Winners and losers at Auto Club Speedway

A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway:

Kyle Busch — Those who might have doubted if Busch’s remarkable talents could carry over to Richard Childress Racing can stop. Busch ran a nearly perfect race Sunday in his second points outing with RCR, running his Cup career win total to 61.

Chase Elliott — Elliott made gains throughout Sunday’s race and finished second. He didn’t have the power to challenge Kyle Busch at the end, but his team’s progress since the Daytona 500 is noteworthy.

Trackhouse Racing — Ross Chastain won the first two stages and led 91 (of 200) laps before finishing third. Daniel Suarez, his teammate, rallied from a speeding penalty to finish fourth.

Kyle Larson — The race had barely begun when Larson went behind the wall with electrical issues. He returned to finish the race but finished 15 laps back in 29th.

William Byron — Byron ran in the top five part of the afternoon but finished two laps down in 25th.

AJ Allmendinger — An accident parked Allmendinger after 75 laps, and he finished last.

John Hunter Nemechek scored his first win of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season Sunday night at Auto Club Speedway.

JR Motorsports had three of its drivers place in the top five. Sam Mayer was second, Justin Allgaier third and Josh Berry fifth. Chandler Smith finished fifth. Daytona winner Austin Hill, who remains the points leader, placed sixth.

After narrowly losing last weekend’s Xfinity season opener at Daytona, John Hunter Nemechek won Sunday night’s race at Auto Club Speedway.

The victory is Nemechek’s third in the Xfinity Series and first since Oct. 2021 at Texas.

Sam Mayer tied his career-best finish by placing second, a week after he went upside down at