Sam Mayer wins Xfinity Series race at Texas in photo finish over Ryan Sieg: In a race decided by less than the length of a Texas hot chili pepper, JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer pulled off a last lap pass of veteran Ryan Sieg to claim his first victory of the season Saturday in the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.(Read more)(4-13-2024)

By the slimmest of margins, #1-Sam Mayer won the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway over #39-Ryan Sieg. The .002-second margin of victory is the second-closest finish in series history. This is Mayer’s first win of the 2024 season.
#39-Sieg matched the best finish of his career in second. It’s his first top-five finish since late in the 2022 season (Talladega). #7-Justin Allgaier led a race-high 117 laps and won both stages, but dropped to third in the finishing order. #16-AJ Allmendinger and #00-Cole Custer rounded out the top five.
#21-Austin Hill placed sixth, with #20-Ryan Truex, #8-Sammy Smith, #2-Jesse Love and #5-Anthony Alfredo completing the top 10.
There were 16 lead changes among 10 drivers and seven cautions for 35 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 125.977 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Texas Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Texas:
Sam Mayer won the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300, his fifth victory in 92 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ryan Sieg (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 20 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 27 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Jesse Love (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 19 points over Cole Custer.
The Margin of Victory for today’s race was 0.002-second – the closest Margin of Victory in the Xfinity Series at Texas Motor Speedway. Previous MOV record at Texas was 0.128-second set in 2007.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Texas (Race 8 of 33):
1)#81-Chandler Smith 333 points (2 wins)
2)#21-Austin Hill 300 (2 wins)
3)#1-Sam Mayer 180 (1 win)
4)#00-Cole Custer 314, +122
5)#7-Justin Allgaier 277, +85
6)#2-Jesse Love 257, +65
7)#98-Riley Herbst 232, +40
8)#16-AJ Allmendinger 229, +37
9)#8-Sammy Smith 225, +33
10)#48-Parker Kligerman 215, +23
11)#18-Sheldon Creed 200, +9
12)#39-Ryan Sieg 197, +5
Currently below elimination line
13)#9-Brandon Jones 192, -5
14)#5-Anthony Alfredo 185, -12
15)#97-Shane van Gisbergen 175, -22
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #1-Mayer makes a late rally to edge #39-Sieg for the win in a photo finish. The .002 seconds margin of victory is the second-closest finish in series history.
Lap 191: #98-Herbst blows a left-front tire after contact with #9-Jones on the restart.
Lap 183: #18-Creed clips the frontstretch grass and turns #91-Weatherman. #15-Deegan also piled in to the incident.
Lap 181: #1-Mayer takes the lead from #9-Jones. #39-Sieg passes #1-Mayer for the lead.
Lap 179: #9-Jones takes the lead in a three-wide battle on the restart. #1-Mayer, #98-Herbst and #39-Sieg all pull away from fifth position.
Lap 175: #48-Kligerman doesn’t pit to take the lead. #9-Jones and #21-Hill took two tires, cycling #7-Allgaier back to fourth.
Lap 173: #7-Allgaier got loose underneath #42-Honeyman and went into a four-wheel slide into the wall.
Lap 170: #21-Hill is the final driver to pit, handing the lead to #7-Allgaier. #98-Herbst has closed in on Allgaier for the second run in a row.
Lap 148: #18-Creed gets a pass-through for a safety violation.
Lap 142: The top four in the running order #7-Allgaier, #98-Herbst, #9-Jones and #16-Allmendinger all make their final scheduled pit stop.
Lap 141: #00-Custer pits from the top five for fresh tires and fuel.
Lap 140: #98-Herbst and #9-Jones have closed in on race leader #7-Allgaier. #8-Smith is the first driver to pit.
Lap 118: #9-Jones passes the Stewart-Haas Racing teammates #00-Custer and #98-Herbst for second in a three-wide battle.
Lap 103: #21-Hill and #20-Truex pit for adjustments.
Lap 101: #27-Burton got loose off Turn 4 and tagged the outside wall.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his third stage victory of the season. #00-Custer, #98-Herbst, #9-Jones, #39-Sieg, #8-Smith, #21-Hill, #2-Love, #16-Allmendinger and #1-Mayer score stage points.
Lap 86: #8-Smith gets into the rear of #18-Creed and into the side of #81-Smith.
Lap 84: #20-Truex gets loose off Turn 4 from sixth position and slaps the outside wall.
Lap 81: All lead-lap drivers pit to flip the stage and not pit at the end of the second stage.
Lap 79: #42-Honeyman spins through Turns 1 and 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 73: #48-Kligerman makes an unscheduled stop for a vibration on the right side. Kligerman was running just outside the top 10.
Lap 49: Both #16-Allmendinger and #26-Heim missed their pit stalls while coming into their pits.
Lap 45: #7-Allgaier wins the opening stage, his second stage victory of the season. #81-Smith, #98-Herbst, #9-Jones, #00-Custer, #20-Truex, #21-Hill, #39-Sieg, #16-Allmendinger and #48-Kligerman all score stage points.
Lap 27: #7-Allgaier passes #81-Smith for the lead on the outside of Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 11: #10-Dye spins in Turn 1 to bring out the first caution of the race.
Lap 2: #19-Gray gets loose off Turn 2 and saves the car. #81-Smith takes the lead from #2-Love out of Turn 4.
Lap 1: #2-Love leads the opening lap.

Cars to the rear: #28-Kyle Sieg, #31-Parker Retzlaff, #38-Matt DiBenedetto, #51-Jeremy Clements (unapproved adjustments).

Pit Stall Selections

For the third time in eight Xfinity Series races this season, #2-Jesse Love won the pole award. This is Love’s first start at Texas Motor Speedway. Love is the seventh driver in series history to win three poles in their first eight series starts (Daytona, Atlanta).
#00-Cole Custer will start second (185.471 mph), with #19-Taylor Gray (185.420 mph), #81-Chandler Smith (185.312 mph) and #98-Riley Herbst (185.300 mph) rounding out the top five.
#7-Justin Allgaier will take the green flag from sixth, as #20-Ryan Truex, #16-AJ Allmendinger, #8-Sammy Smith and #1-Sam Mayer complete the top 10.
All 38 cars qualified for the race.
See the complete Texas Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Texas
Jesse Love # won the Pole Award for the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 with a lap of 29.093 seconds, 185.612 mph.
This is his third pole in eight NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his third pole and fifth top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in one races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Cole Custer (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2024 and his eighth in eight races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Taylor Gray(i) (third) posted his first top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his first in three races this season.
Jesse Love (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#7-Justin Allgaier 180.589 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 180.408 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 179.467 mph
#81-Chandler Smith 179.390 mph
#2-Jesse Love 179.318 mph
Slowest: #66-Chad Finchum 171.043 mph
Most laps run: #20-Ryan Truex, 33
Notes: There were no issues in practice. #81-Smith had smoke coming from his dash during the session.
See full Texas Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. All 38 cars will make the race.
Notables: #6-Garrett Smithley, #07-Patrick Emerling, #10-Daniel Dye, #14-David Starr, #19-Taylor Gray, #20-Ryan Truex, #26-Corey Heim, #35-Joey Gase, #38-Matt DiBenedetto, #66-Chad Finchum, #92-Josh Bilicki.
See the full Texas Entry List.

Texas At-Track Schedule