Noah Gragson finally won a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway Saturday (Oct. 22), locking his place in the Championship 4.
Gragson dominated the night, sweeping the stages and leading 127 laps. After a caution came out for a crash involving Stefan Parsons and Kyle Sieg with 13 laps remaining, Gragson and other leaders pitted, with the No. 9 getting out front.
The JR Motorsports driver held off Ty Gibbs and AJ Allmendinger on the restart to claim his eighth victory of the year.
Gragson joins Josh Berry at Phoenix Raceway.
A couple of incidents brought out the caution early on, the first one coming on lap 3. JJ Yeley was running in the second lane with Jeb Burton and Riley Herbst staggered on the outside in lanes three and four. Yeley got loose and was clipped by Burton and turned right into Herbst and in the outside wall, ending his day early.
Then, just before stage one ended, Mason Massey was slow against the wall, while CJ McLaughlin spun around on the backstretch. McLaughlin didn’t hit anything, though, and continued on.
Gragson was well on his way to his first win at Homestead when the caution came out with about 13 laps left for Stefan Parsons and Kyle Sieg. Parsons’ rear end and Sieg’s right front had major damage, though the replay didn’t show exactly what happened.
Simultaneously, Nick Sanchez also had big right-side damage after he hit the wall. When he came down pit road, his right-front wheel well area was on fire.
Gragson and the rest of the leaders made one final pit stop, with the No. 9 getting out front off pit road.
He could not be beat on the restart with five laps to go and secured his place in the Championship 4.
Xfinity drivers next take on Martinsville Speedway for the penultimate race of the year. The Dead On Tools 250 airs on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
This story will be updated.
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