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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To ‘Super’ Sam Mayer Claiming HyVee Perks 250 At Iowa Speedway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To ‘Super’ Sam Mayer Claiming HyVee Perks 250 At Iowa Speedway

During the first stage of Saturday’s HyVee Perks 250 at Iowa Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series Connor Zilisch, to the surprise of a few, dominated. Until a few mistakes shuffled the rookie back into the field.

During the second stage, Taylor Gray moved through the field, posting plus-33 in positions. Until a poor pit stop forced him back in the pack.

Through most of Saturday’s event, Sam Mayer wasn’t much of a factor. Until the end.

Mayer paced pole-sitter Jesse Love on the restart with 11 laps remaining and cruised to his first win of the season – and Haas Factory Team’s initial trip to Victory Lane. Mayer, who finished P2 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, earned back-to-back wins at the 0.875-mile oval. He topped Love by 3.289 seconds.

“This one is everything right here,” Mayer told CW Sports. “I can’t believe it. This one is one of the more special ones.”

Since Las Vegas, Mayer compiled the most points without having a win.

X (Twitter) users responded to how NASCAR’s Iowa fans showed up Saturday …

Remembering past Xfinity Series winners in the corn field …

Going green for the Xfinity event at Iowa …

On Lap 2, Ryan Sieg (39) tangled with Austin Dillon, but both avoided hitting the wall …

Maintaining his winning ways, Zilisch captured Stage 1 …

Clash of the Xfinity titans …

Ryan Ellis spun out along Turn 4. The No. 71 Chevrolet ended up finishing P25, one lap down …

JR Motorsports earned a stage sweep when Cup Series regular Ross Chastain captured his first Xfinity circuit stage win since October 2020 at Martinsville. It was his 10th career stage win …

It was a sudden end of the race for Daniel Dye …

It will be an interesting Monday morning meeting at JR Motorsports after Zilisch got loose, hit Chastain and ended up taking out Allgaier with 37 laps to go …

Mayer handed Ford its first Xfinity win this season …

Like last year, Mayer earned a “Super” trip to the playoffs in the cornfield …

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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