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Massey’s Third Victory Slips Away in Overtime Restart

Mason Massey finished sixth in the Kyle Busch Classic at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a late-race shot at the win slipped away in the closing laps of the 151-lap event.

Mason Massey finished sixth in the Kyle Busch Classic at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a late-race shot at the win slipped away in the closing laps of the 151-lap event. Massey started from the sixth position and entered the race 40 points behind the championship lead. He continued forward to fourth on lap 21 before settling into fifth ahead of the lap-34 caution.

Mason Massey finished sixth in the Kyle Busch Classic at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a late-race shot at the win slipped away in the closing laps of the 151-lap event.

The Douglasville, Ga., native took advantage of the restart on lap 49 and settled into fourth on lap 60. The No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet SS remained inside the top five despite Massey’s car building loose throughout the long run. After the lap-69 caution, he restarted fifth and made the pass for fourth on lap 82. Massey briefly dropped to sixth after getting loose in turns one and two on lap 101 and getting caught three-wide, but he worked his way back to fifth by lap 107 and immediately opened a gap on the car behind him.

Mason Massey finished sixth in the Kyle Busch Classic at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a late-race shot at the win slipped away in the closing laps of the 151-lap event.

Massey was fifth for the lap-119 caution and moved to third by lap 133 after the restart. He stayed in the third position through the lap-149 caution. Starting inside the second row for overtime, Massey got a good jump on the restart and looked to the inside for the lead on the lap-156 restart and made a move to the bottom on the final lap. Tight, physical racing resulted in a three-wide tangle in Turn 3, collecting the No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet SS for the lap-158 caution. Massey restarted ninth for the final restart on lap 166 and brought home a sixth-place finish.

Mason Massey finished sixth in the Kyle Busch Classic at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a late-race shot at the win slipped away in the closing laps of the 151-lap event.

“Tonight was another night I feel like we deserved more,” Massey said. “We didn’t have the fastest car on track, but we did a good job managing track position on the restarts and put ourselves in the right position at the end of the race. I’m proud of this NAPA Auto Care team and super grateful to be in the mix fighting for another win. Onto Phoenix.”

Start / Finish: 6 / 6
Points Standing / Total: 3rd / 516 pts. (-43)

Next Race: Saturday, October 17, Phoenix Raceway
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Mason Massey: @Mason_Massey
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Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) holds the ARCA Menards Series West (AMSW) record with 11 championships and eclipsed the 100-win mark in 2022. The team has piled on six titles in the last eight seasons with four different drivers since 2015. BMR will campaign the NAPA Auto Care entry with a newly renumbered No. 19 Chevrolet SS. Daniel Hemric will begin the 2025 AMSW behind the wheel at Kern County Raceway on Saturday, January 25th.