Winners: Harrison Burton (Cup); Ryan Truex (Xfinity); Layne Riggs (Trucks) plus William Sawalich (ARCA)
NASCAR Cup
Harrison Burton Lands First Cup Series Win at Daytona, Secures 100th for Wood Brothers
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| No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Crew Celebrates th Milestone 100th Victory for the Organization. |
In one of the most dramatic races of the season, 23-year-old second-generation driver Harrison Burton made a last-lap pass on two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch in overtime at Daytona International Speedway to earn his first career NASCAR Cup Series win and deliver his legendary Wood Brothers Racing team its historic 100th victory.
Big wrecks, amazing passes, and ultimately one of the most memorable and popular victories of the year characterized a busy Coke Zero Sugar 400 on the Daytona high banks that had tremendous effect on the NASCAR Playoff outlook, now with only a single race left to decide which 16 drivers will advance to championship contention.
“I cried the whole victory lap,” Burton said. “I obviously got fired from this job and wanted to do everything for the Wood Brothers I could, they’ve given me an amazing opportunity in life and to give them the 100th [win] on my way out is amazing. We’re in the playoffs now. Let’s go to Darlington and see what happens.”
HARRISON BURTON IS A NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNER!!! pic.twitter.com/6nxp8b8rBf
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) August 25, 2024
Pole: Michael McDowell
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Ryan Truex takes Xfinity Series win at Daytona
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| “Oh my gosh, thanks to these fans, it’s so amazing to race here,” said Truex, |
Ryan Truex claimed his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season — the third of his career — leading the field to the yellow and checkered flags on the final lap of overtime in Saturday night’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway.
With very limited green-flag runs and the pace interrupted all night with incidents, ultimately it was an accident among the front-running cars that ended the overtime period with Truex out front as he was so frequently through the night.
Truex, 32, the younger brother of Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr., crossed the line just ahead of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chandler Smith in the No. 81 JGR Toyota. Kligerman finished in third place. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst and RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg rounded out the top five.
“Oh my gosh, thanks to these fans, it’s so amazing to race here,” said Truex, who is racing part-time this season but now has two wins in eight starts this season.
“Just thanks to these guys,” Truex, driver of the No. 20 JGR Toyota, said of his team. “I don’t get to race that often and I don’t know what I’m going to do next year. It’s all a work in progress. Just a great car [tonight].”
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) August 24, 2024
Pole: Chandler Smith
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Layne Riggs Spoils Truck Playoffs Opener at Milwaukee, Claims First Career Win
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| Layne Riggs Claims First Career Win |
For the second straight day, a second-generation rising NASCAR star earned his first-career win. This time, it was 22-year-old Layne Riggs claiming the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in Sunday‘s playoff-opening LiUNAI 175! at the historic Milwaukee Mile.
Riggs, son of former NASCAR competitor Scott Riggs, took the lead from Ty Majeski with 53 laps remaining and pulled away to a solid 1.547-second victory over the Wisconsin native and a super motivated group of playoff drivers, making the rookie driver’s effort all the more impressive.
“I don‘t even know how to describe it,” said an emotional Riggs, making only his 23rd start in the series, saying he knew in practice his truck was going to be in contention. “It‘s awesome.
“We‘ve had a terrible year. It‘s been an awful year, but I‘ve learned so much though in my rookie season. After the start, I thought there‘s no way we‘re going to get a win, we‘ll do the best we can and just learn for next year. But I knew in practice this thing [today] was awesome.”
"I dislocated my shoulder, I was celebrating so hard." @LayneRiggs99 will remember his first win for multiple reasons now. 😅 pic.twitter.com/ASKmxs8YRf
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) August 25, 2024
Pole: Ty Majeski
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William Sawalich Cruises at the Milwaukee Mile for Fourth Victory in Five Races
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| William Sawalich - at the Milwaukee Mile for fourth Victory in Five Races |
Entering Sunday’s Sprecher 150 at the Milwaukee Mile, William Sawalich had lost every head-to-head matchup with Connor Zilisch in the ARCA Menards Series this year.
Sawalich made sure to change the status quo with a dominant performance that has become a theme for him and Joe Gibbs Racing over the past two months.
No one could match the pace displayed by William Sawalich as he cruised to his seventh ARCA Menards Series victory of 2024 and his ninth overall on the platform this year. The young prospect has grown use to perfect outings this year, but emphasized the importance of the strenuous work displayed by everyone in the shop.
“We put in a lot of work to be good at places like this,” Sawalich said. “We’ve been good here in the past and had a really good Toyota Camry today, so I can’t thank my guys enough. I think we led everything but one lap maybe, so I’m really proud to do that. I love this team.
Domination at @TheMKEMile!@WilliamSawalich cruises to his seventh ARCA Menards Series win of 2024! pic.twitter.com/Wx36EKJTA5
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) August 25, 2024
Pole: William Sawalich
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