Following a wild race to conclude the Round of 12 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series is set to begin at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With 38 cars entered for the race, all drivers are locked in, barring any entry list additions.
Parker Retzlaff is back in the No. 02 for Our Motorsports after last competing at Texas Motor Speedway last month.
Matt Mills is back for the first time since Texas in the No. 5 for BJ McLeod Motorsports. Garrett Smithley will make his fourth start of 2022 in the team’s No. 78
Hailie Deegan is slated to make her Xfinity debut with SS-Green Light Racing. Deegan will pilot the No. 07.
MBM Motorsports puts Matt Jaskol in the No. 13 for the second time this season.
Trevor Bayne continues his part-time stint with Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 for his eighth start of the season.
John Hunter Nemechek will make his 11th series start of 2022 in the No. 26 for Sam Hunt Racing.
Kyle Sieg will compete in the No. 28 for RSS Racing, while CJ McLaughlin makes his 11th start in the team’s No. 38.
Emerling Gase Motorsports will have Jeffrey Earnhardt in its No. 35 once again. Earnhardt has competed with the team at Phoenix Raceway in the spring and Talladega Superspeedway earlier this month.
Josh Williams will be in the No. 36 for DGM Racing after competing in the No. 92 for DGM at the ROVAL. Mason Massey also returns to the team in its No. 91.
After finishing third in the ARCA Menards Series standings, Rajah Caruth returns to Alpha Prime Racing’s No. 44 in his fourth career Xfinity start.
Newly crowned ARCA champion Nick Sanchez will make his fifth career Xfinity start in the No. 48 for Big Machine Racing.
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Drivers are set to take the green flag on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
Entering his fifth year with Frontstretch, Luken Glover is the author of The Underdog House, shedding light on the motivation and performance of NASCAR's dark horse teams as they strive to fight to the top. Additionally, Glover reports for the site at various events, and he contributes in the video editing department.
A 2023 graduate of the University of the Cumberlands, Glover is a middle school math and PE teacher, as well as a basketball coach. He is passionate about serving in his church, playing/coaching a wide variety of sports, and researching motorsports history.