Justin Allgaier scores win in The LiUNA!

LAS VEGAS — Leading three times for 102 of 200 laps, Justin Allgaier earned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2025 season Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Unlike last week where Allgaier led the most laps and lost the race on an overtime restart, Allgaier closed the deal in The LiUNA!, holding off last week’s winner Aric Almirola who led the second-most laps (51).

“Aric and I were going at it, hats off to him, he raced a heck of a race,” Allgaier said. “I’ve been lucky to win a lot of races in my career, and this one means a lot.”

Allgaier picked up his first victory at Las Vegas in the series. Prior to Saturday, Allgaier had led 330 laps in 21 prior races and had finished second-place four times at the Nevada speedway.

With his victory, Allgaier extends his streak of at least one victory per season to nine years. The win ties Allgaier with Kyle Busch and Mark Martin for the series’ record of consecutive seasons with a victory, per CW Sports.

At 26 career wins, Allgaier stays 10th on the Xfinity Series wins list. Ahead of him are Jeff Burton (27), Matt Kenseth (29), Joey Logano (30) and Jack Ingram (31).

Almirola’s runner-up finish marked the partial-schedule driver’s third Top-5 finish in his third start this year with Joe Gibbs Racing. Dating back to last season, Almirola has six consecutive Top-5 finishes in the series.

Jesse Love, Austin Hill and Sam Mayer rounded out the Top-5 finishers.

Connor Zilisch, the highest finishing rookie in ninth, led twice for 28 laps but a pit road speeding penalty during the final cycle of green flag pit stops (lap 146) forced Zilisch to serve a pass-through penalty on pit road.

The first five races have featured five different winners: Jesse Love (Daytona), Austin Hill (Atalnta), Connor Zilsch (Austin), Aric Almirola (Phoenix) and Justin Allgaier (Las Vegas).