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  • Jones Loses on Money Stop Gamble at Bristol

    Jones Loses on Money Stop Gamble at Bristol

    *THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO NOTE THAT BRANDON JONES WON’T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DASH 4 CASH NEXT WEEK AT RICHMOND RACEWAY, DUE TO NASCAR’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DANIEL HEMRIC’S POST-RACE INSPECTION FAILURE DIDN’T RISE TO THE LEVEL WORTHY OF A PENALTY.

    BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brandon Jones maintained a smile as he spoke to Regan Smith of FOX Sports 1, but the disappointment of such a strong run resulting in a sixth-place finish seeped through as the interview progressed.

    “That caution on right there on that long run just killed me and I just put my head down when I saw it ‘cause I knew we were so much better than the 18 (Ryan Preece) up off the corner, but all in all such a phenomenal day for Toyota, for Menards and for everybody at (Joe Gibbs Racing) JGR right now. Also, Turtle Wax is on board with us this weekend as well. Can’t say enough about the guys that support us the most and we are just so close right now. It breaks my heart just to see that, but we had a gamble right there at the end. We had to take the two tires to try to see what we could do. Just too much wheel-spinning on the restart to make anything of it.”

    During a nearly 100-lap stretch of green flag racing, from Lap 184 to 27 laps to go (Lap 273), Jones had the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 in check. While Ryan Preece got within a car length of him around 40 to go, he couldn’t work his way around Jones.

    But when Shane Lee hit the wall in Turn 2, everybody ducked onto pit road for fresh tires. Jones opted for strategy and took only left-side tires, while Preece took four.

    The end result was rather predictable. When Preece’s tires came up to temperature, he passed Jones going into Turn 1 with 12 laps to go and scored the victory. Jones, meanwhile, sank through the field. But the short amount of laps combined with the field clicking them off in 15-second intervals prevented him from falling further than sixth.

    “Well, you have to gamble when you’re leading like that,” Jones said. “Sometimes you have to play a mind game with some of the other guys that are behind you. Our game just didn’t work out too well for us. It was just way too loose on the restart there to make anything of it, but enjoyed racing (Ryan) Preece there at the end. That was pretty cool. I did everything but try to wreck him, so I think that I raced pretty good as a teammate there with him. I just wish that caution wouldn’t have come out. I kind of put my head down when I saw it and was just like man, if this thing would’ve kept going, we’re in the catbird seat really really good. I can’t say enough about the day though. All weekend we were top three in practice throughout the whole day yesterday. Qualified really really well and was getting ready to possibly go to Victory Lane.”

    While Jones didn’t earn any stage points, his Top-10 finish moved him up to ninth in points. He also admitted that leading the most laps (106) was a confidence-boost.

    “Texas was big for me even though we kind of crashed out early there, we still were really really fast there. I think that’s kind of what led to this,” Jones said. “Myself and Chris (Gabehart, crew chief) have had a lot of conversation of you know, don’t think about it, just do it. That’s kind of the momentum I’m on right now. I’m going to stick to that and it’s going to work out for us eventually.”

    The day ended on a bright note for Jones. An hour after the XFINITY Grand National Series race concluded, NASCAR announced that Daniel Hemric failed post-race inspection. As a result, Jones was Dash 4 Cash eligible next weekend at Richmond Raceway. But less than 24 hours later, NASCAR announced that Hemric’s penalty, one side of the rear wheel-toe alignment was off, didn’t rise to the level of a penalty. Because in the XFINITY Grand National Series, both sides of the rear wheel-toe must be off to constitute a violation. As a result, Hemric was put back into the Dash 4 Cash hunt at Richmond.

  • Preece cashes in at Thunder Valley

    Preece cashes in at Thunder Valley

    *THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE NASCAR’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DANIEL HEMRIC’S POST-RACE INSPECTION FAILURE WON’T RESULT IN A PENALTY.

    BRISTOL, Tenn. — The first thing Ryan Preece did after he climbed out of his car in victory lane was grab the oversized novelty check he received for winning the first race of this year’s XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash, which he promptly tossed to his crew standing behind his car.

    “First off, this Rheem Toyota TRD Camry JGR car was awesome,” Preece said. “These guys right here, they work hard and they don’t get on TV and I want you all to focus in on them and this guy (Eric Phillips, crew chief) – I have to thank everybody last year for helping me make this all possible. Without last year, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now, I wouldn’t be sitting here in Bristol victory lane in an Xfinity Series car with Joe Gibbs Racing. To win here, it’s unreal. I guess I didn’t make Joey Logano look like a fool today.

    “Words can’t even describe. My mom’s super happy, my dad’s super happy – I’m 27 years old and I’m not getting any younger. I’m looking for opportunities. We did it last year at Iowa and now we did it here at Bristol. I hope I don’t get labeled as a short track racer, I want to win on mile-and-a-halves soon. Nothing beats winning. That’s what I told somebody earlier today. They asked me what was the most exciting thing and I said winning – I hate losing more than winning. Today we did it.”

    Preece made the winning move driving underneath Brandon Jones going into Turn 1 to take the lead with 12 laps to go, and set sail to his second career victory in 43-career XFINITY Grand National Series starts.

    Justin Allgaier, Daniel Hemric, Elliott Sadler and Spencer Gallagher rounded out the Top-five.

    Jones, Tyler Reddick, Cole Custer, Ross Chastain and Ryan Truex rounded out the Top-10.

    “That caution on right there on that long run just killed me and I just put my head down when I saw it ‘cause I knew we were so much better than the 18 (Ryan Preece) up off the corner, but all in all such a phenomenal day for Toyota, for Menards and for everybody at (Joe Gibbs Racing) JGR right now. Also, Turtle Wax is on board with us this weekend as well. Can’t say enough about the guys that support us the most and we are just so close right now. It breaks my heart just to see that, but we had a gamble right there at the end,” Jones said of the final caution. “We had to take the two tires to try to see what we could do. Just too much wheel-spinning on the restart to make anything of it.”

    RACE SUMMARY

    Custer led the field to the green flag at 1:15 p.m. Exiting Turn 2, however, Allgaier powered by him with ease to lead the first lap. Coming to the line to start the fifth lap, Christopher Bell shot up the track, a result of a right-front tire failure, and slammed the outside wall. As the field slowed to avoid hitting him, cars slammed into the back of others and the resulting accordion effect swallowed up nine cars.

    Back to green on Lap 18, the field settled into a conveyor-belt run to the competition caution at Lap 45. Hemric exited the pits as the race leader, while Justin Allgaier exited third.

    A lap after the restart on Lap 55, Bell powered by Hemric on the outside heading into Turn 1 to take the lead and drove on to win the first stage.

    Preece exited the pits first and led the field back to green on Lap 99, as well as after he restart on Lap 109 (for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch). On the latter restart, however, Hemric shot past him on the bottom to retake the lead. Preece worked to the inside of Hemric on Lap 163, however, and won the second stage.

    Chase Briscoe took the lead after he elected not to pit, along with Jones and Reddick, but had the lead usurped by Jones, who fended off challenges from Preece as the laps clicked away, with less than 60 to go. It was rendered a moot point by Shane Lee, who brought out the caution with 27 to go and set up the run to the finish.

    CAUTION SUMMARY

    There were four multi-car incidents. The first on Lap 4 (nine cars), Lap 58 (four cars), Lap 100 (seven cars) and Lap 140 (three cars), also brought out red flag for seven minutes and one second.

    Four cautions flew for single or two-car incidents.

    Three flew for scheduled reasons (competition/stage conclusion).

    OTHER NEWS ITEMS

    Hemric’s car failed post-race inspection, because one side of the rear wheel-toe alignment was off. However, the failure didn’t rise to the level of a penalty, because both sides of the rear wheel-toe must be off in the XFINITY Grand National Series. So not only won’t he be penalized, but he’ll be eligible for the Dash 4 Cash at Richmond Raceway.

    NUTS & BOLTS

    The race lasted two hours, 21 minutes and 57 seconds, at an average speed of 67.857 mph. There were 13 lead changes among eight different drivers, and 12 cautions for 93 laps.

    Sadler leaves with a six-point lead over Hemric.

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  • Erik Jones Rallies from Late Speeding Penalty to Win Bristol XFINITY Race

    Erik Jones Rallies from Late Speeding Penalty to Win Bristol XFINITY Race

    BRISTOL, Tenn. — Erik Jones rallied back from a late speeding penalty and took the lead in the closing laps to score the victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

    After being penalized for speeding on pit road during the fifth caution of the race, Jones worked his way back through the field until he restarted second on the penultimate restart with 23 laps to go. Two laps later, he put the chrome bumper to leader Ryan Blaney, took the lead and held him off on a three-lap restart to end the race and win for the eighth time in his career.

    “It was just hard racing,” said Jones. “We ended up racing hard and getting by him. To come back from a pit road penalty like that, it’s a race I won’t forget for a long time — just an awesome day.”

    Blaney finished runner-up and Daniel Suarez rounded out the podium.

    Elliott Sadler and Daniel Hemric round out the top-five.

    Ty Dillon, Kyle Larson, Brennan Poole, Blake Koch and Michael Annett round out the top-five.

    Larson led the field to the green flag at 1:04 p.m. He lost the lead to Jones on lap 20, but took it back five laps later passing him exiting Turn 2 and held it through the end of the stage.

    The race restarted on lap 95 and was stopped twice, for a spin into the Turn 2 wall by Ray Black Jr. and rain delaying the race for over 90 minutes (1:38.52), but won by Daniel Hemric after the leaders opted to short-pit the stage caution as the caution for rain came with eight laps before the end of the stage.

    Blaney cycled to the lead under the stage break caution.

    Larson took the race lead again with 95 to go, but he lost it under the fifth caution with 95 to go and wasn’t a factor in the race win.

    The run to the finish was set up by an incident on the backstretch related to Ross Chastain.

    Justin Allgaier spins out in the closing laps of the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo: Tucker White/SpeedwayMedia.com

    With 95 to go, Black spun out in Turn 4 and his front-end was clipped by David Starr. With 56 to go, Darrell Wallace Jr. tapped Brendan Gaughan and sent him spinning into a head-on collision with the inside wall on the frontstretch. With 45 to go, Wallace spun out and got t-boned by Garrett Smithley, brining out the red flag for five minutes and 10 seconds. The final caution flew with seven laps to go for a two-car incident involving Justin Allgaier and William Byron.

    The race lasted two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds at an average speed of 67.738 mph. There were 15 lead changes among seven different drivers and nine cautions for 85 laps.

    Sadler leaves Bristol with a 16-point lead over Byron.

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  • Larson Takes Bristol XFINITY Pole

    Larson Takes Bristol XFINITY Pole

    BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson will lead the field to the green flag this afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway after winning the pole for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300.

    The driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet scored the pole after posting a new track record time of 14.992 and a speed of 127.988 mph. Austin Dillon will start second in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 15.043 and a speed of 127.554 mph. Cole Custer will start third in his No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford after posting a time of 15.074 and a speed of 127.292 mph. Erik Jones will start fourth in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after posting a time of 15.104 and a speed of 127.039 mph. Justin Allgaier will round out the top-five starters in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet after posting a time of 15.128 and a speed of 126.838 mph.

    Ty Dillon, Matt Tifft, Daniel Hemric, Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez will round out the top-10 starters.

    Ross Chastain and Brendan Gaughan will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

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  • Allgaier Fastest in Final Bristol XFINITY Practice

    Allgaier Fastest in Final Bristol XFINITY Practice

    BRISTOL, Tenn. — Justin Allgaier topped the chart in final NASCAR XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet was the fastest with a time of 15.422 and a speed of 124.420 mph. Erik Jones was second in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 15.509 and a speed of 123.722 mph. Kyle Larson was third in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.525 and a speed of 123.594 mph. Ryan Blaney was fourth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford with a time of 15.535 and a speed of 123.515 mph. Austin Dillon rounded out the top-five in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.552 and a speed of 123.380 mph.

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  • Bristol Race Exactly What XFINITY Series Needs

    Bristol Race Exactly What XFINITY Series Needs

    After several weeks of unhappy fans, lackluster racing, and multiple Sprint Cup regulars winning all of the XFINITY Series events, Saturday’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 provided a much-needed shot in the arm for a division struggling with credibility. Polesitter Erik Jones passed Cup regular Kyle Larson with an aggressive maneuver with three laps remaining and managed to hold off teammate Kyle Busch to earn his third-career win after leading 62 laps. Jones became the first XFINITY Series regular to win a race since Regan Smith won at Dover last fall.

    The race yesterday was everything that every other XFINITY race this season hasn’t been: Exciting.

    There were multiple lead changes (10). There was plenty of beating and banging for the lead. There were plenty of tense moments. And in the end, thankfully, a XFINITY Series regular won a race, guaranteeing that there won’t be an absolute shutout of those guys from Victory Lane in 2016.

    It’s old news that the XFINITY Series has been suffering recently. Multiple races have been shutouts, with Cup regulars often leading every lap, sometimes by huge margins. In 2015, six XFINITY regulars won in 33 events. In 2014, that number was nine. XFINITY regulars have been getting the short end of the stick regarding success in the division, so to see Jones taking his No. 20 and muscling it past a pair of established Cup stars was good to see, from both the division’s standpoint and from the fan’s standpoint.

    BRISTOL, TN - APRIL 16: Erik Jones, driver of the #20 Gamestop/Performance Designed Products Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16, 2016 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Matt Hazlett/Getty Images)
    BRISTOL, TN – APRIL 16: Erik Jones, driver of the No. 20 Gamestop/Performance Designed Products Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Matt Hazlett/Getty Images)

    Will this ultimately fix the big problem that the series is facing? No. That looks to be a long way off. But that’s not going to take away what a success Saturday’s race was. The heat races were a bit of a bore, but that was understandable; the drivers wanted to take care of their cars for the main, where it mattered. Should every XFINITY event feature qualifiers and a main event? Probably not. But if nothing is going to be done to address the Cup drivers running rampant in the series, then let the powers that be possibly look into shortening the races. That, or possibly bringing back some of the old tracks that put the division on the map (Gateway, Pikes Peak, Nashville Fairgrounds).

    Whatever the case, wherever the division goes from here, it’s obvious that NASCAR needs to look at Saturday’s race and properly gauge the reaction of the fans as well as the series regulars. Twitter blew up with rave reviews of the event, drivers and fans alike were singing praises, and many were glad to see legitimate racing at Bristol for the first time in a long time, considering the racing product had declined following Bruton Smith’s “renovation” of the track in 2007. So much can be done for this struggling division based off of Saturday’s race, and fans and drivers can only keep their fingers crossed that something will be done.

  • Erik Jones Steals One in Thunder Valley

    Erik Jones Steals One in Thunder Valley

    BRISTOL, Tenn.– Erik Jones got a great restart in the closing laps and passed the leader to score the victory at Thunder Valley.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota passed to the outside of Kyle Larson with three laps to go to win the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. It’s the third win in the XFINITY Series for the 19-year-old rookie out of Byron, Michigan.

    “I don’t know, we had a really good restart there,” Jones said. “The 18 hadn’t been getting going. I lost my voice because I’ve been screaming so much on the cooldown lap. We got a really good restart and Kyle just left the top open and we went up there and he worked pretty hard to keep us behind him. We just kept digging and it worked out. Just an awesome feeling. I never thought we’d get our first win here at Bristol this year.

    “I figured at some point in the year we could get a win when those guys weren’t in the field, but it would be a tall task with them in the field. Here at Bristol for those two guys, this is one of their best tracks. I’m just so excited and you can tell, I’m out of breath. I wasn’t working that hard. Just so excited about the win and to be here in victory lane and beat those guys. This is a really big day for us.”

    Kyle Busch led 43 laps on his way to a runner-up finish in his No. 18 JGR Toyota.

    “When I went to the gas on the last two restarts, it just didn’t accelerate,” Busch said. “I lost all my acceleration and those guys were just gone. I didn’t even have a chance. Jones cleared me by the time we got to Turn 1, that’s how bad it was.

    “I ran too low for a lap and Erik got to my outside. I tried to slide him into (Turn) 1 and I was hoping he’d make a mistake and I’d get another shot at him in 3, but I just ran into the side of him. I did a really poor job the last two laps and I just blame myself.”

    Larson, who led the most laps at 94, was edged out by Busch at the line and settled for rounding out the podium. Austin Dillon finished fourth in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

    “This was definitely a different race today,” Austin said. “It was interesting to have the heat races. The No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet was really strong for the second heat race. Danny (Stockman, crew chief) and the guys had the handling dialed in for me. After the heat race, a lot of rubber was laid down and the handling for the main changed. I got pretty tight in the center of the corners but with only 200 laps, it’s hard to make adjustments. I’m proud of the No. 2 team. We have some things we’re going to try next week at Richmond that I’m pretty excited about.”

    Justin Allgaier rounded out the top-five in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

    Daniel Suárez finished sixth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Ty Dillon finished seventh in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    “That was definitely a tough finish at the end,” Ty said. “I’m disappointed the way it turned out. We had a lot faster car than a seventh-place finish. It was difficult to pass and make a move today, unless you could really race the bottom of the track. I enjoyed the heat racing today, but wish we were there at the end to have a chance to win the Dash4Cash.”

    Kevin Harvick finished eighth in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet. Joey Logano finished ninth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Aric Almirola rounded out the top-10 in his No. 98 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.

    “We struggled,” Almirola said. “We were off on our balance. We did all of our practice in the morning yesterday and the track was never really the same today. That’s good though because I felt like I learned quite a bit that will help me tomorrow and we’ll go from there. All in all, it was a pretty good day for us…We qualified in the top-10 and pretty much raced in the top-10 all day, so I’m proud of that.”

    The race lasted one hour, eight minutes and 10 seconds at an average speed of 93.829 mph. There were 10 lead changes among four different drivers and three cautions for 29 laps.

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  • Jones on the Pole in XFINITY at Bristol

    Jones on the Pole in XFINITY at Bristol

    BRISTOL, Tenn.– Erik Jones will lead the field to the green flag for this afternoon’s XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 with a time of 15.239 and a speed of 125.914 mph. It’s his fifth career pole in the XFINITY Series and second of 2016.

    Austin Dillon qualified second in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.284 and a speed of 125.543 mph. Kyle Larson qualified third in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.337 and a speed of 125.109 mph. Daniel Suárez qualified fourth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota with a time of 15.347 and a speed of 125.028 mph. Kyle Busch rounded out the top-five in his No. 18 JGR Toyota with a time of 15.355 and a speed of 124.963 mph.

    Joey Logano qualified sixth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Justin Allgaier qualified seventh in his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Aric Almirola qualified eighth in his No. 98 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford. Brandon Jones qualified ninth in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet. Ty Dillon rounded out the top-10 in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    Ross Chastain qualified 11th in his No. 4 JD Motorsports Chevrolet. Kevin Harvick rounded out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet.

    Carl Long and Morgan Shepherd were the two drivers that did not qualify.

    Next up for the XFINITY Series will be the two heat races with race 1 at 12:30 p.m. and race 2 at 1:30, all times ET.

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  • Koch Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Bristol

    Koch Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Bristol

    BRISTOL, Tenn.– Blake Koch topped the chart in final XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway.  The driver of the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.516 and a speed of 123.666 mph.

    Kyle Busch was second in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 123.364 mph. Austin Dillon was third in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.555 and a speed of 123.356 mph. Jeb Burton was fourth in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford with a time of 15.579 and a speed of 123.166 mph. Erik Jones rounded out the top-five in his No. 20 JGR Toyota with a time of 15.612 and a speed of 122.905 mph.

    Kyle Larson was sixth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Ty Dillon was seventh in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet. Daniel Suárez was eighth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Elliott Sadler was ninth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Joey Logano rounded out the top-10 in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

    Busch posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 122.007 mph. Jones was second at an average speed of 121.940 mph. Larson was third at an average speed of 121.761 mph.

    The XFINITY Series will be back on track tomorrow morning at 9:30 for pole qualifying.

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  • Austin Dillon Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Bristol

    Austin Dillon Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Bristol

    BRISTOL, Tenn.– Austin Dillon topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway.  The driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.570 123.237 mph.

    Kyle Larson was second in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 15.588 and a speed of 123.095 mph. Brandon Jones was third in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet with a time of 15.598 and a speed of 123.016 mph. Brendan Gaughan was fourth in his No. 62 RCR Chevrolet with a time of 15.617 and a speed of  122.866 mph. Kyle Busch rounded out the top-five in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 15.647 and a speed of 122.819 mph.

    Kevin Harvick was sixth in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Justin Allgaier was seventh in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet. Joey Logano was eighth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Erik Jones was ninth in his No. 20 JGR Toyota. Ty Dillon rounded out the top-10 in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    Allgaier posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 121.341 mph. Busch was second at an average speed of 121.314 mph. Gaughan was third at an average speed of 120.934 mph.

    The XFINITY Series will be back on track this afternoon at 3:00 for final practice.

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