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NASCAR Xfinity Series The LiUNA! Entry List: Dates, Event Times At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Xfinity post Phoenix odds story (1)

At the venue of his NASCAR Xfinity Series championship coronation last November, Justin Allgaier appeared to be cruising to a win during Saturday’s GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway. A poor overtime start, however, led to a fifth-place finish behind winner Aric Almirola outdueled Cup Series regular Alex Bowman along the final turn.

The leader for 130 laps at the one-mile tri-oval, Allgaier steered the No. 7 Chevrolet to a more than one-second lead during the closing rotations, until Nick Leitz’s crash on Lap 197 created the two-lap extra session.

Phoenix is a track Allgaier should look forward to competing at, but there have been incidents like last spring when a commanding performance melted away late in the winter event last season. He has compiled 730 laps led at Phoenix.

“I mean, I want to love this place,” Allgaier said, as reported by NASCAR.com. “I mean, I won a championship here. We’ve won races here. We’ve done all the right things here. I really want to love it, but it’s like golf. You’re one hole away from throwing your clubs in the water, and you hit a great approach shot to the green, and you’re like, ‘This is the greatest game in the world,’ right?

“Racing is the same way, and this race track is the same way. You come back here every time, thinking you’re going to do it differently or you’re going to do it better, or you’re going to do whatever, and stuff like that happens. So we have a running joke that, as the 7 team, we don’t make it easy. And Phoenix is the 7 car of the schedule right now for us.”

Almirola beat Bowman by 0.045 seconds.

NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule   

Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (All Times ET):

Friday

  • 3:35 p.m.: Truck Series practice 
  • 4:40 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying 
  • 6:05 p.m.: Xfinity Series practice 
  • 7:10 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying 
  • 9 p.m.: Truck Series Ecosave 200 race

Saturday

  • 1:35 p.m.: Cup Series practice 
  • 2:40 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying 
  • 4:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series The LiUNA! race

Sunday

  • 3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube race

NASCAR Xfinity Series The LiUNA! Entry List 

Entry, Driver, Team, Car No.

  • 1, Sheldon Creed , Haas Factory Team, No. 00 Ford   
  • 2, Carson Kvapil, JR Motorsports, No. 1 Chevrolet   
  • 3, Jesse Love, Richard Childress Racing, No. 2 Chevrolet   
  • 4, Parker Retzlaff, Alpha Prime Racing, No. 4 
  • 5, Kris Wright, Our Motorsports, No. 5 Chevrolet   
  • 6, Patrick Emerling, SS-Green Light Racing, No. 07 Chevrolet 
  • 7, Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports, No. 7 Chevrolet   
  • 8, Sammy Smith, JR Motorsports, No. 8 Chevrolet   
  • 9, Daniel Dye, Kaulig Racing, No. 10 Chevrolet 
  • 10, Josh Williams, Kaulig Racing, No. 11 Chevrolet   
  • 11, Garrett Smithley, SS-Green Light Racing, No. 14 Chevrolet 
  • 12, Christian Eckes, Kaulig Racing, No. 16 Chevrolet   
  • 13, William Sawalich, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 18 Toyota   
  • 14, Aric Almirola, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 19 Toyota 
  • 15, Brandon Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 20 Toyota 
  • 16, Austin Hill, Richard Childress Racing, No. 21 Chevrolet   
  • 17, Harrison Burton, AM Racing, No. 25 Ford 
  • 18, Dean Thompson, Sam Hunt Racing, No. 26 Toyota   
  • 19, Jeb Burton, Jordan Anderson Racing, No. 27 Chevrolet   
  • 20, Kyle Sieg, RSS Racing, No. 28 Ford   
  • 21, Blaine Perkins, Jordan Anderson Racing, No. 31 Chevrolet   
  • 22, Austin Green, Jordan Anderson Racing, No. 32 Chevrolet   
  • 23, TBA, Joey Gase Racing, No. 35 Toyota   
  • 24, Ryan Sieg, RSS Racing, No. 39 Ford   
  • 25, Sam Mayer, Haas Factory Team, No. 41 Ford 
  • 26, Anthony Alfredo, Young’s Motorsports, No. 42 Chevrolet   
  • 27, Brennan Poole, Alpha Prime Racing, No. 44 Chevrolet   
  • 28, Mason Massey, Alpha Prime Racing, No. 45 Chevrolet  
  • 29, Nicholas Sanchez, Big Machine Racing, No. 48 Chevrolet   
  • 30, Jeremy Clements, Jeremy Clements Racing, No. 51 Chevrolet   
  • 31, Joey Gase, Joey Gase Motorsports, No. 53 Toyota 
  • 32, Taylor Gray, Joe Biggs Racing, No. 54 Toyota 
  • 33, Leland Honeyman Jr., Cope Family Racing, No. 70 Chevrolet 
  • 34, Ryan Ellis, DGM Racing x JIM, No. 71 Chevrolet 
  • 35, TBA, Mike Harmon Racing, No. 74 Chevrolet 
  • 36, Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports, No. 88 Chevrolet   
  • 37, Josh Bilicki, DGM Racing, No. 91 Chevrolet   
  • 38, Matt DiBenedetto, Viking Motorsports, No. 99 Chevrolet