The NASCAR penalty report from the weekend at Martinsville has been released, and the major news is the suspension of Sam Mayer for his post-race incident with Jeb Burton.
Heading into 2025, Taylor Gray was a total unknown in Xfinity, as his part-time stint with JGR in 2024 showed promise, but it looked like he had a long way to go.
"Yeah, we talked. No, I'm not cool with him, no. If that's what you're asking." After Taylor Gray collected his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win in a clean battle over his rival Sammy Smith in Saturday's IAA And Ritchie Bros.
Taylor Gray claimed his first-career NASCAR Xfinity Series win in his 45th race — Saturday night’s IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
Taylor Gray’s 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season was a rollercoaster of promise and pain. With 12 top-10s, six top-5s, and three poles in 29 starts, the 20-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver showed he could hang with the best, boasting an average starting spot of 10.
Following the finish to tonight’s Xfinity Series Playoff race at the Roval, Sammy Smith and Taylor Gray were left waiting around. NASCAR had to go back to the tape to determine the finishing order, and that meant waiting to see who was eliminated.
Although Connor Zilisch, widely regarded as a road course virtuoso, stamped his authority early by grabbing pole for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, his march toward victory came undone by a late-race clash, relegating him to a fifth-place finish.
How about Taylor Gray! He wins the pole award for tonight’s 300-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He has won his second pole award of his career, his first was back at Homestead earlier this season.
Following a heated incident on the track with Sammy Smith at Martinsville, Taylor Gray is ready for a cease-fire. But perhaps not for the reasons you may think.
After his desperate last-lap move on Taylor Gray last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Sammy Smith’s wallet is going to get quite a bit lighter, following sanctions being handed down by NASCAR on Tuesday.
NASCAR officials will evaluate the last lap move from Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Martinsville, per Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports. Sammy Smith slammed into race-leader Taylor Gray on the final corner, taking them both out of contention and allowing Austin Hill to drive by to take the checkered flag.
A wild final overtime at Martinsville ends with Sammy Smith defending himself to the media and solidifying his rivalry with Taylor Gray. The two made the end of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race memorable, to say the least.
Christian Eckes raised the dander of Taylor Gray in the closing laps of last week's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway. Eckes, who didn't need to win the race to advance to the Championship 4, wasn't content to let Taylor Gray work past him for the win.
Taylor Gray will be ascending to the NASCAR Xfinity Series division on a full-time basis with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in 2025. The news comes as the 19-year-old