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Creed, Mayer join Haas Factory Team Xfinity program for 2025

Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer have both signed multi-year agreements with Haas Factory Team to drive in the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting in 2025. Creed will drive the No. 00 Ford Mustang in his fourth season of Xfinity Series competition, moving …

Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer have both signed multi-year agreements with Haas Factory Team to drive in the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting in 2025.

Creed will drive the No. 00 Ford Mustang in his fourth season of Xfinity Series competition, moving over from Joe Gibbs Racing.

“I’ve won in every division I’ve raced in, and I feel like I’ve earned my place in the Xfinity Series, but that’s not enough,” Creed said. “I want to win in the Xfinity Series. I watched what Cole Custer did last year on his way to the Xfinity Series championship, and when I talked with him about the setup of the organization, everything he said resonated with me. I feel like Haas Factory Team is a place I can succeed, and where Sam and I can work together to win races and be championship contenders.”

Mayer will drive the No. 41 Ford Mustang. The organization chose to use the No. 41 over the No. 98 to align its program better. Custer, returning to the Cup Series next season to drive for the organization, will be in the No. 41 Ford Mustang in that series.

Next season will be Mayer’s fifth in the series. He has six career wins and will join Haas Factory Team from JR Motorsports.

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“The Xfinity Series is a really great place to learn and grow and get yourself ready for the NASCAR Cup Series,” Mayer said. “Cup is the ultimate goal, and to really push myself to become the kind of driver who can succeed in Cup, I needed to get out of my comfort zone, challenge myself, and hone my race skills so that when that Cup moment comes, I’m ready. The Haas team got Cole Custer ready for his moment and it’s a place that will help get me and Sheldon ready for our moments.”

Creed and Mayer fill the voids of Custer, the reigning series champion, and Riley Herbst. Although Custer’s future is set, the plans for Herbst next season have not yet been announced.

Haas Factory Team will be the organization’s rebranded effort born from the outgoing Stewart-Haas Racing team. Gene Haas and Tony Stewart announced in a joint statement in May they were shuttering the organization. However, Haas later reversed course and kept one charter to field a Cup Series car and is keeping both Xfinity Series entries.

“We’ve developed a strong and consistent Xfinity Series program at Stewart-Haas that wins races and championships,” team president Joe Custer said. “In 2025 that program will operate as Haas Factory Team. The name is changing, but our commitment to winning remains the same.

“Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer have won championships on their way to the Xfinity Series and they’re both hungry to win races and compete for [Xfinity Series titles]. They bring significant experience and a shared desire to win. Having them a part of Haas Factory Team allows us to operate at a high level and collect trophies.”

Sam Mayer, Justin Haley connected to NASCAR Cup Series team for 2025

Sam Mayer and Justin Haley are connected to a NASCAR Cup Series team for 2025. Which NASCAR organization could sign Mayer or Haley?

[autotag]Spire Motorsports[/autotag] made big moves leading into the 2024 NASCAR season, but that hasn’t changed this year. To this point, Spire Motorsports has signed driver Michael McDowell and crew chief Rodney Childers to contracts while announcing that Corey LaJoie won’t return in 2025. So, who could replace LaJoie in the No. 7 Cup car next season?

When thinking about potential replacements for LaJoie, FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass mentioned Sam Mayer and Justin Haley as the first names that come to mind. Mayer has been connected to several rides in the NASCAR Cup Series, including Front Row Motorsports, while Haley has remained committed to Rick Ware Racing throughout the process.

The NASCAR organization will have many options available, but Mayer or Haley would be a great addition alongside Childers. The Rick Ware Racing driver has driven for Spire Motorsports in the past, but it’s unclear if he would leave the No. 51 team. The JR Motorsports driver is a different story, but Spire Motorsports has plenty of time to decide.

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Sam Mayer connected to shocking NASCAR Cup Series team for 2025

Sam Mayer has been connected to this shocking NASCAR Cup Series team for 2025. Which NASCAR team could surprisingly sign Mayer?

[autotag]Sam Mayer[/autotag] went winless in 80 races to start his NASCAR Xfinity Series career but has six wins in the last 34 events. Mayer has turned a corner with JR Motorsports and has run well since his first victory at Road America in 2023. However, could the driver of the No. 1 car be on the way to the NASCAR Cup Series? Mayer has been connected to a second NASCAR team.

According to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass, Mayer would be a possible candidate for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series with an open No. 16 car. Kaulig Racing has struggled to compete in the Cup Series this season, but Mayer would be able to make the jump. The JR Motorsports driver has also been linked to Front Row Motorsports’s third Cup Series entry.

It will be important for Mayer to weigh the pros and cons of moving to the Cup Series. Would Front Row Motorsports or Kaulig Racing present a better opportunity than JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series? Mayer’s value may never be this high again in the Xfinity Series, so it might be time. If so, Kaulig Racing could be a possible home for the young driver.

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Sam Mayer linked to shocking team in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2025

Sam Mayer has been linked to a shocking team in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2025. Which team could Mayer unexpectedly join in 2025?

[autotag]Sam Mayer[/autotag] has been full-time with JR Motorsports since 2022 but is finally turning the corner as a driver. Since the start of 2023, Mayer has six NASCAR Xfinity Series victories, including two in 2024. However, the driver of the No. 1 car hasn’t been in consideration for many NASCAR Cup Series rides, which frustrates him. Yet, that appears to be changing quickly.

According to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass, Mayer is an expected candidate to fill one of the two openings at Front Row Motorsports for the 2025 Cup Series season. This is shocking, as Mayer has been with Chevrolet his entire career. Yet, the lack of openings at Chevrolet teams in the Xup Serie could be a driving force in Mayer’s decision to look at other manufacturers.

The 21-year-old driver would be an appealing option for Front Row Motorsports, as the team increased its relationship with Ford to a Tier 1 status ahead of the 2024 NASCAR season. Mayer wants to race on Sunday in NASCAR, and Front Row Motorsports could be his best shot yet. It will be fascinating to see if Mayer can land one of the two open seats.

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Mayer muscles by Herbst in fraught Xfinity tire battle in Iowa

In a race of tire management and hurt feelings, Sam Mayer held off Riley Herbst in overtime to win Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Iowa Speedway after a four-year hiatus. Mayer’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet …

In a race of tire management and hurt feelings, Sam Mayer held off Riley Herbst in overtime to win Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Iowa Speedway after a four-year hiatus.

Mayer’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.146s ahead of the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Herbst, who felt Mayer had abused him earlier in the race.

The victory was Mayer’s second of the season and the sixth of his career, all coming within the last 29 races in the series.

“We struggled [Friday in practice], and the team went to work,” said Mayer, who started fifth when qualifying was canceled because of rain earlier on Saturday. “Obviously, we did pretty good overnight, making different changes on this race car.

“I feel really good. I could do another 100 laps — with a race car like this, it would be a lot of fun.”

 

Mayer held the lead when John Hunter Nemechek slammed the outside wall in Turn 4 with his left front tire down, the result of close quarters racing with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed.

That accident on lap 245 caused the ninth caution of the afternoon and sent the race three laps beyond its scheduled distance.

In the overtime, Mayer and Herbst took the green flag side-by-side and remained in that posture into Turn 1, but Mayer cleared the race runner-up off Turn 2 and held the top spot the rest of the way.

“I like racing Sam, but Stage 1 or 2 he just absolutely brooms me,” Herbst said. “We were racing clean for fourth, and he takes us back to 10th and then doors me down the back straightaway before the green-white-checker.

“It’s just frustrating the way he wants to do that, but all in all, it was fun. I’m happy to be back on ovals. The speed is back in the No. 98.”

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Corey Heim finished a career-best third after starting 22nd because of the qualifying rainout. Sammy Smith was fourth, followed by Creed, who survived the dust-up with Nemechek after a restart on lap 238.

Cole Custer, Matt DiBenedetto, Chandler Smith, Ross Chastain and Daniel Dye completed the top 10.

If any driver had cause for frustration, it was Chandler Smith, who led a race-high 131 laps and swept the first two stages. Smith restarted third to begin the final stage, but lack of short-run speed quickly dropped him to 12th, and he never recovered.

Austin Hill likewise had reason to bemoan his result. Overcoming early handling issues, Hill charged into the top five in the final stage, but a cut left front tire sent him hard into the Turn 1 wall on lap 218, causing the seventh caution.

Hill finished 29th and dropped to third in the series standings, 41 points behind Custer, the current leader and defending series champion. Chandler Smith, second in the standings, trails Custer by one point.

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Sam Mayer wins Xfinity Series race at Iowa, full results and race recap

Sam Mayer wins the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway. Check out the full results, race recap from Iowa!

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.

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:

  1. No. 1 Sam Mayer
  2. No. 98 Riley Herbst
  3. No. 26 Corey Heim
  4. No. 8 Sammy Smith
  5. No. 18 Sheldon Creed
  6. No. 00 Cole Custer
  7. No. 38 Matt DiBenedetto
  8. No. 81 Chandler Smith
  9. No. 92 Ross Chastain
  10. No. 10 Daniel Dye
  11. No. 48 Parker Kligerman
  12. No. 39 Ryan Sieg
  13. No. 42 Leland Honeyman
  14. No. 43 Ryan Ellis
  15. No. 5 Anthony Alfredo
  16. No. 35 Joey Gase
  17. No. 14 David Starr
  18. No. 19 Brett Moffitt
  19. No. 28 Kyle Sieg
  20. No. 11 Josh Williams
  21. No. 51 Jeremy Clements
  22. No. 4 Dawson Cram
  23. No. 07 Patrick Emerling
  24. No. 27 Jeb Burton
  25. No. 15 Hailie Deegan
  26. No. 6 Garrett Smithley
  27. No. 20 John Hunter Nemechek
  28. No. 44 Brennan Poole
  29. No. 21 Austin Hill
  30. No. 7 Justin Allgaier
  31. No. 2 Jesse Love
  32. No. 31 Parker Retzlaff
  33. No. 91 Kyle Weatherman
  34. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
  35. No. 29 Blaine Perkins
  36. No. 9 Brandon Jones
  37. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
  38. No. 53 Glen Reen

Mayer fends off charging Herbst to grab Xfinity win at Homestead

Sam Mayer claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series oval victory in the second half of a NASCAR doubleheader at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday in the Contender Boats 300 after holding off last week’s race winner Riley Herbst by a mere …

Sam Mayer claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series oval victory in the second half of a NASCAR doubleheader at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday in the Contender Boats 300 after holding off last week’s race winner Riley Herbst by a mere 0.227s.

It marks the JR Motorsports driver’s fourth series victory of the season and his career. Most important for Mayer – who joked he didn’t breath the final four laps: it is his ticket into the Championship 4 finale that will decide the series title at Phoenix Raceway in two weeks.

The 20-year old Wisconsin native’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet led 46 laps on the day – including the final 30 – but brushed the wall exiting Turn 3 as he pushed forward on the last lap to keep a fast-closing Herbst behind him. Mayer’s fellow NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender John Hunter Nemechek finished third in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after leading seven laps despite feeling under the weather.

Regular-season champion Austin Hill was fourth in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and NASCAR Hall of Famer and crowd favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth in his second and final start of the season.

“It’s unreal; we won on an oval,’’ a grinning Mayer screamed into the front grandstands. “This Chevrolet Camaro was so good.

“It’s all about putting a full race together,’’ he continued. “I’m so proud of these guys. They kicked tail on pit road and we made it happen with these HMS (Hendrick Motorsports) engines.

“It’s just really cool to be able to beat an amazing organization like that (Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing team). We’ve got to turn it on a little harder going into Phoenix.’’

 

Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer won Stage 1 and led a dominating 114 of the race’s 200 laps only to suffer a tire problem with 50 laps remaining and drop a lap down. He rallied back but still finished 13th after an impressive early race. Custer and Hill are now tied three points above the cutoff line heading into next week at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Nemechek holds a healthy 44 point edge above them.

Another title favorite, Mayer’s JRM teammate Justin Allgaier – who came into the race ranked second in the championship standings — also had a tire issue after a pit stop and dropped back midway through the race. He rallied back to finish 15th, but dropped to fifth place in the standing, three points behind Hill for the automatic transfer position for the Championship 4.

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Nemechek’s JGR teammate Sammy Smith, who finished ninth, is now 49 points back in sixth place. It was a more dramatic day for the other championship contenders with Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed finishing 26th after exiting onto pit road with smoke trailing out of his Chevy with only two laps remaining in the race.

Kaulig Racing’s Chandler Smith rounds out the Playoff 8 – but finished a frustrating 34th place after being collected in an early accident. They are now 54 (Smith) and 65 (Creed) points below the fourth place transfer line and will need to win the race at Martinsville next week to meet their Playoff goals.

Kaulig’s Daniel Hemric, Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman, JRM’s Brandon Jones, and the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Sammy Smith and Joe Graf Jr. rounded out the top 10 on Saturday.

Earnhardt’s participation was certainly a crowd pleaser and his fifth-place effort in the JR Motorsports Chevy was his fifth top-five showing since he retired from full-time competition in the NASCAR Cup Series after the 2017 season. He methodically worked his way forward from a 23rd place starting position and survived a close call in the closing laps, ironically with Josh Berry, who drives for Earnhardt.

“Luckily it didn’t hurt our car and we were able to finish really good, so I’m happy about that,’’ Earnhardt said, noting he felt badly having an incident with one of his own team cars.

The series moves to the half-mile Martinsville Raceway for next Saturday’s Dead On Tools 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) which will formally decide which three drivers will join Mayer in championship eligibility at the Phoenix season-ender.

“Getting that first oval win [today] was big. … we finally won on an oval and my confidence is feeling good,’’ Mayer said with a huge grin.

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Mayer cruises to Roval Xfinity win ahead of tight elimination battle

The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a new road course ace. “We may be Allmendinger 2.0,” Sam Mayer quipped after winning Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval and …

The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a new road course ace.

“We may be Allmendinger 2.0,” Sam Mayer quipped after winning Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval and clinching a spot in the Round of 8 in the series playoffs.

The reference was to AJ Allmendinger, winner of the previous four Xfinity races at the 2.32-mile, 17-turn circuit. With Allmendinger ineligible for the race as a full-time NASCAR Cup driver this year, Mayer took over and got the win he needed to advance in the playoffs.

Mayer earned the final spot in the Round of 8 at the expense of seventh-place finisher Daniel Hemric, who ran third in a three-way drag race to the finish line with Parker Kligerman and Kaz Grala—when a fifth-place result would have been enough to survive the round.

“They came out in the bottom of the seventh and hit a home run,” said Hemric, who finished second in each of the first two stages and was bounced from the postseason only because Mayer won from last place in the Xfinity Playoff standings.

Lining up second next to Cole Custer for a restart on lap 63 of 67, Mayer muscled his way past Custer’s No. 00 Ford through Turns 3 and 4 a lap later and pulled away to win by 0.909s.

“I knew we had time,” said Mayer, who led five times for 50 laps. “Our car was so fast—it really felt unbeatable… We kicked their tails today, and it just feels so great.”

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The victory was the third for the 20-year-old driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet—all this year and all on road courses.

“This is our second-chance moment,” Mayer said. “I think we can make something out of it… We can go on and do great things because of this win.”

Kligerman, Josh Berry and Jeb Burton joined Hemric on the playoff sidelines. Kligerman missed out by five points after coming home sixth.

Berry finished third despite battling issues with his power steering but fell short in a must-win situation, as did Burton, who stayed out on old tires for a restart on lap 60 and crashed into Justin Allgaier’s Chevrolet in Turn 1.

 

Sheldon Creed, on the other hand, squeaked into the Round of 8 by two points over Hemric after running 10th on Saturday.

“We had no front turn,” Creed said. “I was talking to our teammate Austin (Hill) about it. Both of our cars did not turn all day… I had to work for that one. I did not think we would be in by two—I thought we would be better than that.”

After the lap 63 restart, Hemric’s fate was in the hands of Custer, who couldn’t keep Mayer behind him.

“We struggled on the short run, for sure,” Custer said. “It’s frustrating. There are definitely things on the replay I could have done different, but our guys did a great job all day, getting our car to where we could compete for a win—but we just needed a little more.”

Riley Herbst ran fourth, with Kaz Grala fifth. Kligerman, Hemric, Stage 2 winner John Hunter Nemechek, Hill and Creed completed the top 10.

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Sam Mayer steals second career Xfinity victory at Watkins Glen

Sam Mayer dumps Ty Gibbs on the final restart to secure his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Watkins Glen International.

The endings of road course events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series are always full of drama and the race at Watkins Glen International did not disappoint. Despite leading a race-high 70 laps, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs did not cross the finish line as the winner. In fact, it was the driver that ruined his day.

On the final restart, JR Motorsports driver [autotag]Sam Mayer[/autotag] dumped Gibbs going into Turn 1 and ended up claiming his second career Xfinity Series victory at Watkins Glen. It would have been Gibbs’ second straight win in the series but Mayer made sure that did not happen. In fact, both of Mayer’s victories have come due to mass chaos in the closing laps of road courses.

There are now three races remaining in the 2023 Xfinity Series season with the next event coming at Daytona International Speedway next weekend.

Shriners Children’s 200 top-10 finishing order:

  1. No. 1 Sam Mayer
  2. No. 2 Sheldon Creed
  3. No. 48 Parker Kligerman
  4. No. 91 Ross Chastain
  5. No. 24 Connor Mosack
  6. No. 20 John Hunter Nemechek
  7. No. 00 Cole Custer
  8. No. 16 Chandler Smith
  9. No. 17 Alex Bowman
  10. No. 27 Jeb Burton

Calamitous contact at the Glen yields second Xfinity win for Mayer

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer survived a full-contact afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International – contributing his own bump and run on the final restart to take the lead in overtime and hold off the field for his second career NASCAR Xfinity …

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer survived a full-contact afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International – contributing his own bump and run on the final restart to take the lead in overtime and hold off the field for his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win Saturday in the Shriners Children’s 200 at The Glen.

Mayer’s No. 1 JRM Chevrolet tagged the back of the day’s most dominant driver and then-race leader Ty Gibbs, spinning Gibbs’ No. 19 Toyota which then collected a handful of other lead pack cars. The 21-year old Wisconsin-native Mayer was able to pull away from the mayhem behind and raced off to a 0.909s victory over Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed.

Gibbs, who races full time as a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series, led a race high 70 of the 86 laps and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 on the 3.45-mile, 11-turn historic road course in upstate New York. But it was Mayer using that aggressive move forward to hoist the trophy.

“On that first one, I got used up. Thought I had a good one there’’ Mayer said of the two overtime restarts. “All glory to God for this one because we had to work our tails off for it.

“I wheel-hopped it. That’s unfortunate and I feel bad for doing that. Obviously you don’t want to take out any car like that’’ Mayer added. “Just trying to get another win in the Xfinity Series. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I was in there, I put my nose in there and that’s part of it.

“That’s an accident, but I think everyone can agree it’s okay for an Xfinity Series regular to win this race.’’

There is history between Mayer and the 2022 Xfinity Series champion Gibbs — even a physical confrontation between the two after a race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway last year.

Gibbs, 20, none too surprisingly, didn’t take kindly to the race ending. He was credited with 17th place on the day.

“I think when you have to race out of desperation like that and you wheel-hop and take the leader out, I guess you can call it a racing incident but it just really sucks,’’ Gibbs said. “We had a really fast Toyota Supra and I really appreciate all the team’s hard work. We had a really good time out there and wish that caution didn’t come. Definitely sucks to get cleaned out there.

“It’s a part of life and a part of racing and you just get over it and when stuff like that happens, desperate moves like that happen, it’s just part of it and you try to keep going. We were really fast.

“I don’t really know how much of a conversation you can have with him in that situation,’’ Gibbs said when asked if wanted to have words with Mayer.

“We kind of grew up racing around each other and I think he has more starts than I do, and this is his second win, so congratulations to him on his second win. Definitely wish I could have gotten my 13th there.’’

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Parker Kligerman came through the wreck to finish third in the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet, followed by NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain in the No. 91 DGM Chevrolet and Connor Mosack in the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Kligerman’s third-place showing was important as the series heads towards its Playoffs next month. He pulled to within three points of Riley Herbst for the final transfer position. Herbst’s No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford had a rough day, retiring on lap 37 and taking a 35th place finish. He had led Kligerman by 17 points coming into the Watkins Glen race.

“We had a great finish and salvaged great points,’’ Kligerman said. “We kept ourselves in the fight, but I’ve got to sort through this one.

“To me, three [points], 15 [points], it all feels the same. It’s so close that can happen in a stage essentially. We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing. We scored stage points in all stages today so that is a big deal for us.’’

“I think we’re doing the right things, just need a little more,’’ he added with a smile.

Herbst was frustrated, but said he was optimistic about upcoming races – at Daytona Beach, Darlington, S.C. and Kansas to set the 12-driver Playoff field.

“I don’t think we should be in this situation as it is, it’s just frustrating,’’ Herbst said. “We have some good tracks for us and good tracks for Stewart-Haas Racing. I’m excited. It’s just frustrating that things like this beyond our control keep happening, but it’ll turn around one day and when it does we’ll be happy.”

John Hunter Nemechek, Cole Custer, Chandler Smith, Alex Bowman and Jeb Burton rounded out the top 10. Austin Hill, who was among those collected in the overtime restart finished 14th and now holds a nine-point advantage over Nemechek atop the championship standings.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to Daytona International Speedway next week for Friday’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Jeremy Clements is the defending race winner. Hill won at Daytona in February.

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