Sam Mayer’s No. 1 NASCAR Chevy Camaro SS had quite a bit of ground to make up on the way to the checkers during the Xfinity Series race at Texas on April 13th, 2024. And make it up he did, making the pass for the victory right at the line, winning by a margin of just 0.002 seconds.
Mayer crossed the stripes in a dead heat with Ryan Sieg’s No. 39 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. On the last lap, the two banged doors several times as Mayer mounted a charge from over eight car lengths back, costing Sieg precious time and allowing Mayer to get the (slight) advantage on the outside.
“That’s absolutely unreal,” NASCAR Chevy driver Mayer said after the race. “This team, the amount of adversity we’ve had to fight this entire year so far, and to come to a mile-and-a-half that I want to say I’m good at, but it took a lot. It took every ounce of me for me to do that today.”
The race marked the closest finish in the Xfinity Series at Texas and was the second-closest finish in the division overall.
Justin Allgaier, driver of the No. 7 NASCAR Chevy, had a different view of the epic finish, bringing his race car home third after leading for most of the race. AJ Allmendinger finished fourth in the No. 16 Camaro, while Cole Custer rounded out the top five in the No. 00 Mustang.
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Carolina Carports Chevrolet | 200 | 5 | Chevrolet Camaro |
2 | 14 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 200 | 17 | Ford Mustang |
3 | 6 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT/TradeMark Nitrogen Chevrolet | 200 | 117 | Chevrolet Camaro |
4 | 8 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Celsius Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
5 | 2 | 00 | Cole Custer | Andy's Frozen Custard Ford | 200 | 1 | Ford Mustang |
6 | 13 | 21 | Austin Hill | Global Industrial/Bennett Chevrolet | 200 | 25 | Chevrolet Camaro |
7 | 7 | 20 | Ryan Truex | The Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
8 | 9 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Coffee Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
9 | 1 | 2 | Jesse Love # | Whelen Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
10 | 12 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Botticelli Family Owned Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
11 | 3 | 19 | Taylor Gray(i) | Operation 300 Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
12 | 22 | 11 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
13 | 11 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Atlas Roofing Chevrolet | 200 | 2 | Chevrolet Camaro |
14 | 23 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
15 | 4 | 81 | Chandler Smith | QuickTie Toyota | 200 | 26 | Toyota TRD Supra |
16 | 18 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
17 | 17 | 26 | Corey Heim(i) | Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
18 | 33 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
19 | 15 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota | 200 | 2 | Toyota TRD Supra |
20 | 27 | 38 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
21 | 25 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Prime Bites Brownie Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
22 | 29 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
23 | 20 | 15 | Hailie Deegan # | AirBox Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
24 | 24 | 10 | Daniel Dye(i) | bproauto parts Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
25 | 16 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | Chevrolet Camaro |
26 | 36 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Eclipse Claims Consulting Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
27 | 5 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 199 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
28 | 38 | 14 | David Starr | SHAR Ford | 198 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
29 | 28 | 92 | Josh Bilicki | Milestone Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
30 | 37 | 35 | Joey Gase | Donate Life TX Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
31 | 31 | 42 | Leland Honeyman # | Distributor Wire & Cable Co Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
32 | 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | State Water Heaters Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
33 | 30 | 07 | Patrick Emerling | Sesh Products Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
34 | 32 | 6 | Garrett Smithley | Trophy Tractor Inc. Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
35 | 26 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | AutoParkit.com Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
36 | 19 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | Tweaker Energy/DriveSmart Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
37 | 34 | 4 | Dawson Cram # | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
38 | 35 | 66 | Chad Finchum | HART HVAC & Electric Ford | 127 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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