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Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Results

Alsco Uniforms 300

March 4, 2023

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RESULTS

START POS

FINAL STATUS

LAPS COMPLETED

LAPS LED

POINTS

PLAYOFF POINTS

1

Austin Hill

21 |

9

Running

200

19

58

6

2

Justin Allgaier

7 |

2

Running

200

10

44

0

3

Chandler Smith

16 |

1

Running

200

118

46

0

4

Kyle Busch

10 |

11

Running

200

4

0

0

5

Josh Berry

8 |

5

Running

200

2

33

0

6

John H. Nemechek

20 |

7

Running

200

45

41

1

7

Sam Mayer

1 |

13

Running

200

1

37

0

8

Riley Herbst

98 |

10

Running

200

0

39

0

9

Sheldon Creed

2 |

12

Running

200

0

31

0

10

Daniel Hemric

11 |

8

Running

200

0

32

0

11

Parker Kligerman

48 |

6

Running

200

0

26

0

12

Cole Custer

00 |

3

Running

200

0

28

0

13

Tyler Reddick

24 |

15

Running

199

0

0

0

14

Jeb Burton

27 |

24

Running

199

0

23

0

15

Joe Graf Jr

19 |

17

Running

199

0

22

0

16

Kyle Weatherman

02 |

26

Running

199

0

21

0

17

Sammy Smith

18 |

14

Running

199

0

29

0

18

Alex Labbe

28 |

32

Running

199

0

19

0

19

Anthony Alfredo

78 |

23

Running

198

1

18

0

20

Kyle Sieg

38 |

22

Running

198

0

17

0

21

Brandon Jones

9 |

19

Running

198

0

25

0

22

Brett Moffitt

25 |

4

Running

198

0

17

0

23

Kaz Grala

26 |

21

Running

198

0

14

0

24

Ryan Sieg

39 |

18

Running

197

0

13

0

25

Jeremy Clements

51 |

25

Running

197

0

12

0

26

Rajah Caruth

45 |

16

Running

197

0

0

0

27

Ryan Ellis

43 |

36

Running

197

0

10

0

28

Bayley Currey

4 |

29

Running

197

0

9

0

29

Jeffrey Earnhardt

44 |

35

Running

197

0

8

0

30

Josh Williams

92 |

27

Running

197

0

7

0

31

Josh Bilicki

91 |

31

Running

196

0

6

0

32

Gray Gaulding

08 |

34

Running

196

0

5

0

33

Brennan Poole

6 |

33

Running

196

0

4

0

34

Patrick Emerling

53 |

38

Running

194

0

3

0

35

Blaine Perkins

07 |

30

Running

192

0

2

0

36

Garrett Smithley

99 |

28

Running

187

0

1

0

37

Parker Retzlaff

31 |

20

Running

186

0

1

0

38

Joey Gase

35 |

37

Fuel Pump

156

0

1

0

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  • POS 1 | LEADER

    headshot of Austin Hill

    POS1

    LEADER

    Austin Hill

    Driver badge number 21 |

  • POS 2 | 0.268

    headshot of Justin Allgaier

    POS2

    0.268

    Justin Allgaier

    Driver badge number 7 |

  • POS 3 | 0.650

    headshot of Chandler Smith

    POS3

    0.650

    Chandler Smith

    Driver badge number 16 |

Austin Hill out-duels Chandler Smith in closing laps for Xfinity win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

LAS VEGAS — Austin Hill ran down rookie pole winner Chandler Smith from three seconds back, passed him as the cars approached the white flag and held on to win Saturday‘s Alsco Uniforms 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

The victory was the second of the year for Hill, who won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, and the driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet reached Victory Lane for the first time in Las Vegas and for the fourth time in his career. 

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Smith‘s car tightened up in the closing laps, allowing both Hill and Justin Allgaier to pass him on the final two circuits. Hill finished 0.268 seconds ahead of Allgaier, who was closing on the final lap but ran out of time. 

Kyle Busch ran fourth in his first Xfinity Series start of the season and lost his chance to complete a Las Vegas triple. Busch won Friday night‘s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Las Vegas and will compete in Sunday‘s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube NASCAR Cup Series event (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). 

“When the 16 (Smith) got by me (after a restart on Lap 98), I got really, really loose off of (Turn) 3,” said Hill, who led 19 laps and won Stage 2. “Almost wrecked it, saved it. The 16 got really far out. I just knew I had to not abuse the tires and try to methodically just work my way through traffic. The track was really tough today. Had a really thin line between (Turns) 3 and 4. If you missed it by—it seemed like a half of an inch—you paid for it through the whole lap.  

“That‘s just really what I stuck to all race long, was just trying to be disciplined through 3 and 4… I saw the 16 struggling in traffic, and my spotter Derek (Kneeland) was like, ‘Come on, baby. You can get it!‘ I saw him get tight off of (Turn) 4 there, and I knew I painted the line perfectly. I knew if I could clear him down the frontstretch, I felt like once we had clean air, we could hold him off.” 

In a green flag run to the finish that lasted 103 laps, Smith took the lead from Busch on Lap 102 of 200, regained it on Lap 146 after a cycle of pit stops and held it until Hill powered to the front on Lap 199. 

“I just got a little tight there at the very end,” said Smith, who led 118 laps. “It is what it is. That‘s a tough pill to swallow. There are some things I could have done inside before we started building tight. Getting by (lapped traffic)—we needed to have a bigger bumper. 

“All in all, I can‘t be too disappointed. It‘s my sixth (Xfinity) start, third start with Kaulig Racing. We had a really fast Quick Tie Products Camaro, and I just really appreciate (owner) Matt Kaulig, (team president) Chris Rice, everybody at Kaulig Racing for bringing me on board, believing in me. We‘re going to win a few races this year, for sure.” 

MORE: See Smith’s post-race reaction

John Hunter Nemechek won the first stage but lost track position when he had to pit on Lap 74 because of a loose wheel and never got back in contention for the win. Nemechek, who led 45 laps, finished sixth behind Hill, Allgaier, Smith, Busch and Josh Berry. 

“Probably one of the fastest cars—just didn‘t execute,” Nemechek said. “It‘s frustrating, but to come home sixth after a loose wheel, going to the back and driving back up through. Then pitting and going to the back. Just shows the speed, and we‘ll have to go to Phoenix (next Saturday) and put it on them.” 

Sam Mayer, Riley Herbst, Sheldon Creed and Daniel Hemric completed the top 10.  

The Xfinity Series will next race at Phoenix Raceway on March 11 at 4:30 p.m. ET (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Note: Post-race inspection in the Xfinity Series garage is complete with no major issues, confirming the No. 21 entry of Austin Hill as the race winner. The No. 16 of Chandler Smith had one lug nut not safe and secure, resulting in a monetary penalty.

Contributing: Staff Report