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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 9 26TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY 300 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - May 6, 2017 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 113 Laps - 300.6 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 9 minutes, 41 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.068 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.142 second(s) Fin Str Car Stage 1 Stage 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 23 98 Aric Almirola (i) Fresh from Florida Ford 113 1 4 0 Running 3 13 2 14 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 113 35 Running 3 8 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 113 2 6 0 Running 4 16 4 4 2 Ben Kennedy # Rheem Chevrolet 113 10 34 Running 1 5 5 10 20 Erik Jones (i) Reser's American Classic Toyota 113 4 5 0 Running 5 5 6 19 19 Matt Tifft # Wastebits Toyota 113 9 33 Running 7 21 5 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 113 6 8 38 Running 1 6 8 6 7 Justin Allgaier Hellmann's Chevrolet 113 3 1 47 Running 3 24 1 9 18 18 Daniel Suarez (i) Peak Antifreeze & Coolant Toyota 113 0 Running 1 1 10 40 8 Jeff Green Toyota 113 27 Running 1 18 11 31 14 JJ Yeley Superior Essex Toyota 113 9 28 Running 12 30 39 Ryan Sieg Alabama Soda & Abrasive Blasting Chevrolet 113 10 26 Running 13 22 6 Darrell Wallace Jr Globe Life Ford 112 24 Running 14 7 3 Ty Dillon (i) Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 112 2 0 Running 1 4 15 2 88 Kasey Kahne (i) Armour Chevrolet 112 8 3 0 Running 4 18 16 35 52 Joey Gase Sparks Energy/Donate Life Chevrolet 112 21 Running 17 37 40 Timmy Hill CrashClaimsR.Us/X-treme PH Dodge 112 20 Running 18 32 99 David Starr Whataburger Chevrolet 112 19 Running 19 25 4 Ross Chastain GK Services Chevrolet 112 18 Running 1 1 20 16 42 Tyler Reddick BBR/Jason Aldean Chevrolet 112 7 21 Running 21 29 0 Garrett Smithley teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 112 16 Running 1 1 22 38 01 Harrison Rhodes teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 112 15 Running 23 15 28 Dakoda Armstrong WinField United Toyota 112 14 Running 24 12 48 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 111 13 Running 25 28 74 Mike Harmon Veterans Motorsports Dodge 110 12 Running 26 13 00 Cole Custer # Haas Automation Ford 95 11 Running 27 39 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com/St. Clair Foods Chevrolet 55 10 Electrical 28 26 13 Mark Thompson Phoenix Air Toyota 55 9 Engine 29 11 16 Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes Ford 49 8 Accident 30 17 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 49 7 11 Accident 31 1 11 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 49 5 12 Accident 1 1 32 36 90 Martin Roy Cote/Gamache Truck Center Chevrolet 49 5 Accident 33 27 25 Chris Cockrum Advanced Communications Group Chevrolet 49 4 Accident 34 24 24 Scott Lagasse Jr JGL Racing Young Guns Toyota 48 3 Accident 35 33 89 Morgan Shepherd Talladega Chevrolet 32 2 Fuel Pump 36 9 9 William Byron # Liberty University Chevrolet 32 1 Accident 37 5 33 Brandon Jones Nexteer Chevrolet 20 1 Accident 38 3 21 Daniel Hemric # Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet 20 1 Accident 39 20 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet 20 1 Accident 40 34 07 Ray Black Jr Double D Meat Co. Chevrolet 7 1 Engine # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 98, 22, 7, 20, 11, 5, 62, 88, 14, 39 Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 3, 88, 98, 20, 22, 42, 5, 19, 2 Race Comments: Aric Almirola won the 26th Annual Sparks Energy 300, his third victory in 99 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 24 (unapproved adjustments), No. 48 (unapproved adjustments) and No. 89 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (1) #78 BJ McLeod Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 20 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 9-11 (Fluid From #07 In Turn 1 [None]); 22-23 (Car #6, #9, #18, #21, #23, #24, #33, #42, #48 Incident In Turn 3 [Red Flag: 9:28] [None]); 27-32 (Stage 1 Conclusion [6]); 51-55 (Car #00, #11, #16, #24, #25, #62, #90, #98 Incident In Turn 1 [Red Flag: 11:05] Stage 2 Conclusion [18]); 99-102 (Debris On Frontstretch [19]). Lead Changes: 27 lead changes among 13 drivers. Koch-pole, Kahne 1-5, Kennedy 6-10, Koch 11, Kahne 12-13, Suarez 14, Kahne 15, Logano 16-19, Almirola 20-27, Annett 28-33, Dillon 34-37, Logano 38-46, Jones 47, Allgaier 48-51, Smithley 52, Allgaier 53-58, Jones 59, Almirola 60, Kahne 61-70, Jones 71, Green 72-89, Chastain 90, Allgaier 91-104, Logano 105-106, Jones 107, Logano 108, Jones 109, Almirola 110-113. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Blake Koch (183.49 mph. 52.188 secs.) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Matt Tifft DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Ben Kennedy MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#98) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Aric Almirola MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Joey Logano 2 Pts Wins Roush/Yates (#22) 126 JGE (#20) 95 Kyle Busch 2 Chevrolet 325 (3) Hendrick (#1) 85 William Byron # 1 Ford 317 (3) Daniel Hemric # 1 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Toyota 300 (3) Blake Koch 1 Dodge 50 (0) Erik Jones (#20) 3 Brandon Jones 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Kyle Larson 1 AWARD Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 1 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch (#18) 3 William Byron 111 Scott Lagasse Jr (#24) 1 Daniel Hemric 105 Ben Kennedy (#2) 1 Matt Tifft 86 Cole Custer 84 Spencer Gallagher 72 Ben Kennedy 18 NEXT EVENT: May 27, 2017 - 36th Annual Hisense 4K TV 300 , Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR Race #9: 26TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY "300" Race Date: 05/06/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 330 0 0 2 2 2 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 301 29 1 2 6 3 WILLIAM BYRON 252 78 0 1 1 4 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 235 95 0 0 0 5 DANIEL HEMRIC 229 101 0 1 1 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 224 106 0 0 0 7 MATT TIFFT 216 114 0 0 0 8 RYAN REED 206 124 1 0 5 9 BLAKE KOCH 202 128 0 0 0 10 BRENNAN POOLE 193 137 0 0 0 11 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 174 156 0 0 0 12 COLE CUSTER 165 165 0 0 0 13 RYAN SIEG 145 185 0 0 0 14 JJ YELEY 140 190 0 0 0 15 BRANDON JONES 133 197 0 0 0 16 SPENCER GALLAGHER 131 199 0 0 0 17 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 121 209 0 0 0 18 JEREMY CLEMENTS 115 215 0 0 0 19 HARRISON RHODES 114 216 0 0 0 20 JOEY GASE 112 218 0 0 0 21 GARRETT SMITHLEY 105 225 0 0 0 22 ROSS CHASTAIN 100 230 0 0 0 23 DAVID STARR 86 244 0 0 0 24 RAY BLACK II 84 246 0 0 0 25 TYLER REDDICK 78 252 0 0 0 26 TIMMY HILL 74 256 0 0 0 27 JEFF GREEN 62 268 0 0 0 28 CASEY MEARS 52 278 0 0 0 29 BJ MCLEOD 46 284 0 0 0 30 DREW HERRING 35 295 0 0 0 31 BEN KENNEDY 34 296 0 0 0 32 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 34 296 0 0 0 33 MARIO GOSSELIN 33 297 0 0 0 34 QUIN HOUFF 32 298 0 0 0 35 MIKE HARMON 29 301 0 0 0 36 BRANDON HIGHTOWER 26 304 0 0 0 37 BRANDON BROWN 26 304 0 0 0 38 DYLAN LUPTON 25 305 0 0 0 39 MARTIN ROY 22 308 0 0 0 40 JEB BURTON 19 311 0 0 0 41 CHRIS COCKRUM 16 314 0 0 0 42 KYLE BENJAMIN 16 314 0 0 0 43 ANTHONY KUMPEN 15 315 0 0 0 44 JOSH WILLIAMS 15 315 0 0 0 45 CARL LONG 15 315 0 0 0 46 MATT MILLS 13 317 0 0 0 47 BENNY GORDON 10 320 0 0 0 48 ALEX LABBE 9 321 0 0 0 49 MARK THOMPSON 9 321 0 0 0 50 MORGAN SHEPHERD 4 326 0 0 0 51 STEPHEN LEICHT 4 326 0 0 0 52 CLINT KING 3 327 0 0 0 53 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 330 2 1 0 54 ERIK JONES(i) 0 330 2 2 0 55 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 330 1 0 0 56 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 330 1 1 0 57 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 330 0 1 0 58 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 330 0 2 0 59 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 330 0 0 0 60 DANIEL SUAREZ(i) 0 330 0 0 0 61 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 330 0 1 0 62 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 330 0 1 0 63 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 330 1 3 0 64 TY DILLON(i) 0 330 0 0 0 65 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 330 0 0 0 66 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 330 0 0 0 67 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 330 0 0 0 68 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 330 0 0 0 69 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 0 330 0 0 0 70 JOSH BILICKI 0 330 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #9: 26TH ANNUAL SPARKS ENERGY "300" Race Date: 05/06/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 406 0 0 3 3 9 2 20 JOE GIBBS 338 68 2 2 12 9 3 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR.