So, Chase Briscoe got his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season at Pocono on Sunday…
But that was definitely not the race that we were expecting.
It was thought that the first race of the day in the Truck Series that was filled with wrecks was not a sign of things to come, but this race quickly became that.
Now, it wasn’t the same kind of sloppy that we saw in the trucks necessarily. Two of the wrecks had spanned from drivers that have histories of not liking each other or retaliation of something that happened earlier in the day.
The latter came from Justin Haley taking out Riley Herbst on the frontstretch.
This move from Justin Haley was deemed as Aggressive Driving by #NASCAR and will cost Haley two laps.
🎥 @NASCARONFOXpic.twitter.com/zh0m5T2rQ4
— Connor Ferguson (@cfchangs9) June 28, 2020
However, with all of the wrecking on the track, it took away from the racing product.
So much so, that Chris Williams swore off the Xfinity Series for the day.
From Uncle Dick’s Pit Box, @ChrisMWilliams is done with the Xfinity Series. pic.twitter.com/fKqQPIcAPy
— Always Race Day (@AlwaysRaceDay) June 28, 2020
After the final big accident, it left three contenders on the track between Briscoe, Ross Chastain, and Myatt Snider.
Snider would hang with the two Xfinity power drivers but wouldn’t stick his nose in the lead for very long.
Briscoe, however, would have to battle multiple times against Chastain to earn the victory, eventually winning a battle on a restart with two to go to seal the win.
Briscoe will remain at the top of the standings with his series leading fourth win of the year and stated after the race that he was halfway to his goal of eight.
The series will return to the track at Indianapolis on the fourth of July on Saturday. They’ll be running the road course at the brickyard at 2:00 p.m. CT on NBC.
NASCAR Xfinity Pocono Results
1. Chase Briscoe
2. Ross Chastain
3. Jeremy Clements
4. Myatt Snider
5. Michael Annett
6. Justin Allgaier
7. Brett Moffitt
8. Timmy Hill
9. Riley Herbst
10. Jesse Little
11. Dexter Bean
12. Ryan Sieg
13. Ryan Vargas
14. B.J. McLeod
15. Kyle Weatherman
16. Jeffrey Earnhardt
17. Alex Labbe
18. Vinnie Miller
19. Kody Vanderwal
20. Carson Ware
21. Stefan Parsons
22. Noah Gragson
23 Justin Haley
24. Bayley Currey
25. Matt Mills
26. Chad Finchum
27. Stephen Leicht
28. Daniel Hemric
29. Austin Cindric
30. Tommy Joe Martins
31. Jeff Green
32. Harrison Burton
33. Brandon Brown
34. Josh Williams
35. Joe Graf Jr.
36. Brandon Jones
