Allgaier Wins at Bristol in NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs with JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, Eckes Second in Truck Series

Running a JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, Justin Allgaier won Friday’s Food City 300, the first NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs race, at Bristol Motor Speedway. Allgaier led 110 of 300 laps and took the lead from second-place finisher Daniel Hemric with 12 laps remaining, winning by nearly 1.7 seconds for his third series win of 2023. John Hunter Nemechek finished third, while Cole Custer and Chandler Smith finished fourth and fifth. Drivers using JASPER products took the top nine finishing positions. Also running a JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, Christian Eckes finished second in Thursday night’s UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics, round four of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs. Eckes earned his ninth top 5 finish of the season. Grant Enfinger finished third.

A recap of weekend’s results from Bristol follows.

NASCAR Xfinity Series – Food City 300 – Bristol Motor Speedway

1st     #7 Justin Allgaier – Stage 2 Winner

2nd     #10 Daniel Hemric

3rd     #20 John Hunter Nemechek

4th     #00 Cole Custer – Stage 1 Winner 

5th     #16 Chandler Smith

6th     #39 Ryan Sieg

7th     #19 Trevor Bayne

8th     #98 Riley Herbst

9th     #18 Sammy Smith

11th     #2 Sheldon Creed

12th     #11 Derek Kraus 

16th     #25 Brett Moffitt

17th     #44 Rajah Caruth

18th     #43 Ryan Ellis

21st     #28 Kyle Sieg

26th     #38 Joe Graf, Jr.

28th     #02 Blaine Perkins

30th     #88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

31st     #48 Parker Kligerman

32nd     #45 Jeffrey Earnhardt

33rd     #21 Austin Hill

34th     #9 Brandon Jones

35th     #1 Sam Mayer

36th     #8 Josh Berry

NASCAR Xfinity Series 2023 Round of 12 Playoff Standings

1st     #7 Justin Allgaier

2nd     #20 John Hunter Nemechek

3rd     #00 Cole Custer

4th     #21 Austin Hill*

5th     #16 Chandler Smith

6th     #11 Daniel Hemric

7th     #18 Sammy Smith

8th     #2 Sheldon Creed

10th     #1 Sam Mayer

11th     #48 Parker Kligerman

12th     #8 Josh Berry

* NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series – UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics– Bristol Motor Speedway

2nd     #19 Christian Eckes

3rd     #23 Grant Enfinger

6th     #24 Rajah Caruth

10th     #25 Matt DiBenedetto 

11th     #35 Jake Garcia

21st     #43 Daniel Dye

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2023 Round of 8 Playoff Standings

2nd     #19 Christian Eckes

4th     #23 Grant Enfinger