Nemechek, Allgaier, Mayer, and Custer are contenders for NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 title

Justin Allgaier (clockwise, from top left), John Hunter Nemechek, Sam Mayer and Cole Custer talk to the media at Phoenix Raceway during Media Day on Nov. 2. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Jared Haas)
Justin Allgaier (clockwise, from top left), John Hunter Nemechek, Sam Mayer and Cole Custer talk to the media at Phoenix Raceway during Media Day on Nov. 2. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Jared Haas)

PHOENIX, Ariz. — After a rough and tumbling crash fest at the Martinsville Speedway, the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 is set.

Justin Allgaier squeaked by Sheldon Creed for the win and gained a spot in the Championship 4 alongside Sam Mayer, John Hunter Nemechek and Cole Custer. 

Nemechek and Mayer are in the Championship 4 for the first time, while Custer secured his third playoff berth and Allgaier his sixth. Those four drivers will compete for the Xfinity championship at 6 p.m. Saturday at Phoenix Raceway on the USA Network.

Listen to more of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's coverage of the 2023 Nascar season at www.arkansasonline.com/news/podcast/dropping-the-hammer/.

After making the climb up from the lower series to the Cup Series with Front Row Motorsports in 2020, Nemechek climbed the NASCAR ladder again by racing with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series.

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