Sam Mayer’s win by .002 seconds matches 2nd-closest Xfinity end

FORT WORTH, Texas — Sam Mayer made a last-lap cross and held on to win by a matter of inches forward of Ryan Sieg at Texas Motor Speedway in one of many closest finishes in NASCAR Xfinity Sequence historical past on Saturday.

Mayer was excessive towards the skin wall after the 2 vehicles banged side-by-side on the best way to the checkered flag. The ultimate margin was .002, matching the second-closest end in collection historical past.

Justin Allgaier completed third after main 117 of the race’s 200 laps.

Sieg went from tenth place to first in a span of 4 laps simply earlier than the race’s remaining warning. After the restart with 11 to go, Sieg stayed in entrance till the ultimate lap when Mayer was capable of get the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet beneath and by him on the backstretch.

Off the ultimate flip, Sieg received again to the within of Mayer however got here up simply quick within the No. 39 Ford of getting his first win in 342 profession begins for the RSS Racing group owned by his household.

It was the fifth profession win for Mayer, and his first this season. He led 4 completely different occasions for a complete of solely 5 laps.

AJ Allmendinger was fourth, adopted by Cole Custer, Austin Hill, Ryan Truex, Sammy Smith, Jesse Love and Anthony Alfredo.

Whereas Allgaier dominated the race with out getting the win, he nonetheless completed within the prime 10 for the 266th time in his profession. That matched Kyle Busch’s report for probably the most in Xfinity Sequence historical past.

Allgaier made his 446th profession begin, and has received 23 occasions.

The Related Press contributed to this story.