TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Hill held off the field in overtime to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega, sweeping the races at this track this season.
Hill earned his 14th career Xfinity win and fourth of the season.
JR Motorsports teammates Justin Allgaier and Connor Zilisch each clinched a spot in the championship race by points. That leaves two spots remaining heading into next weekend’s Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway.
Jesse Love is 40 points above the cutline. Carson Kvapil holds the final transfer spot by 11 points on Sammy Smith.
Brandon Jones is 20 points below the cutline, Sam Mayer is 22 points below the cutline and Sheldon Creed is 41 points below the cutline.
The race was stopped twice for accidents and went to overtime because of an incident.
Kvapil finished second to Hill. Allgaier was third. Christian Eckes placed fourth. Caesar Bacarella finished fifth.
The race was stopped after a multi-car crash on Lap 15 that collected Creed, Mayer and Jones.
NASCAR stated that William Sawalich, who was collected in the second crash of the race to bring out the red flag, was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Zilisch’s record streak of 18 consecutive top-five finishes came to an end Saturday after he was collected in a multi-car crash. He finished 23rd.
Stage 1 winner: Austin Hill
Stage 2 winner: Austin Hill
Next: The series races at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday Oct. 25 at Martinsville in the final race of the Round of 8.
