Aric Almirola scores his third win of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Aric Almirola won his third race of the season on Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Aric Almirola won his third race of the season on Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night in the Focused Health 302. Justin Allgaier started the race on the pole, with Connor Zilisch starting second.

Aric Almirola led a race-high 107 of 201 laps, including sweeping the stages to win his third race of the season by 0.696 seconds over Connor Zilisch. It was Almirola’s 10th career Xfinity Series win. Justin Allgaier, Corey Day, and Nick Sanchez rounded out the top five. Jesse Love, Ryan Sieg, Taylor Gray, Sam Mayer, and Austin Hill completed the top ten.

There were four cautions for 22 laps, and 15 lead changes among nine drivers. The Xfinity Series returns next Saturday from Talladega Superspeedway at 4 pm on The CW.

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