Kyle Larson scores dominant Xfinity Series win at Bristol
Carson Kvapil, Justin Allgaier, Sammy Smith and Brandon Jones rounded out the top five.
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Jesse Love, Ryan Sieg, Corey Heim, Christian Eckes and Dean Thompson completed the top 10.
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Allgaier ended up taking the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus with ease as Austin Hill, his closest competitor, finished 24th and two laps off the pace.
On Lap 76, two Dash 4 Cash drivers were taken out of contention when Thompson got into the rear of Sheldon Creed, sending the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Ford spinning. Then, Alpha Prime Racing's Brennan Poole slammed hard into Creed head-on and destroyed both of their cars.
Poole and Creed finished 36th and 37th, respectively.
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The final Dash 4 Cash race will take place Saturday, April 19 at Rockingham Speedway in the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black's Tire (4 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Kvapil, Allgaier, Smith and Jones are eligible for the last bonus of the 2025 season.
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