Chandler Smith Wins at Richmond in NASCAR Xfinity Series with JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, Garcia 5th at Texas in Truck Series
Running a JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, Chandler Smith won Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250 for the NASCAR® Xfinity Series at Richmond Raceway. Starting eighth, Smith led a race-best 83 of the 250-lap race. The Kaulig Racing driver held off second-place finisher John Hunter Nemechek on a late-race restart with six laps remaining to earn his first career series victory. Josh Berry finished third, and Cole Custer was fifth. Drivers using JASPER products took nine of the top ten finishing positions. Chase Garcia, also running a JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, earned a fifth-place finish in Saturday’s SpeedyCash.com 250 for the NASCAR® Craftsman Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway. Ryan Vargas finished eighth.
A recap of Saturday’s results from Richmond and Texas follows.
NASCAR Xfinity Series – ToyotaCare 250 – Richmond Raceway
1st #16 Chandler Smith – Stage 1 Winner
2nd #20 John Hunter Nemechek
3rd #8 Josh Berry – Stage 2 Winner
5th #00 Cole Custer
6th #2 Sheldon Creed
7th #39 Ryan Sieg
8th #48 Parker Kligerman
9th #21 Austin Hill
10th #10 Derek Kraus
13th #7 Justin Allgaier
14th #38 Chris Hacker
15th #43 Ryan Ellis
17th #1 Sam Mayer
18th #44 Jeffrey Earnhardt
19th #18 Sammy Smith
20th #28 Kyle Sieg
21st #9 Brandon Jones
22nd #25 Brett Moffitt
23rd #98 Riley Herbst
24th #11 Daniel Hemric
25th #45 Leland Honeyman
26th #02 Blaine Perkins
37th #19 Joe Graf, Jr.
NASCAR Xfinity Series 2023 Points Standings
1st #21 Austin Hill
2nd #98 Riley Herbst
3rd #20 John Hunter Nemechek
4th #16 Chandler Smith
5th #8 Josh Berry
6th #7 Justin Allgaier
7th #2 Sheldon Creed
8th #1 Sam Mayer
9th #18 Sammy Smith
10th #00 Cole Custer
11th #11 Daniel Hemric
12th #48 Parker Kligerman
13th #39 Ryan Sieg
14th #9 Brandon Jones
16th #25 Brett Moffitt
21st #28 Kyle Sieg
22nd #19 Joe Graf, Jr.
23rd #43 Ryan Ellis
27th #44 Jeffrey Earnhardt
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series – SpeedyCash.com 250 – Texas Motor Speedway
5th #35 Chase Garcia
8th #30 Ryan Vargas
15th #19 Christian Eckes
17th #23 Grant Enfinger
19th #24 Rajah Caruth
25th #43 Daniel Dye
32nd #25 Matt DiBenedetto