Noah Gragson won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ rain-shortened Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday, Sept. 10.
For the second week in a row, rain came to the racetrack, ending the event on lap 94 out of 200 scheduled laps. Gragson got out into the lead in stage two and won the stage and his fifth race of the season. He ties Ty Gibbs for most wins on the year.
It’s also Gragson’s 10th Xfinity win of his career.
Justin Allgaier placed second after he and Gibbs made contact coming to the line. Gibbs was third, polesitter Brandon Jones was fourth and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five.
AJ Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer and Brett Moffitt completes the top 10.
Gibbs won stage one, and as the rain was coming closer to the track, Jeremy Clements ended up spinning in stage two. This caution brought differing pit strategies, with Austin Hill and Ryan Sieg among those few to stay out.
That strategy didn’t work, as Hill and Sieg both lost a lot of spots. Meanwhile, Gragson threaded through and into the lead as others worked around those with older tires.
After the threat of rain brought the caution out near the end of stage two, NASCAR allowed the race to return to green flag conditions with two laps left in the stage. Gragson took first, while Justin Allgaier and Ty Gibbs banged into each other just before they crossed the line.
Then the rain poured, bringing out the red flag on lap 94.
The NXS regular season finale is at Bristol Motor Speedway next Friday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network.
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