Joey Logano became the first driver to secure a spot in the championship finale, passing Ross Chastain with three laps left to win at Las Vegas for the third time and now the playoffs shift to Homestead Miami Speedway this weekend.
Logano, the 2018 series champion, moved into the points lead by 21 over runner-up Chastain, 22 over previous leader Chase Elliott, and 33 over Denny Hamlin. Chastain led 68 of the 267 laps at Las Vegas. The victory was the 30th of Logano’s career.
Elliott’s series-best five wins match the combined total of Logano (3) and Chastain (2). Christopher Bell, fourth in points after winning at Charlotte, dropped to eighth in the playoff standings, 56 points behind with two races remaining before the final four is set.
Bubba Wallace was suspended for this weekend's race for appearing to swipe at Kyle Larson's Chevy Camaro after he was squeezed into the wall last Sunday in Las Vegas.
John Hunter Nemechek will drive the No. 45 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing.
William Byron won after starting 31st last spring in Miami.
Practice and qualifying is at 9 am local time Saturday morning and the green flag drops at 1:30 pm Sunday afternoon.
Josh Berry took the lead from AJ Allmendinger with 34 laps to go at Las Vegas and won for the second time in the series’ last three visits there, securing his spot in the championship finale as the XFinity playoffs head to Homestead Miami Speedway.
Berry’s victory was the fifth of his career and led a 1-2-3 finish for JR Motorsports as Noah Gragson was second and Justin Allgaier third.
Berry went into the race having failed to lead a lap in the previous six races.
Gragson remained the points leader, by 19 over Ty Gibbs and 29 over Allgaier. Allmendinger finished 22nd, just his fourth finish outside the top 10 in 30 races, and dropped to sixth in points, 45 off the lead. Sam Mayer, the fourth JRM driver still in the playoffs, is last in the standings, 65 off the pace.
Myatt Snyder won after starting 10th at Miami last spring.
Practice and qualifying is tonight at 5 pm and race time is 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon.
Matt DiBenedetto, not a playoff contender in the Camping World Truck Series, earned his first career victory in the series with his win at Talladega, which finished under caution with him in front.
The trucks return Saturday afternoon for the first race since the first Saturday of October at Talladega.
Chandler Smith heads into the last race to make the finale with a 12-point lead over Zane Smith and a 27-point cushion ahead of defending series champion Ben Rhodes. Christian Eckes and Stewart Friesen are both 30 points back and John Hunter Nemechek is 32 behind.
Zane Smith’s 12 top-five finishes are three more than any other driver and his 17 top-10 finishes also are three more than any other driver.
Practice and qualifying is this afternoon at 3 pm and the green flag at Miami drops at noon on Saturday afternoon.
