Briscoe overcomes odds for Xfinity win

Chase Briscoe lost much of his team and got a win for them.

Briscoe survived two late cautions and a frantic overtime finish to prevail in the NASCAR Xfinity Contender Boats 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway – while adding to a nightmarish weekend for Noah Gragson, who saw a huge lead slip away in the final laps for the second consecutive day.

Briscoe was without crew chief Richard Boswell, car chief Nick Hutchins and engineer DJ Vanderley, all of whom began serving four-race suspensions for a safety violation that happened Saturday. So Briscoe – a big Tony Stewart fan growing up – got Stewart-Haas Racing competition director Greg Zipadelli to fill in as his crew chief and prevailed.

“It’s just a testament to our team,” Briscoe said.

Brandon Jones was second, Ross Chastain was third and A.J. Allmendinger

was fourth.

Briscoe’s victory capped a historic weekend for the Xfinity cars.

It was the first time that the series – by any of its names since it was first formed in 1982 – raced on consecutive days at the same track.

This wasn’t, however, the first time the series has run on back-to-back days.

It happened three times previously at different tracks – June 26, 1982, at South Boston and June 27, 1982, at Rockingham; Sept. 3, 1983, at Hickory and Sept. 4, 1983, at Darlington; and Sept. 10, 1983, at Richmond and Sept. 11, 1983, at North Wilkesboro.

NASCAR Trucks Series: Kyle Busch won the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday night, his 58th career win on the circuit and his eighth victory in his last 10 trucks starts.

Tyler Ankrum was second and Chastain, who won the first stage, held off Chase Elliott for third.

Cars are covered during a rain delay at the NASCAR Dixie Vodka 400 Sunday in Homestead, Fla. The race ended too late for this edition.