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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 25 37TH ANNUAL VIRGINIA529 COLLEGE SAVINGS 250 RICHMOND RACEWAY Richmond, VA - September 8, 2017 .75-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 250 Laps - 187.5 Miles TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 55 minutes, 15 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 97.614 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.008 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 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford 250 5 1 0 Running 4 34 2 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) NOS Energy Drink Toyota 250 6 2 0 Running 5 182 3 16 3 Ty Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 250 1 4 0 Running 1 16 4 8 21 Daniel Hemric # Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet 250 4 3 48 Running 1 13 5 11 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 250 7 36 Running 6 14 20 Christopher Bell (i) TOYOTA.com Toyota 250 2 10 0 Running 7 6 9 William Byron # AXALTA Coating Systems Chevrolet 250 9 32 Running 8 9 7 Justin Allgaier Hellmann's Chevrolet 250 10 6 35 Running 9 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) Degree Deodorant Chevrolet 250 8 5 0 Running 10 2 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 249 27 Running 11 7 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 249 26 Running 12 12 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 249 25 Running 13 13 19 Matt Tifft # Tunity Toyota 249 24 Running 14 4 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Ford 249 7 27 Running 15 18 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 249 22 Running 16 15 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 249 21 Running 17 25 42 Tyler Reddick BBR/Jason Aldean Chevrolet 249 20 Running 18 31 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 249 19 Running 19 10 2 Paul Menard (i) Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 248 9 8 0 Running 20 30 14 JJ Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 248 17 Running 21 17 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 248 3 24 Running 1 5 22 23 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Chevrolet 247 15 Running 23 26 33 Brandon Jones PhoneSkope Chevrolet 247 14 Running 24 20 24 Dylan Lupton Nut Up Toyota 247 13 Running 25 22 98 Casey Mears GEICO Military Ford 246 12 Running 26 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 246 11 Running 27 24 90 Brandon Brown Mid Atlantic Wrecker Service/W.G.Speeks Chevrolet 246 10 Running 28 21 4 Ross Chastain teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 245 9 Running 29 35 8 Tommy Joe Martins Circle Track Warehouse Chevrolet 244 8 Running 30 38 01 Harrison Rhodes teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 243 7 Running 31 34 07 Spencer Boyd Grunt Style Chevrolet 242 6 Running 32 39 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 241 5 Running 33 36 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 233 4 Running 34 40 40 Bobby Earnhardt TLC Resorts/Circle S Ranch Chevrolet 229 3 Running 35 29 99 David Starr Steely Lumber Chevrolet 216 2 Clutch 36 28 52 Joey Gase Donate Life Virginia Chevrolet 164 1 Rear Gear 37 37 78 John Graham Magellan Aviation Group Chevrolet 78 1 Rear Gear 38 32 13 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Dodge 33 1 Overheating 39 33 15 Reed Sorenson (i) Flex Seal Liquid Chevrolet 17 0 Vibration 40 27 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 8 1 Electrical # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 3, 20, 62, 21, 22, 18, 00, 88, 2, 7 Stage 2 Top 10: 22, 18, 21, 3, 88, 7, 1, 2, 9, 20 Race Comments: Brad Keselowski won the Virginia529 College Savings 250 at Richmond Raceway, his 36th NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field: No. 28 and 99 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (1) #89 Morgan Shepherd Caution Flags: 3 cautions for 26 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 54-59 (Car #40 Incident In Turn 1 [42]); 76-85 (Car #4 And 33 Incident In Turn 2 [28]); 152-161 (Stage 2 Conclusion [28]). Lead Changes: 11 lead changes among 5 drivers. K. Busch 1-46, Keselowski 47-58, K. Busch 59-63, Dillon 64-79, Gaughan 80-84, Hemric 85-97, K. Busch 98-149, Keselowski 150-154, K. Busch 155-172, Keselowski 173, K. Busch 174-234, Keselowski 235-250. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (119.268 mph. 22.638 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Daniel Hemric DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Brad Keselowski MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#18) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch 7 Pts Wins Joey Logano 3 Chevrolet 897 (8) Kyle Larson 2 Toyota 859 (10) Elliott Sadler 1 Ford 851 (7) William Byron # 1 Dodge 163 (0) Justin Allgaier 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Daniel Hemric # 1 AWARD Brennan Poole 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Blake Koch 1 Brad Keselowski (#22) 3 Brandon Jones 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 2 Kyle Benjamin 1 Ryan Preece 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Sam Hornish Jr 1 Roush/Yates (#22) 327 Christopher Bell 1 JGE (#18) 286 Denny Hamlin 1 JGE (#20) 260 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR William Byron 276 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Daniel Hemric 223 Erik Jones (#20) 3 Cole Custer 212 Daniel Suarez (#18) 3 Matt Tifft 181 Spencer Gallagher 132 Ben Kennedy 126 NEXT EVENT: September 16, 2017 - 17th Annual Chicagoland 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR Race #25: 37TH ANNUAL VIRGINIA529 COLLEGE SAVINGS "250" Race Date: 09/08/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 894 0 0 5 5 2 WILLIAM BYRON 799 95 3 2 17 3 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 774 120 1 3 8 4 DANIEL HEMRIC 702 192 0 2 2 5 BRENNAN POOLE 701 193 0 0 0 6 COLE CUSTER 617 277 0 0 0 7 MATT TIFFT 582 312 0 0 0 8 BLAKE KOCH 537 357 0 2 2 9 RYAN REED 512 382 1 0 5 10 MICHAEL ANNETT 512 382 0 0 0 11 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 511 383 0 1 1 12 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 486 408 0 0 0 13 JJ YELEY 446 448 0 0 0 14 ROSS CHASTAIN 441 453 0 0 0 15 RYAN SIEG 424 470 0 0 0 16 BRANDON JONES 402 492 0 0 0 17 JEREMY CLEMENTS 396 498 1 0 5 18 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 321 573 0 1 0 19 TYLER REDDICK 307 587 0 0 0 20 BEN KENNEDY 288 606 0 0 0 21 SPENCER GALLAGHER 288 606 0 0 0 22 JOEY GASE 275 619 0 0 0 23 GARRETT SMITHLEY 266 628 0 0 0 24 DAVID STARR 251 643 0 0 0 25 HARRISON RHODES 244 650 0 0 0 26 BJ MCLEOD 197 697 0 0 0 27 RAY BLACK II 188 706 0 0 0 28 CASEY MEARS 172 722 0 0 0 29 DYLAN LUPTON 160 734 0 0 0 30 TIMMY HILL 132 762 0 0 0 31 KYLE BENJAMIN 115 779 0 0 0 32 RYAN PREECE 110 784 1 1 6 33 JEB BURTON 99 795 0 0 0 34 BRANDON BROWN 98 796 0 0 0 35 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 94 800 0 0 0 36 JEFF GREEN 94 800 0 0 0 37 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 90 804 0 0 0 38 MIKE HARMON 90 804 0 0 0 39 SAM HORNISH JR. 75 819 1 1 6 40 JUSTIN MARKS 75 819 0 0 0 41 QUIN HOUFF 57 837 0 0 0 42 JOSH BILICKI 53 841 0 0 0 43 JAMES DAVISON 52 842 0 1 1 44 MARIO GOSSELIN 43 851 0 0 0 45 ANDY LALLY 38 856 0 0 0 46 ANTHONY KUMPEN 36 858 0 0 0 47 DREW HERRING 35 859 0 0 0 48 BRIAN SCOTT 34 860 0 0 0 49 JOSH WILLIAMS 30 864 0 0 0 50 CHRIS COCKRUM 27 867 0 0 0 51 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 868 0 0 0 52 TY MAJESKI 26 868 0 0 0 53 MARTIN ROY 26 868 0 0 0 54 ENRIQUE BACA 25 869 0 0 0 55 CHAD FINCHUM 25 869 0 0 0 56 SPENCER BOYD 20 874 0 0 0 57 CARL LONG 20 874 0 0 0 58 TIM COWEN 18 876 0 0 0 59 STEPHEN YOUNG 17 877 0 0 0 60 MARK THOMPSON 17 877 0 0 0 61 RYAN ELLIS 16 878 0 0 0 62 DEXTER BEAN 15 879 0 0 0 63 ALEX LABBE 13 881 0 0 0 64 MORGAN SHEPHERD 13 881 0 0 0 65 DEVIN JONES 11 883 0 0 0 66 BENNY GORDON 10 884 0 0 0 67 NIC HAMMANN 8 886 0 0 0 68 JOHN GRAHAM 8 886 0 0 0 69 TODD BODINE 7 887 0 0 0 70 ANGELA RUCH 7 887 0 0 0 71 CALE CONLEY 5 889 0 0 0 72 STAN MULLIS 5 889 0 0 0 73 SHELDON CREED 5 889 0 0 0 74 BRIAN HENDERSON 4 890 0 0 0 75 BOBBY EARNHARDT 3 891 0 0 0 76 CLINT KING 3 891 0 0 0 77 MATTHEW BELL 1 893 0 0 0 78 ERNIE FRANCIS JR.