Alex Labbé took to the streets of Chicago for The Loop 110 and tested his luck in Lucky 13. (Photo Credit: Danny Hansen)

Lucky 13 rides along with the driver who qualifies 13th, keeping an eye on how their race unfolds. This driver could be sent to the back of the pack and still pull off a victory, or their luck could take a nosedive early in the race. With luck on their side – or against them – anything can happen! So, grab your four-leaf clovers, your lucky horseshoes, and maybe even a rabbit’s foot for the latest Lucky 13! Will it be fortune or misfortune? Let’s find out!

The Loop 110

Driver: Alex Labbé
Organization & Number: SS GreenLight Racing, #07
Crew Chief: Paul Clapprood

Alex Labbé qualified P14; however, NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane Van Gisbergen qualified ahead of him. To keep the Lucky 13 series pure to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, our focus turned to Labbé .

Stage 1

The NASCAR Xfinity Series took to the streets of Chicago for The Loop 110, and Alex Labbé set off for a 15-lap opening stage. Drivers immediately fell to single file, and Labbé fell to P15.

(Photo Credit: SS GreenLight Racing | Facebook)

The first caution came on Lap 5 after Jack Perkins stalled in Turn 6. Labbé worked his way back to P14.

After some drivers took to the pits, and others were black-flagged for issues, Labbé restarted P12 with seven to go in the stage.

A lap later, Labbé was fighting for track position. After a three-wide battle, he came out the rightful owner of P12.

Ahead of him, Connor Mosack slammed the wall after an issue, and this allowed Labbé to gain one more position.

The No. 19 presented with more issues, and in the chaos, Labbé returned to P12.

Drivers took to the pits with three to go, allowing Labbé to move up to P10. Brad Perez wrecked in Turn 4 with two to go, bringing out the caution.

This allowed the stage to end under yellow, and gave Labbé a stage point.

Stage 2

Crew chief Paul Clapprood brought his driver to pit road for tires, fuel, and adjustments. Labbé returned to the track in P27.

Labbé was told his tires looked really good, and Clapprood noted, “I think we’ll have a good long run car here.”

When the race resumed, there were 11 laps remaining in the stage. Once again, the field worked into a single file with minimal passing. Halfway through the stage, there was some mix-up mid-pack, but Labbé held his position.

With six to go, the yellow was in the air again, this time for debris, and Labbé was scored P26. Before the race could resume, Josh Bilicki stalled on track and climbed from his car after a fire was reported inside his cockpit.

Labbé was lined up P15, facing a two-lap shootout to end the stage. At the green, with a shuffled field, Labbé lost multiple positions. He ended the stage P17.

Stage 3

Clapprood opted to keep Labbé on track to start the final stage, which allowed the No. 07 to line up P14. There were 16 laps to go when the stage started.

Right in front of Labbé, Thomas Annunziata slammed the tire barrier in Turn 2. Labbé was heads up and skirted around the incident, missing a pile-up.

Once the race resumed, 13 laps were remaining, and Labbé found himself in P15. Three laps later, Labbé was holding his ground, unable to make any moves.

He gained a position when Justin Allgaier slowed from P7, and then another when the caution waved with six to go when Andre Castro landed in the Turn 6 tire barrier.

Labbé found himself running P13 and told his team, “I’ll try to get you a really good restart here and make the most of it.”

He was told to be on his toes for the final two laps of the race. However, those two laps passed without much incident, and Labbé brought it home P12.

(Photo Credit: Alex Labbé | Facebook)

NASCAR fans know sponsors make the sport go ’round. We want to give a shout-out to Priority Tire. They played a huge part of the weekend for Alex and the No. 07 team.

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