Allgaier wins at Homestead; Larson annoyed by remaining restart

After successful Friday’s NASCAR Truck Sequence race at Homestead, Kyle Larson set his sights on the Xfinity race in his quest to grow to be simply the second driver to ever obtain a weekend sweep [after Kyle Busch at Bristol]. Within the Truck race, he needed to combat again from a late-race spin to assert the victory, however there have been no such setbacks for a lot of the Xfinity race.

Larson seemed unstoppable, dominating a lot of the occasion. After the ultimate spherical of green-flag pit stops, he simply drove away from the remainder of the sector. Lapping as much as sixth place, Larson pulled out to a surprising 16+ second benefit over his closest competitors. 

However with lower than 10 laps to go, a spin by Taylor Grey arrange a dash to the end. Larson had the lead for the ultimate time beyond regulation restart. Sadly for Larson, his technique to go late within the restart zone backfired as Sam Mayer [who was directly behind him] went a second too quickly. Larson spun the tires whereas being shoved from behind, permitting the skin lane to surge forward.

Austin Hill took the lead earlier than Justin Allgaier fought his means round him, claiming the win for the JR Motorsports. The reigning NASCAR Xfinity Sequence champion turns into the primary multi-time winner of the 2025 season.

“Only a testomony to this workforce,” mentioned Allgaier after incomes his twenty seventh profession win. “In the present day is a type of days that wasn’t our day. We received behind however we had been capable of persevere … it is particular. If there’s anyplace I might win, it will be right here as a result of I simply really feel like this place has received me so many occasions.”

This was Allgaier’s seventeenth Xfinity race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, however his first victory there.

“He slammed the s*** out of me”

Mayer ended up ending second, Hill third, a annoyed Larson was fourth, and Sheldon Creed completed fifth. Jesse Love, Brandon Jones, Nick Sanchez, Daniel Dye, and Carson Kvapil rounded out the highest ten.

Larson walked ‘The CW’ by means of that vital restart, saying: “I’ve lived by means of it (disappointment) a lot of occasions right here however clearly, a bummer once more. To have one other Homestead race play out that means … However yeah, I am unable to go when my rear tires are off the bottom. I do know it seems to be like I choked one other one away however I did all the things I assumed I might, and the #41 [Mayer] simply lagged again and slammed the s*** out of me.”

Watch: Kyle Larson calls Homestead end a ‘bummer’ after time beyond regulation restart

Mayer gave his personal perspective, taking some duty: “I simply mistimed it sadly. Acquired to his bumper slightly too rapidly. He went actually, actually late within the field, simply enjoying video games. That is what you bought to do to get the benefit, however he simply waited actually lengthy and I wasn’t prepared for him to attend that lengthy. I used to be giddy to get going.”

Kyle Busch stays the one driver to have efficiently accomplished the weekend sweep, successful the Cup, Xfinity and Truck races at Bristol Motor Speedway in each 2010 and 2017.