Nineteen-year-old rookie Jesse Love has won the first NASCAR Xfinity Series of his career in a crash-marred, double-overtime finish at Talladega Superspeedway. Love held off Brennan Poole and took the checkered flag 0.141 seconds ahead of Riley Herbst. Anthony Alfredo and Leland Honeyman claimed the next two spots, while Poole faded to fifth.
TALLADEGA , Ala. — Nineteen-year-old rookie Jesse Love won the first NASCAR Xfinity Series of his career in a crash-marred, double-overtime finish at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.0.141 seconds ahead of Riley Herbst . Anthony Alfredo and Leland Honeyman claimed the next two spots, Poole faded to fifth, and one last crash sent Joey Gase spinning behind the frontrunners.
Parker Kligerman appeared to give Hill a couple of slight taps to the rear bumper, though Kligerman insisted over his radio that he never touched the leader’s car. Nevertheless, Hill suddenly went into a spin that ended his hopes of his third victory of the season and sent the race to overtime.Verstappen wins again. This time he takes first Formula 1 sprint race of the seasonKligerman was out front when the green flag waved, but that didn’t last long.
In the end, Love had enough fuel to get to the line, erasing memories of another strong run at Atlanta where he went dry at the end.Kligerman and Ryan Sieg sparked the incident on lap 65, trading paint when both went for an opening in the middle of the track during three-wide racing through the trioval. That slight bump set off a chain-reaction crash that left cars spinning, sliding and smashing into each other from the outer wall to the inside grass.
The day also ended for Sam Mayer, Jeremy Clements and Ryan Truex, while several cars returned to the track with significant damage. A.J. Allmendinger kept going with with his rear bumper cover barely hanging on.Before Love took the checkered flag, 18-year-old Jake Finch led from start to finish in the ARCA Menards Series event.Justin Allgaier, who came into Talladega ranked fourth in the point standings, was the first one out of the race.
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