Jeremy Clements Wins Daytona Appeal, Eligible for Xfinity Series Playoffs
Clements and the No. 51 team had been handed an L2 penalty days later after the winning car was taken to the R&D center for further inspection.
Clements and the No. 51 team had been handed an L2 penalty days later after the winning car was taken to the R&D center for further inspection.
Jeremy Clements and his team are filing an appeal against a penalty that stripped him of NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff eligibility for his Daytona victory.
Even when cars weren’t on track at Daytona, the regular-season finale and the weekend surrounding it brought forth plenty of NASCAR news.
Clements’ win still stands, it just does not count toward the playoffs.
That and more stories from the World Center of Racing.
Timmy Hill finished runner-up following a final few laps of attrition.
At the green flag for the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ debut race Portland International Raceway, Sam Mayer spun through traffic in the opening chicane while polesitter Anthony Alfredo and second-place starter Austin Hill missed the first turn completely. It was a sign of things to come. By the time the dust settled, 12 cars had crashed …
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Welcome to the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season! NASCAR fans were treated to a great one on Saturday evening (Feb. 19) that ended with NXS rookie Austin Hill taking his first series victory at Daytona International Speedway.
It ended just about as “Daytona” as anybody could expect, with Anthony Alfredo (No. 23) getting into the right rear of Myatt Snider, resulting in Snider’s No. 31 car getting turned on the last lap. Snider went end over end and caught air, which flung him into the catchfence on the backstretch. The engine was ejected during the crash, but Snider was able to walk out of the car afterward.
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