Aric Almirola charged into the lead with four laps left in Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway and held off Elliott Sadler at the finish to win the third NASCAR XFINITY Series race of his career. With the Ford of Darrell Wallace Jr. plowing into the inside backstretch wall behind him on the final lap, Almirola held the top spot to the finish, beating Sadler, the series leader, to the finish line by .142 seconds.[More](5-6-2017)
Almirola wins Talladega XFINITY race: #98-Aric Almirola won the Spark Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his third XFINITY Series win and first of the year. #1-Elliott Sadler finished second, followed by #22-Joey Logano, #2-Ben Kennedy, #20-Erik Jones, #19-Matt Tifft, #5-Michael Annett, #7-Justin Allgaier, #18-Daniel Suarez, and #8-Jeff Green.
There were 5 cautions for 20 laps and 28 lead changes among 14 leaders. There were also two red flag periods for cleanup following multi-car wrecks.
The average speed was 139.068mph.
Complete results are on the Talladega race results page (pdf).
