NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 29 36TH ANNUAL DRIVE FOR THE CURE 300 PRESENTED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Concord, NC - October 7, 2017 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 26 minutes, 43 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 122.685 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.39 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 4 42 Alex Bowman (i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 7 5 0 Running 1 32 2 31 12 Sam Hornish Jr PPG Ford 200 10 3 44 Running 3 2 22 Ryan Blaney (i) Discount Tire Ford 200 3 4 0 Running 1 38 4 12 2 Austin Dillon (i) Rheem Chevrolet 200 8 10 0 Running 5 9 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 200 32 Running 6 13 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Ford 200 9 8 36 Running 7 8 21 Daniel Hemric # Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet 200 5 6 41 Running 8 1 18 Daniel Suarez (i) Juniper Toyota 200 2 1 0 Running 3 111 9 14 19 Matt Tifft # MotoRad Toyota 200 28 Running 10 7 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 9 29 Running 1 1 11 16 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 200 26 Running 12 11 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 200 25 Running 13 22 33 Brandon Jones Nexteer Automotive Chevrolet 200 24 Running 14 20 4 Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet 200 23 Running 15 10 3 Ty Dillon (i) Advil Chevrolet 200 0 Running 1 4 16 6 9 William Byron # Liberty University Chevrolet 200 6 7 30 Running 2 6 17 18 24 Corey Lajoie (i) youtheory Toyota 200 0 Running 18 21 39 Ryan Sieg Night Owl Contractors Chevrolet 200 19 Running 19 19 14 JJ Yeley Pray for Las Vegas/TriStar Motorsports Toyota 200 18 Running 20 23 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthEletrc.com/RepairableVhcles.com Chevrolet 199 17 Running 21 25 07 Ray Black Jr Collins Construction Roofing Chevrolet 199 16 Running 22 30 01 Harrison Rhodes teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 199 15 Running 1 1 23 27 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 199 14 Running 24 33 90 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet 199 13 Running 25 15 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 199 12 Running 26 29 99 David Starr Moore Freight Service Inc. Chevrolet 198 11 Running 27 17 5 Michael Annett TMC Chevrolet 197 10 Running 28 28 8 BJ McLeod KeenParts.com/CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 196 9 Running 29 34 40 Chad Finchum Buddy Gregg RV & Motorhomes Toyota 193 8 Running 30 3 20 Erik Jones (i) Main Street Bistro Toyota 192 1 2 0 Running 1 7 31 26 52 Joey Gase Agri Supply Company Chevrolet 161 6 Oil Leak 32 36 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 160 5 Suspension 33 5 7 Justin Allgaier Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet 112 4 11 Overheating 34 24 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet 62 3 Accident 35 37 13 Timmy Hill OCR Gaz Bar Dodge 52 2 Steering 36 35 78 Angela Ruch Give A Child A Voice Chevrolet 36 1 Accident 37 40 15 Reed Sorenson (i) teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 15 0 Electrical 38 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Visone RV Chevrolet 13 1 Handling 39 38 93 Gray Gaulding (i) Conduit Global Chevrolet 3 0 Electrical 40 32 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 2 1 Steering # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 20, 18, 22, 7, 21, 9, 42, 2, 00, 12 Stage 2 Top 10: 18, 20, 12, 22, 42, 21, 9, 00, 1, 2 Race Comments: Alex Bowman won the 36th Annual Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, his first victory in 51 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. Failed to Qualify: (1) #92 Dexter Bean Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 43 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 30-34 (Car #78 Spin In Turn 2 [99]); 44-51 (Car #78 Incident In Turn 2 [52]); 63-66 (Car #23 Incident In Turn 1 [01]); 92-96 (Stage 2 Conclusion [0]); 104-107 (Car #19 Tire On Pit Road [7]); 122-126 (Car #20 Incident In Turn 2 [19]); 142-147 (Debris On Frontstretch [52]); 161-166 (Fluid From #52 [11]). Lead Changes: 10 lead changes among 8 drivers. Suarez 1-40, Jones 41-47, Dillon 48-51, Suarez 52-93, Rhodes 94, Suarez 95-123, Blaney 124-161, Byron 162-165, Sadler 166, Byron 167-168, Bowman 169-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: None - due to inclement weather SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Cole Custer DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Daniel Suarez MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Cole Custer
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Busch 7 Pts Wins Joey Logano 3 Chevrolet 1,052 (11) William Byron # 2 Ford 988 (8) Kyle Benjamin 2 Toyota 983 (10) Kyle Larson 2 Dodge 182 (0) Justin Allgaier 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Elliott Sadler 1 AWARD Daniel Hemric # 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Brennan Poole 1 Brad Keselowski (#22) 3 Blake Koch 1 William Byron (#9) 2 Brandon Jones 1 Ryan Preece 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Sam Hornish Jr 1 Roush/Yates (#22) 360 Erik Jones 1 JGE (#18) 323 Christopher Bell 1 JGE (#20) 286 Denny Hamlin 1 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch (#18) 7 William Byron 287 Matt Tifft (#19) 3 Daniel Hemric 251 Erik Jones (#20) 3 Cole Custer 236 Matt Tifft 203 Spencer Gallagher 138 Ben Kennedy 134
NEXT EVENT: October 21, 2017 - 17th Annual Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR Race #29: 36TH ANNUAL DRIVE FOR THE CURE "300" PRESENTED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA Race Date: 10/07/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points
1 WILLIAM BYRON 3026 0 3 3 26 2 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 3023 3 2 3 23 3 ELLIOTT SADLER 3020 6 0 5 20 4 DANIEL HEMRIC 3009 17 0 2 9 5 COLE CUSTER 3007 19 0 2 7 6 BRENNAN POOLE 3006 20 0 0 6 7 RYAN REED 3005 21 1 0 5 8 MATT TIFFT 3004 22 0 0 4 9 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 2079 947 0 1 0 10 MICHAEL ANNETT 2058 968 0 0 0 11 BLAKE KOCH 2055 971 0 2 0 12 JEREMY CLEMENTS 2052 974 1 0 0 13 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 521 2505 0 0 0 14 ROSS CHASTAIN 519 2507 0 0 0 15 JJ YELEY 518 2508 0 0 0 16 RYAN SIEG 496 2530 0 0 0 17 BRANDON JONES 476 2550 0 0 0 18 TYLER REDDICK 385 2641 1 0 0 19 SPENCER GALLAGHER 349 2677 0 0 0 20 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 348 2678 0 1 0 21 BEN KENNEDY 307 2719 0 0 0 22 JOEY GASE 307 2719 0 0 0 23 GARRETT SMITHLEY 301 2725 0 0 0 24 DAVID STARR 286 2740 0 0 0 25 HARRISON RHODES 285 2741 0 0 0 26 BJ MCLEOD 227 2799 0 0 0 27 RAY BLACK II 220 2806 0 0 0 28 CASEY MEARS 191 2835 0 0 0 29 DYLAN LUPTON 160 2866 0 0 0 30 RYAN PREECE 157 2869 1 1 0 31 KYLE BENJAMIN 152 2874 0 0 0 32 TIMMY HILL 140 2886 0 0 0 33 SAM HORNISH JR. 125 2901 1 1 0 34 BRANDON BROWN 110 2916 0 0 0 35 MIKE HARMON 109 2917 0 0 0 36 JEB BURTON 99 2927 0 0 0 37 JEFF GREEN 98 2928 0 0 0 38 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 94 2932 0 0 0 39 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 90 2936 0 0 0 40 JUSTIN MARKS 75 2951 0 0 0 41 BRIAN SCOTT 70 2956 0 0 0 42 QUIN HOUFF 67 2959 0 0 0 43 JOSH BILICKI 63 2963 0 0 0 44 MARIO GOSSELIN 62 2964 0 0 0 45 JAMES DAVISON 52 2974 0 1 0 46 JOSH WILLIAMS 41 2985 0 0 0 47 ANDY LALLY 38 2988 0 0 0 48 ANTHONY KUMPEN 36 2990 0 0 0 49 DREW HERRING 35 2991 0 0 0 50 CHRIS COCKRUM 34 2992 0 0 0 51 CHAD FINCHUM 34 2992 0 0 0 52 SPENCER BOYD 29 2997 0 0 0 53 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 3000 0 0 0 54 TY MAJESKI 26 3000 0 0 0 55 MARTIN ROY 26 3000 0 0 0 56 ENRIQUE BACA 25 3001 0 0 0 57 CARL LONG 21 3005 0 0 0 58 MORGAN SHEPHERD 21 3005 0 0 0 59 TIM COWEN 18 3008 0 0 0 60 STEPHEN YOUNG 17 3009 0 0 0 61 MARK THOMPSON 17 3009 0 0 0 62 RYAN ELLIS 16 3010 0 0 0 63 DEXTER BEAN 16 3010 0 0 0 64 ALEX LABBE 13 3013 0 0 0 65 ANGELA RUCH 13 3013 0 0 0 66 DEVIN JONES 11 3015 0 0 0 67 BENNY GORDON 10 3016 0 0 0 68 NIC HAMMANN 8 3018 0 0 0 69 VINNIE MILLER 8 3018 0 0 0 70 JOHN GRAHAM 8 3018 0 0 0 71 TODD BODINE 7 3019 0 0 0 72 CALE CONLEY 5 3021 0 0 0 73 STAN MULLIS 5 3021 0 0 0 74 SHELDON CREED 5 3021 0 0 0 75 BRIAN HENDERSON 4 3022 0 0 0 76 BOBBY EARNHARDT 3 3023 0 0 0 77 CLINT KING 3 3023 0 0 0 78 JOHN JACKSON 3 3023 0 0 0 79 MATTHEW BELL 1 3025 0 0 0 80 ERNIE FRANCIS JR. 1 3025 0 0 0 81 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 3026 5 5 0 82 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 3026 3 3 0 83 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 3026 2 4 0 84 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 3026 2 8 0 85 ERIK JONES(i) 0 3026 2 6 0 86 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 3026 1 0 0 87 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 3026 1 1 0 88 ALEX BOWMAN(i) 0 3026 1 0 0 89 DANIEL SUAREZ(i) 0 3026 0 1 0 90 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 3026 0 4 0 91 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 3026 0 1 0 92 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 93 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 3026 0 1 0 94 TY DILLON(i) 0 3026 0 1 0 95 CHRISTOPHER BELL(i) 0 3026 0 1 0 96 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 3026 2 0 0 97 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 98 PARKER KLIGERMAN(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 99 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 100 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 101 AUSTIN CINDRIC(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 102 CODY WARE(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 103 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 104 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 105 MATT MILLS(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 106 KORBIN FORRISTER(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 107 GRAY GAULDING(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 108 REED SORENSON(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 109 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 3026 0 0 0 110 P J JONES 0 3026 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #29: 36TH ANNUAL DRIVE FOR THE CURE "300" PRESENTED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA Race Date: 10/07/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts
1 22 ROGER PENSKE 3046 0 4 11 46 29 2 42 CHIP GANASSI 3034 12 5 3 34 29 3 20 JOE GIBBS 3034 12 4 9 34 29 4 18 J D GIBBS 3033 13 6 6 33 29 5 9 RICK HENDRICK 3022 24 3 3 22 29 6 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 3018 28 2 3 18 29 7 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 3013 33 0 5 13 29 8 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 3003 43 0 2 3 29 9 48 CHIP GANASSI 2108 938 0 0 0 29 10 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2085 961 0 1 0 29 11 16 JACK ROUSH 2080 966 1 0 0 29 12 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2075 971 0 2 0 29 13 00 GENE HAAS 788 2258 0 2 0 29 14 19 JOE GIBBS 708 2338 0 0 0 29 15 11 MATT KAULIG 615 2431 0 2 0 29 16 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 611 2435 0 1 0 29 17 5 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 591 2455 0 0 0 29 18 124 JAMES WHITENER 563 2483 0 0 0 29 19 4 GARY KELLER 519 2527 0 0 0 29 20 14 MARK SMITH 518 2528 0 0 0 29 21 39 ROD SIEG 496 2550 0 0 0 29 22 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 476 2570 0 0 0 29 23 51 TONY CLEMENTS 460 2586 1 0 0 29 24 24 MARIA GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ 373 2673 0 0 0 25 25 23 MAURICE GALLAGHER JR. 349 2697 0 0 0 29 26 60 JACK ROUSH 347 2699 0 1 0 14 27 07 BOBBY DOTTER 331 2715 0 0 0 29 28 98 FRED BIAGI 328 2718 1 1 0 18 29 0 GARY COGSWELL 308 2738 0 0 0 29 30 52 JIMMY MEANS 307 2739 0 0 0 29 31 8 JESSICA SMITH-MCLEOD 297 2749 0 0 0 29 32 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 290 2756 0 0 0 29 33 99 JESSICA SMITH-MCLEOD 286 2760 0 0 0 29 34 90 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 266 2780 0 0 0 29 35 12 ROGER PENSKE 265 2781 2 2 0 6 36 41 TONY STEWART 264 2782 0 4 0 6 37 40 DANIELLE LONG 222 2824 0 0 0 29 38 78 BJ MCLEOD 209 2837 0 0 0 29 39 88 RICK HENDRICK 145 2901 0 0 0 4 40 74 MIKE HARMON 133 2913 0 0 0 29 41 146 RICK GDOVIC 130 2916 0 0 0 8 42 96 MAURICE GALLAGHER JR. 129 2917 0 0 0 8 43 13 DANIELLE LONG 80 2966 0 0 0 29 44 25 LYNN COCKRUM 34 3012 0 0 0 6 45 93 PAMELA SIEG 27 3019 0 0 0 26 46 26 JONATHON WHITENER 23 3023 0 0 0 1 47 89 CINDY SHEPHERD 21 3025 0 0 0 23 48 44 MARK SMITH 10 3036 0 0 0 1 49 17 RICK WARE 8 3038 0 0 0 1 50 15 CAROL CLARK 8 3038 0 0 0 9 51 192 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 7 3039 0 0 0 4 52 138 SUSAN BATES 4 3042 0 0 0 2 53 97 VICTOR OBAIKA 4 3042 0 0 0 6 54 172 JAMES CARTER 2 3044 0 0 0 2 55 45 CRAIG MARTINS 0 3046 0 0 0 1 56 177 VICTOR OBAIKA 0 3046 0 0 0 1