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At the Salute to American Heroes race weekend presented by Toyota at Richmond Raceway, Martin Truex Jr. led a Joe Gibbs Racing top-three sweep in a dominate day for the team. NASCAR “We talked last week about how much speed we’ve had in these things, and just thanks to all my guys and everybody at JGR, Toyota, TRD, Bass Pro, Auto Owners, Reser’s Fine Foods, Oakley, Textron, everybody that helps us,” said Truex. “We couldn’t do it without them. Very lucky to get to do this, as I mentioned, and very proud to win here tonight.” Martin Truex Jr. He joins teammate Denny Hamlin, who finished second, in the next round of the Playoffs. Christopher Bell moved up to eighth in the Playoff standings with his third-place run. The podium sweep gave Toyota its 12th top-three sweep since its 2007 Cup Series debut. In just his second Xfinity Series start of the season, John Hunter Nemechek was impressive behind the wheel of Sam Hunt Racing’s No. 26 Toyota Supra scoring a third-place run behind race winner Noah Gragson. “It was overall a really solid day for our Safeway Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt,” said Nemechek. “Just thankful for the opportunity from Sam, Toyota, all of our great partners that help us get to the racetrack. It was an off weekend for me in the Truck side, so good for me to put myself back in the seat. I felt like I learned a lot today for myself. In these Playoffs, it’s more about staying mentally tough. We were able to do so today. Racing was crazy. We were able to take a couple gambles I felt like and I’m glad the two cautions at the end there came out or we probably wouldn’t have finished where we did. Thankful for the opportunity. Looking forward to whatever is next. I don’t have any more with Sam this year, but who knows what the future holds.” John Hunter Nemechek For Nemechek, it was his best Xfinity result since August 2019. For Sam Hunt Racing, it was the first top-five finish for the team in its 36th event. ARCA WEST Love leads the point standings by 19 with three races remaining. NHRA You want to go to the later rounds and not put yourself in a hole early on,” said Todd. “Ideally, it would have been nice to win and put yourself at or near the top. We’ll go to Charlotte and fight it out. It’s going to be a battle all the way down to the end between a pack of cars and I just want to be in that pack when it comes down to Pomona. We’ve got a good consistent DHL Toyota. We made some good runs today, especially in the semis, just came up short against Tommy Johnson J.R. Todd Shawn Langdon led the way for the Toyota Top Fuel drivers by advancing to the second round. All five Toyota drivers remain in the hunt for an NHRA title with Todd leading the way in fourth place in Funny Car – 39 points out of the top spot. Antron Brown is currently sixth in Top Fuel with Langdon seventh, while Alexis DeJoria is eighth in Funny Car and Doug Kalitta 10th in Top Fuel. POWRi USAC With the stellar weekend, Windom has closed to within 10 points of point leader Buddy Kofoid. What’s Next On Friday, September 17, the NASCAR Xfinity Series sets their Playoff field at Bristol Motor Speedway with the race on NBCSN at 7:00 p.m ET. The Cup Series closes the weekend at Bristol on Saturday, September 18 on NBCSN at 7:00 p.m. ET. Formula DRIFT is back on track at the Streets of Long Beach with the finals at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 18 on formulad.com/live. Finally, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series heads to NASCAR country as they compete at zMax Dragway in Charlotte. The Final Eliminations are on FOX at 4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 19. |
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