Sammy Smith wins second Round of 12 race at Talladega, full results

Sammy Smith wins the second Round of 12 race at Talladega Superspeedway. Check out the full results and race recap from Talladega!

The NASCAR Xfinity Series arrived at Talladega Superspeedway for the second race in the Round of 12, and it was full of drama. Chandler Smith won Stage 1, while Austin Hill won Stage 2; however, neither of them crossed the finish line first. Instead, it was the last driver in the Xfinity Series playoff standings that secured the victory.

[autotag]Sammy Smith[/autotag] won the 2024 United Rentals 250 at Talladega, earning his first win of the year and clinching a spot in the Round of 8. Smith entered over 20 points below the playoff cut-line and used a push from Ryan Sieg to make that irrelevant. It is the driver of the No. 8 car’s first win of the 2024 NASCAR season and his first with JR Motorsports.

Smith has experienced a rough period since joining JR Motorsports, but it all came to fruition on Saturday at Talladega. He might be the only JR Motorsports driver to make it to the Round of 8, too. Smith can now relax and look to secure another victory in the Round of 12 finale at the Charlotte ROVAL.

NASCAR results from Talladega in October 2024:

  1. No. 8 Sammy Smith (P)
  2. No. 39 Ryan Sieg
  3. No. 98 Riley Herbst (P)
  4. No. 18 Sheldon Creed (P)
  5. No. 81 Chandler Smith (P)
  6. No. 2 Jesse Love (P)
  7. No. 27 Jeb Burton
  8. No. 14 David Starr
  9. No. 44 Brennan Poole
  10. No. 28 Kyle Sieg
  11. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger (P)
  12. No. 48 Parker Kligerman (P)
  13. No. 45 Tommy Joe Martins
  14. No. 42 Leland Honeyman
  15. No. 43 Ryan Ellis
  16. No. 38 Matt DiBenedetto
  17. No. 07 C.J. McLaughlin
  18. No. 29 Blaine Perkins
  19. No. 20 Aric Almirola
  20. No. 26 Dean Thompson
  21. No. 35 Joey Gase
  22. No. 53 Carson Ware
  23. No. 21 Austin Hill (P)
  24. No. 15 Dylan Lupton
  25. No. 7 Justin Allgaier (P)
  26. No. 00 Cole Custer (P)
  27. No. 88 Carson Kvapil
  28. No. 9 Brandon Jones
  29. No. 5 Anthony Alfredo
  30. No. 31 Parker Retzlaff
  31. No. 91 Kyle Weatherman
  32. No. 19 Taylor Gray
  33. No. 32 Jordan Anderson
  34. No. 11 Josh Williams
  35. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen (P)
  36. No. 51 Jeremy Clements
  37. No. 92 Nick Leitz
  38. No. 1 Sam Mayer (P)