LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Aric Almirola received the Centered Well being 302 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Almirola led a race-high 10 laps, passing Connor Zilisch with 10 laps to go to safe his first-ever victory on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The race featured a number of lead modifications and battled for place. Almirola swept the primary two levels and held off Silisch within the ultimate laps regardless of contact between the 2 as they raced aspect by aspect by turns 1 and a pair of.
“I’m having so much fun, this is the time of my life,” Almirola stated post-race. “Our car was really good, but the longer I ran, the tighter I got. On the final restart, I took off incredibly tight, but was able to pass the 48 and chase down the 88 who looked pretty loose, which I was able to capitalize on.”
Zilisch completed because the runner up.
“I gave it my all. I drove as hard as I could, but, yeah, I guess that’s all we had today,” Zilisch stated.
Justin Allgaier rounded out the highest three, incomes helpful factors that strengthen his place forward of the playoff cutline.
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