XFINITY Series Championship 4
The final four is set for next weekend’s season-ending NASCAR XFINITY Series championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Saturday night’s Galaxy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, which was won by Kyle Busch, knocked out four of the eight title hopefuls in NASCAR’s AAA division. Gone from championship contention are Bubba Wallace, Brendan Gaughan, Ryan Reed and Blake Koch.
That sets up a one-race, winner-take-all championship race at Homestead.Whichever one of the four finishes ahead of the other three in the finale will be crowned the 2016 XFINITY Series champion.
Here are the four drivers that will square off at the title, two each from Joe Gibbs Racing and JR Motorsports.
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Erik Jones
Last year, Jones won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship and this year he’s in the mix for another title in his first full season of XFINITY competition. The JGR driver has four victories this season, sweeping Bristol and winning at Iowa and Dover.
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Daniel Suarez
The Monterrey, Mexico, native has had a breakout second season with JGR, winning at Michigan and Dover, and leading the XFINITY Series in top-five finishes. JGR has dominated the series this year and Suarez has emerged as a rising star.
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Justin Allgaier
Like teammate Elliott Sadler, this is Allgaier’s first year at JR Motorsports, and like Sadler, he’s made the most of it. Allgaier hasn’t won yet this season, but he’s finished in the top 10 in about 80 percent of the races in 2016, which has paid huge dividends.
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Elliott Sadler
One of the most popular drivers in the sport, Sadler’s first season with JR Motorsports, has turned out very well for both sides. No one has more top 10s this season than Sadler, who also won races at Talladega, Darlington and Kentucky.
A championship for Sadler would cap his career — but he will have to do it without his usual crew chief, Kevin Meendering, who was suspended by NASCAR for the Homestead race after two loose lug nuts were discovered on the No. 1 Chevy after Saturday night's race.
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