Ross Chastain held off Justin Allgaier and the field in a six-lap shootout Saturday to score his first career Xfinity Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chastain, in just his second race with Chip Ganassi Racing, led 180 of 200 laps and swept every stage to win in his 132nd series start.
Chastain, 25, usually competes for JD Motorsports. He made his CGR debut two races ago at Darlington. In that race he started from the pole and led 90 laps before his chances at winning ended with a final stage incident with Kevin Harvick while battling for the lead.
“Thank you all so much,” Chastain told his team over the radio. “I can’t thank you all ever in my whole life enough.”
The top five was completed by Cole Custer, Christopher Bell and Elliott Sadler.
“Holy cow. I’m just a watermelon farmer from Florida,” Chastain told NBCSN on the start-finish line. “I’m not supposed to do that. Wow. … Man, that is a testament that anything in life is possible.”
STAGE 1 WINNER: Ross Chastain
STAGE 2 WINNER: Ross Chastain
WHAT’S NEXT: Playoff opener in the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 21 on NBCSN
