NASCAR: Mayer spins out Gibbs to win Xfinity race
Ty Gibbs, led 70 of 86 laps, but a late caution bunched up the field and gave Mayer a shot to spin out Gibbs and win the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday.
In NASCAR, if you are not talented enough to win on merit, you can just spin out your opponent and take the win, and you get to keep it.
Mayer took advantage by nudging Gibbs out of the way as they entered the first turn. Mayer said the contact was accidental [of course he would say that].
“I wheel-hopped it,” said Mayer, whose first Xfinity victory came last month at Road America. “I feel bad for doing that, obviously.
“You don’t want to take out a Gibbs car like that or any car like that. But just trying to get another win in the Xfinity Series. I got a lot of catching up to do.
“I was in there. I put my nose in there. That’s part of it. Fenders are fenders. It’s an accident, but I think everyone can agree that it’s OK for a Xfinity Series regular to win this race.”
Sheldon Creed finished second, with Parker Kligerman, Ross Chastain and Connor Mosack rounding out the top five.
Xfinity Race Results
| Fin | Str | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Led | Status |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 86 | 8 | Running |
| 2 | 13 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Whelen Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 14 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 17 | 91 | Ross Chastain(i) | Protect Your Melon #BUCKLEUPNY Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 19 | 24 | Connor Mosack | Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 12 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mobil 1 Toyota | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Cole Custer | HighPoint Ford | 86 | 1 | Running |
| 8 | 18 | 16 | Chandler Smith # | Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 2 | 17 | Alex Bowman(i) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 86 | 4 | Running |
| 10 | 25 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Honoring All First Responders Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 24 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/MagickWoods Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 32 | 6 | Brennan Poole | TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 33 | 4 | Kyle Weatherman | TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet | 86 | 2 | Running |
| 14 | 11 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 21 | 45 | Sage Karam | Rich Mar/Lakewood Vineyards Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 86 | 1 | Running |
| 17 | 1 | 19 | Ty Gibbs(i) | He Gets Us Toyota | 86 | 70 | Running |
| 18 | 9 | 18 | Sammy Smith # | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 37 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | SFWW/LOTZE Ford | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Josh Berry | Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 26 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 86 | 0 | Running |
| 22 | 36 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | G-coin Ford | 85 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 6 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Cirkul Chevrolet | 84 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 22 | 8 | Alex Labbe | Refology Chevrolet | 83 | 0 | Running |
| 25 | 28 | 7 | Josh Bilicki | Burdicks All Season Roofing Ford | 83 | 0 | Running |
| 26 | 29 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | Funkaway Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | Running |
| 27 | 8 | 10 | Kyle Busch(i) | LA Golf Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Transmission |
| 28 | 15 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Island Coastal Lager Toyota | 78 | 0 | Accident |
| 29 | 20 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 66 | 0 | Suspension |
| 30 | 35 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Costa Oil Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | Running |
| 31 | 27 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | BOTTICELLI Chevrolet | 61 | 0 | Axle |
| 32 | 38 | 35 | Stanton Barrett | Horeseheads Brewing Toyota | 56 | 0 | Suspension |
| 33 | 23 | 44 | Stefan Parsons | AAN Adjusters/Gilreath Farms Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | Brakes |
| 34 | 31 | 96 | Max McLaughlin | Randco Chevrolet | 43 | 0 | Accident |
| 35 | 10 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 37 | 0 | Suspension |
| 36 | 34 | 92 | Josh Williams | Nordic Logistics/Alloy Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | Accident |
| 37 | 16 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | All South Electric/One Stop Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | Suspension |
| 38 | 30 | 2 | Blaine Perkins # | Gratis Chevrolet | 11 | 0 | Transmission |