Iowa Xfinity results: Sam Mayer collects first victory of season
The win is Mayer's eighth career in the Xfinity Series. He snapped a 25-race winless streak.
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Mayer gave Haas Factory Team its first series win. The organization was formed in the offseason after the demise of Stewart-Haas Racing. This also was Ford's first Xfinity victory of the year.
Jesse Love scored his second runner-up finish in the last three races. Ross Chastain won a stage and placed third. Connor Zilisch finished fourth after winning the opening stage and overcoming an extra pit stop to tighten a wheel. Zilisch had won the past three series races.
Harrison Burton completed the top five, earning his second top-five result of the season. Burton moved above the cutline and holds the final playoff spot with four races left in the regular season.
Stage 1 winner: Connor Zilisch
Stage 2 winner: Ross Chastain
Next: The series races at 3 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 9 at Watkins Glen International on the CW Network.
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