NASCAR Trucks owner/driver Dawson Cram will race in the Xfinity Series for the first time at Loudon on Saturday for Mike Harmon Racing.
With Michael Annett out due to a stress fracture in his right femur, Josh Berry will once again be a NASCAR substitute driver as he takes over Annett’s car at New Hampshire.
After team-mate Daniel Hemric’s hopes of finally winning his first NASCAR Xfinity race were dashed, Kyle Busch likely wrapped up his Xfinity career with his 102nd series victory. He won all five of his Xfinity starts in 2021.
Michael Annett suffers leg injury, missing Xfinity Atlanta day after skipping Knoxville Trucks
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Michael Annett will not run Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race at Atlanta due to a leg injury, and Austin Dillon was a last-minute replacement. Annett had also missed Friday’s Truck event at Knoxville.
As Rick Ware Racing expands the NASCAR programme into Canada’s Pinty’s Series, 2019 champion Andrew Ranger will take part. He will also run the upcoming Xfinity race at Loudon, his first in the series since 2013.
Kyle Busch is 4/4 in 2021 NASCAR Xfinity competition after winning at Road America in his first ever start at the Wisconsin road course.
Austin Cindric held off a late push by Ty Gibbs to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity race of the year and first at Pocono.
Kyle Larson, winner of the last three NASCAR Cup races, hopes to continue his streak from the pole in Saturday’s Pocono race. Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland start on poles for the Xfinity and Truck Series, respectively.
History was made in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ race at Nashville: Kyle Busch has reached 100 career victories.
NASCAR Truck driver Austin Hill and his team Hattori Racing Enterprises will return to the Xfinity Series for 6 races in 2021: Nashville this weekend, Pocono, Indianapolis, Michigan, Charlotte, and Texas.
Kyle Busch now has 99 career wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series after surviving numerous final-stage restarts dominating the Texas race.
NASCAR Truck points leader John Hunter Nemechek will run the Bristol, Texas, and Kansas Xfinity races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the fall.
In supporting the NASCAR Cup Series’ All-Star Race at Texas on Sunday, A.J. Allmendinger will lead the Xfinity race while John Hunter Nemechek will do the same for the Trucks. Both lower series races are on Saturday.
Will Rodgers, who last ran a NASCAR Xfinity Series race in 2019, has joined Sam Hunt Racing for “select 2021 events” beginning at Nashville in two weeks.
A.J. Allmendinger started the final stage of Saturday’s Xfinity race at Mid-Ohio in 19th, but this did not discourage him as he pushed to tie Marcos Ambrose for the most road course wins in NXS history.
Kyle Larson will be on the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series’ return to Sonoma Raceway, while Austin Cindric will do so for the Xfinity Series’ own trip back to Mid-Ohio.
Phoenix Raceway will once again host NASCAR Championship Weekend in 2022, marking the third consecutive year that the Arizona mile-long oval is the final track of the year for the Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks.
