Monday’s Xfinity race at Charlotte: Start time, lineup and more

By Dustin LongMay 25, 2020, 10:06 AM EDT

The Xfinity Series runs its second race in less than a week with tonight’s Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ross Chastain will start on the pole after the random draw. Brandon Jones will be beside him on the front row. Chase Briscoe, who won last weekend at Darlington, starts eighth. Kyle Busch starts 18th.

Here are the details for the race:

(All times are Eastern)

START: Louis “Chad” McKee, director of materials and environmental services at St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, NC., will give the command to start engines at 7:41 p.m. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 7:53 p.m.

PRERACE: Garage access health screening begins at noon (teams are assigned specific times). Engine prime and final adjustments at 5:30 p.m. Drivers report to their cars at 7:20 p.m. The invocation will be given at 7:33 p.m. by Major General Chuck Swannack, U.S. Army (Ret.) and Vice President, Armed Forces Affairs, Speedway Motorsports. The National Anthem will be performed at 7:34 p.m. by Blue Star and Gold Star Mother, Mrs. Cathy Mullins.

DISTANCE: The race is 200 laps (300 miles) around the 1.5-mile oval.

PACE LAP: At the direction of race control, drivers will have the opportunity to run one pace lap down pit road before the green flag for a pit road speed check. If a driver stops in the pit box for any reason, pulls over or slow down, they will start at the rear of the field.

COMPETITION CAUTION: Lap 20

STAGES: Stage 1 ends on Lap 45. Stage 2 ends on Lap 90.

TV/RADIO: FS1 will televise the race at 7:30 p.m. Performance Racing Network’s coverage will begin at 7 p.m. and also can be heard at goprn.com. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry PRN’s broadcast.

FORECAST: The wunderground.com forecast calls for cloudy conditions with a high of 74 degrees and 10% chance of rain at the race’s start.

LAST RACE: Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch’s challenge in the final laps to score an emotional win at Darlington.

LAST OVAL RACE AT CHARLOTTE: Tyler Reddick led 110 of 200 laps to win last May. Justin Allgaier was second. Jeffrey Earnhardt was third.

LINEUP (set by rule book and random draw): Click here for Charlotte Xfinity starting lineup

Chase Briscoe holds off Kyle Busch for thrilling Darlington Xfinity win

By Jerry BonkowskiMay 21, 2020, 6:30 PM EDT

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Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch in a thrilling last-lap drag race to the checkered flag to win Thursday’s Toyota 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway.

It capped an emotional few days for Briscoe. Earlier this week, he and his pregnant wife learned they had lost their first child.

The 23-year-old Briscoe broke into tears after climbing out of his race car, telling FS1: “That’s for my wife. This is the hardest week I’ve ever had to deal with. I was crying in the race car and emotionally I wasn’t there at all.

“This is more than a race win, it’s the biggest day of my life after the toughest day of my life. To beat the best there is just so satisfying.”

Click here for results, driver standings

Briscoe, who beat Busch to the checkered flag by .086 seconds, led 44 laps en route to his fourth career Xfinity triumph and second of the season.

Busch finished second, followed by Justin Allgaier, Austin Cindric and polesitter Noah Gragson.

If there was a comeback award, Busch would have won hands down. He won Stage 2 and was coming off pit road on the resulting caution when he was caught speeding, sending him to the back of the field for the restart for the final segment.

He quickly moved through the field and came up about one car length short.

“I hated we had the pit road penalty,” Busch said. “No excuses, just got busted for speeding unfortunately, .02 over and had to go to the back. Hopefully we put on a good show for the fans.”

It was the Xfinity Series’ first event since the season was suspended March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The race was scheduled for Tuesday night, but rain forced its postponement to today at Noon ET. Even with that, rain Thursday caused a 4 ½-hour delay until the green flag.

STAGE 1 WINNER: Noah Gragson

STAGE 2 WINNER: Kyle Busch

WHO HAD A GOOD RACE: Justin Allgaier had a strong car and appeared to be the only challenge for Briscoe and Busch, but couldn’t get back to the front, having to settle for third.

WHO HAD A BAD RACE: It was a bad end to what had been a good day up to that point: Michael Annett was running fourth and charging toward the lead when a tire went down on him with 15 laps to go, leading to a spin that caused significant damage to the right front of his car.

NOTABLE: Brett Moffitt made his first race start since suffering two broken legs in a motocross accident in mid-March and didn’t look too worse for the wear, finishing 11th.

WHAT’S NEXT: Alsco 300, Monday March 25 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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By Dustin LongMay 2, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT

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NASCAR

By Dustin LongApr 25, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT

NAME	CAR #
Alex Labbe	90
Angela Ruch	00
Anthony Alfredo	33
Austin Cindric	22
Bayley Currey	74
Blake Koch	57
Brandon Brown	68
Brett Moffitt	23
Chase Briscoe	98
Chase Cabre	4
Christian Eckes	81
CJ McLaughlin	39
Derek Kraus	19
Donny Lia	07
Drew Dollar	015
Drew Herring	3
Elliott Sadler	099
Gus Dean	56
Jeb Burton	8
Jeffrey Earnhardt	50
Jesse Iwuji	36
Joe Graf Jr.	80
Josh Berry	88
Josh Bilicki	99
Josh Williams	92
Justin Allgaier	7
Justin Haley	11
Kaz Grala	29
Landon Huffman	75
Logan Seavey	67
Matt Mills	5
Michael Annett	1
Myatt Snider	93
Noah Gragson	9
Raphael Lessard	04
Ruben Garcia	27
Ryan Ellis	78
Ryan Truex	40
Ryan Vargas	51
Sam Mayer	21
Scott Stenzel	63
Sheldon Creed	74
Spencer Boyd	02
Stephen Leicht	25
Stewart Friesen	52
Thad Moffitt	46
Todd Gilliland	38
Tommy Joe Martin	44
Ty Majeski	45
Tyler Ankrum	26
Will Rodgers	55