The Xfinity Series’ Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon got here all the way down to the ultimate lap between Sam Mayer and Ryan Sieg.
Mayer made a last-lap cross of Sieg. He and Sieg raced exhausting towards the start-finish line. Nevertheless it was Mayer who got here away with the victory by 0.002 seconds.
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Sam Mayer (#1 JR Motorsports Carolina Carports Chevrolet) edges out Ryan Sieg (#39 RSS Racing Sci Aps Ford) to win the NASCAR Xfinity Collection Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on April 13, 2024, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Price, Texas. (Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
“That’s unreal. I imply, I used to be like a second and a half again, in all probability, at one level. So to make up that a lot time in that little period of time is actually unreal,” Mayer stated. “We led a very powerful lap. . . . We didn’t dominate by any means, however we actually labored our tails off to get to that time to win like that.”
Sieg sped from tenth to first place in 4 laps simply earlier than the ultimate warning flag of the race. He was main heading into the ultimate lap of the race, however that was when Mayer caught as much as him.
Sieg obtained to the within of Mayer on the ultimate flip however missed out on the victory by a couple of inches.
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Sam Mayer (#1 JR Motorsports Carolina Carports Chevrolet) poses with a longhorn cranium after profitable the NASCAR Xfinity Collection Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on April 13, 2024 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Price, TX. (Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
“The primary emotion is certainly disappointment. We had it. We had been main on the finish,” Sieg stated. “We obtained up entrance, however we simply obtained too tight. I used to be doing all I may do. I used to be altering traces, altering brakes, altering every part.
“It was simply that shut. I noticed him coming. I used to be doing all I may do. In the long run, I used to be simply making an attempt to run him into the wall to win the race. We had been simply so shut.”
Justin Allageir completed in third place with A.J. Allmendinger, Cole Custer, Austin Hill, Ryan Truex, Sammy Smith, Jesse Love and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the highest 10.
Sam Mayer, rear, edges out Ryan Sieg (39) on the end line to win the NASCAR Xfinity Collection auto race in Fort Price, Texas, Saturday, April 13, 2024. (AP Photograph/Larry Papke)
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Mayer moved to 14th within the standings, whereas Sieg moved to eleventh.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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