{"id":139999,"date":"2025-09-13T02:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139999\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:24:07","slug":"2025-nxs-food-city-300-at-bristol-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139999\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NXS Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aric Almirola hasn\u2019t competed in a NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway in eight years (since 2017), but that lack of recent experience didn\u2019t hinder the Tampa, Florida-native in Friday\u2019s Food City 300.<\/a><\/p>\n

The veteran driver out of the Joe Gibbs Racing stable was able to defend against a hard-charging Sheldon Creed in the closing laps of the 300-lap content, remaining steady for the final 40 laps of the race to collect his ninth win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.<\/p>\n

Sheldon Creed finished in the runner-up spot on Friday, his 15th second-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series \u2013 which allows the Alpine, California-native to continue to extend upon his record of most runner-up finishes without a victory.<\/p>\n

Sam Mayer, a teammate to Creed at Haas Factory Team, finished in third, while JR Motorsports teammates Carson Kvapil, Connor Zilisch, and Justin Allgaier finished fourth through sixth. With a fifth-place finish, Zilisch ties Sam Ard as the driver with the most consecutive top-fives in NASCAR Xfinity Series history.<\/p>\n

Harrison Burton had a fantastic showing<\/a> in seventh for AM Racing, while non-playoff drivers Christian Eckes, Jeremy Clements, and Brennan Poole completed the top-10.<\/p>\n

The rest of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff drivers that finished outside the top-10 include Brandon Jones (11th), Nick Sanchez (13th), Taylor Gray (14th), Austin Hill (19th), Jesse Love (25th), and Sammy Smith (37th).<\/a><\/p>\n

Pos<\/p>\n

#<\/p>\n

Driver<\/p>\n

Laps<\/p>\n

Diff<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Aric Almirola<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

00<\/p>\n

Sheldon Creed (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

0.381<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

41<\/p>\n

Sam Mayer (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

0.543<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Carson Kvapil (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

2.101<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

88<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

2.367<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Justin Allgaier (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

3.181<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

Harrison Burton (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

3.244<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Christian Eckes (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

4.145<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

51<\/p>\n

Jeremy Clements<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

4.251<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

44<\/p>\n

Brennan Poole<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

4.629<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Brandon Jones (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

5.672<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

Dean Thompson<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

5.839<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

48<\/p>\n

Nick Sanchez (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

5.912<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

54<\/p>\n

Taylor Gray (P)<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

6.059<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

William Sawalich<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

6.366<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Parker Retzlaff<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

7.048<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Corey Day<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

7.175<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

Jeb Burton<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

8.208<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Austin Hill<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

8.387<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Brenden Queen<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

8.471<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

Kyle Sieg<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

10.602<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

42<\/p>\n

Anthony Alfredo<\/p>\n

300<\/p>\n

10.757<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

39<\/p>\n

Ryan Sieg<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

1 lap<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

99<\/p>\n

Matt DiBenedetto<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

1 lap<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Jesse Love (P)<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

1 lap<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Daniel Dye<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

1 lap<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Earnhardt<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

1 lap<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

45<\/p>\n

Josh Williams<\/p>\n

298<\/p>\n

2 laps<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

91<\/p>\n

Josh Bilicki<\/p>\n

296<\/p>\n

4 laps<\/p>\n

30<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Logan Bearden<\/p>\n

296<\/p>\n

4 laps<\/p>\n

31<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

Austin Green<\/p>\n

295<\/p>\n

5 laps<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

70<\/p>\n

Leland Honeyman<\/p>\n

294<\/p>\n

6 laps<\/p>\n

33<\/p>\n

07<\/p>\n

Carson Ware<\/p>\n

288<\/p>\n

12 laps<\/p>\n

34<\/p>\n

31<\/p>\n

Blaine Perkins<\/p>\n

287<\/p>\n

13 laps<\/p>\n

35<\/p>\n

53<\/p>\n

Joey Gase<\/p>\n

268<\/p>\n

32 laps<\/p>\n

36<\/p>\n

35<\/p>\n

Stefan Parsons<\/p>\n

81<\/p>\n

219 laps<\/p>\n

37<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Sammy Smith (P)<\/p>\n

56<\/p>\n

244 laps<\/p>\n

38<\/p>\n

71<\/p>\n

Ryan Ellis<\/p>\n

55<\/p>\n

245 laps<\/p>\n

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