Preece, Benjamin and Scott make the most out of XFINITY appearances

RELATED: Full race results | Standings | Series schedule | Detailed breakdown NEWTON, Iowa -- Now that Ryan Preece has won his first NASCAR XFINITY Series race, in only his second start for Joe Gibbs Racing, what's next for the 26-year-old? A 12-hour driver back to his hometown of Berlin, Connecticut. "Monday morning, 8 a.m. back to work, I can tell you that," Saturday's winner of the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, said. "I've got a lot of work to do; we have a Whelen Modified Tour race on Friday. ... The work doesn't end here, it keeps going. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to see me winning races ... and not stop believing." Preece has only two scheduled starts in the No. 20 Toyota this season for Joe Gibbs Racing. He finished second to Kyle Busch in his debut with the team earlier this season; and he was dominating Saturday en route to his first career victory. RELATED: Preece earns first career XFINITY win at Iowa Team owner Joe Gibbs called shortly after the race. Unfortunately, it wasn't to let Preece know his XFINITY Series schedule had suddenly grown. It was to offer congratulations on the win, and to congratulate teammate Kyle Benjamin on his runnerup finish and Matt Tifft on a strong effort that went awry in the late going. "Joe and I were talking and he goes 'What do we do now?'" Steve deSouza, executive vice president and general manager of XFINITY Series development for JGR, said afterward. "It's something that the Gibbs (organization) and Joe in particular have been very fond of and that's what they have wanted to do -- try and help. "To be honest, we don't know the answers going forward, we just said 'Let's go with them' ... and see what happens. If something opens up, that's great. ... These are the opportunities I think we all dream of when we try to do this and then we see what comes out of them." Toss in Brian Scott's third-place run and the top three in Saturday's race have made only a combined six starts this season. MORE: Watch Preece, Benjamin and Scott battle at Iowa  "Anybody that knows this sport, especially as drivers, what that tells you is how much talent is really out there," winning crew chief Chris Gabehart said. "Unfortunately, our sport is not in a spot right now where it can support all that talent and they can't all make it to the top, but when they do, this is the result." Gabehart's a former racer-turned-crew chief ("I drove as long as I could until the funding wouldn't take me any further") and admitted he hopes that one day the sport "can allow all these guys to shine." "And each and every Saturday and Sunday you have the 40 best because they're out there," he said. "The Kyle Busches of the world with (Kyle Busch Motorsports) and his Super Late Model program and all those guys, they see it; they know. It's just up to guys like Steve and Joe to figure out how to get them here." And keep them here, too.