2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Eight Texas

Cars in field: 38
Pole: Jesse Love (2)
Outside pole: Cole Custer (00)
Stages: 45-45-110
Weather: Sunny, 78°F, feels like 75°, Wind S 10 mph, Gusts 19 mph

Justin Allgaier (7) wins stage one (by three seconds according to PRN).

Justin Allgaier (7) and Riley Herbst (98) lead them to the green flag on lap 52 of 200.

Caution on lap 79 of 200 for a spin by Leland Honeyman (42).

Restart on lap 84 of 200 with Justin Allgaier (7) and Austin Hill (21) up front.

Justin Allgaier (7) wins stage two.

Restarting on lap 97 of 200 win Justin Allgaier (7) and Cole Custer (00) followed by Riley Herbst (98) and Brandon Jones (9) on the front row.

Caution on lap 101 of 200 for a spin by Jeb Burton (27).

Restarting on lap 106 of 200 with Justin Allgaier (7) and Riley Herbst (98) up front followed by Cole Custer (00), Brandon Jones (19), Sammy Smith (8) and Ryan Sieg (39).

Green flag pit stops underway on lap 142 of 200.

Caution on lap 173 of 200 for a spin by Leland Honeyman (42) who was two laps down and holding up leader Justin Allgaier (7). Allgaier hit a bump and got into the left rear of Honeyman.

Brandon Jones (9) and Austin Hill (21)take two tires and win the race off pit road. Leader Justin Allgaier (7) leaves pit road in third position.

Restarting on lap 179 of 200 with Parker Kligerman (48), who stayed out, and Brandon Jones (9) on the front row. The field gets four-wide shortly after the restart.

Ryan Sieg (39) takes the lead from Sam Mayer (1) on lap 181 of 200.

Caution on lap 183 of 200 for a spin by Kyle Weatherman (91) with contact from Hailie Deegan (15).

Restarting on lap 189 of 200 with Ryan Sieg (39) and Sam Mayer (1) on the front row followed by Riley Herbst (98), Brandon Jones (9), Justin Allgaier (7), AJ Allmdendinger (16), Cole Custer (00), Austin Hill (21), Sammy Smith (8) and Jesse Love (2).

Unfortunately tv decided to show a left rear quarter panel shot shortly after the restart so we can’t really see anything except the quarter panel instead of the racing action on-track.

Riley Herbst (98) gets into Brandon Jones (9). They wiggle but keep going.

Ryan Sieg is 1.231 seconds ahead of second position on lap 193 of 200 as Riley Herbst (98) hits pit road.

Justin Allgaier (7) in third is chasing down his teammate Sam Mayer (1) in second. Both Mayer and Allgaier are Dash4Cash participants eligible for $100k with the highest finish in the event.

Mayer has chased down leader Sieg as they take the white flag.

Sam Mayer (1) passes Ryan Sieg (39) on the final lap. Sieg passes him back they are door-to door at the line and Mayer gets the win 0.002 ahead of Sieg. Mayer also wins the

NASCAR reviewed the finish before eventually naming Sam Mayer (1) the winner.

Disappointing finish.

Justin Allgaier (7) was very frustrated in his radio post race interview. He said he was very disappointed. He led 117 laps.

The next four eligible for the Dash4Cash are Sam Mayer (1), Ryan Sieg (39), Justin Allgaier (1), and AJ Allmendinger (16).

The final 21 laps were very exciting. I was glad to see Parker Kligerman (48) take a gamble by staying out on old tires to lead them to the green flag. It was fantastic to see Ryan Sieg (39) up front. I hoped to see him get his first career Xfinity Series win.

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GO 7 & 39!!!!