Aric Almirola scores second NASCAR win of 2024
Taking the lead from Cole Custer with four laps to go, Aric Almirola earned his second victory of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season Saturday at Kansas Speedway.
The 40-year-old driver, who started sixth, chased down leaders Cole Custer and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate in the closing laps of the race to earn his sixth career victory in the series.
“That was a blue-collar day. Man, that was a really tough day,” Almirola said. “We had such a great car. This He Gets Us Toyota GR Supra was so fast.”
Custer, Smith, Connor Zilisch and Sheldon Creed rounded out the Top-5 finishers.
Almirola, racing a limited schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing this year, earned his first victory of the year at Martinsville in April.
Along with the two wins, Almirola has earned five Top-5 finishes and led 264 laps in 2024.
“When you have a fast car, you can overcome a lot so just really proud of everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing,” Almirola said.
Almirola’s victory moves the driver to a 10-way tie on the NASCAR Xfinity Series all-time wins list.
Drivers with six NXS victories include Geoff Bodine, Chase Elliott, Sam Mayer, and Rob Moroso.
Ahead of the six-win drivers are Ryan Blaney and Ryan Newman at seven wins each.
In total, Almirola has scored 11 wins across NASCAR’s three national touring series (three in Cup, six in Xfinity, two in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series).
The next race for the series is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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