Take a look at the NASCAR Xfinity Series points after the first four races. The top 10 features little in the way of surprises. As we discussed here last week, Brandon Jones is having a good start to the year, and that continued at Phoenix Raceway. As he told us last week, he expects to be there.
In 11th, it’s Parker Kligerman. He’s right about where he was at last season, and his Big Machine Racing team is known to have close ties with Richard Childress Racing, so there is some expectation for performance that comes along with the RCR connection.
The first surprise comes in 12th. That’s where you’ll find Anthony Alfredo, fresh off a gritty top 10 Phoenix. Back in 2022, Alfredo ran full-time with Our Motorsports in the Xfinity Series. They put together a solid but unspectacular season, finishing 15th in the final standings with a pole, one top five and four top 10s.
Last year, Alfredo moved over to BJ McLeod Motorsports. It was a tough year for Alfredo, who finished 20th in the points with just two top 10s. Meanwhile, his former team Our Motorsports struggled mightily, finishing 32nd in owner points.
Perhaps the grass wasn’t greener. As fate would have it, Alfredo and Our Motorsports are back together for 2024, and they’re turning heads with their performance early in the season.
“We certainly have had a great start to 2024, but we want a lot more,” Alfredo said. “My goal is to win at least one race and make the playoffs.”
Alfredo already has two top 10s, equaling his total last year at BJMM. It’s also two more than Our had last year with three different drivers. That’s right, they were blanked in the top 10 column despite starts in all 33 events.
So, what has been the recipe for the improvement? In talking with the driver known as Fast Pasta, I learned it’s a lot of things as it always is in this team sport. But there is a feeling of confidence and unfinished business that is motivating the whole team.
“Chris Our and I certainly have unfinished business together,” Alfredo told Frontstretch. “We both want to win, and we know we can … He reached out to me at the end of last year to discuss me returning to the team, and being a focused, one car program.”
Despite the focus and the consolidation from prior seasons when Our ran multiple cars, there are still some glaring challenges the team faces every weekend.
“We do not have an alliance,” Alfredo said. “We didn’t have…
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