Winners: Kyle Larson (Cup); Cole Custer (Xfinity); Layne Riggs (Trucks); Plus William Sawalich (ARCA East)
NASCAR Cup
Kyle Larson Shines Bright under the Lights with Bristol Win
After leading 462 laps in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson showed the No. 5 team’s full potential with a dominant win in the 500-lapper at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Larson scored his fifth win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and advanced to the next round of the Cup Series Playoffs.
Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five.
“I’ve had a lot of good cars since I’ve come to Hendrick Motorsports, but man, that was just great execution all weekend by the team,” Larson said. “We dominate a lot of races but we might not close them all out, so it feels really good to close one out here.”
“That’s pretty awesome because there’s been some legendary Hall of Famers race for Hendrick Motorsports, and we’ve all grown up watching Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson dominate,” Larson said. “So pretty cool to get my name on another record at Hendrick Motorsports.” (Larson’s 462 of 500 laps lead is the most ever by a Hendrick driver)
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— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) September 22, 2024
Next up: the Round of 12! pic.twitter.com/vFfVktDmWe
Pole: Alex Bowman
NASCAR Xfinity
Cole Custer Wins at Bristol, claims Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship
Cole Custer recovered from an early brush with the outside wall to win Friday‘s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the race that set the field for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.
Custer‘s second victory of the season, combined with a litany of trouble that befell Justin Allgaier, gave the driver of the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford an unlikely come-from-behind victory in the battle for the regular-season title and an accompanying 15 playoff-point bonus.
“This is huge, because our confidence was going down there the last month,” said Custer, the reigning series champion who will begin his title defense at Kansas Speedway. “To get this win really means a lot…
“It‘s unbelievable. These guys never give up. It‘s been a tough month, but to be able to lead into the playoffs like this, we‘re going to really bring it to them.”
Very special win! Kari has been unbelievable being the best Mom in the world! And it’s amazing to bring a trophy back to Cal for the first time! pic.twitter.com/EkjA1zuiBH
— Cole Custer (@ColeCuster) September 21, 2024
Pole: Chandler Smith
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Layne Riggs goes back-to-back with Bristol Truck Series win
Layne Riggs relished his role as spoiler so much that he returned for an encore Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Riggs isn‘t competing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, but that didn‘t prevent him from winning the playoff opener Aug. 25 at the Milwaukee Mile.
On Thursday, Riggs passed runner-up Corey Heim for the lead on Lap 121 of 200 in the UNOH 200 Presented by Ohio Logistics and held it the rest of the way to score his second career victory and his fourth straight top five.
“Oh, my gosh, we‘ve just learned so much with the trucks,” said the driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford. “My team, [crew chief] Dylan (Cappello), he‘s bad-ass…
“To be running fifth, 10th and all of a sudden to go back-to-back in the playoffs—man, I wish I was in the playoffs so bad. I think we‘d be a real threat to win the championship.”
NEWS: Post-race inspection is complete at @ItsBristolBaby with no issues.@LayneRiggs99's win is official! 🏁🏁 pic.twitter.com/KmrLzFUufD
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) September 20, 2024
Pole: Connor Zilisch
Click Here for Race ResultsARCA
William Sawalich Repeats at Bristol to Capture his Second ARCA Menards Series East Championship
In racing, luck is often just as important as skill. That was the case for William Sawalich on Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Not only did Sawalich win the Bush’s Beans 200 for the second straight season at Bristol, but he also won his second ARCA Menards Series East championship thanks to a stroke of bad luck for title rival Connor Zilisch, who entered the East Series season finale with a 16-point lead.
“We had a really fast Starkey-Soundgear Toyota Camry today,” Sawalich said. “I had Tony Hirschman in my ear just to kind of calm me down and make me be cautious around those lap cars. That was definitely the whole race right there.”
Too nice, he did it twice ✌️
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) September 20, 2024
🥳 Congratulations to @WilliamSawalich, the 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Champion! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/0zdwpt1KBf
Pole: Connor Zilisch
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