Kyle Larson battles to two-overtime NASCAR Xfinity win at Texas
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FORT WORTH, Texas—Crew chief Mardy Lindley called his shot.
“We’ve got to stop to win,” Lindley radioed to driver Kyle Larson, subbing for injured Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.
Lindley was right. Larson made a late pit stop and proceeded to win Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in two overtimes.
The victory was Larson’s second of the season, his second at Texas and the 17th of his career, with Larson charging from the seventh position on a Lap 194 restart — behind six cars that stayed out on older tires — to win in two extra periods.
On Lap 188, Larson was cruising to a probable win with a lead of more than six seconds when Corey Day — in the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Larson drove to a dominating win at Bristol in mid-April — hit the tire barrier on the inside of Turn 3 to cause the ninth of 11 cautions.
That’s when Lindley made the call to bring Larson to pit road, and ultimately it paid off. After moving from third to second on the first overtime restart, Larson took the lead from defending race winner Sam Mayer in the second overtime and pulled away to win by 1.265 seconds over Taylor Gray, who surged from fourth to second in the final two laps.
“It was a lot of survival, I felt like in that race,” Larson said. “I got in some wrecks, the balance we had to work on quite a bit. So, it was fun. I felt like if I could ever get the lead, I could stretch it out, but I couldn’t get by Justin (Allgaier). He was running where I needed to be.
“Thanks to JRM for letting me come run this thing here today. Obviously, I wish Connor was in the car, but it means a lot that they thought of me to call up to run this thing.”
As Larson worked his way through the field twice—once from the 20th starting position and again after an uncontrolled tire penalty sent him to the rear after the first stage break—Allgaier led a race-high 99 laps and kept Larson at bay until a cycle of green-flag pit stops in the final stage scrambled the running order.
It was during that cycle that Allgaier’s race came to an untimely end. Running 12th after pitting on Lap 153, Allgaier closed fast on the No. 5 Chevrolet of Kris Wright near the exit from Turn 4.
Wright failed to hold the bottom lane and drifted up the track into Allgaier’s line. Allgaier made a move toward the inside but couldn’t avoid Wright’s car. The No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet slammed into the outside wall in the tri-oval, slid down onto the infield grass and ended the race on a wrecker.
Allgaier, who had lost position to Larson during the pit sequence, was gracious in his assessment of the wreck that ended his day.
“The hard part is, ultimately it falls on my shoulders,” Allgaier said. “We’d about gotten crashed a couple laps before the green-flag stop there, and I think they had some damage and he (Wright) was having a bit of a tough time with his race car, and I’m trying to catch back to the 88 and trying to push and ultimately put myself in a bad position…
“Kyle and I had a great battle, and I was having a lot of fun with it. Obviously, the guy’s ultra-fast in anything that he drives… I think probably the most disappointing part about today is that it’s my mom’s birthday. I would love to get a trophy and celebrate her birthday with that, but instead I’m standing here talking to you guys.”
Allgaier’s exit opened the door for Mayer, Gray, Austin Hill and Nick Sanchez. Driving the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet, Sanchez ran consistently in the top five until the second overtime, when he hit the wall and dropped to 20th at the finish.
Riley Herbst finished third after restarting sixth in the final overtime, with Hill coming home fourth, Mayer fifth and Harrison Burton sixth. Jesse Love, Ryan Sieg, Brandon Jones and Jeb Burton completed the top 10.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 12
Race Results for the Andy's Frozen Custard 300 - Saturday, May 3, 2025
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 208 Laps - 312. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 5/3/2025 @ 05:17 PM Eastern
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 20 88 Kyle Larson(i) Blues Hog Chevrolet 208 2 0 Running 2 32
2 12 54 Taylor Gray # Operation 300 Toyota 208 10 36 Running
3 27 19 Riley Herbst(i) Monster Energy Toyota 208 6 0 Running
4 1 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 208 4 1 50 Running 3 57 1
5 7 41 Sam Mayer Andy's Frozen Custard Ford 208 5 5 44 Running 2 18
6 5 25 Harrison Burton Dead On Tools Ford 208 31 Running
7 3 2 Jesse Love Samsara Chevrolet 208 7 34 Running
8 31 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 208 7 33 Running
9 21 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Miracle-Gro Toyota 208 8 9 33 Running
10 4 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 208 9 29 Running
11 9 10 Daniel Dye # bProAuto Chevrolet 208 26 Running 1 1
12 10 42 Anthony Alfredo Randco Chevrolet 208 10 26 Running
13 35 18 William Sawalich # Starkey Toyota 208 24 Running
14 34 4 Parker Retzlaff Noxzema Chevrolet 208 23 Running
15 8 99 Matt DiBenedetto ReMA Chevrolet 208 22 Running
16 33 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 208 8 24 Running
17 18 44 Brennan Poole Frontline Fire Protection Chevrolet 208 20 Running
18 22 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 208 19 Running
19 13 1 Carson Kvapil # Carolina Carports Chevrolet 208 18 Running
20 14 48 Nick Sanchez # Borchetta Bourbon Chevrolet 208 3 4 32 Running 1 1
21 32 45 Mason Massey Brunt Workwear Chevrolet 207 16 Running
22 26 28 Kyle Sieg Sci Aps Ford 207 15 Running
23 19 71 Ryan Ellis Eclipse Claims Consulting Chevrolet 207 14 Running
24 11 31 Blaine Perkins Volpi Foods Chevrolet 207 13 Running
25 37 35 Joey Gase Donate Life Texas Chevrolet 207 12 Running
26 28 53 Mason Maggio Denssi Energy Pouches Ford 207 11 Running
27 16 26 Dean Thompson # Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 205 10 Running
28 24 91 Josh Bilicki Rita's Italian Ice Chevrolet 205 9 Running
29 15 07 Nick Leitz Priority Tire Chevrolet 204 8 Running
30 38 14 Garrett Smithley Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 201 7 Running
31 25 51 Jeremy Clements First Pacific Funding Chevrolet 200 6 Accident
32 36 32 Katherine Legge(i) Desnuda Tequila Chevrolet 200 0 Running
33 30 5 Kris Wright First National Bank Corp Chevrolet 199 4 Running
34 17 70 Leland Honeyman DWC Chevrolet 165 3 Vibration
35 2 7 Justin Allgaier Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet 155 1 2 22 Accident 3 99 1
36 6 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger Ford 104 6 3 14 Accident
37 29 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 97 1 Accident
38 23 16 Christian Eckes # Celsius Chevrolet 47 1 Engine
Fastest Lap Bonus: # lap 114 / 29.824
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Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 55 Mins, 54 Secs. Average Speed: 106.424 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.265 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 88, 48, 21, 41, 00, 39, 20, 27, 42
Stage 2 Top 10: 21, 7, 00, 48, 41, 19, 2, 17, 20, 54
Race Comments: Kyle Larson has won the Andy's Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, his 17th victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: No. 35 (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: (2) 92 CJ McLaughlin, 74 Dawson Cram.
Caution Flags: 11 for 62 laps; Laps: 3-6 (#71 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 8-11 (#70, 07 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 22-25 (Competition / #91 Spin Frontstretch [None]); 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [07]); 89-97 (#5 Incident Backstretch / Stage 2 Conclusion [27]); 99-103 (#14, 32, 45, 42, 11, 19, 54, 1, 4, 07, 31, 41 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 105-112 (#00, 17, 2 Incident Backstretch [8]); 157-163 (#5, 7 Incident Frontstretch [18]); 189-193 (#17 Incident Turn 3 [99]); 197-200 (#8, 21 Incident Frontstretch [4]); 202-206 (#51 Incident Turn 2 [1]).
Lead Changes: 12 among 6 drivers; J. Allgaier 1-24; A. Hill 25; J. Allgaier 26-49; A. Hill 50-102; J. Allgaier 103-153; S. Mayer 154-158; D. Dye # 159; K. Larson(i) 160-189; A. Hill 190-192; N. Sanchez # 193; S. Mayer 194-206; K. Larson(i) 207-208.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 24, 2025 - Charlotte Motor Speedway
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Points Report
Texas Motor Speedway
Andy's Frozen Custard 300
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 5/3/2025 @ 06:06 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Justin Allgaier 7 12 0 471 0 0 2 4 14
2. Austin Hill 21 12 0 420 -51 51 3 6 21
3. Sam Mayer 41 12 0 391 -80 29 0 1 1
4. Jesse Love 2 12 0 374 -97 17 1 1 6
5. Brandon Jones 20 12 -2 326 -145 48 1 0 5
6. Carson Kvapil # 1 12 1 324 -147 2 0 0 0
7. Jeb Burton 27 12 -2 320 -151 4 0 0 0
8. Ryan Sieg 39 12 -3 317 -154 3 0 0 0
9. Sammy Smith 8 12 1 312 -159 5 1 1 6
10. Harrison Burton 25 12 -2 307 -164 5 0 2 2
11. Sheldon Creed 00 12 1 304 -167 3 0 0 0
12. Connor Zilisch 11 6 299 -172 5 1 2 7
13. Daniel Dye # 10 12 0 293 -178 6 0 0 0
14. Taylor Gray # 54 12 -1 285 -186 8 0 0 0
15. Nick Sanchez # 48 12 1 283 -188 2 0 1 1
16. Dean Thompson # 26 12 0 249 -222 34 0 1 1
17. Brennan Poole 44 12 -1 238 -233 11 0 0 0
18. Christian Eckes # 16 12 1 238 -233 0 0 0 0
19. Jeremy Clements 51 12 0 215 -256 23 0 0 0
20. Anthony Alfredo 42 12 -3 212 -259 3 0 0 0
21. Parker Retzlaff 4 11 -1 209 -262 3 0 0 0
22. Josh Williams 11 12 2 207 -264 2 0 0 0
23. Aric Almirola 5 2 198 -273 9 1 1 0
24. Matt DiBenedetto 99 12 0 181 -290 17 0 0 -5
25. William Sawalich # 18 12 -3 170 -301 11 0 0 0
26. Blaine Perkins 31 12 1 167 -304 3 0 0 0
27. Kyle Sieg 28 12 1 165 -306 2 0 0 0
28. Ryan Ellis 71 12 1 161 -310 4 0 0 0
29. Kris Wright 5 12 0 110 -361 51 0 0 0
30. Josh Bilicki 91 8 0 110 -361 0 0 0 0
31. Garrett Smithley 14 10 0 100 -371 10 0 0 0
32. Leland Honeyman 70 7 0 92 -379 8 0 0 0
33. Joey Gase 35 7 -1 87 -384 5 0 0 0
34. Patrick Emerling(i) 5 1 83 -388 4 0 0 0
35. Mason Massey 45 6 -1 61 -410 22 0 0 0
36. Justin Bonsignore 4 1 54 -417 7 0 0 0
37. Mason Maggio 53 6 0 47 -424 7 0 0 0
38. Corey Day 17 2 -11 40 -431 7 0 0 0
39. Nick Leitz 07 4 0 40 -431 0 0 0 0
40. Greg Van Alst 8 2 33 -438 7 0 0 0
41. Caesar Bacarella 2 1 31 -440 2 0 0 0
42. Jordan Anderson 1 1 30 -441 1 0 0 0
43. Alex Labbe 2 1 30 -441 0 0 0 0
44. Thomas Annunziata 4 1 26 -445 4 0 0 0
45. Kasey Kahne 1 1 23 -448 3 0 0 0
46. Brad Perez 2 1 23 -448 0 0 0 0
47. Patrick Staropoli 1 1 21 -450 2 0 0 0
48. Ryan Truex 1 1 20 -451 1 0 0 0
49. Jesse Iwuji 1 1 17 -454 3 0 0 0
50. Cj Mclaughlin 2 0 16 -455 1 0 0 0
51. Vicente Salas 1 0 13 -458 3 0 0 0
52. Carson Ware 2 0 12 -459 1 0 0 0
53. David Starr 1 0 11 -460 1 0 0 0
54. Myatt Snider 2 0 11 -460 0 0 0 0
55. Dawson Cram 2 0 7 -464 4 0 0 0
56. Jeffrey Earnhardt 1 0 5 -466 2 0 0 0
57. Sage Karam 1 0 5 -466 0 0 0 0
58. Preston Pardus 1 0 1 -470 4 0 0 0
59. Baltazar Leguizam?n 1 0 1 -470 0 0 0 0
60. Kyle Larson(i) 88 3 0 0 -471 1 2 2 0
61. William Byron(i) 1 0 0 -471 0 0 1 0
62. Alex Bowman(i) 1 0 0 -471 0 0 1 0
63. Chase Elliott(i) 1 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
64. Riley Herbst(i) 19 2 -2 0 -471 0 0 0 0
65. Ross Chastain(i) 2 1 0 -471 0 0 0 0
66. Corey Heim(i) 3 1 0 -471 0 0 0 0
67. Christopher Bell(i) 1 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
68. Katherine Legge(i) 32 3 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
69. Carson Hocevar(i) 1 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
70. Tyler Tomassi 0 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
71. Jj Yeley(i) 0 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
72. Jake Garcia(i) 0 0 0 -471 0 0 0 0
73. Austin Green 3 0 -1 -472 1 0 0 -5
-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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