The ultimate restart was introduced on by Ryan Sieg working out of gasoline and stopping on the racetrack. With the complete area shut on gas, it was Ford who went down first, with Stewart-Haas teammate Riley Herbst and Cole Custer working out of gasoline, in addition to Hailie Deegan.
The Chevy’s fell on the following restart, with each the aforementioned Love, in addition to Parker Kligerman working on empty as the sphere roared by. This led to Hill, together with Chandler Smith, taking excessive two spots as the ultimate automobiles who had but to pit over the ultimate run, with Shane van Gisbergen lurking behind the pair in third.
Similar to at Daytona, nevertheless, a Joe Gibbs Racing automobile was unable to catch Hill on the ultimate lap, as Smith did not have the assistance essential to make a remaining push.
Shane van Gisbergen obtained his first profession Xfinity Sequence prime 5 in simply his second begin, whereas Sheldon Creed and Parker Retzlaff rounded out the highest 5.
Love slipped to twelfth on the outcomes sheet, Justin Allgaier, who earned stage factors through the race however ran out of gas coming to the additional time restart completed twenty eighth, two laps down.
“I used to be pondering the two was gonna go get ’em, and if I can not win, let my teammate win,” Hill mentioned after the race. “(Jesse) ran an superior race. To be a rookie and lead that many laps, he must be sitting in Victory Lane proper now.”
Whereas a disappointing finish to a profession day for Love, Hill’s win offers him 11 playoff factors after simply two races. Love at present sits 20 factors above the playoff cutline with 24 races remaining within the common season.
Austin Hill will get an opportunity to defend his 2023 win at Las Vegas and notch win quantity three on the 12 months when the Xfinity Sequence area heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 2.
The third race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence season will run at 4 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
