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#26: Corey Heim, Sam Hunt Racing, Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota Supra DARLINGTON, S.C. – Rallying from a qualifying mishap and getting his NASCAR Xfinity Series season back on track, Jesse Love drove through the field to finish sixth Saturday at Darlington Raceway. Love scrubbed the outside wall on his qualifying lap and had to drop to the back to…

July 20, 2024: at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, IN (HHP/Jim Fluharty) INDIANAPOLIS – What started as a potential nightmare for Jesse Love Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ultimately became a lesson in perseverance. The 19-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie from Menlo Park, Calif., was involved in a lap-one accident at the start of the Pennzoil 250 at the…

July 13, 2024: NASCAR races at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (HHP/Chris Owens) LONG POND, Pa. – Jesse Love was headed for a strong finish at Pocono Raceway Saturday before a pit-road penalty derailed his afternoon late in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225. The standout NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie-of-the-year contender had to…

July 06, 2024: NASCAR Cup Series races at Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois. (HHP/Jacy Norgaard) CHICAGO – Jesse Love spent plenty of time out front and picked up a well-deserved top-five finish at the end of Saturday’s The Loop 110 at the Chicago Street Circuit. Love qualified eighth and ran near the sharp end…

June 29, 2024: at Nashville Superspeedway in Nashville, TN (HHP/Jim Fluharty) LEBANON, Tenn. – Jesse Love put together one of the more impressive runs of his young NASCAR Xfinity Series career in Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway. Love, the leading Xfinity Series rookie-of-the-year contender, saw his weekend in the No. 2 C4 Ultimate…

#2: Jesse Love, Richard Childress Racing, Whelen Chevrolet Camaro LOUDON, N.H. – In his first visit to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Jesse Love battled to a 13th-place finish Saturday with the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Love, the standout 19-year-old rookie from Menlo Park, Calif., was forced to adapt as the SciAps 200 went on, due to…

June 08, 2024: NASCAR races at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA. (HHP/David Graham) SONOMA, Calif. – Jesse Love rebounded from a myriad of issues to finish 12th in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway, but was left wondering what could have been. After qualifying sixth, Love short-pitted just before the first stage…

June 1, 2024: at Portland International Raceway in Portland, OR (HHP/Jim Fluharty) PORTLAND, Ore. – A roller-coaster weekend for Jesse Love and Richard Childress Racing ended with a top-20 finish in Saturday’s Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland Int’l Raceway. Though he qualified 12th at the 12-turn, 1.967-mile circuit, unapproved post-qualifying adjustments to the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet…

DARLINGTON, S.C. – An uneventful afternoon at the Track Too Tough to Tame left Jesse Love with an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200. Love, who was making his debut at historic Darlington Raceway, comfortably earned points in both stages and ran among the top 10 all day at the 1.366-mile,…

April 26, 2024: NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. (HHP/Jacy Norgaard) DOVER, Del. – Jesse Love led laps during Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series BetRivers 200 before a mid-race flat tire scuttled his afternoon at Dover Motor Speedway. Love used pit strategy to “flip the script” at the first stage break of the day, pitting under caution at…