Remember the Atlanta Xfinity race earlier this year? Jesse Love, attempting to move on Sam Mayer, was nudged by Nick Sanchez, then he finished sixth and admitted, “Man, I made new friends tonight… I thought it would be better to shuck him (Sanchez) out of line because I knew I was getting shucked, regardless.” However, Sanchez rebounded to take the lead and secured his first-ever Xfinity victory. Since then, things between them have only fueled more tension—and all of that was unleashed in Las Vegas this afternoon.

From the opening laps of the Focused Health 302, Love was charging through the field — already battling the No. 20, Brandon Jones, for fourth by Lap 15, and taking third from Xfinity’s ace, Connor Zilisch, seven laps later. But it was the mid- to late stages that truly define

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