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7th

5th

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Talk about your race. “We hurt our weekend in qualifying -- I didn’t have the best lap and we had to start in the middle of the pack. It’s so tough to pass here – we were faster than most of the guys we were racing, it was just hard to get by them. I was trying to go around a lap truck and got turned and then from there we were just battling as hard as we could with the damage that we had and trying to salvage what we could being on a lap of our own. It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks, luckily the guys are going to get some time 0ff -- they’ve been working their tails off these last five weeks. We’ll get refocused for Nashville and go out and get this team the finish that they deserve.”

KBM PR

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Talk about your race. “It was nice to have a solid run today. I felt like we could have run a little bit better, but the driver made some errors. Jimmy (Villeneuve, crew chief) and everybody at KBM brought me a really fast Bama Buggies Silverado, I just didn’t execute really well on some of the restarts early in the race and struggled setting up some of my passes. The last two restarts, we really came to life and got after it. I’m just proud of everyone on this No. 4 team for the battle we put up today and getting a solid finish after a tough few weeks.”

KBM PR

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang are set to start 14^th in Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway. 

Burton turned a lap at 135.927 miles per hour to secure his third-straight top-15 start, continuing a string that includes races at Darlington and Charlotte.

His qualifying speed represented a significant gain from practice earlier on Saturday where he was 31^st on the speed chart with a best lap at 134.188 mph, which he turned on the fifth of the 21 laps he ran in the session.

He was 23^rd fastest among drivers who ran 10 or more consecutive laps, posting an average speed of 133.242 mph from the ninth to the 18^th lap he ran.

Sunday’s 300-mile, 240-lap race is scheduled to get the green flag just after 2:30 p.m. Central Time (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time) with TV coverage on FOX Sports 1. 

Stage breaks are planned for Laps 40 and 140.

WBR PR

For the third straight week rain has affected racing at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Right after qualifying was completed for the Brad's Golf Cars Modified Series, cars were brought out for the Q104.1 Stadium Stock Series' first 15-lap race. But the rain began to fall before the green flag was flown. Race officials then decided to postpone the racing at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Saturday's originally-scheduled Elite Underground 100 in the Modified Series will be moved to next week. The Thunder Road Grill Street Stock 50, which has now been postponed three times because of rain, will be moved to another date to be announced later.

In addition to next week's Elite Underground 100 Modified race, there will be racing in the Thunder Road Grill Stadium Stock 50. Also, there will be twin 20-lap races in the McDowell Heating & Air Sportsman Series, a 20-lap race in the Law Offices of John Barrow Street Stock Series, and a Midway Mobile Storage Chain Race.

The Sportsman 100 scheduled for next week is canceled, with the next 100-lap Sportsman race scheduled for June 24. Also on June 24, double points will be awarded in each division.

The Modifieds were able to qualify on Saturday, so the results will stand for next week's 100-lapper. But there will be qualifying for the Thunder Road Stadium Stock 50, with a redraw for the top six qualifiers.

The top five qualifiers in Saturday's Modified race were Chris Fleming at 13.194, Burt Myers at 13.242, Brandon Ward at 13.278, Jason Myers at 13.290, and Daniel Beeson at 13.295.

The fop four had the opportunity to take the Fans' Challenge. They could elect to start in the rear - and if they battled back to a top-four finish, they would win all or part of $3,000.

Fleming was asked and he declined.

"There's no outside," he said. "I'm not going to do it tonight."

Burt Myers, who is in first place in the points championship, also declined.

"Not tonight," he said. "The track's got to come in just a little bit more. Once this outside starts coming in here a little bit better, you'll see some guys start going to the back. But tonight, we'll see if we can't draw it on the poll and win this thing.

Burt Myers actually drew second behind Danny Propst. Daniel Beeson drew third and Randy Butner was fourth.

Brandon Ward also declined the opportunity to take the Fans' Challenge.

"I let the guys decide tonight," he said. "They wanted to take the chance and draw. So, we're not going to volunteer to go to the rear."

Ward drew 11^th for next week's race. The only other driver who had the opportunity to take the Fans' Challenge was Jason Myers. Jason Myers took the Challenge and will start in the rear next week at No. 22.

"I'm going to take my chances," Jason Myers said. "I mean, these fans came to see a show. We're going to try and put one on for them and try to make a little money at the same time. It's a toss-up. So we're going to go for it."

BGS Racing PR

Race Winner:    Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

Stage 1 Winner: Sheldon Creed of Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet)

Stage 2 Winner: Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)

SHR Race Finish:         

●  Cole Custer (Started 2nd / Finished 1st, Running completed 77 of 77 laps)

●  Riley Herbst (Started 12th / Finished 32nd, Accident, completed 65 of 77 laps)

SHR Points:

●  Cole Custer (4th with 457 points, 65 out of first)

●  Riley Herbst (10th with 346 points, 176 out of first)

Victory Notes:

●  Cole Custer’s victory at Portland marked SHR’s 19th Xfinity Series victory, its first of the season, and its first at Portland.

●  This was Ford’s first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Portland.

●  This was Custer’s 11th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory and his 10th with SHR.

●  This was Jonathan Toney’s first win as a crew chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

SHR Notes:      

●  Custer earned his first victory of the season and his first victory in one career NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Portland.

●  This was Custer’s seventh straight top-10. He finished fifth April 1 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, third April 15 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, fourth April 22 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, seventh April 29 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway, third May 13 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, and third last week at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

● Custer finished seventh in Stage 1 to earn four bonus points and won Stage 2 to earn 10 more bonus points and one playoff point.

● Custer led two times for five laps – his first laps led at Portland.

●  Herbst’s 32nd-place finish bettered his previous best finish at Portland– 35th, earned in the inaugural race at the track last year.

●  Herbst finished 10th in Stage 1 to earn one bonus point and eighth in Stage 2 to earn three more bonus points.

Race Notes:      

●  There were five caution periods for a total of 10 laps.

●  Twenty-seven of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

●  John Hunter Nemechek leaves Portland as the championship leader with a 14-point advantage over second-place Austin Hill.

Sound Bites:

“I mean, I was just trying to not make mistakes. I did the same exact thing as the leaders earlier in the race. I saw them drive in there so deep, and I did the same thing two restarts before. Man, I'm just so happy. I’ve never won a road course race before in the Xfinity Series. I've been so close so many times, and it's just awesome to win this. I can't thank Haas Automation and everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing in the Xfinity program and the Cup program. It's just a great day. This is JT’s (Jonathan Toney, crew chief) first win as a crew chief. It's awesome to get this trophy and get that out of the way. I'm so pumped for the rest of the year. We’ve got fast cars, and we’re putting it all together.” – Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang

“Man, that’s a tough one. We had a fast No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang all day and ran in the top-10 for most of the race. The race just didn’t go our way with the issues near the end. We’ll keep our heads up and head to Sonoma next weekend. Hopefully, the bad luck will truly be behind us now." – Riley Herbst, driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang

Next Up:          

The next event on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the DoorDash 250 on Saturday, June 10 at Sonoma (Cali.) Raceway. The race begins at 8 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

TSC PR

Cole Custer was victorious Saturday in the NASCAR Xfinity Series featured event at Portland International Raceway. Custer won his first series race of 2023, and notably, it was his first trip to victory lane at the Northwestern road course. He led when it mattered – not only making a surge from fourth in the final three laps to win the second stage, but also completing the race-deciding maneuver to lead the final two laps of the race to victory. Custer was triumphant in his 123rd career series start – 11 total wins – and it was his first victory since February 26, 2022 (Auto Club Speedway).

COLE CUSTER, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang – WHAT GAVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE THE MOVE FOR THE LEAD ON THE RESTART? “Just trying not to make mistakes. I mean, I did the same exact thing. I saw them drive in there so deep, and I did the same thing like two restarts ago. Man, I’m just so happy. I’ve never won a road course race before. I’ve been so close, so many times. It’s just awesome to win this. I can’t thank Haas Automation, everybody at Stewart-Haas and the Xfinity program… and the Cup program. This is just a great day. J.T. (Jonathan Toney) just for coming in to crew chief… it’s awesome to get this trophy and get that out of the way. I’m pumped for the rest of the year. We got fast cars, and starting to put it all together.”

Ford Performance PR

Myatt Snider (sixth), Connor Mosack (eighth) and John Hunter Nemechek (10th) scored top-10 finishes to lead Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway. It is Snider’s second top-10 in as many starts this season, while Mosack earned his first career top-10 finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Portland International Raceway

Race 13 of 33 – 147.52 miles, 75 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS

1st, Cole Custer*

2nd, Justin Allgaier*

3rd, Sam Mayer*

4th, Josh Berry*

5th, Austin Hill*

6th, MYATT SNIDER

8th, CONNOR MOSACK

10th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK

26th, KAZ GRALA

30th, SAMMY SMITH

35th, PARKER CHASE

36th, MASON MAGGIO

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

MYATT SNIDER, No. 19 Tree Top Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 6th

How was your race?

“It was very hectic. A lot of calamity; a lot of chaos. I saw someone barreling by me on lap one clobbering into someone. It was a crazy, hectic race, but the boys from JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) brought me a fast Tree Top Toyota GR Supra. I’m really proud of the boys from the 19 team for putting in such a great effort. We were working on drive off all day, but to end up sixth with all of the craziness that happens is pretty awesome. I have to thank my guys from Tree Top, Superior Essex, Right Fire Protection enough for getting this race car as good as it was today.”

CONNOR MOSACK, No. 24 Open Eyes Toyota GR Supra, Sam Hunt Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your race?

“Well overall, pretty good day. I’m really happy with a top-10 finish. I’m a little disappointed in myself for the lap one incident – just misjudged it on cold brakes and overshot the corner and we definitely hurt our car. I’m a little disappointed with that – feel like we would have had a shot a top-five finish if we had a car in one piece. We were pretty tight the rest of the day after that. It hurt our speed, but overall, really proud of the Sam Hunt 24 guys. I feel like we had a really good Open Eyes Toyota off the truck. I feel like we finished about where we should have, so overall good day. We will take this to Sonoma, and I think we will even be better there.”

TRD PR

Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet Silverado RST

START: 10TH FINISH: 1ST POINTS: 3RD

Post-Race Quote: Grant, you get the win and you get an extra $50,000; that’s gotta be awesome! “I forgot about that Regan! It’s just so hard to win these races, and if it’s about money, we would have quit a long time ago. But thank you to CRAFTSMAN for that, thank you so much to Champion Power Equipment, Maury Gallagher, Mike Beam, Ron Booth, Jeff Hensley, those guys behind that pit wall right there. Big Jim has been with me forever. Thank you to everybody for keepin’ on believing in us. It’s been a rocky year, but these last five races I feel like we’ve come to our own. We’ve had speed; I was a little disappointed yesterday - I felt like I nailed my lap and we were 10th. I looked at the lap tracker and I felt like we were 10th and that we weren’t a contending truck. But Jeff Hensley made the right calls. I mean overall, it was just a great day and the stars aligned. I don’t know if we were just on the limit right there on the end, but I think Ty just did what I did last year to Zane. I think Tic Tac (Chris Lawson, Crew Chief No. 38) made the winning call there, and I just got loose underneath of them. It’s just so hard to make those moves here but I’m just so proud of these guys. I’m proud of Champion Power Equipment. It’s just as good a time as any to announce that we are expecting another baby, so Michelle, I’ll be home tonight to see her. Life is good!”

Rajah Caruth, No. 24 Born Driven Chevrolet Silverado RST

START: 35TH FINISH: 15TH POINTS: 16TH

Post-Race Quote: “We had a pretty eventful day with our Born Driven Chevrolet. Definitely not there is only one man. My GMS Racing teammates all running really well today. Getting damage from lap one, to somebody missing a shift in front of me, self inflicting damage later on in the race. Just kind of being a parachute with the nose damage. We never gave up, and I am really proud of my Wendell Scott Foundation group. They did such a great job and we had to go through a lot this weekend and last night and starting dead last. Really proud of my team and hopefully we will get some rest with these two weeks off and get back going and head into the summer with some good results for Maury Gallagher, Mike Beam, Ron Booth, and the men and women on my No. 24 team, everybody at GMS Fabrication, Chevrolet, General Motors, Butler Built, Alpinestars, Bell Racing, Competition Cleaning and ShadyRays.”

Daniel Dye, No. 43 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline / LiftedTrucksForSale.com Chevrolet Silverado RST

START: 17TH FINISH: 11TH POINTS: 18TH

Post-Race Quote: "Yeah, we had a really fast GMS Racing Silverado today at Gateway, and was super cool to run up front and be a contender. Unfortunately, a mistake on pit road kinda cost us a shot at a better finish. I can't thank LiftedTrucksForSale.com enough for coming onboard along with all our other partners. I also have to say congratulations to Grant Enfinger and the No. 23 team, that's awesome for the organization to get its second win this year!"

GMS Racing PR