Jesse Love and his teammate Nick Sanchez got into an altercation following Saturday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It marked the 28th race of the season and the fourth of the seven-race playoff segment.There was a point during the race where it looked like the 20-year-old Richard Childress Racing driver could win his way into the Championship 4. But that didn’t happen even though Love led 22 laps and scored an impressive 48 points.Jesse Love lost the lead to Connor Zilisch right before the final caution and an additional spot to the eventual race winner, Aric Almirola, on pit road. While battling for third, Love found himself side by side with Sanchez, which soon turned into a fiery on-track scuffle.Love was visibly furious with how Sanchez was side-drafting him during the 201-lap event, while the latter kept saying that they were all racing for the win. The argument ended with Sanchez grabbing Love’s shoulder and Love tapping Sanchez on his chest before storming away. Frontstretch uploaded a video of the incident on their X account. The caption of the post read,Tempers flare under the Vegas lights between @jesselovejr1 and @Nicksanchez080 #NASCAR Presenting Partner: @MyPlaceHotelsLater in a post-race interview with the CW, Love shared his perspective on the incident. He said,“It's kind of three things. One is the past experiences with Nick. Two is the reputation and his track record, and three is the situation that obviously took place on the race track. We about crashed four times on the straightaway side drafting each other, and then he put it on my door four laps in a row until I about crashed."As of today, Love sits third in the championship standings with a 20-point cushion on the cutoff line. Sanchez, however, is not in the playoffs anymore. He is ranked 10th in overall standings with 2125 points to his name.When Jesse Love said he is “prepared” for a Cup Series upgradeJesse Love is one of the most promising talents in the NASCAR Xfinity Series today. He won the Rookie of the Year honors, finishing eighth in championship standings in 2024 when he joined Richard Childress Racing for a full-time ride. His most recent victory (and second overall) came at Daytona Motor Speedway in February.Love thinks that he is ready for a jump to the Cup level. He has made five starts in the Cup Series with RCR and Beard Motorsports as of today. Speaking with Jeff Gluck of The Athletic, the young racing phenom said,"I feel like I’m well-prepared for a Cup seat. The biggest thing for me was proving I could make lap time in the Cup car, and I can definitely do that. With a couple more races, I can start to execute more and learn the flow of the weekend, and I’ll be really happy.”Jesse Love will now prepare for next Saturday’s (October 18) race at Talladega Superspeedway. Named the United Rentals 250, the 94-lap event will be televised on CW (4 pm ET onwards) with live radio updates on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.