Written by Bailey Defoor, Edited by Sean McKean
Following a battle with regular season champion Cole Custer, Aric Almirola took his second win this season after only leading 16 laps throughout the race. The podium rounded off with playoff contenders Cole Custer and Chandler Smith with and rookie Connor Zilisch and Sheldon Creed rounding out the top five.
Almirola won Stage 1, and even though he was not eligible for playoffs, he held off Chandler Smith and Custer, who were right on his tail.
Sam Mayer won Stage 2, earning an extra playoff point for the championship. On the same lap, Riley Herbst was tapped into a spin and gained no points for the stage.
Justin Allgaier also lost control and crashed into the inside wall, taking him out of the race around the halfway mark.
Stage 3 ended with Almirola's late move against Custer and Smith to take the lead.
Provisional Results:
No. 20 - Aric Almirola (Joe Gibbs Racing)
No. 00 - Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 81 - Chandler Smith (Joe Gibbs Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 88 - Connor Zilisch (JR Motorsports)
No. 18 - Sheldon Creed (Joe Gibbs Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 9 - Brandon Jones (JR Motorsports)
No. 21 - Austin Hill (Richard Childress Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 97 - Shane van Gisbergen (Kaulig Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 2 - Jesse Love (Richard Childress Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 98 - Riley Herbst (Stewart-Haas Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 11 - Josh Williams (Kaulig Racing)
No. 48 - Parker Kligerman (Big Machine Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 1 - Sam Mayer (JR Motorsports) [Playoffs]
No. 38 - Matt DiBenedetto (RSS Racing)
No. 5 - Anthony Alfredo (Our Motorsports)
No. 39 - Ryan Sieg (RSS Racing)
No. 16 - AJ Allmendinger (Kaulig Racing) [Playoffs]
No. 44 - Brennan Poole (Alpha Prime Racing) +1 lap
No. 43 - Ryan Ellis (Alpha Prime Racing) +1 lap
No. 14 - JJ Yeley (SS-Greenlight Racing) +1 lap
No. 31 - Parker Retzlaff (Jordan Anderson Racing) +1 lap
No. 8 - Sammy Smith (JR Motorsports) [Playoffs] +1 lap
No. 27 - Jeb Burton (Jordan Anderson Racing) +2 laps
No. 28 - Kyle Sieg (RSS Racing) +2 laps
No. 42 - Leland Honeyman (Young's Motorsports) +2 laps
No. 91 - Kyle Weatherman (DGM Racing) +3 laps
No. 51 - Jeremy Clements (Jeremy Clements Racing) +3 laps
No. 29 - Blaine Perkins (RSS Racing) +3 laps
No. 74 - Ryan Vargas (Mike Harmon Racing) +4 laps
No. 07 - Patrick Emerling (SS-Greenlight Racing) +4 laps
No. 26 - Corey Heim (Sam Hunt Racing) +5 laps
No. 35 - Joey Gase (Joey Gase Motorsports) +6 laps
No. 15 - Logan Bearden (AM Racing) +10 laps
No. 10 - Daniel Dye (Kaulig Racing) +11 laps
No. 92 - Dawson Cram (DGM Racing) [DNF]
No. 7 - Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports) [Playoffs] [DNF]
No. 45 - Brad Perez (Alpha Prime Racing) [DNF]
No. 19 - Taylor Gray (Joe Gibbs Racing) [DNF]
Provisional Playoff Standings:
No. 00 - Cole Custer: +41
No. 81 - Chandler Smith: +36
No. 21 - Austin Hill: +26
No. 1 - Sam Mayer: +13
No. 18 - Sheldon Creed: +10
No. 97 - Shane van Gisbergen: +8
No. 2 - Jesse Love: +3
No. 98 - Riley Herbst: +1
Playoff Cut Line
No. 7 - Justin Allgaier: -1
No. 16 - AJ Allmendinger: -13
No. 48 - Parker Kligerman: -15
No. 8 - Sammy Smith: -23
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