Taylor Grey held off a hard-charging Sheldon Creed within the ultimate laps of Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, holding on to say his second profession win within the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence.
It was Grey’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate in Brandon Jones, who dominated the race and swept the levels, however a pit street penalty through the ultimate spherical of inexperienced flag pit stops ended up relegating Jones to an eighth-place end.
That left Grey and Creed to battle it out for the win, and whereas Creed closed on Grey within the closing laps, he was unable to get shut sufficient to make a transfer.
“I assumed the 20 was higher than us earlier than the inexperienced flag cycle,” Grey informed CW Sports activities. “Cannot thank everyone sufficient. It has been an extended begin to the yr. Issues have not actually gone our means. It is good to lastly be capable to shut one out.”
Notable Kansas Lottery 300 outcomes
Creed, factors chief Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love and Brent Crews rounded out the highest 5, with William Byron, Cole Custer, Jones, Sam Mayer and Ryan Sieg finishing the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embrace Corey Day in twelfth, Sammy Smith in sixteenth, William Sawalich in twentieth, Rajah Caruth in twenty first and Austin Hill in thirty fourth. Carson Kvapil completed final (thirty seventh) after flipping early within the race.
Allgaier has a 130-point lead over Creed on the high of the standings, with Grey holding the twelfth and ultimate provisional Chase spot by 28 factors over Sieg.
