John Hunter Nemechek improved on his second-place performance from the previous weekend at Daytona by winning the rain-delayed NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Sunday at Auto Club Raceway.

With 12 of the 150 laps left, Nemechek moved into the lead and beat off Sam Mayer by 0.761 seconds to earn his first series victory with Joe Gibbs Racing.

The victory marks Nemechek’s third of his career and his first since 2021.

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“Man, Ben (Beshore, crew chief) and this whole No 20 team gave me one heck of a race car,” said Nemechek. “A huge shoutout to all the guys who work on this No. 20 team. I think a lot of guys doubted Ben coming down from the Cup series and have him on the (pit) box and be able to establish the relationship I have with him, it’s been awesome.

“The pit crew got it done when it counted tonight. I have some things that I need to address on my end, but overall, an amazing win.”

Third place went to Justin Allgaier, followed by fourth place to Chandler Smith, and fifth place to Josh Berry.

Austin Hill, Riley Herbst, Austin Dillon, Brett Moffitt, and Parker Kligerman rounded the top ten.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap
1	20	John Hunter Nemechek		Toyota	150	2:35’53.410
2	1	Sam Mayer		Chevrolet	150	2:35’54.171	0.761
3	7	Justin Allgaier		Chevrolet	150	2:35’54.715	1.305
4	16	Chandler Smith		Chevrolet	150	2:35’57.651	4.241
5	8	Josh Berry		Chevrolet	150	2:35’59.367	5.957
6	21	Austin Hill		Chevrolet	150	2:36’00.210	6.800
7	98	Riley Herbst		Ford	150	2:36’00.526	7.116
8	10	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	150	2:36’00.694	7.284
9	25	Brett Moffitt		Ford	150	2:36’03.036	9.626
10	48	Parker Kligerman		Chevrolet	150	2:36’04.165	10.755
11	19	Joe Jr.		Toyota	150	2:36’04.470	11.060
12	11	Daniel Hemric		Chevrolet	150	2:36’04.971	11.561
13	26	Kaz Grala		Toyota	150	2:36’05.356	11.946
14	39	Ryan Sieg		Ford	150	2:36’08.724	15.314
15	38	Kyle Sieg		Ford	150	2:36’10.333	16.923
16	92	Josh Williams		Chevrolet	150	2:36’11.673	18.263
17	78	Anthony Alfredo		Chevrolet	150	2:36’12.570	19.160
18	51	Jeremy Clements		Chevrolet	150	2:36’13.247	19.837
19	18	Sammy Smith		Toyota	150	2:36’13.797	20.387
20	31	Parker Retzlaff		Chevrolet	150	2:36’15.063	21.653
21	45	Rajah Caruth		Chevrolet	150	2:36’16.071	22.661
22	27	Jeb Burton		Chevrolet	150	2:36’18.411	25.001
23	2	Sheldon Creed		Chevrolet	150	2:36’21.624	28.214
24	91	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	150	2:36’21.901	28.491
25	6	Brennan Poole		Chevrolet	150	2:36’25.675	32.265
26	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt		Chevrolet	150	2:36’25.999	32.589
27	00	Cole Custer		Ford	149	2:36’00.905	1 Lap
28	28	Alex Labbé		Ford	149	2:36’11.015	1 Lap
29	35	Joey Gase		Ford	149	2:36’21.052	1 Lap
30	4	Bayley Currey		Chevrolet	149	2:36’21.232	1 Lap
31	07	Blaine Perkins		Chevrolet	149	2:36’23.081	1 Lap
32	66	Timmy Hill		Chevrolet	149	2:36’24.597	1 Lap
33	9	Brandon Jones		Chevrolet	149	2:36’24.924	1 Lap
34	43	Ryan Ellis		Chevrolet	149	2:36’30.957	1 Lap
35	02	David Starr		Chevrolet	148	2:36’21.168	2 Laps
36	24	Tyler Reddick		Toyota	148	2:36’25.463	2 Laps
37	53	CJ Mclaughlin		Chevrolet	147	2:36’26.437	3 Laps
38	08	Gray Gaulding		Ford	26	24’12.363	124 Laps

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