Sam Mayer comes off his 1st victory of the season and Jeb Burton returns to the site of his only 2 career wins for the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega
The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the Ag-Pro 300, with qualifying set for Friday evening. Sam Mayer became the fourth Xfinity Series driver to provisionally qualify for the playoffs with a win last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, joining Austin Hill, Chandler Smith and Aric Almirola. Meanwhile, Jeb Burton returns to the scene of his only two career Xfinity Series victories. Burton won the Ag-Pro 300 in both 2021 and 2023 at the 2.66-mile tri-oval that opened for racing in 1969 and began hosting the second-tier NASCAR series in 1992 and added a fall race in 2020 that returns to the schedule this year.
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Date: April 19, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
TV: FOX Sports 1
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Burton’s victory last year came in overtime as the race extended from the scheduled 113 laps to 121. He held off Sheldon Creed by 0.113 seconds to take the checkered flag, taking the lead on lap 111 and getting it back on lap 115.
Chandler Smith leads the driver standings, though his streak of seven straight top-10 finishes to open the season came to an end. He is 19 points up on defending series champion Cole Custer, with Hill 33 points back and Justin Allgaier trailing by 56. Jesse Love (76-point deficit), Riley Herbst (101), AJ Allmendinger (104), Sammy Smith (108), Parker Kligerman (118) and Creed (133) round out the top 10.
The 300.58-mile race covers 113 laps, with the first two stages of the race planned for 25 laps apiece. The final stage pulls in the final 63 trips around the track.
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