Following Jesse Love's post-race disqualification that led to Sammy Smith being declared the winner at Rockingham, the NASCAR Xfinity Series made its 10th stop of the season in Saturday's running of the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Love led the field to the green and won a caution-free first stage over his teammate Austin Hill. Hill would reverse the fortune and win the second stage, giving Richard Childress Racing its seventh consecutive stage win at a drafting track.
The first caution for incident came out on Lap 79 when Jeb Burton got into Smith in Turn 1, collecting Greg Van Alst, Parker Retzlaff, Josh Williams and Ryan Sieg. The second caution for incident came out shortly after on Lap 101 as Aric Almirola moved up the track and made contact with Katherine Legge, collecting Jeffrey Earnhardt and teammate Brandon Jones in the process.
Who won the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega?
After some thrilling racing throughout the 300-mile event, the race was decided on the final lap when Connor Zilisch made significant contact with the inside wall on the backstretch after trying to block Love for the lead. By the time NASCAR elected to throw the caution for the incident, Hill was just ahead of Jeb Burton. It is Hill's third win of the season and his first at Talladega. He surpasses Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart for the most drafting wins (nine) in Xfinity Series history. This is the footage NASCAR used to determine that Hill was the winner.
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Ag-Pro 300 finishing position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
Winner | Austin Hill | 59 |
2nd | Jeb Burton | 40 |
3rd | Jesse Love | 53 |
4th | Justin Allgaier | 38 |
5th | Matt DiBenedetto | 32 |
6th | Anthony Alfredo | 31 |
7th | Blaine Perkins | 30 |
8th | Harrison Burton | 33 |
9th | Sheldon Creed | 36 |
10th | Daniel Dye | 27 |
11th | Taylor Gray | 26 |
12th | Patrick Emerling | 25 |
13th | Leland Honeyman | 24 |
14th | Sam Mayer | 23 |
15th | Nick Sanchez | 33 |
16th | Ryan Ellis | 21 |
17th | Carson Kvapil | 20 |
18th | Dean Thompson | 19 |
19th | Brennan Poole | 18 |
20th | Jesse Iwuji | 17 |
21st | Joey Gase | 16 |
22nd | Mason Maggio | 15 |
23rd | Kyle Sieg | 14 |
24th | Kris Wright | 13 |
25th | Christian Eckes | 19 |
26th | Jeremy Clements | 12 |
27th | Connor Zilisch | 15 |
28th | Brandon Jones | 9 |
29th | Josh Williams | 13 |
30th | Caesar Bacarella | 7 |
31st | Sammy Smith | 12 |
32nd | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 5 |
33rd | Aric Almirola | 12 |
34th | Katherine Legge | 0 |
35th | Greg Van Alst | 2 |
36th | Ryan Sieg | 7 |
37th | William Sawalich | 3 |
38th | Parker Retzlaff | 1 |
Justin Allgaier now holds a 79-point lead over Hill in the standings as the series heads to Texas Motor Speedway for the running of the Andy's Frozen Custard 300 on Saturday, May 3 (2 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Haas Factory Team driver Sam Mayer won last year's race in a photo finish over RSS Racing's Ryan Sieg.