{"id":32339,"date":"2021-02-13T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T05:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=32339"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T21:41:40","slug":"austin-cindric-pulls-off-overtime-xfinity-victory-at-daytona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/13\/austin-cindric-pulls-off-overtime-xfinity-victory-at-daytona\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Cindric pulls off overtime Xfinity victory at Daytona"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austin Cindric, driver of the #22 Verizon 5G Ford, celebrates after winning during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

Austin Cindric took up where he left off in 2020.<\/p>\n

The reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion held off Brett Moffitt and Harrison Burton in a two-lap NASCAR Overtime dash to win Saturday\u2019s action-filled Beef. It\u2019s What\u2019s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway, the season-opener.<\/p>\n

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Austin Cindric, driver of the #22 Verizon 5G Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Cindric, who locked up the Xfinity title by winning in his last outing at Phoenix Raceway in November, picked up his first victory on the 2.5-mile Daytona oval and the ninth of his career in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an awesome race,\u201d said Cindric, who will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in Sunday\u2019s Daytona 500. \u201cWhat a really fast Verizon 5G Ford Mustang. Unbelievable effort by everyone at Team Penske.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, coming off a lot of momentum winning that championship last year, but nothing is guaranteed and keep working hard. Congrats to my man, (spotter) Coleman (Pressley) up on the roof. He puts in just as much effort or more as I do. I\u2019m proud of him, and we\u2019ll try to go do it again tomorrow, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Austin Cindric, driver of the #22 Verizon 5G Ford, and Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Brandt Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The runner-up result was a career-best for Moffitt, who previously had one top five in the series, a fifth at Talladega.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the 22 (Cindric) got up front, every time I got within a car length, I\u2019d just push him farther forward,\u201d said Moffitt, who chased Cindric in overtime time after taking over second place from Burton, the third-place finisher.<\/p>\n

Jeb Burton, Harrison\u2019s cousin, ran fourth, despite sustaining minor damage to the nose of his No. 10 Chevrolet in a three-car incident that caused the ninth caution on Lap 114 of a scheduled 120 and set up the overtime.<\/p>\n

AJ Allmendinger was fifth, followed by Brandon Brown, Myatt Snider, Brandon Gdovic (first career top 10), Daniel Hemric and Jason White.<\/p>\n

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Bayley Currey, driver of the #74 Running 4 Heroes Chevrolet, Alex Labbe, driver of the #36 Larue Industrial Snow Blowers Chevrolet, and Chad Finchum, driver of the #13 Ted Russell Ford Lincoln Ford, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

With 15 laps left, contact between the Joe Gibbs Racing cars of Ty Dillon and Daniel Hemric rewrote the story of the race. Dillon moved up the track between cars running in the inside and outside lanes, but when he tried to complete a pass of Hemric, he turned across the nose of Hemric\u2019s No. 18 Toyota and spun, igniting a chain-reaction wreck that eliminated a handful of potential race winners and probable championship contenders.<\/p>\n

Destroyed were the JR Motorsports cars of Justin Allgaier and Josh Berry and the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet of Justin Haley, who was trying to win his fourth straight Xfinity Series superspeedway race\u2014an achievement only Dale Earnhardt Jr. had accomplished previously.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 18 (Hemric) hit me so hard in the left rear, it drove me up the track,\u201d said Dillon, who is racing in the Xfinity Series after four full seasons at the NASCAR Cup level.<\/p>\n

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Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops\/TrueTimber\/BRCC Chevrolet, and Jeffrey Earnhardt, driver of the #0 Forever Lawn Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Allgaier saw it differently. \u201cHe wrecked the whole field,\u201d Allgaier said. \u201cHe had to make a statement\u2026 Unfortunately, guys were trying to make moves\u2014veterans who should know better\u2014and making bad decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Lap 75, nine circuits after a restart to begin the final stage, the pit window opened, and all hell broke loose off Turn 4 as Cindric slowed at the front of a group of cars headed for pit road. Michael Annett was turned sideways across traffic in a nine-car wreck that wiped out Annett\u2019s No. 1 Chevrolet and the No. 9 of JR Motorsports teammate Noah Gragson, the defending race winner.<\/p>\n

The cars of Bayley Currey, Gray Gaulding and Colby Howard also suffered race-ending damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got wrecked coming to pit road,\u201d Annett said. \u201cI waved them off 10 friggin\u2019 times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ryan Sieg, driver of the #39 CMR Construction and Roofing Ford, Harrison Burton, driver of the #20 DEX Imaging Toyota, Jeb Burton, driver of the #10 Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, and Daniel Hemric, driver of the #18 Poppy Bank Toyota, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Stage 1 winner Brandon Jones saw his fortunes change dramatically coming to the checkered flag to end Stage 2. Jones steered his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota up the track to side draft the outside lane, but when he returned to the bottom lane, his attempted block on Myatt Snider\u2019s Chevrolet came too late, and Jones spun across the nose of Snider\u2019s car.<\/p>\n

After a wild slide through infield grass soaked by rain earlier in the day, Jones rocketed back onto the track and slammed nose-first into the outside wall. Cody Roper\u2019s Camaro smashed into Jones\u2019 car at high speed, and the spinning Toyota clipped the Chevrolet of Alex Labbe. All three cars were destroyed, and NASCAR red-flagged the race to clear the debris from the track.<\/p>\n

Moffitt won the second stage, with Dillon and Cindric second and third behind him.<\/p>\n

Only 22 of the 40 cars that started the race were running at the finish of a race that featured nine cautions for a total of 43 laps.<\/p>\n

Interviews:<\/h3>\n

NASCAR Xfinity Series Post-Race: Race winner Austin Cindric – <\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NXSDISCindric021321.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Post-Race: Second-place finisher Brett Moffitt and third-place finisher Harrison Burton – <\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NXSDISPostRace021321.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Race – 40th Annual Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300<\/b><\/p>\n

Daytona International Speedway<\/b><\/p>\n

Daytona Beach, Florida<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday, February 13, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n

               1. (1)  Austin Cindric, Ford, 122.<\/p>\n

               2. (15)  Brett Moffitt(i), Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               3. (8)  Harrison Burton, Toyota, 122.<\/p>\n

               4. (7)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               5. (31)  AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               6. (14)  Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               7. (11)  Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               8. (39)  Brandon Gdovic, Toyota, 122.<\/p>\n

               9. (12)  Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 122.<\/p>\n

               10. (40)  Jason White, Ford, 122.<\/p>\n

               11. (18)  Joe Graf Jr., Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               12. (38)  Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               13. (36)  Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               14. (32)  Ty Dillon, Toyota, 122.<\/p>\n

               15. (34)  Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               16. (27)  Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               17. (24)  Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               18. (21)  Ryan Vargas #, Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               19. (28)  Danny Bohn(i), Chevrolet, 122.<\/p>\n

               20. (37)  Timmy Hill, Ford, 121.<\/p>\n

               21. (17)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 120.<\/p>\n

               22. (16)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 120.<\/p>\n

               23. (33)  Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Accident, 114.<\/p>\n

               24. (22)  Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, Accident, 114.<\/p>\n

               25. (23)  Robby Lyons II, Toyota, Accident, 105.<\/p>\n

               26. (4)  Riley Herbst, Ford, Accident, 105.<\/p>\n

               27. (9)  Josh Berry #, Chevrolet, Accident, 104.<\/p>\n

               28. (2)  Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, Accident, 104.<\/p>\n

               29. (3)  Justin Haley, Chevrolet, Accident, 104.<\/p>\n

               30. (26)  Chad Finchum, Ford, Accident, 104.<\/p>\n

               31. (13)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, DVP, 81.<\/p>\n

               32. (5)  Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, Accident, 76.<\/p>\n

               33. (30)  Bayley Currey(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 75.<\/p>\n

               34. (35)  Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, Accident, 75.<\/p>\n

               35. (20)  Colby Howard, Chevrolet, Accident, 75.<\/p>\n

               36. (10)  Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Accident, 74.<\/p>\n

               37. (25)  Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Accident, 74.<\/p>\n

               38. (6)  Brandon Jones, Toyota, Accident, 60.<\/p>\n

               39. (29)  Cody Ware(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 60.<\/p>\n

               40. (19)  Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, Accident, 60.<\/p>\n

Average Speed of Race Winner:  118.677 mph.<\/p>\n

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 34 Mins, 12 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .104 Seconds.<\/p>\n

Caution Flags:  9 for 42 laps.<\/p>\n

Lead Changes:  16 among 11 drivers.<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:   A. Cindric 1-2;J. Allgaier 3-10;A. Cindric 11-17;R. Herbst 18-29;B. Jones 30-32;R. Sieg 33-35;B. Brown 36;R. Sieg 37-56;B. Moffitt(i) 57-62;T. Hill 63;T. Dillon 64-65;A. Cindric 66-74;J. Haley 75-78;T. Hill 79-81;J. Haley 82-84;H. Burton 85-112;A. Cindric 113-122.<\/p>\n

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Harrison Burton 1 time for 28 laps; Austin Cindric 4 times for 28 laps; Ryan Sieg 2 times for 23 laps; Riley Herbst 1 time for 12 laps; Justin Allgaier 1 time for 8 laps; Justin Haley 2 times for 7 laps; Brett Moffitt(i) 1 time for 6 laps; Timmy Hill 2 times for 4 laps; Brandon Jones 1 time for 3 laps; Ty Dillon 1 time for 2 laps; Brandon Brown 1 time for 1 lap.<\/p>\n

Stage #1 Top Ten: 19,98,54,22,9,18,7,20,39,68<\/p>\n

Stage #2 Top Ten: 02,54,22,11,68,39,51,2,9,8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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