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Kyle Busch has won the “Pit Boss” 250 at Citcuit of the Americas, scoring his 98th victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
As the NASCAR Xfinity Series hosted its inaugural race at Austin Texas’ own “Circuit of the Americas” one driver was wildly dominate, that was Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch qualified for his starting position on the pole, and really aside from when he pitted, Kyle Busch remained the leader for the entire race. It’s not hard to imagine that Kyle Busch could win when he makes an Xfinity Series start, though this time Busch had a car significantly faster than everyone else.
Kaulig Racing’s cars did not win the entire race, though the No. 16 of AJ Allmendinger won stage 1 of the race, and finished 2nd just behind Kyle Busch, and the No. 11 of Justin Haley used pit strategy to his advantage, and won stage 2. On a regular week Kaulig Racing’s speed way have been enough to grab a win, but that speed was not enough to compete with the No. 54 of Kyle Busch.
Another name in the spotlight during this race was the Jordan Anderson Racing and their No. 31. This weekend at COTA, the No. 31 was piloted by 2-time Xfinity Series champion Tyler Reddick, scoring an 8th place finish in only the team’s FIRST NASCAR Xfinity Series start. The team was slated to make their debut at Daytona International Speedway for the season opener (and attempt to run full-time), but when qualifying was rained out the new team had no owners points and was not able to make a start until the next race with qualifying, that being at COTA.
The following are the complete race results:
1. Kyle Busch- No. 54
2. AJ Allmendinger- No. 16
3. Justin Allgaier- No. 7
4. Kevin Harvick- No. 5
5. Austin Cindric- No. 22
6. Harrison Burton- No. 20
7. Cole Custer- No. 17
8. Tyler Reddick- No. 31
9. Justin Haley- No. 11
10. Jeb Burton- No. 10
11. Michael Annett- No. 1
12. Brett Moffitt- No. 02
13. Austin Dillon- No. 77
14. Preston Pardus- No. 91
15. Jade Buford- No. 48
16. Riley Herbst- No. 98
17. Andy Lally- No. 23
18. Brandon Jones- No. 19
19. Spencer Pumpelly- No. 6
20. Alex Labbé- No. 36
21. Myatt Snider- No. 2
22. Landon Cassill- No. 4
23. Jeremy Clements- No. 51
24. Ryan Ellis- No. 99
25. Ryan Sieg- No. 39
26. Brandon Brown- No. 68
27. Gray Gaulding- No. 52
28. Colby Howard- No. 15
29. Daniel Hemric- No. 18
30. Ross Chastain- No. 07
31. Boris Said- No. 13
32. Kris Wright- No. 26 - DNF
33. Timmy Hill- No. 66 - DNF
34. Miguel Paludo- No. 8 - DNF
35. Tommy Joe Martins- No. 44 - DNF
36. Noah Gragson- No. 9 - DNF
98 career @NASCAR_Xfinity wins for Rowdy! Retweet to congratulate @KyleBusch on his @NASCARatCOTA victory. pic.twitter.com/yEerCRW04H
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 22, 2021
Kaulig Racing sweeps the first two stages at COTA. AJ Allmendinger won first stage and now Justin Haley wins the second. pic.twitter.com/X5qrMS36dz
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 22, 2021
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