(NEXSTAR) - The NASCAR Xfinity postseason playoff field has now been dwindled down from 12 drivers to the final eight.  The Drive for the Cure 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway saw a thrilling finish with some late race dramatics featuring Parker Kligerman. NASCAR waited to call a caution and did not throw the yellow flag until Kligerman was inches away from claiming his first career Xfinity Series victory and advancing in the playoffs.  Klige…

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NASCAR's late caution call upends Xfinity Series race as Sam Mayer wins The Roval at Charlotte

Sam Mayer won Saturday’s race at Charlotte after a controversial late caution cost Parker Kligerman his first Xfinity Series win.  Read Morewww.espn.com – TOPThe post Controversial call upends Xfinity race; Mayer wins appeared first on Local First Media Group.

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Controversial call upends Xfinity race; Mayer wins

CONCORD, N.C. — Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs. It came at the expense of Parker Kligerman, who not only was denied his first career Xfinity Series victory in regulation by a NASCAR scoring call, but also was eliminated from the playoff field. Kligerman was leading headed toward the white flag that would have signified…

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NASCAR’s late caution upends race, Mayer wins The Roval at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs.

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By Jenna Fryer, The Associated PressCONCORD, N.C. — Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a controversial overtime finish Saturday that allowed Mayer to advance in the Xfinity Series playoffs.

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NASCAR’s late caution call upends Xfinity Series race as Sam Mayer wins at Charlotte

Parker Kligerman took the lead from Shane van Gisbergen and held off Sam Mayer in a thrilling battle to seemingly escape playoff elimination and win for the first time in his NASCAR Xfinity career -- then, everything changed.The No. 42 of Leland Honeyman was buried beneath a tire barrier with two laps to go, but for some reason, NASCAR waited to throw the caution as they assessed the situation. In ...Keep reading

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NASCAR waited to throw a caution on the next-to-last lap of the race until Kligerman was feet from the finish line

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Parker Kligerman thought he got his first NASCAR Xfinity win. Instead, NASCAR teased him with its inexplicable caution timing

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As Sam Mayer celebrated his drama-filled victory in Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Parker Kligerman watched a replay of the whisker-close circumstance that knocked him out of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. In overtime, Mayer passed Kligerman in Turn 7 of the 2.280-mile, 17-turn circuit and pulled away to claim the victory that propelled him into th…

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Mayer snatches Xfinity win away from Kligerman at Charlotte Roval

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer came up with a big clutch performance at Roval to lock himself in the Round of 8 in the playoffs. However, this was far from a straightforward finish for Mayer in the No. 1 Chevy, as his patience was tested by Parker Kligerman throughout the very last lap of the race. Nothing but a win would see Mayer through to the next round, and he certainly rose to the occasion. Although Kligerman managed to keep the #1 Chevy …

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Sam Mayer Denies Parker Kligerman the Roval Crown as SVG Falls Off Playoff Picture

NASCAR race control left Parker Kligerman twisting in the wind on Saturday. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)  NASCAR race control cruelly tormented Parker Kligerman during Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval. Kligerman was comfortably leading the race on the penultimate lap when Leland Honeyman had a tire failure and his car skidded into and underneath a tire barrier. There was no way for Honeyman to drive his car out fr…

NASCAR's late caution call upends Xfinity Series race as Sam Mayer wins The Roval at Charlotte

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