KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- With a flawlessly executed race from start to finish, Brandon Jones preserved his bragging rights at Kansas Speedway, winning Saturday's Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race.

The only driver in the field to have won a previous Xfinity race at the 1.5-mile intermediate track, Jones pulled away during the final 38-lap green-flag run and beat runner-up rookie sensation Connor Zilisch to the finish line by 2.787 seconds.

With the victory -- his second of the season, his third at Kansas and the seventh of his career -- Jones claimed a berth in the Playoff's Round of 8. Zilisch and defending series champion Justin Allgaier also advanced to the next round on points.

"That was exactly how we needed that to go down," said Jones, who started from the pole, le

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