Jesse Love opened the NASCAR Xfinity season by winning at Daytona and finished it by winning the season finale at Phoenix to claim his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.

AVONDALE, Ariz. - Before Kyle Larson and William Byron took to Phoenix Raceway on Saturday to qualify for Sunday's Championship 4 tilt in the NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series had a little business to take care of in terms of setting the starting lineup for its own finale on Saturday night.

NASCAR has suspended Sam Mayer from Saturday's Xfinity Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. This comes after the Haas Factory Team driver's contact with Jeb Burton in Martinsville violated the sport's conduct code.

Blaine Anderson, a front tire changer in the Cup Series, won a college football national championship with Alabama in Phoenix.