Winners: Joey Logano (Cup); Justin Allgaier (Xfinity); John Hunter Nemechek (Trucks) plus Sammy Smith (ARCA East)
NASCAR Cup
Logano Moves Byron Out of Way, Powers to First Win of 2022
Executing a decisive bash-and-run on the next-to-last-lap of Sunday‘s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, Joey Logano wrestled the lead from William Byron and ended a NASCAR Cup Series 40-race winless streak dating to March 2021 at Bristol Motor Speedway’s dirt track.
After Logano gave Byron‘s Chevrolet a jolt entering Turn 3 on the white-flag lap, Byron shot up the track into the outside wall and fell back to 13th at the finish.
“Yeah, you’re not going to put me in the wall and not get anything back,” Logano said, apparently referring to earlier contact from Byron‘s car. “That’s how that works. Man, super proud of the Shell-Pennzoil team, getting a victory here in Darlington. You know what it’s like — I’ve never won here in a Cup race before.
“So proud of this race team. Great execution all day long. I’ll tell you what, the coolest thing is getting this car into Victory Lane. This is the car where it all started for me back in ’95 in a quarter midget. Really, honestly, all the young kids racing out there right now — this could be you.”
#NASCAR | @joeylogano has a message for all you #Ford Fans after winning today @TooToughToTame! pic.twitter.com/kjeZAJJ9f0
— Ford Performance (@FordPerformance) May 9, 2022
Pole: Joey Logano
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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on 05/15/2022 for the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.
NASCAR Xfinity
Justin Allgaier Snaps 34-Race Winless Streak
The numbers tell the story of Justin Allgaier’s impressive victory in Saturday’s Mahindra ROXOR 200 at Darlington Raceway.
First and foremost, in defending the NASCAR Xfinity Series victory he claimed last spring at the Lady in Black, Allgaier broke a 34-race drought dating to that 2021 win.
For the second straight race, JR Motorsports posted a 1-2 result, with Noah Gragson trailing Allgaier to the finish line by .259 seconds in a two-lap dash to the end of regulation.
“This team right here — the pit stops today were killing it,” said Allgaier, who had finished a close second to teammate Josh Berry a week ago at Dover. “They were awesome. This Hellman’s Camaro was so fast. Just a testament to the 7 guys, but everybody at JR Motorsports — they’ve been working so hard. It’s showing with our finishes, not just our 7 team, but all of us.
“We’ve been doing this way too long, and you know how great it feels to get back to Victory Lane. … And by the way, it was awesome racing my teammates. That was probably the coolest part, racing my teammates all day, so hats off to those guys.”
RETWEET TO CONGRATULATE JUSTIN ALLGAIER ON HIS NASCAR THROWBACK WIN AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY! Beautiful.@JRMotorsports | @J_Allgaier pic.twitter.com/mK1IKtid2c
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 7, 2022
Pole: Ty Gibbs
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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on 05/21/2022 for the SRS Distribution 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Trucks
John Hunter Nemechek Grabs First Win of 2022
The fastest truck won Friday’s Dead On Tools 200 at Darlington Raceway, but not without much ado between the green flag and the checkers.
Pole winner John Hunter Nemechek fought through 10 cautions, an extra pit stop to tighten a loose wheel and an overtime restart to post his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season, holding off hard-luck Carson Hocevar by 0.552 seconds in the two-lap shootout to the finish.
“Just a huge shoutout to all the guys that work on this No. 4 KBM Toyota Tundra,” Nemechek said after spinning his truck like a dervish in a celebratory burnout on the frontstretch.
“I thought we gave it away early, honestly, and we were able to rebound and battle back. I learned a lot tonight. I was finally able to bring home the first win of the year.”
.@JHNemechek simply took care of business. pic.twitter.com/dzXYioaFZa
— NASCAR Camping World Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) May 7, 2022
Pole: John Hunter Nemechek
Click Here for Race ResultsNext Race: The Truck Series will return on 05/14/2022 for the Heart Of America 200 at Kansas Speedway.
ARCA
Sammy Smith Sings a Winning Tune in Music City 200
Sammy Smith is right at home in Music City.
Smith, driving the No. 18 TMC Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports, triumphed during Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series East Music City 200 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
The victory was his third in four races in East Series competition this season and his second-straight at the historic Nashville oval. It also allowed him strengthen his lead in the East Series standings to nine points ahead of title rival Taylor Gray.
“We kind of struggled there to get by the 1 car (Finch) early,” Smith explained in Victory Lane. “Just couldn’t get clean air, but once we got out front our car was really good and here we are.”
Make that THREE wins in four East Series races this season for @sammysmithSS
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) May 8, 2022
What a performance from the @KBMteam driver at @RaceFairgrounds 🏁 pic.twitter.com/2fg8rSjwSZ
Pole: Jake Finch
Click Here for Race ResultsNext Race: The ARCA Series will return on 05/14/2022 for the Dutch Boy 150 at Kansas Speedway.
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