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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 31 14TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Fort Worth, TX - November 3, 2018 1.5-mile Paved Tri-oval 200 Laps - 300.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 34 minutes, 5 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 116.82 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.162 second(s) Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 3 00 Cole Custer Autodesk Ford 200 2 1 59 Running 4 16 2 4 9 Tyler Reddick # BurgerFi Chevrolet 200 3 4 50 Running 4 54 3 8 22 Austin Cindric # Discount Tire Ford 200 34 Running 4 10 42 John Hunter Nemechek ROMCO Equipment Co. Chevrolet 200 9 35 Running 1 6 5 5 7 Justin Allgaier Suave MEN Chevrolet 200 7 2 45 Running 2 37 6 14 19 Brandon Jones Interstate Batteries Toyota 200 10 10 33 Running 1 4 7 7 2 Matt Tifft Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet 200 6 7 39 Running 8 13 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 5 6 40 Running 9 12 23 Spencer Gallagher Allegiant Chevrolet 200 28 Running 10 9 21 Daniel Hemric South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 200 1 8 40 Running 3 42 11 23 4 Ross Chastain teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 200 26 Running 12 17 39 Ryan Sieg ETBU Chevrolet 200 25 Running 13 38 60 Ty Majeski Ford Ford 200 24 Running 14 18 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 200 9 25 Running 15 22 38 JJ Yeley Sinclair/Raging Wire Chevrolet 200 22 Running 16 16 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 200 21 Running 17 19 40 Chad Finchum # Smithbilt Homes/The Preserve Toyota 199 20 Running 18 21 90 Brandon Brown Coalition to Salute Americas Heroes Chevrolet 199 19 Running 19 29 8 Ray Black Jr ISOKERN Fireplaces & Chimneys Chevrolet 199 18 Running 20 24 0 Garrett Smithley Equipment World/Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 198 17 Running 21 34 45 Bayley Currey(i) Prevagen Toyota 197 0 Running 22 30 35 Joey Gase Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency 197 15 Running 23 2 3 Shane Lee Childress(LOPA)/Donate Vineyards Life Texas/SparksChevrolet Chevrolet 197 14 Running 1 6 24 32 52 David Starr Whataburger Chevrolet 196 13 Running 25 33 76 Spencer Boyd # Grunt Style Chevrolet 195 12 Running 26 26 15 Quin Houff teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 193 11 Running 27 36 78 Vinnie Miller # CorvetteParts.net/JW Transport LLC Chevrolet 193 10 Running 28 37 74 Mike Harmon The Journey Home Project Chevrolet 192 9 Running 29 15 16 Ryan Reed Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford 186 8 Accident 30 20 36 Alex Labbe # AlphaPrimeUSA.com Chevrolet 176 7 Running 31 6 18 Ryan Preece Rheem/Johns Mansville Toyota 139 8 3 17 Accident 32 1 20 Christopher Bell # GameStop NBA 2K19 Toyota 133 4 5 18 Accident 1 35 33 11 11 Ryan Truex LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 120 4 Accident 34 35 66 Bobby Earnhardt Copeland Insurance Toyota 104 3 Accident 35 27 13 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Toyota 56 2 Vibration 36 25 01 BJ McLeod teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 44 1 Electrical 37 28 99 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 32 1 Fuel Pump 38 31 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 10 1 Brakes 39 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Vizone RV Chevrolet 4 1 Electrical # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 21, 00, 9, 20, 1, 2, 7, 18, 42, 19 Stage 2 Top 10: 00, 7, 18, 9, 20, 1, 2, 21, 51, 19 Race Comments: Cole Custer won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, his second victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 4, 60 (unapproved adjustments), 22, 35, 45, 52, 89 (backup car). Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 13 cautions for 54 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 2-4 (Car #1, 16, 42, 18, 7, 00, 22, 20, 23 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 15-18 (Car #66 Spin Turn 4 [74]); 22-24 (Car #11, 39 Incident Turn 2 [66]); 47-51 (Stage 1 Conclusion [8]); 82-85 (Car #9, 35, 8 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 92- 96 (Stage 2 Conclusion [40]); 98-100 (Car #5, 19, 00, 60 Incident Turn 2 [8]); 126-130 (Car #11 Incident Turn 1 [40]); 134-137 (Car #22, 20 Incident Turn 4 [35]); 140-144 (Car #18, 19 Incident Turn 2 [90]); 148-151 (Car #8, 35 Incident Backstretch [45]); 189-193 (Car #16, 60 Incident Backstretch [51]); 195-198 (Car #3, 21, 0, 39, 23, 4, 60 Incident Turn 4 [38]). Lead Changes: 17 lead changes among 8 drivers. Bell-pole, Lee 1-6, Reddick 7-24, Hemric 25-51, Reddick 52-80, Custer 81-85, Reddick 86, Custer 87-92, Bell 93-127, Jones 128-131, Hemric 132-138, Allgaier 139-144, Hemric 145-152, Allgaier 153-183, Nemechek 184-189, Custer 190-193, Reddick 194-199, Custer 200. FASTEST QUALIFIER: Christopher Bell (189.321 mph. 28.523 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Cole Custer DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Shane Lee SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Tyler Reddick MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#9) BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Pts Wins SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR TYLER REDDICK 3,105 Chevrolet 1,139 (14) CHRISTOPHER BELL 3,063 Ford 1,070 (9) AUSTIN CINDRIC 3,036 Toyota 1,039 (8) ALEX LABBE 507 Dodge 75 (0) KAZ GRALA 420 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" SPENCER BOYD 286 AWARD VINNIE MILLER 277 Daniel Hemric (#21) 3 CHAD FINCHUM 246 Austin Cindric (#22) 3 JOSH BILICKI 199 Kyle Larson (#42) 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Roush/Yates (#22) 357 Hendrick (#7) 326 JGE (#20) 326 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Christopher Bell (#20) 9 Justin Allgaier (#7) 8 Cole Custer (#00) 4 NEXT EVENT: November 10, 2018 - 20th Annual Whelen Trusted To Perform 200, ISM Raceway, Avondale, AZ (200 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2018 NASCAR Race #31: 14TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE Race Date: 11/03/2018 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 TYLER REDDICK 3105 0 1 1 10 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 3098 7 0 4 11 3 DANIEL HEMRIC 3097 8 0 9 13 4 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 3085 20 5 5 39 5 MATT TIFFT 3083 22 0 1 3 6 COLE CUSTER 3081 24 1 2 11 7 CHRISTOPHER BELL 3063 42 6 6 44 8 AUSTIN CINDRIC 3036 69 0 1 1 9 ROSS CHASTAIN 2141 964 1 4 0 10 BRANDON JONES 2122 983 0 1 0 11 RYAN REED 2118 987 0 0 0 12 RYAN TRUEX 2114 991 0 0 0 13 MICHAEL ANNETT 583 2522 0 0 0 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 581 2524 0 0 0 15 RYAN SIEG 556 2549 0 0 0 16 JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK 550 2555 1 3 0 17 ALEX LABBE 507 2598 0 0 0 18 SPENCER GALLAGHER 477 2628 1 0 0 19 GARRETT SMITHLEY 475 2630 0 0 0 20 JOEY GASE 466 2639 0 0 0 21 KAZ GRALA 420 2685 0 0 0 22 RYAN PREECE 405 2700 1 1 0 23 DAVID STARR 333 2772 0 0 0 24 CHASE BRISCOE 310 2795 1 0 0 25 SPENCER BOYD 286 2819 0 0 0 26 VINNIE MILLER 277 2828 0 0 0 27 SHANE LEE 275 2830 0 0 0 28 JJ YELEY 259 2846 0 0 0 29 BJ MCLEOD 257 2848 0 0 0 30 CHAD FINCHUM 246 2859 0 0 0 31 JOSH WILLIAMS 208 2897 0 0 0 32 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 203 2902 0 0 0 33 JOSH BILICKI 199 2906 0 0 0 34 TY MAJESKI 136 2969 0 0 0 35 RAY BLACK 131 2974 0 0 0 36 TIMMY HILL 117 2988 0 0 0 37 JEFF GREEN 106 2999 0 0 0 38 DYLAN LUPTON 103 3002 0 0 0 39 KYLE BENJAMIN 102 3003 0 0 0 40 MIKE HARMON 100 3005 0 0 0 41 JUSTIN MARKS 99 3006 0 0 0 42 BRANDON BROWN 81 3024 0 0 0 43 STEPHEN LEICHT 80 3025 0 0 0 44 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 71 3034 0 0 0 45 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 64 3041 0 0 0 46 ANDY LALLY 60 3045 0 0 0 47 JEB BURTON 60 3045 0 0 0 48 LANDON CASSILL 58 3047 0 0 0 49 DALE EARNHARDT 51 3054 0 1 0 50 KATHERINE LEGGE 46 3059 0 0 0 51 MATT MILLS 43 3062 0 0 0 52 CAESAR BACARELLA 42 3063 0 0 0 53 QUIN HOUFF 40 3065 0 0 0 54 JA JUNIOR AVILA 36 3069 0 0 0 55 BRIAN HENDERSON 35 3070 0 0 0 56 JAMES DAVISON 29 3076 0 0 0 57 RYAN ELLIS 27 3078 0 0 0 58 SCOTT HECKERT 24 3081 0 0 0 59 MORGAN SHEPHERD 23 3082 0 0 0 60 CASEY RODERICK 22 3083 0 0 0 61 MASON DIAZ 18 3087 0 0 0 62 BILL ELLIOTT 17 3088 0 0 0 63 LAWSON ASCHENBACH 17 3088 0 0 0 64 CARL LONG 17 3088 0 0 0 65 COLE ROUSE 16 3089 0 0 0 66 ANGELA RUCH 15 3090 0 0 0 67 MAX TULLMAN 14 3091 0 0 0 68 TONY MRAKOVICH 13 3092 0 0 0 69 BOBBY EARNHARDT 13 3092 0 0 0 70 TIM COWEN 11 3094 0 0 0 71 MIKE SKEEN 9 3096 0 0 0 72 STAN MULLIS 9 3096 0 0 0 73 DYLAN MURCOTT 8 3097 0 0 0 74 PETER SHEPHERD 6 3099 0 0 0 75 VICTOR GONZALEZ 6 3099 0 0 0 76 CONOR DALY 6 3099 0 0 0 77 DONALD THEETGE 4 3101 0 0 0 78 JOHN JACKSON 4 3101 0 0 0 79 DEXTER BEAN 1 3104 0 0 0 80 JAMES FRENCH 1 3104 0 0 0 81 KYLE LARSON 0 3105 4 7 0 82 BRAD KESELOWSKI 0 3105 3 1 0 83 JOEY LOGANO 0 3105 2 3 0 84 KEVIN HARVICK 0 3105 1 2 0 85 RYAN BLANEY 0 3105 1 1 0 86 AUSTIN DILLON 0 3105 1 0 0 87 CHASE ELLIOTT 0 3105 0 1 0 88 NOAH GRAGSON 0 3105 0 0 0 89 A J ALLMENDINGER 0 3105 0 1 0 90 KYLE BUSCH 0 3105 1 6 0 91 DANIEL SUAREZ 0 3105 0 0 0 92 TY DILLON 0 3105 0 0 0 93 DENNY HAMLIN 0 3105 0 0 0 94 JAMIE MCMURRAY 0 3105 0 0 0 95 PAUL MENARD 0 3105 0 1 0 96 ARIC ALMIROLA 0 3105 0 0 0 97 JOHNNY SAUTER 0 3105 0 0 0 98 RILEY HERBST 0 3105 0 0 0 99 JUSTIN HALEY 0 3105 0 0 0 100 JOE NEMECHEK 0 3105 0 0 0 101 BAYLEY CURREY 0 3105 0 0 0 102 ALEX BOWMAN 0 3105 0 0 0 103 BLAKE JONES 0 3105 0 0 0 104 CODY WARE 0 3105 0 0 0 105 JENNIFER JO COBB 0 3105 0 0 0 106 GRAY GAULDING 0 3105 0 0 0 107 JOSH REAUME 0 3105 0 0 0 108 TANNER BERRYHILL 0 3105 0 0 0 109 CHRIS COCKRUM 0 3105 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #31: 14TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE Race Date: 11/03/2018 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 42 CHIP GANASSI 3140 0 6 14 46 31 2 1 DALE EARNHARDT 3095 45 0 4 8 31 3 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 3094 46 0 9 10 31 4 22 ROGER PENSKE 3087 53 6 7 52 31 5 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 3080 60 5 5 34 31 6 00 GENE HAAS 3078 62 1 2 8 31 7 20 JOE GIBBS 3061 79 6 6 42 31 8 18 J D GIBBS 3057 83 2 7 16 31 9 9 RICK HENDRICK 2204