Tag: Hisense 300

  • Erik Jones takes the XFINITY pole at Charlotte

    Erik Jones takes the XFINITY pole at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — Erik Jones will lead the field to the green flag for this afternoon’s XFINITY Series race in the Queen City.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a time of 29.261 and a speed of 184.546 mph. It’s his seventh career pole in the series and fourth of the 2016 season.

    Teammate Daniel Suárez will start second in his No. 19 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.273 and a speed of 184.470 mph. Denny Hamlin will start third in his No. 18 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.473 and a speed of 183.219 mph. Austin Dillon will start fourth in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 29.567 and a speed of 182.636 mph. Kyle Larson will round out the top-five in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 29.597 and a speed of 182.451 mph.

    Elliott Sadler will start sixth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Joey Logano will start seventh in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Justin Allgaier will start eighth in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet. Darrell Wallace Jr. will start ninth in his No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Ty Dillon will round out the top-10 in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    Cole Custer will start 11th in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet. Brandon Jones will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

    TJ Bell and Morgan Shepherd were the two drivers that failed to make the race.

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  • Ty Dillon Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    Ty Dillon Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — In case you missed it, Ty Dillon topped the chart in final XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.778 and a speed of 181.342 mph. Daniel Suárez was second in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 29.825 and a speed of 181.056 mph. Erik Jones was third in his No. 20 JGR Toyota with a time of 29.937 and a speed of 180.379 mph. Austin Dillon was fourth in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet with a time of 29.965 and a speed of 180.210 mph. Brennan Poole rounded out the top-five in his No. 48 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.007 and a speed of 179.958 mph.

    Brendan Jones was sixth in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet. Denny Hamlin was seventh in his No. 18 JGR Toyota. Elliott Sadler was eighth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Jeb Burton was ninth in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford. Kyle Larson rounded out the top-10 in his No. 42 CGR Chevrolet.

    Suárez posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 178.085 mph. Hamlin was second at an average speed of 177.253 mph. Austin Dillon was third at an average speed of 176.652 mph.

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  • Erik Jones Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    Erik Jones Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — In case you missed it, Erik Jones topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.808 and a speed of 181.159 mph. Denny Hamlin was second in his No. 18 JGR Toyota with a time of 29.903 and a speed of 180.584 mph. Ryan Blaney was third in his No. 12 Team Penske Ford with a time of 30.021 and a speed of 179.874 mph. Daniel Suárez was fourth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota with a time of 30.029 and a speed of 179.826 mph. Ty Dillon rounded out the top-five in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.089 and a speed of 179.468 mph.

    Austin Dillon was sixth in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet. Cole Custer was seventh in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Kyle Larson was eighth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Brennan Poole was ninth in his No. 48 CGR Chevrolet. Brandon Jones rounded out the top-10 in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet.

    Suárez posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 175.708 mph. Austin Dillon was second at an average speed of 173.709 mph. Ryan Reed, who posted the 20th fastest single-lap time in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, was third at an average speed of 172.642 mph.

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  • Austin Dillon Dominates NASCAR XFINITY Race at Charlotte

    Austin Dillon Dominates NASCAR XFINITY Race at Charlotte

    By Reid Spencer

    CONCORD, N.C. – For the second straight Saturday, Denny Hamlin had the chance to hold off a race’s strongest car for the victory.

    Unlike last Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, however, there were too many laps left after the final restart in Saturday’s Hisense 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series, and polesitter Austin Dillon powered past Hamlin on Lap 186 of 200 to finish the race where he belonged—at the front of the field.

    By the time he crossed the finish line, Dillon was 2.692 seconds ahead of Hamlin, who had taken the lead during a restart on Lap 167 that saw Dillon fall back to fourth from the inside lane by the time the leaders exited Turn 2.

    One by one, Dillon picked off Regan Smith, Kahne and Hamlin on the way to his second XFINITY Series victory of the season, his first at Charlotte and the fourth of his career.

    Kahne ran third behind Dillon and Hamlin, followed by Smith and rookies Darrell Wallace Jr. and Daniel Suarez. Ty Dillon came home seventh and trimmed the series lead of 11th-place finisher Chris Buescher to four points.

    Dillon led 163 laps and held an advantage of more than six seconds during a 54-lap green-flag run that preceded the second caution of the race on Lap 110.

    How good was Dillon’s No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet?

    “I didn’t want to get out of this thing,” Dillon said in Victory Lane. “This thing drove so good. It was a heck of a race there with Denny at the end and Kasey (Kahne). I had to go right there in lapped traffic (to make the winning pass).

    “I knew if I didn’t hurry up and get in front of him right there, the tires might equalize (in terms of grip).”

    But when Dillon picked the inside lane for what proved to be the final restart—after a caution for Kyle Fowler’s wreck in Turn 1—Hamlin seized what he considered a fortuitous opportunity and surged into the lead.

    “I thought when the 33 gave us the outside, that was a big advantage for us if we could stay with him through Turns 1 and 2,” said Hamlin, who last Saturday held off Kevin Harvick in the final 10-lap shootout to win the all-star race. “We (did), and it allowed us to get position on him and even get him shuffled a few spots.

    “That was all good, but his car was just so fast he just overcame that track position.”

    Hamlin lost the lead when the lapped car of Peyton Sellers stayed low and forced Hamlin’s No. 54 Toyota to pass on the outside.

    “I needed to stay on the bottom,” Hamlin said. “My car was best on the bottom. His car was pinned to the bottom as well. So I needed all of the lapped cars to move up high, and all of them did, except for the 97 (Sellers). He gave us the high line. That just killed us and killed our chances from that point, once the 33 got to our inside.”

    Dillon chose the inside line because his car had worked well on the bottom for the entire race to that point.

    “My spotter (Andy Houston) made the fact that we should have probably taken the top, and I had been on the bottom all day, so I chose the bottom again,” Dillon said. “I just didn’t want to let these guys down (his crew). The Rheem car was so fast…

    “I thought about it, and I probably should have used the top, just because I would have had the run down the backstretch. It seems that, as the race goes on, that the outside can stop spinning the tires, and the rubber lays down…

    “Andy made the point, and it all worked out, but I’ll definitely learn from that, for sure.”

    Smith, Wallace, Suarez and Ty Dillon qualified for next week’s XFINITY Dash4Cash competition at Dover as the top four finishers among series regulars. Those drivers will compete for $100,000 in next Saturday’s race at Dover, with the top finisher among them claiming the prize.

    NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – Hisense 300

    Charlotte Motor Speedway

    Concord, North Carolina

    Saturday, May 23, 2015

                   1. (1) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200, $70854.

                   2. (4) Denny Hamlin(i), Toyota, 200, $45242.

                   3. (8) Kasey Kahne(i), Chevrolet, 200, $35150.

                   4. (15) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, $34424.

                   5. (2) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Ford, 200, $35548.

                   6. (19) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 200, $29090.

                   7. (9) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, $27577.

                   8. (16) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, $27640.

                   9. (11) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 200, $25831.

                   10. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200, $25997.

                   11. (14) Chris Buescher, Ford, 200, $24514.

                   12. (10) Ryan Reed, Ford, 200, $23983.

                   13. (24) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200, $23375.

                   14. (13) Kevin Harvick(i), Chevrolet, 200, $16895.

                   15. (7) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, 200, $23170.

                   16. (18) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 200, $22287.

                   17. (21) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 200, $22060.

                   18. (17) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 199, $21832.

                   19. (6) Aric Almirola(i), Ford, 199, $15806.

                   20. (3) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 197, $22255.

                   21. (25) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 196, $21554.

                   22. (32) David Starr, Toyota, 196, $21497.

                   23. (30) Blake Koch, Toyota, 196, $21448.

                   24. (22) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 195, $21381.

                   25. (28) Chad Boat(i), Chevrolet, 194, $15496.

                   26. (35) Jimmy Weller, Chevrolet, 193, $21311.

                   27. (34) Kyle Fowler(i), Toyota, 192, $15275.

                   28. (38) Peyton Sellers #, Chevrolet, 192, $21240.

                   29. (23) John Wes Townley(i), Chevrolet, 191, $21194.

                   30. (36) Eric McClure, Toyota, 189, $21449.

                   31. (20) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, Engine, 187, $21113.

                   32. (39) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 186, $21067.

                   33. (5) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 183, $15097.

                   34. (26) Cale Conley #, Toyota, 146, $20991.

                   35. (27) Harrison Rhodes #, Chevrolet, Transmission, 141, $20957.

                   36. (37) Carl Long, Dodge, Engine, 129, $19499.

                   37. (33) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, Fuel Pump, 58, $18499.

                   38. (31) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, Accident, 45, $17499.

                   39. (29) Timmy Hill(i), Toyota, Electrical, 40, $10499.

                   40. (40) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 2, $9499.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  139.824 mph.

    Time of Race:  02 Hrs, 08 Mins, 44 Secs. Margin of Victory:  2.692 Seconds.

    Caution Flags:  3 for 22 laps.

    Lead Changes:  9 among 7 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:   A. Dillon(i) 1-98; D. Wallace Jr. # 99; K. Kahne(i) 100; D. Suarez # 101; L. Cassill 102-105; A. Dillon(i) 106-111; K. Harvick(i) 112-122; A. Dillon(i) 123-166; D. Hamlin(i) 167-185; A. Dillon(i) 186-200.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  A. Dillon(i) 4 times for 163 laps; D. Hamlin(i) 1 time for 19 laps; K. Harvick(i) 1 time for 11 laps; L. Cassill 1 time for 4 laps; D. Suarez # 1 time for 1 lap; K. Kahne(i) 1 time for 1 lap; D. Wallace Jr. # 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 401; T. Dillon – 397; C. Elliott – 373; D. Wallace Jr. # – 371; R. Smith – 360; E. Sadler – 352; B. Scott – 350; R. Reed – 320; D. Suarez # – 320; B. Gaughan – 309.

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway May 21 – May 24

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway May 21 – May 24

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series head to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Memorial Day weekend. Please check below for the weekend schedule of events.

    All times Eastern.

    Thursday, May 21:

    On Track:

    2:30-3:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – FOX Sports 1
    4-4:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series practice – FOX Sports 1
    5:30-6:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice – FOX Sports 1
    7:15 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 1

    TV Schedule:

     5 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub – FOX Sports 1
    8:30 p.m.: One Hot Night: The 1992 NASCAR All-Star Race – FOX Sports 1

    11 p.m.: FOX Sports Live – FOX Sports 1

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    1:30 p.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    1:45 p.m.: Kevin Harvick
    2:15 p.m.: Chris Buescher and Elliott Sadler
    4:55 p.m.: Goodyear Gives Back announcement with Martin Truex Jr.; Mike Helton, Vice Chairman, NASCAR; Stu Grant, GM of Global Race Tires, Goodyear; Kris Kienzl, Marketing Manager, Goodyear; Martin C. Boire, Executive Director, Support Our Troops
    5:15 p.m.: Kyle Busch
    8:15 p.m. (approx): NSCS post-qualifying

    Friday, May 22:

    On Track:

    No on-track activities

    TV Schedule:

    6 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub – FOX Sports 1

    Saturday, May 23:

    On Track:

    10-10:55 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – FOX Sports 1
    11:15 a.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 1
    1-1:50 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series final practice – FOX Sports 1
    2:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Hisense 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) – FOX (Green Flag 2:46 p.m. approx)

    TV Schedule:

    12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition – FOX Sports 1
    2:00 p.m.: XFINITY Pre-race – FOX
    10 p.m.: FOX Sports Live – FOX Sports 1

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    9:15 a.m.: Hisense with Denny Hamlin
    4:45 p.m. (approx.): XFINITY post-race

    Sunday, May 24:

    On Track:

    6 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (400 laps, 600 miles) – FOX

    (Green Flag 6:16 p.m. approx)

    TV Schedule:

    4 p.m.: – NASCAR RaceDay – FOX Sports 1
    5:30 p.m.: NSCS Pre-race – FOX
    11 p.m.: FOX Sports Live – FOX Sports 1
    12 a.m.: NASCAR Victory Lane – FOX Sports 1

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    10:30 p.m. (approx): NSCS post-race news conference