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TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 02: Brandon Brown, driver of the #68 The Original Larry’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sparks 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 02, 2021 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 02: Brandon Brown, driver of the #68 The Original Larry’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sparks 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 02, 2021 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NASCAR Xfinity Series is in Talladega Superspeedway for the ninth round of the 2022 season. All eyes will be in Alabama as Talladega is set to host two days of exciting racing. As the qualifications have just concluded, Ryan Vargas of the Xfinity series qualified in 7th position and got congratulated by fellow racer Brandon Brown.
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He took to Twitter to share his warm wishes for the young Vargas as he wrote, “Congratulations man, hell of a lap!” To which Ryan replied, “Thanks man, lets have a good one tomorrow!”
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NEWTON, IA – JULY 27: NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Ryan Vargas (15) during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series US Cellular 250 on July 27, 2019, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. (Photo by Kyle Ocker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Ryan posted on his official Twitter handle about his Talladega achievement this week. The JR Motorsports driver conveyed, “This team just qualified 7th at TALLADEGA! Proud of this team. Honored to be a part of this JD Motorsports Organization. Kase, Bird, Gabe, Spud, and Dave from Green Bay (not pictured), y’all are awesome, thank you for sticking after it this season!”
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Where do Brandon Brown and Ryan Vargas stand in Talladega tomorrow?
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A brilliant lap of 52.713 saw the JR Motorsports driver fetch himself the 7th position. Meanwhile, Brown could only manage 52.988 on the timesheet. The gap to the pole-sitter put him in 15th position to start in tomorrow’s race.
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 11: Brandon Brown, driver of the #68 TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet, react on stage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway on September 11, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Jeffrey Earnhardt pulled off a brilliant lap time to claim the surprising pole. Meanwhile, Championship leader AJ Allmendinger starts from 13th place. As for Brandon Brown, he’s in 14th place in the driver’s championship with 174 points with two top-10s.
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Talking about Ryan, he’s in 27th place in the standings with just 79 points. As the NASCAR Xfinity series goes racing on Sunday, it’ll be interesting to see if both Brandon Brown and Ryan Vargas can make amends. Can they make Talladega race a race for them to remember? We’ll know in due time.
