Sam Mayer Wins Iowa Xfinity Series Race at Iowa Speedway

NEWTON, IA – RIS – It took overtime, but Sam Mayer took first place in that extra run to win the Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway. In the three lap shootout, the two ran side by side until the final lap with Mayer got an advantage.  Mayer, who led 47 laps in the 250-lap race, pulled ahead of Herbst on the restart after John Hunter Nemechek’s crash six laps from the finish.

Corey Heim finished third. Sammy Smith and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top five. Series points leader Cole Custer finished sixth. It was the first Xfinity Series  race in several years .

The race was slowed by nine caution flags, most caused by tire troubles similar to those that caused problems for drivers during Friday’s Cup Series practice. AJ Allmendinger, Jeb Burton, Jesse Love and Justin Allgaier had crashes after their right front tires blew out. Austin Hill was running in second place when he crashed on lap 217 after his left front went flat. Nemechek crashed with six laps left when a left front tire went down after contact with Creed a few laps earlier.

Chandler Smith won the first two stages, leading 131 laps. But Smith slid back through the field after the start of the final stage and couldn’t recover, finishing eighth.

Shane Van Gisbergen, who came in having won the last two races in the series, struggled all weekend and finished 34th. Van Gisbergen started at the back of the field after going to a backup car because of a crash during Friday’s practice. He was lapped early in the race, and then on lap 86 crashed coming out of Turn 2 and was out of the race.

Late in the race it was down to Riley Herbst and Sam Mayer on the front row. An overtime restart to finally decide the winner at Iowa Speedway. Herbst tried his best, but the No. 1 car was too good.

After the finish, Herbst gave Mayer a flat to his left rear. A little drama between the two drivers, but Mayer could be heard over his in-car radio laughing about it. It was the second win of the season for Mayer, and sixth career win in the series.

The race was slowed by nine caution flags, most caused by tire troubles similar to those that caused problems for drivers during Friday’s Cup Series practice. AJ Allmendinger, Jeb Burton, Jesse Love and Justin Allgaier had crashes after their right front tires blew out. Austin Hill was running in second place when he crashed on lap 217 after his left front went flat. Nemechek crashed with six laps left when a left front tire went down after contact with Creed a few laps earlier.

Unofficial Results: Hy-Vee Perks 250, June 15, 2024 - Iowa Speedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, St1 , St2, Pts, Status, Tms, Laps, Playoff Pts
1) 5, Sam Mayer, No. 1 Roto-Rooter Chevrolet, 253, 3, 2, 57, Running, 3, 47, 5
2) 12, Riley Herbst, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford, 253, , 8, 38, Running, 2, 7,
3) 22, Corey Heim(i) No. 26 yahoo! Toyota, 253, 8, 4, 0, Running, , ,
4) 17, Sammy Smith, No. 8 TMC Tramsportation Chevrolet, 253, 5, 5, 45, Running, , ,
5) 3, Sheldon Creed, No. 18 Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota, 253, 2, 6, 46, Running, , ,
6) 7, Cole Custer, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford, 253, 6, 9, 38, Running, , ,
7) 24, Matt Dibenedetto, No. 38 Rema Ford, 253, , , 30, Running, , ,
8) 6, Chandler Smith, No. 81 Mobil 1 Toyota, 253, 1, 1, 49, Running, 2, 131, 2
9) 28, Ross Chastain(i) No. 92 Rich Mar Florist Chevrolet, 253, , 3, 0, Running, , ,
10) 37, Daniel Dye(i) No. 10 Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet, 253, , , 0, Running, , ,
11) 10, Parker Kligerman, No. 48 Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet, 253, , , 26, Running, , ,
12) 15, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Sci Aps Ford, 253, , , 25, Running, 1, 8,
13) 25, Leland Honeyman #, No. 42 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet, 253, , , 24, Running, , ,
14) 20, Ryan Ellis, No. 43 Shine Water Chevrolet, 253, , , 23, Running, , ,
15) 19, Anthony Alfredo, No. 5 Ferguson Chevrolet, 253, , , 22, Running, , ,
16) 36, Joey Gase, No. 35 Iowa Donor Network Chevrolet, 253, , , 21, Running, , ,
17) 31, David Starr, No. 14 Chevrolet, 253, , , 20, Running, , ,
18) 29, Brett Moffitt(i) No. 19 Destiny Homes Toyota, 252, 7, , 0, Running, , ,
19) 21, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 RSS Racing Ford, 252, , , 18, Running, , ,
20) 27, Josh Williams, No. 11 Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet, 252, , , 17, Running, 1, 4,
21) 16, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Whitetail Smokeless Chevrolet, 252, , , 16, Running, 1, 7,
22) 34, Dawson Cram #, No. 4 Teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet, 252, , , 15, Running, , ,
23) 32, Patrick Emerling, No. 07 Hoker Trucking LLC Chevrolet, 252, , , 14, Running, , ,
24) 30, Jeb Burton, No. 27 State Water Heaters Chevrolet, 250, , , 13, Running, , ,
25) 33, Hailie Deegan #, No. 15 AirBox Ford, 250, , , 12, Running, , ,
26) 35, Garrett Smithley, No. 6 Teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet, 250, , , 11, Running, , ,
27) 8, John Hunter Nemechek(i) No. 20 Daisy Brands Toyota, 244, 9, , 0, Accident, 2, 35,
28) 14, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Macc Door Systems Chevrolet, 218, , , 9, Oil Line, , ,
29) 1, Austin Hill, No. 21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, 217, , 10, 9, Accident, , ,
30) 4, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 BRANDT/Precision Build Chevrolet, 200, 4, 7, 18, Accident, 1, 14,
31) 9, Jesse Love #, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, 149, 10, , 7, Accident, , ,
32) 13, Parker Retzlaff, No. 31 FVP Verified. Proven. Chevrolet, 103, , , 5, Electrical, , ,
33) 23, Kyle Weatherman, No. 91 DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet, 87, , , 4, Accident, , ,
34) 2, Shane Van Gisbergen #, No. 97 Kubota Chevrolet, 86, , , 3, Accident, , ,
35) 18, Blaine Perkins, No. 29 AutoParkit.com Ford, 86, , , 2, Accident, , ,
36) 26, Brandon Jones, No. 9 Menards/Pelonis Chevrolet, 38, , , 1, Engine, , ,
37) 11, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Cirkul Chevrolet, 32, , , 1, Accident, , ,
38) 38, Glen Reen, No. 53 Chevrolet, 20, , , 1, Carburetor, , ,
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Race Length: 253 Laps, 221.375 Miles
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 36 Mins, 27 Secs.
Average Speed: 84.899 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.146 Seconds

Comments: Sam Mayer won the HyVee Perks 250 at Iowa Speedway, his sixth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.
Stage 1 Top 10: 81, 18, 1, 7, 8, 00, 19, 26, 20, 2
Stage 2 Top 10: 81, 1, 92, 26, 8, 18, 7, 98, 00, 21

Prior to the start, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: No. 97 (Backup car) No. 07 (Unapproved adjustments).

Cautions: 9 for 71 laps;
Laps: 35-41 (No. 16 Incident Turn 4 [29]);
73-82 (No. 27 Incident Turn 2 / Stage 1 Conclusion [4]);
88-96 (No. 91, 29, 97 Incident Backstretch [07]);
125-132 (No. 07 Spin Turn 2 [14]);
151-160 (No. 2 Incident Turn 4 / Stage 2 Conclusion [14]);
203-210 (No. 7 Incident Turn 4 [35]);
219-224 (No. 21 Incident Turn 1 [5]);
231-237 (Fluid on track [38]);
246-251 (No. 20 Incident Turn 4 [39]).

Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers;
A. Hill 0;
J. Allgaier 1-14;
C. Smith 15-37;
J. Nemechek(i) 38-41;
J. Clements 42-48;
C. Smith 49-156;
J. Williams 157-160;
R. Sieg 161-168;
S. Mayer 169-206;
J. Nemechek(i) 207-237;
R. Herbst 238-243;
S. Mayer 244-250;
R. Herbst 251;
S. Mayer 252-253.

Points Report: Hy-Vee Perks 250 - Iowa Speedway

Rank, Driver, Car No, Starts, GL, Points, Ldr, Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts

1) Cole Custer, 00, 15, 0, 547, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2

2) Chandler Smith, 81, 15, 1, 546, -1, 1, 2, 5, 15

3) Austin Hill, 21, 15, -1, 506, -41, 40, 2, 2, 12

4) Justin Allgaier, 7, 15, 0, 503, -44, 3, 1, 10, 15

5) Jesse Love #, 2, 15, 0, 442, -105, 61, 1, 4, 9

6) Sheldon Creed, 18, 15, 2, 442, -105, 0, 0, 0, 0

7) Riley Herbst, 98, 15, 0, 441, -106, 1, 0, 1, 1

8) AJ Allmendinger, 16, 15, -2, 410, -137, 31, 0, 0, 0

9) Parker Kligerman, 48, 15, 0, 405, -142, 5, 0, 1, 1

10) Sam Mayer, 1, 15, 1, 396, -151, 9, 2, 0, 10

11) Sammy Smith, 8, 15, 1, 381, -166, 15, 0, 0, 0

12) Shane Van Gisbergen #, 97, 15, -2, 365, -182, 16, 2, 1, 11

13) Ryan Sieg, 39, 15, 0, 350, -197, 15, 0, 0, 0

14) Anthony Alfredo, 5, 15, 1, 327, -220, 23, 0, 0, 0

15) Brandon Jones, 9, 15, -1, 307, -240, 20, 0, 0, 0

16) Parker Retzlaff, 31, 15, 0, 276, -271, 31, 0, 0, 0

17) Brennan Poole, 44, 15, 0, 272, -275, 4, 0, 0, 0

18) Josh Williams, 11, 15, 0, 237, -310, 35, 0, 0, 0

19) Jeremy Clements, 51, 15, 0, 228, -319, 9, 0, 0, 0

20) Leland Honeyman #, 42, 15, 0, 227, -320, 1, 0, 0, 0

21) Ryan Ellis, 43, 15, 2, 205, -342, 22, 0, 0, 0

22) Aric Almirola, , 5, -1, 202, -345, 3, 1, 3, 0

23) Kyle Weatherman, 91, 15, -1, 199, -348, 3, 0, 0, 0

24) Jeb Burton, 27, 15, 0, 190, -357, 9, 0, 0, 0

25) Kyle Sieg, 28, 13, 0, 189, -358, 1, 0, 0, 0

26) Blaine Perkins, 29, 15, 0, 167, -380, 22, 0, 0, 0

27) Ryan Truex, , 6, 0, 163, -384, 4, 1, 0, 5

28) Matt Dibenedetto, 38, 10, 2, 161, -386, 2, 0, 0, 0

29) Hailie Deegan #, 15, 15, -1, 160, -387, 1, 0, 0, 0

30) Josh Bilicki, , 8, -1, 139, -408, 21, 0, 0, 0

31) Garrett Smithley, 6, 13, 0, 134, -413, 5, 0, 0, 0

32) Dawson Cram #, 4, 12, 1, 106, -441, 28, 0, 0, 0

33) Carson Kvapil, , 3, -1, 93, -454, 13, 0, 0, 0

34) Austin Green, , 2, 0, 85, -462, 8, 0, 0, 0

35) Patrick Emerling, 07, 11, 1, 78, -469, 7, 0, 0, 0

36) Joey Gase, 35, 7, 3, 74, -473, 4, 0, 0, 0

37) Bj Mcleod, , 4, -2, 69, -478, 5, 0, 0, 0

38) David Starr, 14, 5, 2, 66, -481, 3, 0, 0, 0

39) Jj Yeley, , 5, -2, 61, -486, 5, 0, 0, 0

40) Ed Jones, , 3, -2, 57, -490, 4, 0, 0, 0

41) Sage Karam, , 4, 0, 45, -502, 12, 0, 0, 0

42) Nick Leitz, , 3, 0, 41, -506, 4, 0, 0, 0

43) Jordan Anderson, , 3, 0, 40, -507, 1, 0, 0, 0

44) Alex Labbe, , 2, 0, 38, -509, 2, 0, 0, 0

45) Brad Perez, , 2, 0, 32, -515, 6, 0, 0, 0

46) Bubba Pollard, , 1, 0, 31, -516, 1, 0, 0, 0

47) Logan Bearden, , 3, 0, 31, -516, 0, 0, 0, 0

48) Caesar Bacarella, , 1, 0, 30, -517, 1, 0, 0, 0

49) Natalie Decker, , 2, 0, 27, -520, 3, 0, 0, 0

50) Patrick Gallagher, , 2, 0, 25, -522, 2, 0, 0, 0

51) Myatt Snider, , 1, 0, 18, -529, 7, 0, 0, 0

52) Dexter Bean, , 1, 0, 17, -530, 1, 0, 0, 0

53) Daniil Kvyat, , 1, 0, 16, -531, 1, 0, 0, 0

54) Nathan Byrd, , 1, 0, 16, -531, 0, 0, 0, 0

55) Andre Castro, , 1, 0, 14, -533, 2, 0, 0, 0

56) Preston Pardus, , 2, 0, 13, -534, 1, 0, 0, 0

57) Chad Finchum, , 2, 0, 12, -535, 1, 0, 0, 0

58) Frankie Muniz, , 2, 0, 11, -536, 1, 0, 0, 0

59) Rc Enerson, , 1, 0, 9, -538, 2, 0, 0, 0

60) Boris Said, , 1, 0, 9, -538, 0, 0, 0, 0

61) Cj Mclaughlin, , 2, 0, 6, -541, 3, 0, 0, 0

62) Thomas Annunziata, , 1, 0, 3, -544, 3, 0, 0, 0

63) Ryan Vargas, , 2, 0, 2, -545, 1, 0, 0, 0

64) Akinori Ogata, , 1, 0, 1, -546, 1, 0, 0, 0

65) Glen Reen, 53, 1, -65, 1, -546, 0, 0, 0, 0

66) John Hunter Nemechek(i) 20, 8, -1, 0, -547, 1, 1, 0, 0

67) Kyle Larson(i) , 1, -1, 0, -547, 0, 1, 0, 0

68) Chase Elliott(i) , 1, -1, 0, -547, 0, 1, 0, 0

69) Corey Heim(i) 26, 7, 0, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

70) Taylor Gray(i) , 7, -2, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

71) Kyle Busch(i) , 1, -1, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

72) Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) , 2, -1, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

73) Ty Gibbs(i) , 3, -1, 0, -547, 0, 0, 1, 0

74) Ross Chastain(i) 92, 1, -74, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

75) Daniel Dye(i) 10, 4, 1, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

76) Noah Gragson(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

77) William Byron(i) , 2, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

78) Mason Massey(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

79) Brett Moffitt(i) 19, 1, -79, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

80) Kaden Honeycutt(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

81) Dean Thompson(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

82) Daniel Su?rez(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

83) Ty Dillon(i) , 1, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

84) Kaz Grala(i) , 0, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

85) Jade Buford, , 0, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

86) Stanton Barrett, , 0, -3, 0, -547, 0, 0, 0, 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

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