reen