TC Daily Pit Stop: Love Wins at Rockingham (But Gets DQ'ed); Smith Named Winner; Rockingham Storylines

TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday April 21st, 2025

Apr 21, 2025

Jesse Love and Richard Childress Racing have been disqualified from Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 at Rockingham Speedway.

According to NASCAR, Love and the No. 2 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet violated Sections 14.14.2.I-5.H of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Rule Book, which says that all mating surfaces between the truck trailing arm and the U-bolt saddle must be in complete contact with each other.

Sammy Smith, driver of the No. 8 Pilot Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, has been named the official winner of the event at Rockingham. It’s the Johnston, Iowa-native’s third NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, and first of the season.

Sammy Smith Named Race Winner Following Jesse Love DQ

UPDATE: Jesse Love (P1) and Justin Bonsignore (P36) have been disqualified from Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Rockingham. Sammy Smith is the winner of the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 at Rockingham Speedway.

Parker Retzlaff has been promoted to a place, with Harrison Burton, Brennan Poole, and Taylor Gray rounding out the top five. Austin Hill, Josh Williams, Jeb Burton, Daniel Dye, and Jeremy Clements rounded out the top-10.