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  • Justin Allgaier Beats the Heat and Wins the Xfinity Race at Iowa Speedway

    Justin Allgaier Beats the Heat and Wins the Xfinity Race at Iowa Speedway

    It was a hot day at Iowa Speedway for the American Ethanol E15 250, but one driver was hotter than the track. Justin Allgaier driving his No.7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet didn’t feel anything but elation as he wheeled into victory lane.

    Allgaier swept all three stages of the race claiming his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the year. Today’s win also marked his seventh career victory. He dominated today’s race leading 182 of 250 laps.

    In Victory Lane Allgaier commented, “We had a great car today, these guys did a fantastic job I can’t thank everyone at JR Motorsports enough. We’re in the middle of a cornfield, how can you not enjoy this? Man is it cool to win one especially at Iowa.”

    In Stage 1 Austin Cindric, starting from the pole position, appeared to be the car to beat. There was only one caution for Garrett Smithley who had a tire go down. It seemed like Cindric would lead every lap of this stage. However, with two laps remaining, Allgaier made his move and took the stage win.

    Stage 2 would run caution free with Allgaier in the lead. Although others were jockeying for positions Allgaier proved dominant leading every lap and winning the stage.

    The final stage would bring the best battles of the day. There were two minor cautions, one for Chad Finchum tagging the wall and the other for the spinning car of Brandon Hightower. The battle for the lead would get intense, even going three wide at points. Christopher Bell, in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, did everything he could to get the lead from Allgaier. On the last lap, Bell would try one final time but would come up short taking second place.

    After the race, Bell commented,” We had a very good Rheem Camry, just not good enough to get him (Allgaier).”

    Coming home in third place was Daniel Hemric in his No.21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Cole Custer and Brandon Jones would round out the top five. Riley Herbst finished sixth in his first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series start. Ty Majeski, Tyler Reddick, Matt Tifft, and Kaz Grala finished seventh through 10th, respectively.

    Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity Series standing with 504 points over Cole Custer who has 500 points. Hemric is in third with 497 points, Reddick is in fourth with 473 points and Bell with 471 points rounds out the top five.

    The Xfinity Series is off next week but will be heading to Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday, June 30.

  • Full weekend schedule for Iowa

    Full weekend schedule for Iowa

  • Dillon battles competition and rain to win Xfinity race at Michigan

    Dillon battles competition and rain to win Xfinity race at Michigan

    Austin Dillon held off his Richard Childress Racing teammate Daniel Hemric to bring home the checkered flag in Saturday’s Xfinity Series LTi Printing 250 at Michigan International Speedway.

    It was his first Xfinity Series victory win since August 2016 at Bristol, ending a 26-race winless streak in the series. Dillon took over the lead on Lap 72 and led the last 18 laps of the rain-shortened event which ended under caution after Lap 91 of 125 scheduled laps. The race start was delayed three hours due to the inclement weather.

    It was Dillon’s first win at Michigan and his ninth Xfinity Series career victory.

    “It’s always amazing to get back to Victory Lane. We’ve been working really hard at Richard Childress Racing to get back into the Winner’s Circle and as an organization, we really thought that if we could put Nick Harrison and myself together we could get there. It worked because this is only our second race together this year and here we are.”

    Hemric’s second place tied his career-best finish but he was disappointed in the result.

    “I am proud of the effort and the strides our team made throughout the weekend in practice to make sure we had a really good-driving race car today. I’m proud of everyone on this No. 21 South Point Hotel & Casino team for giving me the opportunity to drive a fast race car. I just didn’t quite execute on my end to put this team in Victory Lane today.”

    Cole Custer finished third, and said, “Today we were just in the right place at the right time and had great strategy. I think my crew chief had a great strategy and got us track position at the end. Our Code 3 Ford Mustang was pretty solid. It was hard to pass. You don’t want to be on the bottom. We had some things go our way and ended up P3 there.”

    Ryan Reed placed fourth followed by Paul Menard in fifth. Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, Justin Allgaier and Ryan Truex rounded out the top 10.

    This was the second straight week that the Xfinity Series ran a high-downforce restrictor-plate package. The result was closer racing action which produced nine cautions during the race.

    Dillon gave the package his stamp of approval, saying, “The new package we ran this weekend worked. The fans had to love how tight we were all running together. It was definitely difficult to pass that lead guy. I thought it was fun. It reminded me of Go Kart racing back in the day.”

    Elliott Sadler, the series point leader, finished 30th after scraping the outside wall on Lap 73 due to contact with Alex Bowman. He retains the lead by 41 points over Custer in second.

    The Xfinity Series heads to Iowa Speedway next Sunday for the Iowa 250 presented by Enogen.

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    Complete results:

    1. (13) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 91 laps, 0 rating, 0 points.
    2. (5) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 35.
    3. (4) Cole Custer, Ford, 91, 0, 42.
    4. (15) Ryan Reed, Ford, 91, 0, 49.
    5. (2) Paul Menard, Ford, 91, 0, 0.
    6. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 91, 0, 0.
    7. (6) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 30.
    8. (24) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 91, 0, 0.
    9. (9) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 28.
    10. (12) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 41.
    11. (7) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 91, 0, 28.
    12. (40) Kaz Grala, Ford, 91, 0, 34.
    13. (8) John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 33.
    14. (16) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 28.
    15. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 22.
    16. (14) Matt Tifft, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 28.
    17. (17) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 20.
    18. (11) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 91, 0, 25.
    19. (18) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 18.
    20. (27) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 17.
    21. (10) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 0.
    22. (34) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 15.
    23. (29) Austin Cindric, Ford, 91, 0, 18.
    24. (25) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 13.
    25. (32) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 12.
    26. (22) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 11.
    27. (33) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 91, 0, 10.
    28. (38) BJ McLeod, Dodge, 91, 0, 9.
    29. (36) Chad Finchum, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 8.
    30. (3) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 91, 0, 21.
    31. (37) Timmy Hill, Dodge, 90, 0, 6.
    32. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, transmission, 89, 0, 5.
    33. (28) David Starr, Chevrolet, accident, 82, 0, 4.
    34. (23) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, accident, 79, 0, 3.
    35. (35) Brandon Hightower, Toyota, accident, 79, 0, 2.
    36. (30) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, accident, 54, 0, 1.
    37. (20) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, accident, 52, 0, 1.
    38. (39) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, brakes, 34, 0, 1.
    39. (19) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, overheating, 33, 0, 1.
    40. (31) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, vibration, 5, 0, 1.

     

  • Full weekend schedule for Michigan and Texas

    Full weekend schedule for Michigan and Texas

  • Kyle Busch Tricks The Triangle and Wins the Xfinity Race at Pocono

    Kyle Busch Tricks The Triangle and Wins the Xfinity Race at Pocono

    Kyle Busch is making milestones this year in the Cup Series and now he’s marked off another one in the Xfinity Series, by winning the Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway. The win today was Busch’s first win at Pocono in the Xfinity series.

    He led 64 of  100 laps today in his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota culminating in his 92nd career win in the Xfinity Series. Busch dominated the race overall, finishing 2.85 seconds over second place Chase Elliott in his No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet.

    In Victory Lane, a happy Busch remarked, “It feels good for as good as our car was, and I tried to screw it up early again this week.” He added, “The car was on rails this week you know it was last week too, but we were able to overcome our deficits we had this week.” He also said, “It’s a lot of fun to race with meaning and cause, so I dedicate this win to the men and women that are fighting for our country both now and past.”

    UPDATE: According to a NASCAR spokesperson, Busch failed post-race inspection height measurements. Any possible penalties will be announced next week. 

    Stage 1 would be caution free from start to finish. Cole Custer brought the field to the green, but by Lap 2 Busch was leading the field and wouldn’t look back. There were some great battles going on with all the cars fanning out four and five wide on the track, making for an exciting race. Busch would take the stage win leading 23 of 25 laps.

    Stage 2 started off in an interesting way. During the caution, Busch, along with Christopher Bell, received speeding penalties and had to restart at the rear of the field. But, starting at the rear would not hinder either Bell or Busch as within 10 laps both drivers were back in the top 10. There was only one caution for the spinning car of Michael Annett. Paul Menard worked his way to the front to be the winner of Stage 2.

    Stage 3 had some of the best action with cars battling for position. John Hunter Nemechek, Bell, and Brandon Jones were all swapping the top spots. The yellow flag waived twice for cautions, once for Annett and Chase Briscoe who got tangled up and into the wall. The next caution would involve Justin Allgaier and Bell who were both in the top 10 all day, ending their chances at a win. Busch had the top spot when the green flag flew again and stayed there to the finish getting his first Xfinity win of 2018.

    Second place would go to Elliott in his No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet. After the race, he commented, “Kyle was really fast at the beginning though I thought about halfway through I was equal to him.” He went on to say, “If I was right behind him I could draft and stay close and I thought that was going to be good if I could’ve got the air and run a little further up on that restart.” He finished by saying, “ It was fun, had a good day, I’m looking forward to the next one.”

    Daniel Hemric in his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet would take the third spot today. Hemric summed his day up as a ”Chicken salad kind of day.” He explained it this way, “We struggled trying to get track position early, we hoped we had a lot more speed, it was so hard to make runs or passes. You get side by side but it all depends on what the guy behind you did, if he went with you or with the other guy.” He continued, “It seems like I was always the other guy who (they) didn’t get going with.”

    Austin Cindric and Cole Custer would round out the top five. Elliott Sadler, John Hunter Nemechek, Paul Menard, Tyler Reddick, and Ryan Truex finished sixth through 10th respectively.
    Sadler leads the Xfinity Series standings with 474 points, Cole Custer is second with 412 points and Daniel Hemric is in third place with 411 points. Tyler Reddick sits in fourth place with 410 points, and rounding out the top five is Christopher Bell with 395 points.

    The Xfinity Series will be heading next to Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, June 9.

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  • Full weekend schedule for Pocono

    Full weekend schedule for Pocono

  • Keselowski wins the Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte

    Keselowski wins the Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — Keselowski held off Cole Custer to win Saturday’s Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to capture his 38th series victory and his fourth at Charlotte. Keselowski won in overtime after the yellow flag came out for debris with two laps remaining.

    “It’s kind of an eventful day from the rain and everything that happened there. Strategies, the car handling and things going on this week with Roger and the Hall of Fame, but so far it’s been a great week and I couldn’t ask for a much better start for Memorial Day Weekend than to bring home a win.” Keselowski said.

    A hot, humid and an hour-long rain delay didn’t stop Brad Keselowski from becoming the first repeat winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this season.

    “It was brutally hot out there. The humidity was just killer. I don’t usually get that hot in a race car, but it was smoking out there.” Keselowski said.

    Cole Custer finished second, Christopher Bell third, Ty Dillon fourth and Elliott Sadler finished fifth.

    Custer was disappointed with his runner-up finish, saying, “I wasn’t happy because you want to win, but our Haas Automation Mustang was pretty good all weekend. I think they kind of got lucky on the strategy and how the cautions flew, but I think we probably had the best car. It is what it is. You give up the track position, but it was fun racing. It’s a real edgy race track and fun to move around the VHT and stuff, so it was a fun race for sure.”

    Bell, on fresher tires, thought that he might be able to pass Keselowski on the final restart.

    “I had better tires than him and just didn’t execute. I’m going to be curious to look at the restart there and see if – see what happened and why I couldn’t get going. Bottom line, just didn’t do a good job accelerating there and that’s all she wrote,” Bell said.

    Ty Dillon came back from a penalty to score a fourth-place finish.

    “We had an uncontrolled tire penalty in Stage 3 and had to start in the rear, but our car was so fast that we were back in the top 10 in just a few laps. It was risky, but we decided to play with pit strategy at the end so that we would have fresher tires than the rest of the field to finish out the race. We were so fast but came up three spots short in the end. I can’t thank these RCR guys enough for building such a fast race car. I always like getting in these cars, and I’m looking forward to being back with them in Kentucky.”

    Sadler finished fifth and continues to hold the series points lead by 38 over Christopher Bell.

    After winning Stage 1 and 2 and leading 93 laps, Kyle Busch was poised to capture his 92nd Xfinity Series victory. But his hopes were dashed on the Lap 161 restart.  Busch, who was mired in traffic after a series of cautions and differing pit strategies, spun and slid into Chase Briscoe. He would, however, rally to an eighth-place finish.

    The Xfinity Series heads to Pocono Raceway Saturday, June 2, for the 12th race of the season.

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    Unofficial Race Results
    Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
    May 26, 2018
    Pos Driver
    1 Brad Keselowski
    2 Cole Custer
    3 Christopher Bell
    4 Ty Dillon
    5 Elliott Sadler
    6 Ryan Truex
    7 Daniel Hemric
    8 Kyle Busch
    9 Matt Tifft
    10 Kaz Grala
    11 Chase Briscoe
    12 Michael Annett
    13 Ryan Sieg
    14 Garrett Smithley
    15 Brandon Jones
    16 Austin Cindric
    17 Joey Gase
    18 Joe Nemechek
    19 Ray Black Jr.
    20 David Starr
    21 Spencer Boyd
    22 Ty Majeski
    23 Tyler Reddick
    24 Tommy Joe Martins
    25 Josh Bilicki
    26 Ross Chastain
    27 Brandon Hightower
    28 Vinnie Miller
    29 Ryan Reed
    30 Timmy Hill
    31 Jamie McMurray
    32 Justin Allgaier
    33 Dylan Lupton
    34 Alex Labbe
    35 Jeremy Clements
    36 J.J. Yeley
    37 Chase Elliott
    38 Josh Williams
    39 Jeff Green
    40 B.J. McLeod

  • Full Weekend Schedule for Charlotte

    Full Weekend Schedule for Charlotte

    Staff Report | NASCAR.com

    The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series head to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. Check out the tentative full schedule, subject to change.

    Note: All times are ET.

    Thursday, May 24
    2:35-3:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
    4:05-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, FS1
    6:05-6:50 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
    7:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Award qualifying, FS1

    PRESS PASS (Watch live)
    12:30 p.m.: Kevin Harvick
    1:30 p.m.: Brad Keselowski
    1:45 p.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    2 p.m.: Daniel Hemric
    2:15 p.m.: Elliott Sadler, Ross Chastain and Ryan Reed
    3:45 p.m.: Daniel Suarez
    4 p.m.: Matt Kenseth
    4:15 p.m.: Bubba Wallace
    4:30 p.m.: Joey Logano
    5:30 p.m.: Toyota Racing Development announcement
    8:15 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

    Friday, May 25
    No events scheduled

    Saturday, May 26
    9:05-9:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
    10:10 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Pole qualifying, FS1
    11:05-11:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
    1 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Alsco 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), FS1

    PRESS PASS (Watch live)
    3:45 p.m.: Post-NASCAR Xfinity Series race

    Sunday, May 27
    6 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (400 laps, 600 miles), FOX

    PRESS PASS (Watch live)
    3:05 p.m.: NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Inductees
    10:15 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race

  • Justin Allgaier Slays The Monster And Wins At Dover

    Justin Allgaier Slays The Monster And Wins At Dover

    Justin Allgaier, driving his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, brought home his first Xfinity Series win this season and his first ever at Dover International Speedway Saturday afternoon.

    Elliott Sadler made the last lap exciting by trying to get a run on Allgaier but ended up getting loose and falling back enough to give Allgaier the win in the OneMain Financial 200. Allgaier made it look easy by dominating the competition and leading 104 of 200 laps during the race. He topped it off by winning the final Dash 4 Cash prize of $100,000. It was a great way to finish the week off for Allgaier’s car owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who just had his first baby (a girl) with wife, Amy.

    Allgaier commented on that last lap stating, “Well, unfortunately, I thought the 15 was going to go to the bottom and he went to the top, I got on my brakes and almost spun myself out.” He added, “ That race, I couldn’t ask for anything better, these guys and everyone at JR Motorsports have done a fantastic job. I think we have a great shot at going for the championship.”

    Stage 1 was fairly uneventful only having two cautions, one for Matt Tifft spinning and the second when Josh Bilicki tagged the wall. Sadler was the dominant car in this stage of the race, but Allgaier and Brandon Jones were right up there fighting for the lead. Sadler would win Stage 1 followed by Allgaier, Brandon Jones, Daniel Hemric, and Ryan Truex rounding out the top five.

    Stage 2 would see Tyler Reddick come to the front and take the lead, but 25 laps into the stage Allgaier would take the lead back and finish out the stage taking the win. The top five in Stage 2 were Allgaier, Reddick, Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell, and Tifft.

    The final stage is where it really started to heat up. The drivers started going three wide trying to get to the front for the win, and that’s when the cautions started coming out. There were three cautions in this stage involving drivers such as John Hunter Nemechek, Cindric, Alex Labbe, Dylan Lupton, and Ty Majeski.

    Allgaier would dominate the final stage leading most of the laps. Sadler did his best to get to Allgaier to make a pass for the lead and the two of them were side by side on the last lap, when they got together. Sadler got loose and backed off giving Allgaier the win.

    A dejected Sadler commented, “ I gave it my best, I’m just proud of everyone on my team. I really want to give these guys a win, I’m tired of finishing in the top five but don’t have any checkered flags to show for it. I did the best I could but it just wasn’.t good enough today.”

    Hemric ran in the top 10 most of the race and came home in third. A frustrated Hemric commented, “My Lord, we’re doing everything we can to put ourselves in a good position. I just want to figure out what it takes to close one of these things out, but I hate finishing third.”

    Bell and Reddick round out the top five. Johnny Sauter, Noah Gragson, Tifft, Cindric, and Jones finished sixth through 10th, respectively.

    Sadler leads the Xfinity Series standings with 401 points. Allgaier is in second with 368 points followed by Reddick in third with 363 points, Bell is in fourth with 349 points and Hemric rounds out the top five with 343 points.

    The Xfinity series heads next to Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26.

     

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  • Allgaier cashes in with “OneMain Financial 200” victory

    Allgaier cashes in with “OneMain Financial 200” victory

    Justin Allgaier had more than one reason to celebrate at Dover International Speedway’s Sunoco Victory Lane on Saturday.

    Not only did the driver of the JR Motorsports No. 7 Chevrolet clinch a $100,000 bonus through the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dash 4 Cash program, but Allgaier also was able to hold off teammate Elliott Sadler to win the “OneMain Financial 200” at Dover International Speedway.

    It is Allgaier’s first victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season and his first at the Monster Mile. Allgaier now has six career NASCAR Xfinity Series victories.

    “I knew Dover was going to be a good race track for us,” Allgaier said. “I’ve wanted a Monster [Trophy] for as long as I can remember.”

    Allgaier led a race-high 104 laps, but it was the final one that was the most heart-stopping, as Sadler edged ahead in Turn 3 for a few moments before the two cars touched exiting Turn 4.

    “I was about 90 percent sure I wasn’t going to win entering Turn 3,” Allgaier said. “I thought for sure I was going around. My only instinct was to keep the throttle down. Luckily, we came off the wall and were able to get across the line. It was a pretty crazy way to end the race.”

    For Kelley Earnhardt Miller, the co-owner of JR Motorsports along with her brother Dale Earnhardt Jr., the showdown was a bit nerve-wracking.

    “It’s part of the craziness of owning two cars when they are in that situation,” Miller said. “It’s awesome to see this team in Victory Lane and relish what they accomplish.”

    Allgaier edged Sadler by 0.306 seconds, the closest finish for a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Monster Mile since 2009. Daniel Hemric was third, followed by rookies Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick.

    “I could see Elliott in my mirror and saw that he could make a charge,” said Allgaier, who led the race’s final 68 laps. “He raced me so clean all day. We both wanted to win. To battle it out with a teammate is really special. To be able to hold him off is a big deal.”

    Twenty-two cars finished on the lead lap, including Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner Johnny Sauter (sixth), pole winner Brandon Jones (10th), John Hunter Nemechek (14th) and Ross Chastain (16th).

    Sadler leads Allgaier by 33 points in the NASCAR Xfinity Series point standings. Jones and Ryan Sieg (17th) were the other two Dash 4 Cash contenders entering Saturday’s race. Sadler and Jones led 33 laps apiece, while Reddick led 23.

    The “OneMain Financial 200” was the final Dash 4 Cash race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

    Eight caution flags flew across 45 laps in the 2:02:23 race.

    Dover International Speedway hosts the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race on Saturday, Oct. 6 as part of the Monster Mile’s Oct. 5-7 tripleheader weekend.

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    About Dover Motorsports, Inc.

    Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD) is a leading promoter of NASCAR sanctioned motorsports events whose subsidiaries own and operate Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. and Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tenn. The company also plays host to the Firefly Music Festival, produced by Red Frog Events and Goldenvoice. For more information, visit www.DoverMotorsports.com.