Ryan Truex drove among the finest races of his NASCAR profession on Friday.
The 32-year-old grabbed the third victory of Xfinity Sequence profession in Friday’s WaWa 250 at Daytona, holding the race lead in extra time as AJ Allmendinger spun from second place on the ultimate lap.
Allmendinger and Truex have been two of the very best automobiles of the night time, and on the race’s remaining restart, it was Truex who cleared Allmendinger for the lead and stayed up entrance when the warning flag flew.
The win is the second for Truex in 2024, as he additionally gained at Dover on April 27.
Pole sitter Chandler Smith completed second, with Parker Kligerman, Riley Herbst and Ryan Sieg rounding out the top-five. Jordan Anderson and Justin Allgaier completed sixth and seventh, respectively, with Sheldon Creed, Leland Honeyman and Kyle Weatherman accomplished the top-10.
Different notable finishers embrace Sam Mayer in thirteenth, Jesse Love in twenty first, Brandon Jones in twenty second, Allmendinger in twenty fourth and Shane van Gisbergen in twenty fifth.
Within the spirit of Daytona, Friday’s race featured a litany of massive crashes, together with a melee on lap one which took out Gus Dean, Ryan Ellis and Akinori Ogata.
On lap 96, the “Massive One” came about, with Anthony Alfredo sliding up the monitor and amassing Caesar Bacarella, Jeremy Clements, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Josh Bilicki, van Gisbergen and Patrick Emerling.
With Cole Custer’s Thirty second-place end, Allgaier now strikes into the Xfinity Sequence factors lead by 33 factors.
The Xfinity Sequence’ subsequent race can be held on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Darlington. The Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Assist A Hero 200 will go inexperienced shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET, with protection on USA Community, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.